Thursday, March 07, 2013
Airports can make case to keep their control towers open - CNN.com - Mike M. Ahlers - The Federal Aviation Administration this week is sending out scores of letters to small- and medium- size airports nationwide saying the agency may soon close their control towers because of budget cuts, unless they can convince the government that the action will harm the national interest. - "Negative impact on the national interest is the only criterion the FAA will use," the letters read. "The FAA is unable to consider local community impact."
G.O.P. Senators Give Obama Dinner Thumbs Up - NYTimes.com - Besides Mr. McCain and Mr. Coburn, the diners were the Republican Senators Bob Corker of Tennessee, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Dan Coats of Indiana, Richard M. Burr of North Carolina, Mike Johanns of Nebraska, Patrick J. Toomey of Pennsylvania, Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, John Hoeven of North Dakota, Saxby Chambliss of Georgia and – the only woman – Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire. - “The president greatly enjoyed the dinner and had a good exchange of ideas with the senators,” said a senior White House official who would not be identified.
Startups Bet Audio Is the Next Frontier for Social Media - Mashable - Seth Fiegerman - "I saw a lot of people texting and posting photos on social media, but no one really communicating with their voice," Matthew Murphy, founder of Appsurdity, the Bay Area startup behind Dubbler, told Mashable. - "The whole idea is you don't text your personality, you voice it. We wanted to give people a platform to share their voice and be heard." - That simple premise of sharing a few seconds of audio has apparently caught on with users. Dubbler's app has been downloaded more than 200,000 times to date and more than 55,000 times in the first 24 hours after coming out of beta this weekend, briefly cracking Apple's top 20 free apps.
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