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@stephenrwalli: Dropbox's hiring practices explain its disappointing​ lack of female employees http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/16/dropboxs-hiring-practices-explain-its-disappointing%e2%80%8b-lack-of-female-employees/ (A tough problem)
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Supernova in M 82, a photo by UCL Mathematical and Physical Sciences on Flickr.

Supernova in M 82 observed by UCL’s University of London Observatory. Top: the galaxy on 10 December 2013. Bottom: the same galaxy at 19:20 UT on 21 Jan 2014, with the supernova labelled.

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It’s a long shot but there is a chance a Sheffielder will reach Mars and colonise it!

Instead of Coin pulling a Netflix, it’s the duopoly Visa and MasterCard transforming the current credit and debit card.

It’s solving a non-existent problem: In the UK magnetic swipe is already obsolete. My credit and debit/ATM card are now a smartcard. And last year they’ve put NFC in. So no swiping ever.

Visa Debit Card, a photo by MoneyBlogNewz on Flickr.

But there is bigger lesson – which is that a retailer without a substantial online presence, including mobile, is on a fast road to obsolescence.

BBC’s Robert Peston on retailer profits.

Seems to be a well d-oh moment, but only realised now by Morrisons. Tesco started online groceries more than a decade ago.