Audi Invents The “Ultra Chair”, Designed To Comfort Living Rooms Yes, you are reading correctly. Audi, the German company that puts the final stamp on those beautifully crafted four-ring logo’d vehicles you see on the streets, are not mastering the next best piece of living room furniture. The R18 Ultra Chair, currently on display...
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2 Banks To Settle Case For $417 Million JPMorgan Chase and Credit Suisse agreed to settlements with the Securities and Exchange Commission, totaling $417 million over their packaging and sale of troubled mortgage securities to investors this past Friday. The settlements are the latest major penalties extracted by the agency in a broad-reaching investigation into how Wall Street firms...
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Twitter Creates A New Way To Share Tweets From The Web Coming soon, you’ll be able to share your tweets via email, directly from Twitter’s main web page. A feature already available in the mobile app, you’ll be able to send your tweet out to anyone directly from your Twitter stream or the details...
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Hostess, Makers Of Twinkies, To Close Down For Good The day has finally come when Hostess Brands Inc, the 85-year old makers of the famed lunch snack Twinkies, Wonder Bread, and Ding Dongs, just to name a few, has gone out of business as of this past Friday the 16th. After failing to reach...
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A New Satellite Will Be Space Mechanic And Gas Station In One A very fresh spaceflight company is in the process of building what they hope will be the ultimate space handyman. What that means? A combination repair droid and orbital gas station, to serve all satellites in need around Earth. The company, ViviSat,...
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SNL Town Hall Presidential Debate Shows Candidates Uncivil: And there’s something to that…. Last night’s Saturday Night Live opening sketch was a parody of the second presidential debate between Mitt Romney and Barack Obama at Hofstra University. The skit threw several punches at both candidates for their lack of civility while poking fun at...
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Felix Baumgartners Stratosphere Jump Sets YouTube Live Stream Record: Felix Baumgartner ascended to 120,000 feet in a stratospheric balloon and set a new record. Not only did he set a freefall jump record by falling to earth at supersonic speeds, he set a live viewership record on the internet. Millions of people watched Baumgartner...
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SNL Spoofs 1st President Obama and Mitt Romney Presidential Debate, Social Media Runs With It: Last night Saturday Night Live spoofed the 1st Presidential debate in Denver, Colorado. The footage shows President Obama and Mitt Romney debating in exaggerated fashion. Romney had a 41-point plan while President Obama wanted to hire teachers to help...
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Apple And YouTube To Separate On iOS 6 – The Pros And Cons: The biggest news in mobile and video is that Apple and YouTube have decided to separate after a long marriage that started with the first iPhone released June 29, 2007. The YouTube application icon will no longer be prominently featured on...
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Samsung Wins Ace Metrix’s Most Effective Ad of Q2 2012 With A Relatively Simple Concept: The most effective ad isn’t necessarily the most innovative or a big hit in terms of social media buzz. This quarter, Ace Metrix has named Samsung the best ad of the second quarter in 2012 for its latest refrigerator....
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