The RP’s Weekly Web Gems: The Politics of Tech

The National Labor Relations Board recently ruled that employees cannot be fired for complaining and/or making comments about work on Facebook or other social networking sites. [Forbes]

File Transfers [xkcd]

NASA announced plans yesterday for a new launch system that could make deep space exploration much easier. Mars here we come! [NASA]

Google has acquired Zagat according to a release from the company last week. This is sure to make Google Places an even more useful tool. [Google]

What is the wave of the future for battery tech? Jelly. [BBC]

Earlier this week, Apple, along with new CEO Tim Cook made a play to acquire Dropbox for $800 million. Dropbox declined the offer. [Chip Hazard]