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| U.S. Employee Outsourced His Job to China, Watched Cat Videos Instead | | Nowadays, sneaking in a personal call or quick browse through Facebook during work is typical on-the-job behavior. But what if you abandoned work completely and outsourced your job to, say, China? That's precisely what one U.S. developer got away with last year, paying a Chinese consulting firm 20% of his six-figure salary to do his job.
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| Apple Lets Online Buyers in China Pay in Two-Year Installments | | Apple started offering installment payment plans in its China web shop, letting buyers pay for iPhones, iPads and Macbooks over the course of 2 years, Bloomberg reported. The deal is valid for owners of China Merchants Bank credit cards and for purchases ranging from 300 yuan ($48) to 30,000 yuan ($4,800). Buyers can split payments into three, six, 12, 18 or 24 installments, with additional fees being applied for the last two options.
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| Russian Railways Sues Apple for Trademark Infringement | | Wednesday, January 16, 2013 11:02 PM | Zoe Fox |
| Apple has been slammed with another suit, this time by Russian Railways, which claims the hardware giant has infringed on its trademark. The Russian company is seeking $65,000 compensation for use of its logo in a third party app, "Railway Tariff," sold in the App Store, RT reports. Railway Tariff lets users track cargo-delivery costs and times across the country.
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| Hottest Buzzwords of 2013 Get Illustrated on This Tumblr | | Wednesday, January 16, 2013 6:03 PM | Todd Wasserman |
| Quick quiz: Are you familiar with the term "SoLoMo"? How about "the Internet of things"? Collaborative consumption? If at this point you're asking WTF, then check out Behind the Buzzwords, a Tumblr with illustrations of some of 2013's hottest terminology. In addition to the charming illos, there are some cogent explanations from people in these industries.
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| Twitter Opening Office in Brazil to Compete With Facebook and Google | | Wednesday, January 16, 2013 5:42 PM | Alex Fitzpatrick |
| Brazil is social media-obsessed: It's home to more than 65 million Facebook users, more than 40 million Twitter users and 29 million users on Orkut, a Google-owned service that predates Google Plus. Facebook and Google have already planted their flag by setting up offices in the country — and now Twitter is joining the fray by opening an office in Sao Paulo, the country's largest city, according to Reuters.
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| Announcing a Live Chat With SportsNetworker Founder Lewis Howes | | Wednesday, January 16, 2013 3:00 PM | Scott Gerber |
| Streaming live on Mashable, SportsNetworker founder Lewis Howes will answer questions from readers at 3 p.m. EST (12 p.m. PST) Thursday, Jan. 17. As part of the Young Entrepreneur Council’s #StartupLab initiative, a virtual mentorship program, Howes will appear live via video chat broadcast on this site.
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| 5 Public Speaking Tips for Entrepreneurs | | Wednesday, January 16, 2013 12:55 PM | The Daily Muse |
| For most of us, public speaking can be incredibly nerve-wracking. What if you mess up? What if no one claps? What if someone asks you a question to which you don’t know the answer? What if you throw up on stage? (Seriously, you should at least stop worrying about that one.) But with the right preparation, public speaking doesn’t have to be such a daunting, fretful experience.
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| Could Baxter the Robot Save Our Small Factories? | | Wednesday, January 16, 2013 12:39 PM | MIT Technology Review |
| Chris Budnick is head of Vanguard Plastics, a small injection-molding operation in Southington, Conn., that makes plastic fixtures, gaskets and other “stuff no one cares about unless it breaks.” On a computer screen, placed where all his workers can see it, Budnick displays what he considers the company’s key statistic: sales divided by man-hours.
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| Blockbuster UK Declares Bankruptcy | | Wednesday, January 16, 2013 12:18 PM | Todd Wasserman |
| In the latest casualty of consumers' move towards online streaming video, Blockbuster UK has entered administration, the British equivalent of bankruptcy. The chain, which employs 4,350 people in 239 stores, has called in accounting firm Deloitte, which will handle the bankruptcy proceedings. Deloitte is also handling the administration proceedings for HMV, another entertainment retailer.
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| Forrester: Mobile Commerce to Quadruple to $31 Billion in Next 5 Years | | Wednesday, January 16, 2013 9:19 AM | Lauren Indvik |
| Mobile commerce, or "mcommerce," has had a transformative (and highly publicized) impact on some businesses, including Amazon, eBay and flash sales sites like Gilt. But for the vast majority of retail companies, mobile represents only a neglible fraction of total sales, and it's likely to stay that way for the next half-decade, according to data from Forrester provided exclusively to Mashable.
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| 'Weekly World News' Is Getting a Paywall | | Wednesday, January 16, 2013 9:01 AM | Todd Wasserman |
| Want to read about the latest exploits of Bat Boy? It's gonna cost you. Weekly World News, the source of dubious reportage like Elvis Presley sightings and pictures of shockingly obese housepets, has inked an agreement with MediaPass, which will erect a paywall for the publication. Price plans include $3.95 a month for a year's subscription, $5.95 a month for a six-month commitment and $6.95 a month on a per-month basis.
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