Daily Dispatch: Amazon working on 'bad gift' converter; Wiki 2.0 to offer social layer and game mechanics

In today's Digital Dispatch:

How to Opt-Out of Interest-Based Advertising (digital inspiration)

Detailed instructions on how to reduce your exposure to interest-based advertising including on iPhones and iPads.

Report: iPhone 4 least likely to malfunction, most likely to shatter (TiPb)

...The year long study looked at 50,000 warranty replacements. The iPhone 4 had the fewest malfunctions not due to accidental damage while Motorola and HTC Android phones tied for second. As for breakage, the iPhone 4 is king of the heap with 9.4%

Amazon patents ‘bad gift' converter (The Telegraph)

...If rolled out across the Amazon site, it will allow users to set up "rules", so that whenever an order is placed by a well-meaning but clueless relative, the item is automatically substituted for a gift certificate of the same value, or a similar-priced item from the recipient's Amazon "wish list".

Jimmy Wales to Announce Wiki 2.0 (ReadWriteWeb)

...This next generation of wikis will include a social layer that brings game mechanics, real-time streams, social sharing and more to the previously walled-in world of the wiki.

Self-Repair Manifesto (ifixit)

...How long does our stuff last? We need to take a deep breath and look at all of our things. Will we be able to fix them when they break? We have got to put the brakes on our race to become a throw-away society.

Google Gives All Employees Surprise $1,000 Cash Bonus And 10% Raise (Business Insider)

...In addition, Google will also give each employee an additional raise equivalent to 1X the employee's target bonus for the year. And employees will be eligible for additional "merit increases" based on their individual performance.

Lighter Side: Tech Mom - Episode 1: The iPad (UCBcomedy.com)

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