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Govt relies on Facebook "narcissism" to spot fake marriages, fraud (ars technica)
...Agents are encouraged to take the opportunity to reveal fraud by poking around in people's profiles to see whether they are in valid relationships or are attempting some other kind of fraud to get into the country.
PriceGrabber Now Lists Product Inventory At Local Stores Courtesy Of Milo (TechCrunch)
...Milo.com tracks the real-time availability and prices of more than 3 million products at over 50,000 stores across the U.S. And the PriceGrabber deal is the first use case of Milo's technology on other shopping platforms.
Pew: 85% of US Adults Have Mobile Phones, One in Ten (High Earners) Own Tablets (i2G)
Pew has just released some new survey data (n=3,000) -- a kind of gadget census -- that shows 85% of Americans own cell phones (vs. PCs (59%) or laptops (52%)).
Google's Mobile Ads Now a $1 Billion Global Business (Advertising Age)
Amid third-quarter earnings, Google revealed a startling number: Mobile ads are now a $1 billion business worldwide, annualized based on the prior quarter.
Japanese Scientists Teach World's Creepiest Robot to Sing (GAWKER)
Meet HRP-4C, a singing "divabot" who mimics human singers' facial expressions and breath patterns.
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