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Tinder Co-Founder Suspended Over Sexual Harassment Claims
July 3, 2014 By Leave a Comment
[From HuffingtonPost.com]
The company behind the dating app Tinder suspended Justin Mateen, co-founder and chief marketing officer, after a female former executive filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against the company on Monday.
Whitney Wolfe, the former vice president of marketing for the popular dating app, claims she was pushed out of the company after facing more than a year of inappropriate comments from Mateen and CEO Sean Rad…
READ THE REST OF THIS STORY HERE: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/01/justin-mateen-suspended-tinder_n_5547988.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=Technology
Facebook Is Under Investigation For Mood Manipulation Study
July 3, 2014 By Leave a Comment
[From HuffingtonPost.com]
The British data watchdog is investigating whether Facebook Inc violated data-protection laws when it allowed researchers to conduct a psychological experiment on its users.
A Facebook spokesman acknowledged that the experiment on nearly 700,000 unwitting users in 2012 had upset users and said the company would change the way it handled research in future…
READ THE REST OF THE STORY HERE: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/01/facebook-mood-study-government_n_5550555.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular
Grandmother Buys Building and Finds Classic Arcade Games
July 3, 2014 By Leave a Comment
[From Nerdist.com]
There were a few arcade shops around my neck of the woods (ok, mostly liquor stores with a couple of games), but the best in arcade experiences were found in Japan. Thanks to NeoGAFFER keisuke999, we get a glimpse of what the heyday of arcade gaming looked like, as he inherited two floors of classic arcade games from his girlfriend’s grandma who purchased an abandoned building with dozens of arcade cabinets…
READ THE FULL STORY WITH PHOTOS HERE: http://www.nerdist.com/2014/07/grandmother-buys-building-and-finds-classic-arcade-games/
12 Hidden Tricks Advertisers Use to Sell You Stuff
July 2, 2014 By Leave a Comment
[From Wired.com]
Heineken is playing a visual trick on you every time you go to the beer aisle. Next time you’re standing there mulling over Budweiser or the Dutch brew, just take a moment to look at the latter’s logo. You might not notice it at first, but in comparison to the other letters, the three “e”s in Heineken are slanted slightly backwards, their bottoms curved, grinning up at you with a toothless smile. “There’s nothing human about a typeface, but this slightly turned “e” gives the feeling of smiling,” says Marc Andrews, a creative director and psychologist from Amsterdam. “And this gives you a totally different relationship to the brand.” …
READ MORE OF THESE CLEVER TRICKS BY CLICKING HERE: http://www.wired.com/2014/06/5-hidden-visual-tricks-advertisers-use-to-sell-you/
Cloud, An Interactive Speaker and Lamp Combination That Looks Like a Thundercloud
July 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment
[From LaughingSquid.com]
Cloud is a simply-named speaker and lamp combination by design firm Richard Clarkson Studio that is shaped like a thundercloud featuring a built-in motion detector that triggers thunder and lightning effects. The ceiling-hung speaker was built using an Arduino microcontroller.
This is a new kind of magic, one not based on illusions and trickery, but on sensors and code. For the past few years designers have been adding more and more skills to their tool kits.
Cloud is available for purchase directly through Richard Clarkson Studio.
READ THE SOURCE ARTICLE HERE: http://laughingsquid.com/cloud-an-interactive-speaker-and-lamp-combination-that-looks-like-a-thundercloud/
Wake up and smell the bacon with Oscar Mayor’s new bacon IOS app
March 7, 2014 By Leave a Comment
[From FireWireBlog.com]
Prepare yourself for a bacon awakening beyond your wildest imagination. Wake Up & Smell The Bacon is a multi-sensory alarm experience that starts your morning with the mouthwatering sizzle and smell of Oscar Mayer bacon.
A new alarm app by Oscar Mayer lures you out of bed every morning to not only the sweet sound of frying bacon, but to the smell as well. A small gadget attached to your iPhone’s headphone jack sends a bacon fragrance your way as the alarm sizzles.
The bacon device isn’t being sold – you’ll have to win it through a sweepstakes on Oscar Mayer’s website.
HUVR Board claims to have made a real life ‘Back to the Future’ style hover board
March 5, 2014 By Leave a Comment
[From Firewireblog.com]
Moby, Tony Hawk, and other celebrities rocket around on the HUVr Board—a flying board billed as a real world version of the hoverboard from the Back to the Future film franchise—in this slickly produced promo video featuring Christopher Lloyd who played Emmett “Doc” Brown in the BTTF film trilogy.
According to HUVr, the board is crafted from “paramagnetic titanium” and is expected to ship in December 2014.
The HUVr Board most likely is an elaborate viral video stunt. [??] Please be for real!
See video here: