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• James Franco Launches Indiegogo Campaign to Fund 3 Films
  Actor James Franco is turning his pockets to the public to wrangle funds for his latest project, Palo Alto Stories, a series of three features that will be adapted from pieces of his 2011 fiction-writing debut. The 35-year-old multihyphenate has launched a campaign on crowdfunding website Indiegogo, calling for $500,000 worth of backing for the films, which […]
  Sean Fitz-Gerald
• Huawei Shows Off Ascend P6, the 'World's Slimmest Smartphone'
  Chinese electronics manufacturer Huawei billed its new Ascend P6 model as the "world's slimmest smartphone," during an unveiling event in London on Tuesday. The Huawei Ascend P6 is 6.18 mm in depth, which is thinner than competitors like the iPhone 5 and Samsung Galaxy S4 (7.6 mm and 7.9 mm, respectively). This new model is now the flagship sm […]
  Vignesh Ramachandran
• App Crowdsources Locations of Every Surveillance Camera
  We're always being watched. And a new app lets you know it Surv combines user input and technology to create maps with detailed descriptions of the locations and types of surveillance cameras. Kaza Razat and Khalid Mills developed the app after realizing how little access to this information law enforcement agencies have. SEE ALSO: Top 25 Free iPhone Ap […]
  Dhiya Kuriakose
• What has changed in the Top 100 Influential Education Blogs ranking?
  In a previous post we have published a list of the top 100 influential education blogs, ranked by their Onalytica Influence Index. We present today an updated list of the top influential bloggers. For a detailed explanation of the methodology we refer to out previous post. As before, we report the following metrics: Onalytica Influence Index, Popularity and […]
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• Small Businesses Survey: Resilience Prevails, Steve Jobs Recognized as Idol
  Did you know that the 23 million small businesses in America account for 54% of all U.S. sales? Did you know that small businesses provide 55% of all jobs and 66% of all net new jobs since the 1970s? While big business has eliminated four million jobs since 1990, small businesses added eight million. Why the focus on small business today? It’s National Small […]
  Brian Solis
• John Mayer's Prancercise Music Video Is Astounding
  The 'Prancercise Lady' has teamed up with musician John Mayer for the most bizarre music-plus-exercise combination imaginable. By now, you've probably heard of Prancercise, Johanna Rohrback's patented breed of equine inspired exercise. In the original viral video, she gallops to some generic, lyric-less rock music. But in this video, she […]
  Brie Hiramine
• Lil Wayne Stirs Controversy by Dancing on American Flag in New Video
  Of all the ways in which an artist can garner attention for a new song, stirring up controversy seems to be a method with which rapper Lil Wayne is quite familiar. His song “Georgia…Bush” stirred the political pot back in 2006 by heavily criticizing the Bush administration’s actions both overseas and in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. More recently, Wayne los […]
  Elizabeth S. Mitchell