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Crowdsourced stationery startup Minted expands into art

admin — Thu, 10 May 2012 18:26:01 +0000

Stationery startup Minted, which crowdsources designs for wedding invitations, holiday cards and other correspondence, is now selling crowdsourced art prints. It is also adding Pinterest-like curation boards. Read More at gigaom.com

Myspace Settles Privacy Probe with FTC

admin — Thu, 10 May 2012 18:25:02 +0000

Myspace, the once-mighty social network ultimately toppled by Facebook, settled a privacy investigation by the Federal Trade Commission and agreed to submit to privacy audits over the next 20 years.

The settlement, over charges that Myspace misrepresented its privacy policies to users, is similar to deals the FTC struck previously with Facebook Inc. and Google Inc.

The FTC said Tuesday that despite telling users it would not share personally identifiable information with others, Myspace gave a Read More at newsfactor.com

T-Mobile Ads Revert Back to Lampooning AT&T iPhone

admin — Thu, 10 May 2012 18:24:02 +0000

Six months after AT&T’s deal to buy T-Mobile USA collapsed, T-Mobile’s TV ads are going back on the attack against a favorite target: AT&T Inc.

Philipp Humm, the CEO of T-Mobile, showed off a new ad Tuesday featuring a hapless man on a motorcycle, cruising on a desert road as a woman on another motorcycle blows past him. The voiceover explains that the man represents an iPhone 4S on AT&T’s network, and the woman is T-Mobile’s 4G network.

The ad recalls other attack ads T-Mobile showed a year a Read More at newsfactor.com

Groupon: Sound Investment or Risky Business? [INFOGRAPHIC]

admin — Thu, 10 May 2012 18:23:02 +0000

Groupon‘s financial history hasn’t always been this precarious, but lately, the daily deal site seems to be teetering on a stock market ti… Read More at mashable.com

Mitt Romney Apologizes For Being A Bully In High School

admin — Thu, 10 May 2012 18:22:02 +0000

With the national spotlight centered directly on the issue of bullying, specifically at the high school level, Mitt Romney on Thursday threw together a hasty radio interview after it was discovered that the GOP presidential hopeful had forcibly cut a fellow classmates hair in high school and engaged in other attacks. Speaking on the radio [...]Mitt Romney Apologizes For Being A Bully In High School is a post from: The Inquisitr
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Post imperial cocktail shaker

admin — Thu, 10 May 2012 18:21:02 +0000

[Video Link] Matt Richardson says: I love this machine from artist Benjamin Cowden, who has a beautiful portfolio of mechanical interactive sculpture. This cocktail shaking machine is based on a turn-of-the-century machine called an “Imperial Shaker,” and was built as part of The Touring Pop-up Sideshow Saloon event organized by the Peerless Prodigies of P.T. [...]

Justice Dept. sues Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio

admin — Thu, 10 May 2012 18:18:03 +0000

Federal authorities sue Joe Arpaio over allegations of civil rights violations, including racial profiling
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3 fun time-watching apps: Qlocktwo, Uniqlo Wake Up, Doubletwist Alarm Clock

admin — Thu, 10 May 2012 18:17:01 +0000

Who wears a watch anymore? With smartphones taking over the world, several companies are trying to make time-telling apps as elegant as the most fashionable Swiss watch. Here are three apps for the iPhone and Android phones that are worth checking out. Read More at gigaom.com

NEC’s 13.3-inch LaVie Z Ultrabook weighs just 2.2 pounds, brings lithium-magnesium into your life

admin — Thu, 10 May 2012 18:16:02 +0000

Just in case you thought NEC was done with its PC updates this week, the Japanese PC builder has thrown its hat into the Ultrabook ring with a unique contribution of its own. The LaVie Z has a 13.3-inch screen like your garden variety ultralight, but it weighs just 2.2 pounds through a new lithium-magnesium alloy shell about half the weight of the aluminum that some companies love to use. Unfortunately, that weight and the slim frame are about all we know so far: NEC isn’t providing any internal specifications, possibly because it’s waiting on Ultrabook-ready Ivy Bridge chips. Even so, if you’re hanging around Japan and want the lightest possible laptop you can get at a 13-inch screen size, the wait until the planned summer release will feel like an eternity.

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Film industry unites to support military vets

admin — Thu, 10 May 2012 18:15:02 +0000

Hollywood’s power players and a host of nonprofits have created the “Got Your 6″ initiative, an effort to support military veterans and their families
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