According to International Fund for Animal Welfare reports, auction sites are a magnet for trading in items derived from endangered species. (From The New York Times)
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It's always a sad day when legitimate trade is banned out of fear. The better solution is to allow the legitimate trade and keep policing the illegal trade.
Google creates an animated doodle that features a boy, a girl, Google's search engine, and a jump rope. But might there be darker, more analytical, more troubling interpretations to this tale?
When the sun goes down, that's when the iPad gets busy for folks with news readers. The iPhone? It's more of a daytime habit. If you're building an app for both devices, heed the lesson.
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