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Faris Algosaibi/Flickr Rent-a-Geek
Vodafone Germany is testing out a new crowdsourced tech support that delivers tech support to your door in the form of other users—for a fee. Will U.S. providers adopt a similar model?
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DemocracyOS Designing an Operating System for Democracy
Can an Argentine startup reinvent governance through a smartphone app?
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Jonas Forth/Flickr Fighting Drug Addiction With 'Flash Jobs' and High Fashion
Sweden's Stadsmission has become the H&M of charity work.
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Brand USA Rebranding America: Can the U.S. Sell Itself to International Tourists?
Facing new competition from countries like Brazil and Turkey, the U.S. has launched its first national tourism campaign overseas. Is it working?
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Reuters The Quest to Build an NSA-Proof Cloud
European leaders want to go head to head with Amazon and Google. But some tech executives are pushing back against the plan.
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Berlin Philharmonic Love Letter to the Berlin Philharmonic
The iconic, gold-lamé covered, pentagonal music space celebrates its 50th birthday.
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Reuters All the Chancellor’s Phones
A Deutsche Telekom exec says he’s not surprised that Merkel’s Nokia Slide was hacked.
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Michael Scaturro An Imam, a Rabbi, a Pastor, and the Legacy of a Nazi Church
A new initiative hopes to make Berlin a hotspot for interfaith dialogue, but critics say the group's plan glosses over the site’s horrific past.
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Reuters Why Human Rights Groups Don't Agree on What to Do About Syria
Some organizations are worried that U.S. plans to retaliate against the Assad regime don’t take into account the impending humanitarian crisis, but Syrian activists want to see more action from the West.
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Talk Therapy for Wife Beaters in Germany's Turkish Community
A growing support group challenges cultural assumptions about domestic violence.
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Free University of Berlin Excavating One of the Nazis' First Concentration Camps
A nearly forgotten camp, built right after Hitler took power, served as a place to develop new torture methods and train people who later ran camps all around Europe.
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Does the World's Oldest Fabric Have a Future in High Fashion?
An ancient process is transforming fig bark into a vegan leather alternative.
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Do the U.S. and EU Need Couples Therapy?
Disclosures of NSA spying could harm the historic transatlantic relationship, including a massive trade deal that's in the works.
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This Glove Could Help Deaf-Blind People Communicate With Anyone, Anywhere
And the research behind it could change how we all interact with computers and with each other.
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The Unintended Consequences of Cracking Down on Tax Dodgers Abroad
A regulation makes banks report foreign accounts to the IRS, but some are finding loopholes in the law aimed at closing loopholes.
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Malaria and HIV Spike as Greece Cuts Healthcare Spending
The nasty downside of austerity.
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After Centuries of Absence, Big Bad Wolves Have Returned to Germany
A recent surge in the canines' presence is dividing farmers and conservationists.
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