Month: June 2012

These are my fantastically selected links for June 14th, 2012 from 12:04 to 17:18:

• Steve Jobs Vs. Bill Gates in Epic Rap Battle [VIDEO] –
• Kickstarter Project Forms a Band Through YouTube –
• WATCH: Gretchen Carlson Walk Off 'Fox & Friends' –
• Can Mobile Panic Buttons Replace Public Emergency Phone Systems? –
• Amazon.com should buy Coinstar: A tech prediction that makes a ton of sense –
• Advertising vets raise cash for Blab, promises to make Facebook ads more effective –
• Medical Breakthrough Could Lead to a Cure for Ebola –
• Ebola Virus Cured in Monkeys a Full Day After Infection –
• Coke Ad Made of Security Cam Footage Goes Viral; Is It Real? –
• FYI: Why Does Scotch Smell Like Band-Aids? –
• Cassini Detects Methane Lakes on Titan –

These are my links for June 13th, 2012 through June 14th, 2012:

• Location-based targeting grows up –
• Apple’s Insanely Great 1986 Clothing Line [PICS] –
• Windows Phone 8 Screenshots Leak, Show Skype Integration and More [REPORT] –
• Crime-fighting app iWitness goes live, recording audio and video as danger looms –
• Is Crowdsourcing the Secret to Creating Innovation in Government? –
• New research: Meditation makes you a better geek –
• An Essential Internet Playlist to Help You Survive Any Geek Roadtrip –
• Fridge Magnet Lights –
• Website Generates Absurd Twitter Bios –
• Skype debuts ‘Conversation Ads’ for audio calls, hopes to get you talking about them –
• Aviary steps into spotlight with standalone photo-editing apps for iPhone and Android –

These are my fantastically selected links for June 13th, 2012 from 11:35 to 14:31:

• NASA’s Black-Hole-Hunting NuSTAR Telescope Has Launched –
• These Are Some Of The Worst Tattoos We’ve Ever Seen –
• Breaking: Showtime’s ‘Weeds’ Will End After This Season –
• Zip Line Over Manhattan, Weeee! –
• Anti-SOPA Congressmen Unveil “Digital Bill of Rights” –
• Timelapse of WTC’s Dancing Cranes –
• BAD NEWS L.A.: No One’s Producing Television Dramas Out West –
• First Direct Observation of an Under-Ice Algal Bloom in the Arctic –
• Facebook Engagement is Actually Up, Despite Reuters Poll –
• From .art to .microsoft to .zappos: Applicants revealed in domain name land grab –
• Amazon and Google in domain name frenzy –
• How The Human Nose Helps Chemists Analyze Flavor –
• The New MacBook Pro’s RAM is Soldered Onto the Motherboard, Cannot be Upgraded –

These are my fantastically selected links for June 13th, 2012 from 08:43 to 10:39:

• The End of Facebook: What Will It Take to Kill the King of Social? –
• ICANN Announces Hundreds of ‘.Whatever’ Domain Claims –
• Video: Swiss Flying Torpedo Bot Crashes, Dusts Itself Off and Flies Again –
• Stealthy Drone Aircraft Takes a Road Trip, Terrifies the Midwest –
• Pinstagram Arrives for iPad, Before Instagram, Pinterest [EXCLUSIVE] –
• Holding Hands With Strangers Is Not as Creepy as It Sounds [VIDEO] –

These are my fantastically selected links for June 12th, 2012 from 13:55 to 19:14:

• Bronx Zoo Monkey Protests Budget Cuts With iPad –
• Newegg Doesn’t Consider Linux Installation Improper Use, Still Has A Questionable Return Policy –
• In Honor of The World Trade Center, A Tower of Humans –
• Why Sweden Was Right to Hand Over Its Twitter Account –
• Mad Men Actor Brags About Diet Technique–Having Sex “For A Few Hours” –
• So, the Person Running @Sweden This Week Has Gone off the Rails –
• What's in a name? You tell us! Our new NYC offices boast four new conference roo… –
• Sponsored Stories boost companies’ Facebook marketing CTR 20 percent –
• Big Box of British Beer –
• Nick Cannon, Blake Griffin And A Slew Of Celebrities Have Cofounded A Birchbox Rival –
• 10-Year-Long Game of ‘Civilization’ Predicts Grim Future for Humanity –
• Artist Turns New Twitter Logo Into Pop Culture Icons –
• iOS 6 Developer Beta Jailbroken In Less Than 24 Hours –
• NYC Sanitation Probably Won’t Remove These Crowdsourced Abandoned Bikes –
• How Dreamt It Got Approved for Apple’s App Store in 2 Hours –
• The Secrets of ‘Prometheus’ Explained by Reddit –

These are my fantastically selected links for June 12th, 2012 from 11:45 to 13:35:

• Facebook Launches WordPress Tool, Makes Blogging More Social –
• Why Brands Are Becoming Publishers –
• Google Searches Show Where Racism May Hurt Obama’s Presidential Campaign –
• The Oatmeal raises $100k for charity, and counting, after legal threat from FunnyJunk –
• UPDATED: Facebook Deepens WordPress Integration With New Plugin –

These are my fantastically selected links for June 12th, 2012 from 11:45 to 13:35:

• Facebook Launches WordPress Tool, Makes Blogging More Social –
• Why Brands Are Becoming Publishers –
• Google Searches Show Where Racism May Hurt Obama’s Presidential Campaign –
• The Oatmeal raises $100k for charity, and counting, after legal threat from FunnyJunk –
• UPDATED: Facebook Deepens WordPress Integration With New Plugin –

These are my fantastically selected links for June 12th, 2012 from 10:39 to 11:32:

• How To Get Your .NYC Domain –
• Requiem for an iPad 1 –
• Philip Seymour Hoffman Leaves Agency After Tonys Snub–But Gets Offer For ‘Hunger Games’ Sequel –
• Author Neal Stephenson’s new sword fighting game Clang: The best Kickstarter pitch yet? –
• Amazon’s Cloud Player music app comes to iPhone –
• Sweden Twitter Experiment Goes Painfully Awry –
• Amazon Cloud Player for iPhone Resurfaces –

These are my fantastically selected links for June 12th, 2012 from 07:00 to 09:23:

• Volkswagen’s Little Darth Vader Faces Open Heart Surgery –
• Verizon Lets You Share Everything With New Data-Focused Plans –
• Facebook Admin Upgrades Good For Some, Not All –
• If You Kill Someone, Don’t Google it First –
• J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot to Produce Sci-Fi Film About the Higgs Boson –
• Refrigerator Magnet Lets You Order Evian Water –
• 5 Surprising Ways to Use Amazon to Further Your Content Marketing Goals –

These are my fantastically selected links for June 12th, 2012 from 01:00 to 06:01:

• About 41% of Kickstarter Projects Fail [INFOGRAPHIC] –
• Either, not both –
• More Than Half Of All News Stories Shared On Twitter Are From The BBC [STUDY] –
• Is QuizBoard the Next Words With Friends? –
• Cloak Camera Bag –