| Motes: The Wireless Helpers That Will Change Your Life | | 12:01:52 AM | Dhiya Kuriakose |
| When you're away from home, it's always handy to have information about how things are in your house. Motes are wireless remote sensors that collect data on temperature, humidity, light and other data, then relay that info to your smartphone. The company, Wimoto, plans three different kinds of Motes. The “Climote” collects data on temperature and humidity.
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| Your Tinder Crush Might Be a Spambot | | Friday, July 12, 2013 10:17 PM | Adam Popescu |
| Tinder literally refers to a flammable material; a dry substance ready to burn. That name couldn't be more appropriate for a dating app with a problem that could leave users steaming. Tinder, the addictive online matchmaking tool, is plagued by fake accounts luring unsuspecting users into pricey phishing schemes. And they ruse is easy to fall for, because it plays into our desire for easy flirtation.
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| Virtual Choir Joins 8,000 Voices in Stunning Performance | | Friday, July 12, 2013 9:53 PM | Allison Reiber |
| At its best, technology can connect people in a way that makes this big, crazy world seem small. Grammy Award-winning composer and conductor Eric Whitacre's Virtual Choir project does just that. He takes singers of all ages from around world and puts them on one stage — even if it is a virtual stage — and the results are stunning.
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| 5 Must-Follow Twitter Accounts for Entrepreneurs | | Friday, July 12, 2013 7:13 PM | Adam Popescu |
| Twitter instantly connects us with celebrities and thought leaders. But it's all about who you follow — filling your stream with forward thinkers can help stoke innovation and provide a window into the brains of competitors and customers. SEE ALSO: Gamechangers: 5 Social Entrepreneurs With Big Ideas Twitter can be a gold mine for advice and insight, too.
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| Meet the Woman Who Owns the Sharknado Twitter Handle | | Friday, July 12, 2013 5:50 PM | Brie Hiramine |
| When Chicagoan Elizabeth Wylder selected her Twitter handle in 2009, she had no way of knowing that Syfy would produce a movie with the same name — and that Sharknado would captivate the Internet. But since the made-for-TV movie's release, Wylder's inbox has been flooded with people accidentally tweeting at her @sharknado account, instead of using the #Sharknado hashtag.
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| 8 Ways to Hear About the Royal Birth Before Your Friends | | Friday, July 12, 2013 4:59 PM | Taylor Casti |
| The world is on baby watch as Kate Middleton’s due date looms. Media stepladders have been in place for days, hoping to snap the first pics of the royal baby. People have placed serious bets on the gender and name. They've even voiced concerns about what will happen to Lupo when he’s no longer the "only child” of the duke and duchess of Cambridge.
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| 27 Fin-Splitting Tweets About 'Sharknado' | | Friday, July 12, 2013 4:48 PM | Neha Prakash |
| The world was forever changed Thursday night when the Syfy Channel debuted instant television classic "Sharknado." Here are the funniest tweets about it.
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| Netflix Might Be Plotting 'Arrested Development' Season 5 | | Friday, July 12, 2013 3:53 PM | Sean Fitz-Gerald |
| Start drumming up your favorite Arrested Development one-liners and references, because a fifth season might be coming to a Netflix near you sooner than expected. Brian Grazer, co-chairman of Imagine Entertainment, told Bloomberg TV this week that Netflix is currently in talks to start work on a fifth season (watch below). Imagine Entertainment produced the series' fourth season for the rental and streaming service.
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| Father Photographs Daughter's 3-Year Battle With Cancer | | Friday, July 12, 2013 2:29 PM | Hannah Orenstein |
| When photographer Mark Cox's 10-year-old daughter Sarah was diagnosed with acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL), father and daughter made the most of the situation. They collaborated on a series of photos titled "Strong" to document Sarah's fight. Although she was in remission after a month of medical care, she continued treatment for another three years. Today, 13-year-old Sarah is back to health.
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| Jay-Z's Got 99 Problems, Including a Zombie Bite | | Friday, July 12, 2013 1:57 PM | Laura Vitto |
| It's a well known fact that Jay-Z's got a few problems — 99 to be exact. But as an enormously successful rapper and, perhaps more importantly, Beyoncé's husband, it's hard to imagine what those "problems" might be. In his new Tumblr, 99 Problems, illustrator Ali Graham imagines some of Hova's day-to-day challenges.
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| 787 Dreamliner Catches Fire at London Heathrow Airport | | Friday, July 12, 2013 1:00 PM | Alex Fitzpatrick |
| A Boeing 787 Dreamliner owned by Ethiopian Airlines caught fire at London's Heathrow Airport Friday afternoon. No passengers were on board the aircraft at the time. Heathrow Airport has temporarily suspended outbound and inbound air traffic while fire crews assess the situation. The aircraft appears largely undamaged from the outside and the situation seems to be contained.
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| Stop Linkbait Before It Ruins Content Marketing | | Friday, July 12, 2013 10:47 AM | Sam Slaughter |
| You’ve clicked them before: "5 Things Preventing You From Becoming a Billionaire," "The Secret Video Obama Doesn’t Want You to See" and the ever-insidious "[Hot Female Celeb's] Wardrobe Malfunction."
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| Eric Schmidt: Google's Relationship With Apple Is Improving | | Friday, July 12, 2013 10:11 AM | Seth Fiegerman |
| The rift between Apple and Google may finally be on the mend. Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman of Google, suggested that the two companies are on better terms these days, according to multiple reports from Allen & Co's conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, where executives from many of the major technology companies are gathered this week.
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| 15 Young-Adult Books Every Adult Should Read | | Friday, July 12, 2013 9:00 AM | Molly Horan |
| Young-adult books are almost inescapable, even if you haven't visited the teen section of your local library since high school. Big-budget movie adaptations of young-adult books like Divergent and The Maze Runner come out next year and John Green's bestselling YA novel The Fault in Our Stars was included in many of last year's best book roundups that were otherwise full of adult fiction.
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| 11 Words We Learned on the Wienermobile | | Friday, July 12, 2013 7:36 AM | Christine Erickson |
| If there's one thing Oscar Mayer excels in, it's making people smile — and double entendres. The company drives six 11-foot-tall hot dogs across the country, how could you not wish you were an Oscar Mayer wiener? Each year, 10,000 college graduates apply for 12 "Hotdogger" positions, which sends two people per Wienermobile as year-long ambassadors for the brand.
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