UGE International is acquiring Endura to strengthen its position in the competitive solar industry.

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Earlier, I wrote about the challenges facing Chicago—or any other city outside of the Bay Area—when trying to become a place where tech has a critical mass of innovative companies and people. It’s process that takes decades; it took Silicon Valley/San Francisco that long. It’s incorrect to think that other places, with fewer natural advantages, can hack this natural evolution.

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Who run the world? Girls. Women. Melinda Gates is exerting her influence over the richest charitable foundation in history. In doing so, she’s quickly become the most powerful advocate for women and girls in the world.

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The drone task force recommended that drone operators be required to register with the FAA.

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Forbes contributor Ian Morris runs through a list of top tips to save you money and pain over Black Friday weekend.

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(Ferenstein Wire) One of the world’s most sought after employers doesn’t care much about Ivy League credentials or a sterling college transcript. “It’s one of the flaws in how we assess people,” explained Laszlo Bock, Vice President of People Operations at Google Inc. “We assume that if you went to Harvard, Stanford or MIT that you are smart. We assume that if you got good grades you will do well at work… there is no relationship between where you went to school and how you did five, 10, 15 years into your career. So, we stopped looking at it.”

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It’s not exactly a Pacific beach resort just yet, but the Japanese Coast Guard reports that a volcanic island which first popped up in the middle of the ocean in 2013 has already grown to twelve times its size.

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Simon Wheatcroft has run more consecutive miles than most people could imagine walking. But he is blind. Wheatcroft uses the GPS fitness-tracking app RunKeeper to gauge the world around him like anybody else. With some additional custom-built software application development and programming intelligence, here’s how he does it.

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Samsung Gear VR is here. The first major consumer-focused commercial effort in virtual reality is available for a mere $99. The bargain price has led to the device selling out in a matter of days and it will probably fill many stockings and sit under many Christmas trees this holiday season. I’ve had a chance to play with Samsung Gear VR and I can tell you that the experience is pure magic on many levels, but also has some limitations.

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