The 2012 Audi R8 China Edition is a lot of car for a lot of money – almost half a million U.S. dollars buys one of the 80 available. It also highlights the German automaker’s latest attempt to establish their brand in the hearts, minds and budgets of China’s rapidly expanding wealthy class.
Numerous studies have already been conducted to confirm the obvious: the future of mobile Internet lies with 4G and users will continue to sign up for the service in the years to come, which will push mobile data demand higher than it has ever been.
Microphones. They come in all shapes and sizes and are used in a wide variety of applications. Most gadgets you own nowadays probably have a microphone embedded in it somewhere–from your laptop to your phone and maybe even your alarm clock.
When TwitWit, who goes by the handle @MWadeNC
tweeted Newark Mayor Cory Booker that "nutrition is not the
responsibility of the government," a gauntlet was laid that is now being
played out in Twitterville as well as the real world. Booker (@CoryBooker),
a prolific member of the Twitterati has amassed celebrity status with a
Twitter following of over 1.2 million, while TwitWit whose profile
describes herself as a "Daughter of the American Revolution" has only
1008 (as of this posting).
So you might have taken one look at the title and went, "LED lights? What does that have to do with me?" Well, if you’re well aware of what it can do and what people around you have been doing with it, then you’ll agree that it has a lot to do with you.
Care to help the U.S. government dig itself out of debt by buying new dollar bills for $5.95 each? Me neither but these aren’t just any dollar notes, they feature “lucky” serial numbers beginning with “8888” and they’re packaged in attractive red & gold folders to celebrate the upcoming Chinese Year of the Snake.
You might want to think twice about how often you hang out at your local Best Buy in the future. In Japan, NEC has developed a new facial recognition system geared towards retailers that determines the age and gender of shoppers, and tracks how long and how often they visit a given store. More »
Synergy! Gamification! Likes! Viral! They’re all awful bullshit buzzwords that marketing folks love to use to spin their product. The words sound really nice coming out of your mouth but they don’t mean anything. If you can only describe your product with buzzwords, you already screwed up. [YouTube via The Awesomer] More »
Apple has sold over 108 million units since the first iPhone was released in 2007, and they’re still going strong. Naturally, that means there are millions of people all over the world who have the exact same phone as you do. But while the actual phone might be the same, they don’t have to look the same, given the wide selection of iPhone cases available.
Hello Kitty doesn’t just look cute, Sanrio’s most popular character EVAR now enchants our olfactory bulbs with the sweet scent of strawberry or melon! And what better place for Japan’s queen of cute to emanate these awesome aromas then your bathroom?
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