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| Groupon Shelves All Its Gun-Related Deals | | Groupon has halted all of its gun-related promotions, the company said in a statement. "All scheduled and current gun-related deals featured on Groupon North America, including shooting ranges, conceal-and-carry and clay shooting, have been placed on hiatus while we review internal standards that shape the deal inventory we feature," Groupon spokesperson Julie Mossler told Daily Finance on Sunday.
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| Technology Ranks World's Most-Trusted Industry in 2013 | | The technology industry has been ranked most-trusted for the second consecutive year, ahead of the automotive, and food and beverage industries, according to the 2013 Edelman Trust Barometer. "As an industry, I think tech companies pre-anticipate and solve problems for consumers," Ben Boyd, Edelman's corporate global practice chairman, told Mashable.
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| Library Patrons Want More E-books, But They Want to Keep Print Books, Too | | While residents of Bexar County, Texas, may be embracing a proposal for the nation's first local library free of printed books, not all Americans are crazy about the notion, according to a survey released Tuesday by the Pew Research Center. The survey reveals just how important libraries are to their communities, and ranks the popularity of the services they offer.
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| E-bookstore Lets You Read First, Pay Later | | Monday, January 21, 2013 11:02 PM | Lauren Indvik |
| The Launchpad is a series that introduces Mashable readers to compelling startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. Name: Total Boox One-Liner Pitch: An e-bookstore and e-reading platform that lets you pay only for what you read. Why It's Taking Off: Total Boox lets you sample e-books, and take in single pages or chapters, without forking over the full purchase price.
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| 'FT' Announces Job Cuts as it Shifts Focus From Print | | Monday, January 21, 2013 7:50 PM | Lauren Indvik |
| Twenty-five positions will be eliminated at the Financial Times as the paper shifts resources from print to digital, FT Editor Lionel Barber announced Monday. In a memo e-mailed to staff, Barber said the FT needs to spend less money (and time) producing the paper so it can invest in improving its online presence. "We need to ensure that we are serving a digital platform first, and a newspaper second," he wrote.
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| How to Score a Job at Klout | | Monday, January 21, 2013 12:26 PM | Brian Anthony Hernandez |
| Looking for a new job? We asked startup Klout about their openings, hiring process and perks. A few employees also revealed details about company culture.
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| One Month Later, Facebook Poke Drops Out of Top 700 Apps | | Monday, January 21, 2013 12:18 PM | Seth Fiegerman |
| On Dec. 21, Facebook released Poke, a messaging app with a built-in self-destruct feature that was intended to take on Snapchat. Facebook Poke hit #1 on Apple's list of free apps in the U.S. the following day, but it didn't hold onto the top spot long, dropping out of the top 25 less than a week later.
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| Samsung Goes After BlackBerry in New Ad | | Monday, January 21, 2013 11:14 AM | Seth Fiegerman |
| It looks like Samsung is turning its ad machine against a new competitor: RIM. In a new ad that aired during the NFC Championship game Sunday night, Samsung promoted its Galaxy Note II smartphone as "the next big thing for business" and made fun of BlackBerry phones in the process. The ad shows an office team working on developing a game called Unicorn Apocalypse on a tight deadline.
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| Atari Files For Bankruptcy, Company Hopes to Remain Intact | | Monday, January 21, 2013 11:11 AM | Chelsea Stark |
| Classic video game maker Atari filed for bankruptcy late Sunday night in an attempt to break away from its financially troubled French parent company. According to a press release from Atari, its Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing is a move to distance itself from Atari S.A., formerly called Infogrames, which it has been affiliated with since 2003.
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| 13 Strategic Ways Businesses Can Use Coupon Codes | | Monday, January 21, 2013 10:47 AM | Scott Gerber |
| Scott Gerber is the founder of Young Entrepreneur Council, a non-profit that promotes youth entrepreneurship. The YEC recenty launched #StartupLab, a free virtual mentorship program that helps millions of entrepreneurs grow businesses via live video chats. The online coupon seems like a simple, straightforward way to increase conversions, but that's not necessarily the case.
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| RIM May License BlackBerry 10 to Other Manufacturers | | Monday, January 21, 2013 10:28 AM | Pete Pachal |
| Research in Motion could end up applying the Windows model of licensing its mobile operating system to other hardware manufacturers after BlackBerry 10 gets off the ground, the company's CEO told a German newspaper. RIM may also get out of the hardware business altogether at some point.
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| Sony's Xperia Tablet Z And Two Other Stories You Need to Know | | Monday, January 21, 2013 9:56 AM | Stan Schroeder |
| Welcome to this morning's edition of "First To Know," a series in which we keep you in the loop on what's happening in the digital world. Today, we're looking at three particularly interesting stories. Sony has launched the Xperia Tablet Z, possibly the world's thinnest and lightest 10.1-inch tablet.
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