You can zoom in and out and click on the blue points to find out more about each deployment (including iPads as well as Samsung and Amazon Kindle Fire tablets), including the original news reference or web link.

FORBES: Map: Back-To-School Drives 100+ Huge iPad & Tablet Deployments

On Tuesday, the blue-chip index eked out a gain of three points, or less than 0.1%, despite declines in the broader market.

WSJ: U.S. Stocks Pull Back

Blue scored 19 second-half points to rally third-seeded Marquette out of another hole, and the Golden Eagles survived 74-72 on Saturday to reach the round of 16 in the NCAA tournament.

NPR: Blue And Marquette Show Butler The Door, 74-72

Republican pollster Ed Goeas points out there are already three dozen so-called blue dog Democrats who will be returning to Congress, and they may or may not toe the party line.

NPR: Immigration Logjam May Break with New Congress

"Nowadays you come to town, you stick your little card in the slot machine next to some blue-haired lady smoking away and try to figure out how many points you need for a buffet, " says Poster.

FORBES: Magazine Article

As he points out, this trend is a result in the fading of blue-collar work, and not a sign of progress.

FORBES: Why A Jobless Future Isn't Sustainable

Tuesday's point offers the Quakers a glimmer of hope in their quest to avoid the drop into the Blue Square Premier, although Staunton's side remain 16 points short of the total needed to move out of the relegation places.

BBC: Josh Gray

He points out a lot of the new Democrats in Congress are more conservative, so-called blue dogs, and actually campaigned against illegal immigration.

NPR: U.S. Communities Act on Immigration Issues

David Autor, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), points out that the main effect of automation in the computer era is not that it destroys blue-collar jobs but that it destroys any job that can be reduced to a routine.

ECONOMIST: A university degree no longer confers financial security