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AOL Posts Third Quarter Loss, Teases New Social ToolDespite an 8% increase in global advertising sales, AOL‘s revenue was down 6% for the third quarter compared to last year. In a followup earnings call, AOL CEO Tim Armstrong alluded to a new social networking tool the company plans to unveil in the coming weeks, although he didn’t rel... No Time to Buy Toothpaste? Hoseanna Offers Subscriptions to Staple ItemsThe Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. Name: Hoseanna Quick Pitch: Customized subscriptions to staple items such as Pantyhose, tamp... WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Loses Extradition FightThe UK High Court has ruled WikiLeaks founder and CEO Julian Assange should be extradited to Sweden over charges of sexual assault, Reuters reports. The decision comes after the court rejected Assange’s appeal to the original decision. Now, Assange’s only chance to avoid extradition ... Courier: The Windows Tablet That Might Have BeenI finally understand why Microsoft killed its innovative Courier Tablet project. It didn’t die in a hail of dramatic criticism or even amidst the maelstrom of a major shake-up at Microsoft. No, as a telling and rather in-depth report at CNET explains, Courier simply crumbled under the weight of... Time Out New York Launches Foursquare InitiativeTime Out New York is the latest publication to partner with Foursquare, with the creation of the King of New York badge for checking in at the magazine’s suggested locations. To unlock the badge, you need to check in to three of the 50 venues highlighted in the magazine’s annual ̶... GarageBand Makes its Way to the iPhoneApple has updated its GarageBand for iOS app to support the iPhone and iPod touch. Apple released GarageBand for iPad back in March, coinciding with the launch of the iPad 2. GarageBand for iOS 1.1 [iTunes link] adds support for smaller devices as well as a few new features and tweaks. If you alr... Oscar de la Renta Sells Perfume Ring as Facebook ExclusiveAs fashion brands continue to pour resources into developing large, engaged fanbases on Facebook, many are now experimenting with methods for converting those fans into customers directly through the social network. The most recent of these comes from the house of Oscar de la Renta, which began s... AT&T to Launch Two LTE Smartphones on Nov. 6AT&T will soon release two smartphones — HTC Vivid and Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket — with support for LTE (Long Term Evolution) technology, which enables very fast mobile data transfer. The two new Android smartphones will be available in AT&T stores on Nov. 6, AT&... Stanford Researchers Crack Captcha CodeCaptchas, those sometimes-illegible code words designed to foil spammers, can be easily decoded by bots, a Stanford University research team has found. The Stanford team has created Decaptcha, software that makes captchas readable by computers by cleaning up the text and rendering them in legible... Power Your Macbook, iPad and iPhone with One Charger [VIDEO]Each day, Mashable highlights one noteworthy YouTube video. Check out all our viral video picks. The gang at Twelve South, the company responsible for iPhone cases like the BookBook and stands for the iPad and MacBook Pro, has just unveiled their newest creation, an ingenious iPad/iPhone charge... |