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Tuesday, November 20, 2012

BuzzFeed FWD: 25 Years Of Cell Phones In A Single Image And More!


25 Years Of Cell Phones In A Single Image

A Japanese phone maker's journey through every cell phone trend in history, from two-tone LCDs and big buttons to full-color touchscreens and 4G Internet. From NTT Docomo and Designboom.

The Real Problem With The iPhone "Sexting" App

Snapchat shares photos that self-destruct. It says it's not about sexting, even though that's how it's used by some teens. But you definitely shouldn't use it for sexting.

Here's What Happens When You Search For 'Huge Idiot' On Twitter

Whoa. Tell us what you really think, Twitter search! (First image via @cool_pond)

"Up" In Real Life

Minus the tears. A professional cluster-balloonist re-created Up's flying house this weekend.

25 Saddest Faces Of Black Friday Shoppers

The shoppers will look up to the sky and shout, "Save us some flat-screens," and the Best Buy manager shall look down and whisper, "No." But seriously, these Black Friday shoppers look really sad.

41 People Already Camping Out At Best Buy For Black Friday

I don't know which is worse: the people waiting for Black Friday sales on Monday, or the people stopping to Instagram it.

How To Code A Life

Synthetic biology — the science fiction-like branch of genetic engineering — hopes to automate programs used to engineer organisms that could produce better drugs and cleaner fuels. But can open-source science really succeed?

43 Reasons You Should Stay Home On Black Friday

IT'S A SCAM. And it will make you sad. Also: leftovers.

Quiz: Black Friday Or Actual Riot?

It's a dangerous world out there.

HuffPost Live In 2 Minutes

Here's a supercut of the most indecipherable moments from last week's Gaza debate on HuffPost Live!

What Windows 8 Looked Like In The Beginning

By now, you've seen the totally radical redesign of the computer you've likely been using for years: Windows 8. But have you seen what Windows 8 originally looked like?

Google Hangs A Tiny Little Sign In New York City

Just in case people didn't already know that Google owns the historic Port Authority building. You know, and your soul.

Apple, Google And Twitter

I would ignore the part about Apple buying Twitter — I don't think it makes that much sense, and would likely be a flustercuck — but this nugget seems very true: "Google is getting better at design faster than Apple is getting better at web services."

The Other Maps App Besides Apple Maps And Google Maps

To be honest, my first impressions of Nokia's Here maps for the iPhone aren't very good: It looks very fuzzy in some places, and transit directions — something Nokia has been pushing hard, since Apple Maps don't have them — kept failing. But maybe it'll get better faster than Apple Maps. Or at least tide you over till Google Maps finally arrive for the iPhone.

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Business Today: Bernanke's "cliff" comments break two-day rally

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11/20/2012
Reuters Election 2012 Daily round-up of the day's top news from the campaign trail, the White House and all the politics in between
Bernanke's "cliff" comments break two-day rally
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street halted its two-day rally on Tuesday, after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the central bank lacks tools to cushion the economy from the impact of the "fiscal cliff."
Ex-SAC manager charged in $276 million insider scheme
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors on Tuesday charged a former SAC Capital employee with insider trading in a series of transactions that hedge fund titan Steven A. Cohen had personally signed off on.
HP alleges Autonomy wrongdoing, takes $8.8 billion charge
(Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard stunned Wall Street by alleging a massive accounting scandal at its British software unit Autonomy that will cost the company the majority of $8.8 billion in charges.
UBS trader jailed for seven years in $2.3 billion fraud
LONDON (Reuters) - UBS trader Kweku Adoboli was jailed for seven years on Tuesday for the biggest fraud in British history, which cost the Swiss bank $2.3 billion.
U.S. Airways flight attendants vote to authorize strike
(Reuters) - Flight attendants at US Airways Group Inc voted by a 94 percent margin to authorize a strike, ramping up pressure on the carrier to reach a contract agreement, their union said on Tuesday.
New York sues Credit Suisse over mortgage securities
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman brought a lawsuit on Tuesday accusing Credit Suisse Group AG of deceiving investors in mortgage-backed securities.
Housing starts hit four-year high in October
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Housing starts rose to their highest rate in more than four years in October, suggesting the housing market recovery was gaining steam, even though permits for future construction fell.
France to answer ratings downgrade with reforms
PARIS (Reuters) - France said on Tuesday it would respond to a Moody's credit downgrade by pushing on with reforms, complaining that the ratings agency had overlooked steps already taken to revamp the euro zone's second-largest economy.
Green Mountain appoints Coke executive as CEO
(Reuters) - Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc appointed Coca-Cola Co executive Brian Kelley to its top post, betting on a products specialist to replace Lawrence Blanford who has led the company since 2007.
UK PM ex-aide to be charged over cash for royal tip-offs
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron's former media chief Andy Coulson and Rebekah Brooks, the former boss of Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper business, were charged on Tuesday with conspiring to make illegal payments to officials for information for stories.
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