We've also got interviews galore -- we'll be talking with Sony CEO Kaz Hirai, SMS Audio CEO (and rapper, we're told) 50 Cent, rally car driver Ken Block, Huffington Post founder Arianna Huffington, Stern Pinball CEO Gary Stern, MakerBot CEO Bre Pettis and CEA president Gary Shapiro among many, many others (including a very special appearance from Gallagher -- this is Vegas, after all).

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And, last year, the National Labor Relations board weighed in on behalf of an ambulance driver who had been fired because of a negative Facebook post about the company for which he drove.

CNN: Virginia deputy fights his firing over a Facebook 'like'

It is a faster, cheaper and safer way to transfer money than the alternatives, such as slow, costly transfers via banks and post offices, or handing an envelope of cash to a bus driver.

ECONOMIST: Telecoms

The Director-General invited the President to consider devoting one of his thematic debates to Culture, as a driver for development, with a view to contributing to the Post-2015 agenda.

UNESCO: Communication and Information

Though a Canadian insurance corporation graciously volunteered the use of its driver's license photo database to Vancouver police after the devastating post-Stanley Cup hockey riot there in July, authorities declined the offer after privacy advocates expressed concerns about violation of Canadians' civil liberties.

FORBES: Technology

Randomised trials have been used to evaluate the effectiveness of driver-education programmes, job-training schemes, classroom size, psychological counselling for post-traumatic-stress disorder and increased investment in public housing.

ECONOMIST: Social science

In our last post, we cited a number of reasons why the widely held view that exports are the key driver of the Chinese economy may no longer be true.

FORBES: Romney Takes On China