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Jul 09

Daily Links for July 2nd through July 3rd

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iPhone 4.0 OS: event based modes, intellingent and scheduled communications » Unwired View – Now that with 3.0 OS iPhone has basically caught up with the traditional smartphones in functionality, it may be time to look how Apple can make the next generation devices even smarter.
We’ve already seen some of the things, like integration between Mapping and Calendar app in recent Apple patent filings. Some new patent applications from Apple reveal even more.

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Jun 07

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(tags: Lifehacks)
Disparities of Tax Rates

Buffett cited himself, the third-richest person in the world, as an example. Last year, Buffett said, he was taxed at 17.7 percent on his taxable income of more than $46 million. His receptionist was taxed at about 30 percent.

(tags: Econblog, taxes, disparity, effectivetaxrate)
Social Spending and GDP per Capita

These are countries whose per-capita incomes are greater than the OECD average. The point here is that there’s no trade-off between high levels of national income and high levels of social spending.

(tags: Econblog GDP socialspending)