MTV’s 30th Anniversary

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Monday, August 01 MTV's allergy to nostalgia isn't a pose but a savvy strategy for a channel whose median viewer just stopped having to ask his older brother to buy him beer. Since MTV's 30th anniversary is likely to pass like its 25th, which barely earned an on-air nod, we've traced the brand from its colicky infancy through its earnest preteen years and wayward adolescence to its present as a Snooki-faced memento mori for anyone old enough to remember Dan Cortese's bandannas.

How Businesses Can Forge (Much-Coveted) Brand Partnerships With Foursquare

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Foursquare gets hundreds, if not thousands, of brand requests every week. Here's how to forge a partnership with the in-demand service, and to reach customers who might get lost in the shuffle on Facebook or Twitter

Apple’s Putting Your Music, Documents, And Photos Into iCloud

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"We're going to demote the PC and the Mac to just be a device," said Steve Jobs in his keynote address at Apple's WWDC conference today. "We're going to move your hub, the center of your digital life, into the cloud." Apple revealed its long-awaited cloud sharing and sync service today, iCloud. Far more than a way to back up files to a distant server, iCloud is integrated across Apple desktops and mobile devices to ensure that all of your computers can synchronize contacts, calendars, email, apps, music, photos, and more

Meet The Winners Of "American Idol"

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There’s no number to text your vote for Coke and Ford, but the brands have fused themselves to Fox’s pop star machine. Here’s how

Facebook’s Hack-A-Months Cause Disruption, Innovation

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Yep, they are 30-day hack-a-thons--and they are helping launch big products, including Facebook Deals. Welcome to what one Facebooker calls "a playground for engineers." Tech giants such as Google to Facebook are famous for hack-a-thons, all-night marathon coding sessions where eager employees build something unrelated to their current projects

NYT: Vibrators find a home in drugstore aisles

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NYT: For years, vibrators were bought quietly in sex shops, and later online, arriving in discreet unmarked packages.

Letters From Sea: A Recap of This Weekend’s Summit at Sea Conference

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Three days. One boat.

The 10 Most Innovative Companies in Video

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01 / YouTube For transforming itself from Google's folly into a global network.

The Echo Nest Makes Pandora Look Like a Transistor Radio

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More cowbell! Everyone from Christopher Walken enthusiasts to major record labels to Columbia University is excited about The Echo Nest. The many uses, frivolous and non-, of Echo Nest's massive 30-million-song dataset. You music lovers out there probably think we're living in a Golden Age.