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Tim Cook: Sales In China Were $13B Last Year
TechCrunch 28 minutes ago

Apple CEO Tim Cook is onstage today at the Goldman Sachs Technology & Internet Conference in San Francisco to talk about Apple’s unbelievable first quarter of this year. Apple is red hot right now, and MG pointed out that Apple’s $13.1 billion profits in Full Article at TechCrunch
Even a Little Air Pollution Raises Heart Attack Risk
WebMD 55 minutes ago

Feb. 14, 2012 -- A new study shows that as little as a week in a place with high levels of air pollution raises the risk of heart attack. The additional risk is slight compared with classic heart attack risk factors like high blood pressure, smoking, or Full Article at WebMD
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Rovio Asia senior vice president Henri Holm (L) poses with an 'Angry Birds' doll during the official Facebook launch at a mall in the Indonesian capital city of Jakarta on February 14, 2012.'Angry Birds', the most-downloaded mobile app of 2011, was catapulted... View Photo »
We classified these practices as discrimination -- even if permissible under local laws ... At our direction, the suppliers have stopped discriminatory screenings for medical conditions or pregnancy.
– Apple, Inc. SOURCE: BusinessWeek 4 weeks ago
India’s IT Minister Prevaricates On Social Censorship Policy
TechCrunch 1 hour ago

Many social media websites, as well as larger indexing services like Google and Yahoo, have been asked to take down material or were the target of suits accusing them of hosting material the government deemed appropriate. As late as December, Sibal himse Full Article at TechCrunch
Sony Z Series Walkman Player review
Engadget 1 hour ago

Since it was announced last August, we've anxiously been waiting for Sony's flagship Walkman Z (the first to feature Android) to hit US shores. (It made it here well after the holidays passed. Better late than never, right?) While Sony is billing the Z a Full Article at Engadget
BlackBerry faces new challenge from U.S. agency
Reuters 1 hour ago

A person uses the new Blackberry Bold 9900 at a release party to promote the BlackBerry OS 7 devices in Toronto August 3, 2011. TORONTO (Reuters) - In another blow for beleaguered BlackBerry maker Research In Motion, the U.S. federal government's main pr Full Article at Reuters
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Indonesian staff wear 'Angry Birds' masks to promote the Angry Birds official Facebook launch at a mall in the Indonesian capital city of Jakarta on February 14, 2012.'Angry Birds', the most-downloaded mobile app of 2011, was catapulted to the world of Facebook... View Photo »
The remarkable success of the South Sudan 'Mapathon,' and our new collaboration with Google Map Maker represents an unprecedented opportunity to harness one of the most sophisticated mapping technologies. Being able to crowdsource data of schools and hospitals will create both transparency and accountab...
SOURCE: MMD Newswire 4 weeks ago
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Can Valentine's kiss give you lead poisoning?
MSNBC 1 hour ago

If you're going to be on either end of a kiss this Valentine's Day, you might want to consider smooching bare-lipped. Most lipstick contains lead. Lead has been banned in paint since 1978 because of its toxicity at low levels, but it still shows up in sm Full Article at MSNBC
Shoutlet Fires Off New Trigger-Based Social Marketing Platform
TechCrunch 1 hour ago

Here’s why social media marketing is broken: my company wants to launch a contest on our Facebook app and website and post about to all our fans and followers, post when we hit 1000 entries, and post again when the contest ends after 5000 entries. Sequen Full Article at TechCrunch

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