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    Samsung Introduces a Tech Necklace for Taking Calls from Your Smartphone

    Wearable technology is not a brand new concept. But now it’s more than your wrist that can be adorned with smart technology. Samsung just announced a new wearable device called the Samsung Gear Circle, which is basically a necklace that pairs with the user’s smartphone. The Gear Circle includes a set of headphones worn around the neck like a collar. It notifies the wearer of incoming calls and alerts, and can also be used to take calls, listen to music, and give voice commands using a Bluetooth connection. It’s not the very first product of its kind though. LG offers a similar set of headphones also designed to go around the neck like...
    On September 12, 2014 / By
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    What Clicks Well Online? Here’s What 2.7 Billion Social Shares Reveal

    Have you ever tried to unravel the mysteries of what makes a blog post or article go viral, capturing readers’ interest so that they share it again and again across social media platforms? To explore this question, the content marketing company Fractl teamed up with content analyzer Buzzsumo. They reviewed shares of 1 million articles from 190 top publishers (including this one) across five social media platforms over six months–2.7 billion shares in all. The findings were thought-provoking (check out the full report at the bottom of this post): 1. Different social media have different moods. It turns out 70 percent of the 500 mos...
    On September 10, 2014 / By
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    James Harden Falls Off Segway, Gets Mocked For Poor Defense

    Today’s a great day for making fun of James Harden. Team USA’s defensive stalwart is being mocked online for, well, his terrible defense during the FIBA Basketball Championship. Oh, and he also fell of a Segway. Nuggets point guard Ty Lawson took a swipe at Harden this weekend on Instagram. After watching the Dallas Cowboys’ abysmal defensive performance, Lawson posted a photo of Harden as the Cowboys’ defensive coordinator. Lawson writes: “Cowboys defensive coordinator ” It’s not really news that Harden is terrible at defense. But seeing him playing side by side with the NBA’s best players… well, his lack of effort on the d...
    On September 8, 2014 / By
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    U.S. investors line up in droves to hear Alibaba’s pitch

    (Reuters) – Hundreds of hedge funds, mutual funds and other institutional investors lined up on Monday to hear Alibaba Group Holding Ltd’s (IPO-BABA.N) management pitch the company’s shares, as the Chinese e-commerce giant kicked off a two-week IPO marketing blitz. The line for people waiting to take the elevators at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York snaked down to the basement, in one of the clearest signs yet of the company’s appeal to investors. Among the investors attending the event was Mario Gabelli, CEO of Gabelli Asset Management. Alibaba is seeking to raise more than $21 billion in an initial public offe...
    On September 8, 2014 / By
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    Family Loses Virginia Home as Regulators Target Nonbanks

    Ranjan and Gita Chhibber said they failed in their year-long effort to save their Ashburn, Virginia, home because of forces beyond the couple’s control — a $1.3 billion mortgage deal between Bank of America Corp. (BAC) and Nationstar Mortgage Holdings Inc. (NSM) After the Chhibbers lost a small business and a chunk of their income in 2013, they spent three months working with Bank of America to modify their loan. Before it was done, the bank sold their mortgage last year to Nationstar, a nonbank servicer that has tripled in size in two years. That’s when the modification went off the rails, Gita said. “It’s a shame it has co...
    On September 4, 2014 / By
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    Facebook Hires 18-Year-Old Intern for Full-Time Engineering Gig

    Facebook’s pursuit of talented programmers through internships before they even start college is paying off: Michael Sayman, who turned 18 on Aug. 24, has accepted a full-time engineering job at the social network. That makes Sayman, who recently graduated from high school in Miami, one of the company’s youngest employees. Sayman, who Bloomberg got to know earlier this year for a story on the intern-recruiting trend, was discovered because he was using the company’s tools for developers in a popular iPhone application he created. Facebook flew him out to meet Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg before he started his inte...
    On September 2, 2014 / By
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    Cheapism: Where to find the best coupons online

    With all the coupon and daily deal sites sprouting up these days, Cheapism.com has rounded up some of the best coupon sites for 2014. Fight the flood of emails and discover discount codes that actually work, saving you time, energy and, of course, money.Best Coupon Sites Coupons.com: The coupon pioneer and a perennial favorite remains a top pick this year because of its wide selection. As one of the biggest sources of online coupons, it feeds into many affiliates and other coupon sites. Coupons.com is especially useful for grocery trips. Search, “clip” and print coupons before going shopping. Money Saving Mom: The recipes and fr...
    On August 29, 2014 / By
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    Don’t expect a robot utopia to spare you from working in the future

    Technology is not even going to shorten your work week, let alone eradicate it. “Within two decades, we will have almost unlimited energy, food, and clean water; advances in medicine will allow us to live longer and healthier lives; robots will drive our cars, manufacture our goods, and do our chores.” That’s the optimistic proclamation of a recent op-ed by the technology entrepreneur Vivek Wadhwa in the Washington Post. This kind of techno-utopianism begs for a bit of schadenfreude: The future never quite seems to arrive and we love to watch predictions fail. Yet there somehow remains that gnawing sense of hope — maybe, t...
    On August 27, 2014 / By
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    Samsung ‘A Series’ Metal Smartphones To Follow Galaxy Alpha

    The new Galaxy Alpha smartphone is one of the few devices by Samsung Electronics Co. (KRX:005930) that features metal in its external design, but recent reports indicate Samsung may have more metal smartphones in its pipeline, which may be released under the “A series.” Sources told SamMobile Monday Samsung has plans to release three devices as successors to the Galaxy Alpha, which will be a part of a new “A series.” The devices, which fall under the model numbers SM-A300, SM-A500, and SM-A700, reportedly will have specifications similar to the Galaxy Alpha, including a metal design. The Galaxy Alpha has been touted as a mid-range dev...
    On August 25, 2014 / By
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    10 Questions: Logan Green, co-founder and CEO, Lyft

    On mobility, computer science, and questioning the purpose behind your startup. Logan Green’s childhood kicked off a lifelong obsession with transportation. As he spent hours stuck in Los Angeles traffic, he noticed that there was usually only one person in each car. Why so inefficient? There’s clearly a better way, he thought. While a student at the University of California Santa Barbara, Green challenged himself to leave his car at home and experiment with other methods of transportation, from trains and buses to bicycles and carpooling with friends. After college, Green took a trip to Zimbabwe at a time when few people could afford to ...
    On August 21, 2014 / By