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Scumbag Kit Kat
Seriously? Not cool!
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Expedia pays $632 million for majority stake in Trivago
Expedia plans to acquire a 61.6% equity position in Trivago, a German metasearch company for a total consideration of Euro 477 million ($632 million).
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Zappos customer service call lasts 10 hours
When a customer-service rep goes above and beyond to try to solve your problem, that's welcome. When they spend 10-and-a-half hours on the phone giving you advice about relocating to Las Vegas, that's Zappos.com.
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Walmart Sells Assault Weapons But Bans Music With Swear Words
Why? Because some people find swear words "objectionable."
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Warby Parker Wants To Destroy A $20 Billion Company That Rips Off Its Customers
Have you ever heard of a company called Luxottica? We hadn't until we watched a 60 Minutes segment about them recently.
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9 Disturbing Christmas Ads You Won't Believe Are Real
Here are some old-school holiday ads that make us wonder what the hell the past was thinking.
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Meet The World's Newest Billionaire, A 36-Year-Old 'Surfer Dude' Named Nicholas Woodman
Nick Woodman is the 36-year-old founder and CEO of GoPro, a wearable camera produced by Woodman Labs that can capture footage for athletes as they whiz down a mountain or surf 6-foot waves.
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Why the Instagram debacle just taught every tech company to be shadier than ever
Last night Instagram announced that it was retracting a controversial terms of service change that was widely and inaccurately interpreted to mean that the company would be selling user photos.
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Flickr is Going Free for Three Months to Entice Instagram Deserters
Wait... it's not free?
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I Don't Want To Go To Jail
None of us would. Nor would we willingly choose to lose a marriage, lose our health, nor lose our valuable relationships with children, extended family and chosen and valuable friends. Are our actions taking us closer or further away from our intended goals?
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Employee Issued 5-Page Formal Reprimand For Farting At Work
A Social Security Administration employee was formally reprimanded earlier this month for for excessive workplace flatulence, according to a Dec. 10 letter obtained by The Smoking Gun.
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Facebook Poke Hits #1 A Day After Its Release
Poke by Facebook has hit the No. 1 free app spot on Apple’s App Store, just a day after being released.
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10 Ways Brands Will Win With Content Marketing in 2013
In the year 2013, marketers will break through with innovative content marketing strategies. Here is what we have to look forward to.
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The Single Best Anti-Gun-Death Policy? Ending the Drug War
Universal gun confiscation is impossible, and even aggressive gun control might not dramatically reduce gun-related deaths. But ending our ridiculous and expensive war on drugs could.
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57 Timeless Quotes for 2013
You and I are cut from the same stone. Unique and wonderful. Crazy and tenacious. Yes -- they call us “entrepreneurs”. So as we head into 2013 -- I built this list for us. Read... Ponder... Share...
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Big Food And The Big, Silent Salt Experiment
Food manufacturers have been quietly reducing sodium by tiny amounts in popular foods like crackers for years now. That's because if products are marked "low sodium," consumers won't buy them. But companies are also working on ways to deliver more salt taste with less sodium.
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Facebook tests $1 fee for inbox access
The 'small experiment' will let some people pay to have a message routed to the Inbox of someone they're not connected with, rather have it be banished to the Other folder. Read this article by Donna Tam on CNET News.
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Apple Reportedly Killing Chargers That Power Both Lightning and Legacy iGadgets
A Kickstarter developer claims Apple dropped the hammer on its multi-device charging station because of a new, and so far unannounced, licensing rule for the Apple Lightning connection cable.
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Ad from 1890, when parents wanted fat kids
As rhapsodyangel points out on the Vintage Ads LJ, this fattening syrup outsold Coca-Cola in 1890, by promising that you and your loved ones could be "fat as pigs." In 1890, this sold more bottles than Coca Cola.
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Wikipedia doesn't need your money - so why does it keep pestering you?
Wikipedia claims that the donations are needed to keep the site online. Guilt-tripped journalists including Heather Brooke and Toby Young have contributed to Wikipedia in the belief that donations help fund operating costs. Students, who are already heavily in debt, are urged to donate in case Wikipedia "disappears".
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