Site of the Day for Tuesday, October 8, 2013 Atlantic Technology Coverage Today's site from The Atlantic, offers a perceptive look at the technology sector with the magazine's typical high quality reportage. Gentle Subscribers will find this a first rate source for a broad array of tech news. "Innovation equals an idea plus advancement ... plus or minus a really good patent attorney." - from the website There's much more to The Atlantic's technology section than the latest news about smartphones, although that topic is covered with -- "Are Smartphones the Solution to Urban Loneliness?" Currently featured on the opening page are stories on why North American fridges are so huge, especially when they consume more energy than any other home appliance; how much money Twitter makes for each view of an individual feed; and a fascinating look at the science behind the latest Sandra Bullock movie, "Gravity." A recent highlight entitled "The Age of Internet Empires: One Map With Each Country's Favorite Website" displays a revealing illustration and additional graphics demonstrating the spread and influence of the major global Internet corporations. Saunter over to the site for diverse and informative reporting on the technology industry at: http://www.theatlantic.com/technology A.M. Holm Comments? Suggestions? <amholm@xxxxxxxxxxx> Manage your subscription and view the List archives on the web at: <//www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/webpage?webpage_id=sotd> and <//www.freelists.org/archives/sotd> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UNSUBSCRIBE by sending a blank email to sotd-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with unsubscribe in the Subject field.