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What Apple Will And Won’t Share Today

We know what's happened to Apple recently: The company has released a carefully updated edition of many of its core products, over the course of the last eight months (starting with the iPad 2), culminating in the launch of the iPhone 4S. In between the reveal of this phone and it actually going on sale, legendary Apple CEO and cofounder Steve Jobs passed away, finally losing his protracted battle with cancer and its side effects.

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GM’s Wireless Safety Net Warns Drivers About Dangerous Situations

Using a combination of signals from all over the road, a new system takes cars a step closer to being able to automatically react to conditions in front of them. It will still be at least a decade before GM's EN-V autonomous pod cars hit the streets, but in the meantime, the automaker is working on a mobile system that uses information from surrounding vehicles and infrastructure to warn drivers about dangerous situations.

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Gary Vaynerchuk, Tim Ferriss, And Seth Godin Throw Their Weight Behind Shopify’s Build A Business Contest

E-commerce business Shopify is pitting a bunch of bloodthirsty entrepreneurs against each other (all in the spirit of healthy competition, of course) to spur new business growth and development--with the help of three blue-chip entrepreneurs. How do you launch a slew of new companies, enable e-commerce, generate millions in sales, and help thousands of entrepreneurs create new jobs for themselves and others? You might think the answer starts with venture capital, but for online store builder Shopify , the solution is: pit a bunch of bloodthirsty aspiring business owners against each other (all in the spirit of healthy competition, of course).

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Mimicking Squid Skin To Create Perfect Instantaneous Camouflage

Cephalopods have the amazing ability to match their backgrounds almost perfectly, and in seconds. Scientists are just now tapping into that power to give man-made objects the same property, creating a new generation of stealth.

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Are User Behavior Analytics The Real Predictors Of Customer Engagement?

When it comes to consumer insights, the rise of the social web has been both a blessing and a curse: a blessing because companies now have an unlimited amount of data about their customers at their fingertips; a curse because they have to figure out a way to sift through all of that data to figure out what’s meaningful and what isn’t.

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Forget Extending The Power Grid, The U.S. Should Act More Like A Developing Nation

In places around the world where the grid hasn't been extended, they're still figuring out ways to power their gadgets. We could learn a thing or two. Globally, there are 5.3 billion mobile phone subscribers--but according to Green Power For Mobile by The GSMA Development Fund, nearly 500 million people worldwide do not have a means of charging a mobile phone at home.

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Protest, Music, And #OWS Opportunism

When does a performer's “endorsement” of Occupy Wall Street cross over into exploitation? Music and protest have long gone hand in blistered hand

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