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Friday, August 31, 2012

Top Stories of the Day // August 30, 2012

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Today's Top Stories // Aug 30, 2012

Is Facebook Testing Out New Newsfeed And Skyscraper Display Ad Units In New Zealand? No, Adware Strikes Again

New Zealand was the first country to get Facebook's new-look Timeline last December. Now the country looks like it may be putting in another special appearance,... read more

Amazon Wants Everyone To Know The Kindle Fire Is Sold Out

New Kindles are coming! New Kindles are coming! And Amazon is trying its hardest to build up hype.... read more

Galactic Status: Virgin Airlines Offers One Frequent Flier A Trip To Space

Virgin is one of my favorite airlines to fly on — it's kind of like the airline of the future, with interactive displays in every head rest, cool... read more

Could This Be Amazon's New Kindle Fire?

After this morning's news that the Kindle Fire is now sold out, The Verge received a leaked photo of what is purported to be the next Kindle Fire. Two models... read more

Facebook Saturation?: Twitter, Skype, Instagram & Other Apps Downloaded More In July

Based on downloads, Facebook's iPhone app was no longer the most popular mobile social networking app in many Asian countries and elsewhere from July 2011 to... read more

Wallaby Raises $1.1 Million For Cloud-Based, Universal Credit Card

Wallaby Financial, a startup that's building a cloud-based wallet that will optimize the rewards, points, airline miles, and other benefits consumers earn when... read more

In Battle With Amazon, Walmart Unveils Polaris, A Semantic Search Engine For Products

Walmart is today unveiling a new search engine named "Polaris" which now powers Walmart.com, as well as the company's mobile web and mobile apps, and offers a... read more

AT&T Opens A Swanky 10,000 Sq. Ft. Flagship Store In Chi-Town

Today, AT&T opened up its 10,000 square foot flagship retail store on Michigan Ave. in Chicago. It's a bit of a beast, with an 18-foot Connect Wall that... read more

Lunar Lander In HTML5: Atari Teams Up With Microsoft To Bring 8 Classic Games To The Browser

Atari is turning 40 this year and with the help of Microsoft and the HTML5 specialists at gskinner.com, it is now bringing eight of its most popular classic... read more

Wolfram Alpha Launches Personal Analytics Reports For Facebook

Wolfram Alpha, the "computational knowledge engine" that quietly handles a large number of queries from Apple's Siri, launched a new feature today that allows... read more

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