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With 5% Discount, Amazon Triples Use of Controversial AppAmazon has been offering shoppers a 5% discount (up to $15 for three items) for looking up an item using its Price Check App and making a purchase through the online retailer. The promotion, which ran Saturday, was a success in one major respect: usage of the app tripled from the weeken... Retro Speakers Find Style — and Big Sound — in SimplicityThe Designer Tech Series is supported by the exquisitely crafted, new 2013 Lincoln MKS with Lincoln Drive Control. Now it gets interesting. Luxury technology isn’t always about the biggest and brightest product on the market. Sometimes, less is really more, and according to Danish company Libra... ‘Fear Factor’ Dominates Social TV Conversation [STATS]Fear Factor is back! Five years after being booted off the air, NBC’s gross-out stunt show returned to TV Monday night and dominated the social TV conversation. Viewers generated more than 403,000 comments across social media websites during the two-hour premiere, according to data from Blu... 13 Tech Companies and Products That Went Under in 2011Some we mourned, others we shrugged off. Whatever the customer reaction, every year we wave goodbye to companies and gadgets gone south. This year was no different. In 2011, the tech industry saw tablets fail, daily deal services fizzle and bookstores get muscled out of the industry. Some were caus... The 2012 Vimeo Festival Plus Awards: Now Open for SubmissionsVideo sharing site Vimeo has opened up submissions for its second Vimeo Festival + Awards — and it’s adding new categories, new judges and new prizes. Part awards ceremony and part film festival, the Vimeo Festival + Awards is designed to celebrate the best in original online video. Th... Protesters Gear Up as SOPA Nears House DebateMajor companies, websites and everyday protesters are continuing to fight the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) as the bill nears its day for debate in the House. Tumblr has joined the fight by creating Fight For the Future, a site which breaks down what it believes to be the three major threats of ... WordPress 3.3 Update Refines Features, InterfaceSelf-hosted WordPress users, get your update engines running: WordPress 3.3 is now available. The culmination of five months of hard work, WordPress 3.3 offers a number of new updates and tweaked features. The first of these is a redesigned dashboard, which features menus and toolbars that are mor... Dance to the Hottest Mashups at MashBash 2012 in Las VegasWe’re pleased to announce that San Francisco-based DJ duo A Plus D — a.k.a. Adrian and Mysterious D — will be spinning their world famous mashups at MashBash! No, we’re not talking about your typical mashups, this time it’s all about mashing up musical genres. Think Lad... 6 Mobile Apps to Simplify Your Holiday Shopping1. Christmas List Gift Planner Was it Tom who wanted the iPod touch? Or was it Kristy? Never leave home without your wishlist, thanks to The Christmas List Gift Planner for Android. Create profiles for all the good little boys and girls, and categorize them by g... The 10 Most Overused LinkedIn Profile Buzzwords of 2011Do you describe yourself as professionally creative and motivated? Then a new list from LinkedIn suggests another descriptor for you too: Unimaginative. LinkedIn has analyzed the 135 million accounts on its network to reveal the top 10 most-overused buzzwords that people use on their professional... |