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Islamists accuse U.S. of interference in Egyptian affairs
CAIRO (Reuters) - President Mohamed Mursi's Islamist allies accused the United States on Tuesday of blatant interference in Egypt's affairs after Washington said Cairo was muzzling freedom of speech.
On Monday, State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland criticized the questioning of the most popular Egyptian television satirist over allegations that he insulted Mursi and Islam.
Bassem Youssef, who rose to fame with a satirical online show after the uprising that swept Hosni Mubarak from power in 2011, turned himself in on Sunday after the prosecutor general issued an arrest warrant for the comedian.
The Justice and Freedom Party, political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood, condemned the comments from Nuland and said the government was committed to freedom of expression. "Nuland's statements are ... blatantly interfering in Egypt's internal affairs," a party statement said.
In Washington, Nuland said her remarks on Monday represented the views of the U.S. government and "we stand by those views as articulated here yesterday."
"Our point here yesterday was to say that rule of law needs to be applied appropriately in all circumstances," she told reporters at her daily news briefing.
"So no, we reject the notion that we were interfering."
Youssef, whose program is now on television and has been compared to U.S. satirist Jon Stewart's "The Daily Show", is accused of insulting Islam and undermining Mursi's standing.
The prosecutor general issued the warrant after at least four legal complaints filed by supporters of Mursi, an Islamist who was freely elected in June.
In what seemed a gesture of defiance, Youssef arrived at the prosecutor general's office wearing an oversized graduation hat modeled on one donned by Mursi when he was awarded an honorary degree in Pakistan in March. He was later released on bail of 15,000 Egyptian pounds ($2,200).
Nuland said on Monday Egyptian authorities seemed to be selectively prosecuting those accused of insulting the government while ignoring or playing down attacks on anti-government protesters and cases of "extreme police brutality".
The U.S. view is important in part because Washington provides $1.3 billion per year in military aid to Cairo.
Egypt has been in a state of political turmoil since the ouster of Mubarak, a long-time U.S. ally. Political uncertainty and growing street crime have deterred tourism, long an important driver of the Egyptian economy.
(Reporting by Ulf Laessing; additional reporting by Paul Eckert in Washington; Editing by Mark Heinrich and Mohammad Zargham)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/islamists-accuse-u-interference-egyptian-affairs-194646293.html
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Prepping on a Budget - Affordable Items for Preppers - Stealth Survival
Prepping on a Budget - Affordable Items for Preppers - Emergency Water Storage
When you have limited funds to prep with, the only way to manage is by looking for specials that will save you money. The first thing you should look for is simple and affordable water storage. Water is something you can?t live without and is one of the first things needed if you experience an unexpected event. Unfortunately, the savings are often hidden and you may not realize there is a bargain right in front of you. Here?s a cheap and inexpensive way to have emergency water storage that is both portable and affordable.
The first thing you will need to get is a manual pump for one of those portable water bottles. These cost about $10 at your local Walmart.? They give you a hint on the outside of the package about discount savings without actually telling you. The discount happens to be a $5 coupon off your next purchase of a bottle of water. Using the coupon, the bottle of water (5 gallon size) which normally costs about $11.50 will now only cost you $6.50.
When you add your total cost, you will have only spent $16.50 for a manual pump and five gallons of emergency water storage. The pump also works even if you don?t have power. The water bottles also have a built in handle for portability. A five gallon bottle of water will weigh in excess of forty pounds but is still a manageable weight for most people. The five gallons should be enough water for two people for almost 72 hours. To increase your emergency water storage, just purchase an additional bottle of water later when your budget permits. This type of setup is ideal for preppers who have limited space. Emergency water storage that?s portable for less than $20...now that?s a bargain. Staying above the emergency water storage line!
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Source: http://stealthsurvival.blogspot.com/2013/04/prepping-on-budget-affordable-items-for.html
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NVIDIA exec: Next-generation mobile graphics will outperform Xbox 360 and PS3
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Bernanke: Spreading Money Printing Bliss Globally, Whether or not Anyone Asked for it
Last week saw a full court press in defense of the current money printing exercise. It started with Bernanke telling us the Fed is making the whole world happy ? even if the world hasn't asked for it:
?The Federal Reserve's bond-buying program is not a "beggar-thy-neighbor" policy designed to spark a devaluation of the dollar to spark the U.S. exports at the expense of other countries, said Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke on Monday. Rather, the Fed's policy is an "enrich-thy-neighbor" action because strong growth in the U.S. would spillover to trading partners, Bernanke said in a speech to a conference at the London School of Economics. Some emerging market economies have complained about the Fed's quantitative easing program, and some have called it the start of a "currency war." But Bernanke said a return to solid growth in the U.S., Europe and Japan would ultimately benefit smaller countries.?
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One should not let this man loose in front of innocent students. It is certainly true that the dollars Bernanke prints are spilling over into the world at large ? where they distort price signals everywhere. In most foreign nations mercantilist thinking predominates, and some even have currency pegs or quasi currency pegs. In any case, they all feel they must inflate right along with the Fed, so as to avoid that their currencies appreciate too much against the dollar. As an example, Brazil's minister of finance has been complaining for years about 'QE', and the central bank of Brazil has begun to run a very risky and far too loose policy, which has in the meantime led to a noticeable increase in money prices. The one thing money printing can definitely not achieve is 'solid growth', even though it may temporarily appear so on paper on a purely quantitative basis. Misdirecting scarce resources into bubble activities may well look like 'growth' to Bernanke, but in reality it can only weaken the economy structurally.
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Ben Bernanke: spreading happiness far and wide.
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Rosengren's Cost-Benefit Analysis of Money Printing
Next up to bat was Eric Rosengren of the Boston Fed, who similar to most of his colleagues is of the 'John Law School of Economics' (i.e., what the economy needs to 'get better' is 'more of the circulating medium'). Rosengren is a proponent of Anglo-Saxon central banking socialism at its finest and always likes to decorate his speeches with reams of statistics to buttress his case, but unfortunately one cannot prove or disprove points of economic theory by means of statistical data.
Here is an excerpt from his assessment of what the money printing exercise achieves that is fairly typical for Rosengren's explications:
?The Fed?s purchases of long-term securities are intended to lower longer-term interest rates, like rates on home mortgages and auto loans, in order to promote faster economic growth. These purchases also encourage households and businesses to shift somewhat from riskless low-yielding short-term government securities to investments that bear a sensible degree of risk and have a stronger economic effect, like corporate bonds and stocks.
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Federal Reserve Bank of Boston staff use two different models to estimate the impact of asset purchases on the economy. One explicitly articulates household and business behaviors and the other is a purely statistical model. ?Reassuringly, both models give similar results. Our best estimate implies roughly a one-quarter-point decrease in the unemployment rate for a $500 billion asset-purchase program.?
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In so many words, nothing can go wrong because our 'models' say so. One may well feel compelled to ask Mr. Rosengren what the economic models of his staff were saying about the economy in 2006 and 2007, but as far as we are aware nobody present at the delivery of his speech actually asked that. That would no doubt be considered impolite.
However, we know what the Fed heads were talking about in their meetings at the time, and that they were laughing a lot in 2006 (the details of the 2007? meetings are due to be released this year ? there is an inexplicable five year delay associated with these releases). In other words, their 'models' evidently told them that everything was just going swimmingly. By contrast, anyone with even an ounce of common sense could see that the economy was cruising toward a disaster. Now the same people who didn't see this coming are laying the foundations for the next disaster by doing the same things all over again, only at an even grander scale. Meanwhile they are defending their actions with the same means that they undoubtedly used to justify their previous catastrophic policy decisions. And the whole world is seemingly pretending that all of this is completely normal!
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The tinder for renewed bubble activities: assorted interest rates (from Rosengren's presentation) ? click for better resolution.
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Eric Rosengren ? guided by models that tell him nothing can possibly go wrong.
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Former ?Hawk? Wheeled out in Trial Balloon
A few years ago Minneapolis Fed chief Narayana Kocherlakota was among the handful of dissenters on the FOMC board, refusing to go along with the ultra-easy monetary policy proposed by Bernanke and others. At the time he provided a qualitative assessment of the labor market which we actually greeted with a few approving words in these pages.
Here is what he said back in 2010:
?The job openings rate has risen by about 20 percent between July 2009 and June 2010. Under this scenario, we would expect unemployment to fall because people find it easier to get jobs. However, the unemployment rate actually went up slightly over this period. What does this change in the relationship between job openings and unemployment connote? In a word, mismatch. Firms have jobs, but can?t find appropriate workers. The workers want to work, but can?t find appropriate jobs.
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There are many possible sources of mismatch ? geography, skills, demography ? and they are probably all at work. Whatever the source, though, it is hard to see how the Fed can do much to cure this problem. Monetary stimulus has provided conditions so that manufacturing plants want to hire new workers. But the Fed does not have a means to transform construction workers into manufacturing workers.?
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Got it in one. As an example, companies in the US are looking for experienced welders and cannot find enough of them. For reasons unknown, Kocherlakota has completely abandoned this largely qualitative approach to analyzing the labor market. Now he is attempting to out-dove the doves.
As we have pointed out here many times, we do not believe for one second that there is anything to the frequent 'exit' talk.? Here is Kocherlakota's latest, where he notifies us that he now believes that $85 billion in additional money printing per month while keeping the overnight interest rate at a big fat zero is still not enough ? and more importantly, he wants to see the threshold at which the policy is ended lowered even further.
?As I described earlier, the FOMC has a second mandate: to promote maximum employment. In March, most of the 19 FOMC participants believed that the unemployment rate will converge to a level between 5.2 percent and 6 percent within five to six years. But, under the current formulation of monetary policy, I see the rate of convergence to this long-run rate as likely to be slow. In particular, I expect that the unemployment rate will still be close to 7 percent by the end of 2014. The FOMC could facilitate a faster return of the unemployment rate to its lower long-run level by adopting a more accommodative monetary policy that puts more upward pressure on employment. Thus, I would say that my outlook for unemployment and my outlook for inflation both point to a need for more accommodation than is currently being provided by the FOMC.
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Based on my outlook for the next two years, I?ve concluded that the FOMC would better fulfill both of its congressional mandates by adding more monetary policy accommodation. How could it do so? I think that there are several possible approaches available to the Committee. For example, the FOMC could reduce the public?s level of policy uncertainty by clarifying the nature of the economic conditions that would lead the Committee to reduce or stop its current asset purchases. Alternatively, the Committee could communicate to the public that, once the removal of monetary accommodation eventually commences, the rate of withdrawal will be slower than is currently anticipated.
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Both of these kinds of changes in communication could potentially provide needed monetary accommodation. However, they would require the FOMC to make relatively complex changes to the language of its current communications. My own preferred approach is considerably simpler. In its current forward guidance, the FOMC has stated that it expects the fed funds rate to remain extraordinarily low at least until the unemployment rate falls below 6.5 percent. The FOMC could provide additional needed stimulus by lowering the threshold unemployment rate from 6.5 percent to 5.5 percent?that is, by changing one number in the existing statement.?
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In other words, not only has the skills mismatch magically disappeared from his deliberations, and the Fed is suddenly able to 'create employment' by printing money, but he also offers the first public trial balloon in favor of extending the money printing exercise way past its current official sell-by date. You couldn't make this up.
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Narayana Kocherlakota: from now on, 2 + 2 shall be 5.
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Pseudo-Scientific Justifications
To round things out so to speak, the NY Fed's economics staff is now putting out something that is resembling long discredited Philips Curve nonsense to justify higher inflation (note that some seven Nobel Prizes in Economics have been awarded for papers debunking the nonsense Samuelson et al. had cooked up in the context of the Philips curve. This happened not long after Henry Hazlitt showed in an analysis of the 1947 to 1976 period that the probability that the alleged connection between inflation and employment existed was no higher than simply flipping a coin). Admittedly Nobel Prizes in Economics don't prove much and are often even a contrary indicator (see Krugman), but in this particular case they seem to have been on the mark.
It should be noted that while there can be short-run effects on employment if prices rise faster than wages, such seeming gains are perforce ephemeral, as they A) assume that workers will forever be accepting lower and lower real incomes without demur and B) lead invariably to a misallocation of capital that ultimately weakens the economy's ability to generate real wealth. In other words, to recommend higher inflation in order to lower unemployment ranks among the worst economic policy ideas ever. That the Fed's board members are all such big fans of it is quite ominous. Now their staff is evidently providing the pseudo-scientific ammunition to justify it. Note here that when these people speak of 'inflation' they are not referring to the massive growth in the money supply, they are referring to one of its eventual effects, namely rising prices on a broad front.
?In times like these, a rise in inflation expectations could do the economy some good, argues research published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
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The paper argues that when traditional forms of monetary policy, such as cutting short-term interest rates, can go no further, central bankers can goose economic activity higher if they can convince the public the future pace of inflation is likely to rise.?
In short, the Fed should actively seek to lower the demand for money, a task it is undoubtedly capable of fulfilling. Unfortunately such 'goosing of economic activity' by means of inflation is precisely what John Law's playbook recommended and was later tried again by the revolutionary assembly of France and many others. In all cases it appeared to 'work' for a while, and every time when the juice was switched off, the depression immediately returned. This then caused the monetary authorities to opt for dispensing the next 'coup de whiskey'. Often this went on until the ultimate catastrophic demise of the entire underlying monetary system. That is in fact the only choice there is: one either allows the economic adjustment (a.k.a. bust) to occur early and fast, or one postpones it by printing money and thereby ensures an even bigger catastrophe down the road. That is the only long-run outcome that can be expected from this type of policy.
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Conclusion
As we have frequently pointed out, modern-day economic policy is evidently in the hands of utter quacks. It matters little to them that their prescriptions have failed time and again for hundreds of years ? they do the same thing over and over again, as though they were escapees from an insane asylum.
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Source: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-04-01/guest-post-bizarre-updates-new-normal-school-economics
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Air Pollution Linked to 1.2 Million Deaths in China
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April Fools 2013: The Ultimate Round-Up | TechCrunch
Happy April First, errybody! Yes, that?s right, we?ve reached that special, inimitable time of year. April Fools Day 2013. At TechCrunch, we have a long history of taking April Fools seriously. Deadly, deadly seriously. So, we?ve taken it upon ourselves to create a master list (which will be updated throughout the day) with the best tomfoolery, pranks, WTFs and LOLs the Internet and the tech industry have to offer.
All night and all day, whatever it takes. If a company close to you happens to break out its clown shoes in what can only be an eye-rolling effort at being funny (really, the one time of year we indulge terrible nerd jokes publicly), please alert us in the comment section. And, again, thank you for your help in advance.
We?ve tried to separate the good from the bad and the ugly ? and highlight the stuff that?s actually funny ? sometimes with success, sometimes not.
So here they are.
(And, again, for our annual disclaimer: If you?re one of those folks who finds April Fools stressful because you?re constantly subject to punkings courtesy of your co-workers, rest assured that we at TechCrunch would never do that to you. Never. Never ever.)
The Great List Of April Foolings
Google Nose
You have to give Google props. They always take April Fools Day pretty seriously, and cats are usually involved. But this year Google is poking fun of its Glass Project with some olfactory goodness. Google Nose. Smells galore. You?ve probably been wondering what Google does with all that information that it tirelessly indexes for its search engine, combing the Web with Page Rank to serve you moderately usable results. Well, it?s also been collecting scents.
Now, as Greg reports, instead of paying hundreds or thousands for its newest piece of sexy hardware, Google is now letting you type your favorite scent into its search engine, tap the ?smell button? and inhale to your hearts content. Just try not to sneeze on your monitor.
YouTube? More like NOTube, amirite?
That?s right. You heard it here first. Jordan brook the news Google has decided to shut down YouTube. After eight years, the company revealed that the whole thing has actually been an American Idol-like competition. Thank god, because for those of us that were taught that life is a competition ? no enjoyment necessary ? well, we?ve been a little suspicious of YouTube.
But the company has finally revealed that the competition that we know as YouTube is coming to a close, and that an expert panel of judges ? YouTube celebrities themselves ? will choose the winners. But don?t expect the winners to be announced any time soon. The judges will spend the next decade sifting through YouTube videos to choose said winners. Tomorrow, at midnight, the site will shut down and all content will be deleted. When it reopens in 2023, the only remaining video will be the winner. Frankly, it all makes perfect sense.
Gmail Blue
The hits just keep coming for The Googs. Next stop on the April Fools Google Train? ?Gmail Blue.? That should explain itself, but just in case, it took Google ?six years to develop the technology? to turn Gmail blue. Google turns nine tomorrow, and it might as well just go for it.
A poke at Facebook? Who?s to say?
You Got Vowels? Give Twitter Money.
Twitter has announced Twttr. Who needs vowels, am I right? Not you. Or Twitter. Twitter?s new ?two-tiered? service includes a free portion called ?Twttr? where each tweet (or ?twt?) shall contain nary-a-vowel. But just in case that has you up in arms, you can have your stinkin? vowels back, but it will cost you $5/month.
Pretty minimal price to pay for the fundamental building blocks of, you know, the English language and all. But because Twitter is ever-the-beneficent social network, it will offer the ?sometimes Y? free of charge. Well, isn?t that precious? Oh, and thankfully URL vowels are free. Twitter?s not into the whole ?hidden fees? thing, you understand. It?s almost like that April Fools joke where Facebook tried to make you pay $1 to message strangers. Oh wait, that actually happened.
Try it here. More from Drew here.
The Rest
Netflix?s Super Grumpy Genres:
It seems like an angry intern has wiggled his way into Netflix?s genre system, with all sorts of new genres popping up for the first time today.
Other family favorites include ?Movies That Are In English But Still Require Subtitles?, ?Movies With Epic Nicolas Cage Meltdowns?, and my favorite, ?Surreal Ballets Based on a William Shatner Album? which just lists William Shatner?s Gonzo Ballet 50 times.
Virgin?s Glass-Bottomed Plane
We hope to trial the glass bottom technology with other Virgin airlines in time and have asked other Virgin companies to support this innovative trial and launch our new domestic Scottish route. This really is a team effort from all corners of Virgin.
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Sony For Pets
Sony is releasing a new ?Animalia? line of products for your tech product-starved pets. And they?re really ?stoked? about it. As are your pets, no doubt. Because your hamsters need to test out those Beats headphones you bought them for Christmas.
According to Sony:
The introductory line-up includes Sony-branded products targeted at owners with dogs, cats and hamsters, with additional devices and networked services slated for release later this year. Check out this video to learn all about our new K9 4K TV, M3-OW KittyCans, and In-Cage Speakers.
ThinkGeek
ThinkGeek has a whole new line of April Fools products that are fun for the whole family. Like this ?Eye Of Sauron Desk Lamp.? My apologies if your order doesn?t go through. I?ve already bought 50 of them.
Google Maps Treasure Mode
Google Maps wants to bring your Goonies dreams to life:
Archeological analysis has confirmed that our Google Maps Street View team has indeed found one of history?s long lost relics: a treasure map belonging to the infamous pirate, William ?Captain? Kidd.
The map was found on a recent expedition in the Indian Ocean, as part of a deep-water dive to expand our underwater Street View collection. Captain Kidd was rumored to have buried his treasure around the world, and tales of a long-lost treasure map have lingered for generations.
Google+ Photos And +Emotion
Google+ now lets you add real emotions to your photos. This would be hilarious if 25 startups weren?t currently working on/pitching this idea ? outside of Google+. Because the best Google+ April Fools joke is, really, well, Google+.
Google Analytics
Some users of Google Analytics may begin noticing that they have a few new international visitors checking out their sites. I?m just glad Google didn?t say that they were ?totally out of this world.? Google is now including active visitors from the International Space Station, Control Room, who clearly have nothing better to do than to check out your WordPress blog. Here?s Carl to explain.
Google SCHMICK
More Google. Now Google wants to help you spruce up the look of your house. They explain:
Is your house looking a bit tired and shabby? Want to make your narky step-aunt jealous? Trying to keep up with the Joneses but don?t have the money to complete an expensive reno?
Now you can give your house a lick of fresh paint for free on Street View with Google SCHMICK (Simple Complete House Makeover Internet Conversion Kit). Forgot to mow the nature strip? Deck it out with some fresh buffalo grass. Front steps falling down? Swap them out for doric columns and a pergola. Graffiti on the front fence? Cover it with so many palm trees people will think they?re on the Vegas strip.
Google?s Levity Algorithm
For your Google Apps pleasures:
Toshiba Gets A Console
That?s right. Today, Toshiba is announcing its first-ever gaming console: The Shibasphere. Look out, every gaming console ever made, past, present or future. The Shibasphere is here.
The Shibasphere features unprecedented computing power, a completely controller-free interface, and Logical Aggression Monitoring that deploys positive therapeutics to prevent emotionally devastating rage-quits. Available accessories include the Shibadome, Shibasuit and Shibatote that enhance the sound, motion detection and portability of the console, and also features:
12 core 3.5 Ghz Processors
8192 MB GDDR5 RAM Graphics Card
809.3b Infrared Motion Detection
1080p Full HD
7.1 Channel Surround Sound
5 Stereo Mini Jacks
8 HDMI Ports
AC Power
SoundCloud?s Dropometer
Sometimes you just don?t know when ?the drop? is going to hit in a song. Not sure what I?m talking about? If you?ve ever seen a Harlem Shake video, it?s that very short, euphoric moment where the music drops out for a second and suddenly everyone is dancing/humping something. (See a notable example from my alma mater here.) Well, now, using its patent-pending algorithm, SoundCloud will tell you when that ?unpredictable and surprising moment? is going to happen, via The Dropometer:
? The Dropometer is designed to help you prepare yourself for the big moment, whether that means getting in the mental space where you can really break it down, or fixing yourself a fortifying snack.
While we first innovated the Dropometer around dubstep, we?ve identified broad utility for this new functionality across all genres. Look to the Dropometer to find out when to expect a key crescendo in a 17th-century symphony or the emotional climax in an episode of This American Life.
Love with Food Gon? Get You High
Love With Food is announcing a new product line called Love With WEED ? a monthly subscription that delivers a new high every month. For every box sent, we?ll plant a cannabis shrub along CA Route 1. It?s like Tom?s, but greener. Here it is.
Sphero PeaceKeeper
Robotics takes a step forward today with ?Sphero ? Peacekeeper Edition.? The robotics maker is now offering a super-sized version of Sphero that you can control from your smartphone or tablet. And cats love it. It measures 3-feet in diameter, weighs over 150 pounds but is totally fun and lightweight and agile. The future is now, people. GoSphero.
StumbleUpon
StumbleUpon has put together a big list of things you can to do prank your colleagues, family members and loved ones. See it here.
RunKeeper
The next revolution in running is here. Now. And it?s really big.
Obama Takes To Crowdtilt To Fund The Debt
President Obama has today taken to Crowdtilt to help raise money for the sky-rocketing national debt. When things get out of control, you can always turn to crowdfunding.
Here?s his note:
A PERSONAL APPEAL FROM PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA
My fellow Americans,
Despite the best efforts of my administration, prolonged partisan debates in Congress are preventing us from a solution to our mounting national debt. Instead of bickering over taxes, we?re taking a new approach: asking everyday Americans to chip in so we can pay off our debt once and for all.
With your help, it?s time to act.
HELP PAY OFF our NATIONAL DEBT
Samsung?s Eco Trees
Really hilarious, Samsung: ?Samsung Electronics announced Eco Trees, a smart, eco-friendly air purifier that runs on solar energy.? Get it? Chlorophyll? More like Bore-ophyll. Here are all of their fresh new Eco Tree products.
Nokia Gets Into Microwaves
With the success of its smartphones, it was really only a matter of time.
We are delighted to announce a significant new extension to Nokia?s product offering with the Nokia 5AM-TH1N6 Constellation, a touch-screen microwave oven. The Constellation sets itself apart with a superfast, water-cooled 8-core high-voltage transformer, which brings a combined performance of 5,000 watts to end-users, letting them heat up turnkey meal solutions within seconds.
?Nokia has a proven track record and extensive IPR in working with microwave radios, so for us this was a logical next step. We can attack our competition in their core business,? says Olavi Huhtikuu, Nokia?s director of household innovation.?That?s why we developed the highly innovative 5AM-TH1N6 Constellation, which will revolutionize everything from single households to canteen kitchens.?
The new Nokia 5AM-TH1N6 has even more innovative features. The device comes with the latest eye-tracking technology, which stops the food from rotating when you look at it, and it automatically adjusts the temperature depending on how hungry you look.
BMW Gets Into Strollers
With a royal baby due this summer, we are proud to announce the launch of our limited edition BMW P.R.A.M. (Postnatal Royal Auto Mobile). Available in Princess Pink or Royal Blue, this soft-top convertible has been designed using our EfficientDynamics technology. With two or four-wheel-drive, it rides as smoothly on a polo field as it does down The Mall and comes with air conditioning and built-in extendable flagpoles as standard. For those who are ?too posh to push? this masterpiece of motherhood even comes fitted with N.A.P.P.I.E. (Nanny-Assisting Petrol-Powered Injection Engine).
Roku Streaming Shades
The company says that it designed its Roku Streaming Shades were designed with on-the-move TV watcher in mind: ?Comfortable, silicone nose pads keep the lightweight frame securely in place on even the smallest-featured of faces. Our industrial designers worked side-by-side with fashion designers to create a frame that looks smart wherever you want to watch a movie secretly, whether it?s a dull work presentation or your child?s piano recital ? Simple voice commands put you in control of Roku Streaming Shades.?
Oh, there?s more:
Roku Streaming Shades will support over 100 Roku channels at launch, with more to be added. Video is the star. Our research shows that users don?t want to use head-mounted displays to send text messages to people 10 feet away, learn the length of the Brooklyn Bridge or creep friends out by live casting a party. They want to veg out to marathon sessions of Homeland.
Two models of Roku Streaming Shades will be available:
Roku Streaming Shades ? Plastic frames in tortoise shell, mulberry or onyx. Up to 720p video. 801.11 a/b/g/n. Bluetooth 4.0.
Roku Streaming Shades XS ? Aluminum frames in ultramarine, persimmon, cornsilk or dust storm. Up to 1080p video. 801.11 a/b/g/n (801.11n in 2.4 GHz and 5.0 GHz. GSM/EDGE, LTE connections (data plan $50/month for 50GB from to-be-announced wireless carrier). Bluetooth 4.0.
Both models support voice commands via a built-in microphone and audio output with speakers and a stereo headphone mini-jack. A mini bluetooth Roku remote makes it simple to skip songs on Pandora when you don?t want to appear to be talking to yourself. The rechargeable lithium-ion battery provides up to 10 hours of video streaming bliss.
Microsoft?s Sad Bing Entry
Google has some 100 April Fools jokes, and here?s Microsoft/Bing?s. How many managers do you think this had to go through before finally getting approved?
Every day on the Bing homepage, we strive to bring you a picture of the world that you?ve never seen before. Just a single image a day, but always something memorable and beautiful. But for all the variety we?ve explored through the thousands of images we?ve showcased on our homepage since 2009, there are still internet searchers for whom full motion videos of South Pacific beaches, images of exploding geysers or 3-D underwater scenes are just too engaging. Indeed we?ve been told many people come to Bing to find the name of the movie with tom cruise and a unicorn only to get lost for days clicking around the homepage image.
So we ran some numbers on this unique online behavior, did some ethnographic research to study habits and tastes; and then took a shot at redesigning Bing?s homepage to discourage this behavior of exploration and discovery. So today we?re running a special test, where if you visit bing.com and enter a certain telltale query, you?ll get something a little more bland. We decided to go back to basics, to the dawn of the Internet, to reimagine Bing with more of a 1997, dial-up sensibility in mind. We may see some uptick in our numbers based on this test, but the main goal here is just to learn more about how our world would look if we hadn?t evolved.
We probably won?t be going in this direction long-term, but we?re always interested in your thoughts, so please let us know what you think by hitting us @bing and use #bingredo if you?re feeling fancy.
? Michael Kroll, Principal UX Manager, Bing
Bonobos: The Girlfriend Jean
Bonobos, the men?s luxury apparel company, has come out with a new line today called ?The Girlfriend Jean,? which purports to take everything a ?woman looks for in jeans, and stitches it together in a way men can understand. Because sometimes a guy?s favorite pair of jeans aren?t guy jeans at all.? Confusing, we know, but your girlfriend?s gonna love it.
A Walk Down Memory Lane
April Fools Jokes Galore 2012
April Fools 2011: The Big List
April Fools 2010: The Definitive List
Exerpt image from Hark.com
Source: http://techcrunch.com/2013/04/01/april-fools-2013/
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