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| T-Mobile Trade-in Offer Lets You Upgrade to iPhone 5 From 4, 4S | | Days before T-Mobile begins selling the iPhone 5 in stores, the mobile carrier is luring customers with an offer that lets them trade up from an iPhone 4 or 4S — at no cost upfront. "Our message to iPhone 4S and iPhone 4 customers is simple: Bring in your device and trade up to iPhone 5 on T-Mobile," Mike Sievert, the company's chief marketing officer, said in a release.
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| Bloomingdales Installs Body Scanners to Help You Find Jeans That Fit | | Tuesday, April 09, 2013 9:34 PM | Lauren Indvik |
| As any woman can tell you, shopping for designer denim is a miserable affair. Sizing has long been inconsistent across brands — an Ann Taylor "6" might be a Diane von Furstenberg "10," for example — but in the jeans department, where there is a need for a more precise fit, the inconsistencies are particularly aggravating.
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| Should Free Lunches at Tech Companies Be Taxable? | | Tuesday, April 09, 2013 6:13 PM | Todd Wasserman |
| In literal proof to the adage that there's no such thing as a free lunch, the Internal Revenue Service is looking into making employees pay a tax for the gratis meals that have now become a fixture at some tech firms, according to a report. The Wall Street Journal reports that there is a "growing controversy among tax experts" about how to treat free lunches.
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| DirecTV to Offer Programming for Dogs | | Tuesday, April 09, 2013 2:54 PM | Todd Wasserman |
| If you feel bad about leaving your dog home all day while you work, DirecTV will offer a solution of sorts: TV programming for dogs. The satellite provider will begin offering DogTV for $5.99 a month in the third quarter, according to Bloomberg. The channel broadcasts content is aimed at canines and includes "scenes with and without other animals, animation sequences and a variety of moving objects,” according to DogTV.
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| 'Vine Resume' Woman Gets a Job | | Tuesday, April 09, 2013 2:23 PM | Todd Wasserman |
| Dawn Siff, the plucky journalist who created what may have been the world's first Vine resume, has gotten a job. Siff has landed at the Economist Group's commercial unit as a project manager.
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| 5 Reasons You Should Still Invest in Bitcoin | | Tuesday, April 09, 2013 12:18 PM | The Daily Dot |
| If you had invested $1,000 in Bitcoin just two months ago and sold it yesterday, you would have made about $9,000 in profit. Once reserved to the darkest corners of the Internet, Bitcoin is a digital crypto-currency that’s quickly gaining favor internationally, due in part to attention on Cyprus’s banking emergency, its inclusion in the American financial regulatory framework, and increasing press coverage.
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| Richard Branson, Pete Cashmore Talk Entrepreneurship in Google Hangout | | Tuesday, April 09, 2013 10:35 AM | Todd Wasserman |
| Legendary entrepreneur Richard Branson will be on hand with Mashable's own Pete Cashmore for a Google Hangout this morning to discuss travel, business and whatever topics come up. The Hangout coincides with the opening of Virgin America's new terminal at Newark Airport, which will service flights to Los Angeles and San Francisco.
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| Pandora Now Has 200 Million Registered Users | | Tuesday, April 09, 2013 10:31 AM | Seth Fiegerman |
| Pandora has now passed 200 million registered users for its online radio service, the company announced Tuesday. It took Pandora six years to sign up its first 100 million registered users — a milestone it reached in July 2011 — and a little less than two years to double that user base. Pandora also noted that 140 million users now access the service from mobile.
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| Vine Is the Top Free iPhone App and Other News You Need to Know | | Tuesday, April 09, 2013 9:42 AM | Stan Schroeder |
| Welcome to this morning's edition of "First To Know," a series in which we keep you in the know on what's happening in the digital world. Today, we're looking at three particularly interesting stories. Six-second video-sharing service Vine has reached the tippity-top of the U.S. App Store’s free iPhone app listing. JCPenney has ousted its CEO. And, we’ve got two viral internet activities for your viewing pleasure.
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| Bitcoin Tops $200 For First Time | | Tuesday, April 09, 2013 9:31 AM | Seth Fiegerman |
| The value of Bitcoin, the much-buzzed about digital currency, hit $200 on Tuesday for the first time, more than doubling in a just over a week. Bitcoin's value has exploded in recent weeks fueled in part by economic uncertainty in Europe and an increasing amount of media coverage of the currency, which has been around since 2009.
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| No, Google Isn't Buying WhatsApp | | Tuesday, April 09, 2013 9:13 AM | Todd Wasserman |
| An exec at WhatsApp shot down a rumor going around Monday that Google was in talks to buy the company for $1 billion. The report, in Digital Trends, cited an inside source who said that Google has been in talks to buy the hugely popular messaging app for the past few weeks and the current offer is said to be "close to" $1 billion.
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| Sports Media Tees Up for The Masters | | Tuesday, April 09, 2013 8:45 AM | Lauren Indvik |
| The week of April 8, professional golfers and their fans descend on Augusta for The Masters, the most-watched golf event of the year. Although the tournament doesn't kick off until Thursday, TV, radio, print and online media are treating The Masters to a full week of coverage, beginning with live video of player practice on Monday through Wednesday, as well as pre-tournament interviews and commentary with players and analysts.
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