الجمعة، 10 فبراير 2012

Love-Seekers Beware: Online Dating Fraud Rose 150% Last Year

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Friday, February 10, 2012

Love-Seekers Beware: Online Dating Fraud Rose 150% Last Year
3:32:22 AM
Lonely hearts seeking love this Valentine's Day, be wary. Online dating fraud rose by 150% percent in 2011 as scammers and hucksters turned up the false charm and predatory trolling. That's according to data shared with Mashable by fraud...



Tesla Motors Unveils Model X Electric Minivan/SUV [PICS]
Thursday, February 09, 2012 11:52 PM
Tesla Motors has introduced the Model X, its third electric car, and like its brandmates, this one is an all-electric vehicle. Built on the same chassis as the four-door Model S, the Model X is a hybrid -- a cross between an SUV and minivan --...



Want People to Return Your Emails? Avoid These Words [INFOGRAPHIC]
Thursday, February 09, 2012 10:54 PM
Next time you write an email subject line, think twice about the words you're using. Loading your message with words such as "confirm," "join," "press," or "invite" is not a good idea if you want a response, says data from Baydin, the makers of...



Dad Shoots Daughter's Laptop Over Facebook Post [VIDEO]
Thursday, February 09, 2012 10:29 PM
The disgruntled teenage daughter of a tech-savvy, gun-toting father just got a very public lesson in respecting one's elders. "That right there is your laptop," the father, named Tommy Jordan, says in a YouTube video while pointing a video camera...



'Bed Intruder' Antoine Dodson Returns With Slow Jam [VIDEO]
Thursday, February 09, 2012 10:07 PM
Hide your kids, hide your wife: YouTube sensation Antoine Dodson is climbing through your computer window and trying to snatch your attention once more. His "Bed Intruder" autotune went viral in 2010. Now, in a bid to transform from gimmicky...



Online Dating: 7 Fun New Sites for Finding Your Match
Thursday, February 09, 2012 9:36 PM
The latest wave of online dating sites forgoes mysterious equations in favor of straightforward, sometimes unexpected, matching techniques. Whereas Match.com, eHarmony and OkCupid promise to calculate your ideal mate based on your actions and...



Longform iPad App Makes Web Content Readable [HANDS ON]
Thursday, February 09, 2012 9:18 PM
Most people who start this article won't make it to the end -- at least not in a way that they could pass a comprehension test. Studies have shown that the mere presence of a links in online text and the practice of jumping between digital...



Twitter: Now You Can Tweet By Satellite
Thursday, February 09, 2012 8:36 PM
Twitter has announced a new partnership with major satellite providers to give their subscribers access to Twitter SMS, the original text-based Twitter service. According to a statement released Thursday, the company has partnered with Iridium...



Valentine's Twitter Campaign: Your Tweets Read by 'Golden Voice of Love'
Thursday, February 09, 2012 8:10 PM
Ted Williams, the former homeless man with the golden voice who hit YouTube fame in early 2011, is back for a Twitter-based Valentine's Day campaign for Kraft Macaroni & Cheese. From Feb. 12 to 14, Williams will shoot up to 100 videos for the...



How to Structure Your Startup to Avoid Double Taxation
Thursday, February 09, 2012 7:25 PM
Creating a legal entity for your startup will establish much-needed separation between you and your business. Shielding your personal assets is the first and foremost reason to think about incorporating. But let's face it. When it comes down to...



Hipsters From 2062 Slam Social Media [VIDEO]
Thursday, February 09, 2012 7:04 PM
Think about how you'll describe social media to friends and family in 50 years. Now, watch this "Future Hipsters" video in which badass elderly folks show us how silly all things social media really could sound. "You could get away with anything...



17 Most-Popular Photos From Flickr Commons
Thursday, February 09, 2012 6:36 PM
Flickr Commons, a collaboration between the photo-sharing site and the Library of Congress that began in 2008, has released 17 of its most-popular photos to celebrate its fourth anniversary. The project began as an effort to increase exposure to...



How Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson Lays the Smackdown on Social Media
Thursday, February 09, 2012 6:04 PM
"Can you smelllllll....What the The Rock! Is cooking?!?" That became a ubiquitous catchphrase when Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson was a Worldwide Wrestling Federation megastar around the turn of the millennium. Unlike most wrestling-ring bruisers,...



Type This Into Google for a Valentine's Day Surprise
Thursday, February 09, 2012 5:25 PM
Romantic math geeks, your moment has arrived. In the spirit of Valentine's Day, go ahead and type (or paste) this into Google search: sqrt(cos(x))*cos(300x)+sqrt(abs(x))-0.7)*(4-x*x)^0.01, sqrt(6-x^2), -sqrt(6-x^2) from -4.5 to 4.5 Twitter user...



Microsoft: You'll Never Turn Off Devices Running Windows on ARM
Thursday, February 09, 2012 5:02 PM
Microsoft described in detail Thursday exactly how Windows will work on ARM devices. The new strain of Windows, retooled from the ground up for low-power devices like tablets, will be identical to the regular desktop version in many ways, and...



 
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