Simon Saavedra

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  Jul 18, 2011

  Flying Car Cleared to Hit Roads and Skies in 2012: Reports

  The Terrafugia Transition, aka flying car, last week made a significant step towards finally being able to take off from roads in the U.S. as it was cleared to do so by the U.S. National Highway Safety Administration.

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  Jul 18, 2011

  Amazon Offers 80 Percent Discount on Textbook Rental

  Amazon has come up with a new offer college students may be interested in. Instead of buying the textbook for the course you are going to take, rent the digital version at 80 percent discount of the print textbook price

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  Jul 17, 2011

  Google Plus 'Most Followed Users' a Social Competition?

  Correct me if I am wrong, but the Google+ statistics page displaying the most followed users with Mark Zuckerberg currently at number one, is prone to become the next social competition on the Internet for who gets to attract the most followers.

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  Jul 16, 2011

  Casey Anthony Trial: High-Tech Forensic Evidence Lead to Acquittal

  With Casey Anthony's imminent release from prison – which could take place as early as 12:01 AM, July 17 – many are still furious over how Anthony was acquitted against the charges of having murdered her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee Anthony.

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  Jul 16, 2011

  Spotify Receives Nod From Experts; Top 5 Comments

  Spotify made its debut on Thursday in the U.S., giving other media streaming biggies, such as Pandora, Grooveshark, and Rhapsody, some serious competition.

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  Jul 16, 2011

  Casey Anthony Jail Release: What Time Will it Take Place?

  Casey Anthony could be released as early as 12:01 a.m. July 17. Although it is unlikely that officials will release her right away, what is likely is the fact that protesters will be gathering around her jail on Sunday, just the way they huddled around the Orange County Courthouse on the day Casey was declared innocent.

• Jul 16, 2011

  1 Percent of All Global Web-Browsing Done on iPad

  NetMarketShare recently published a web analytics report on the global market share of web browsers revealing impressive results that well-captured the changing times in the internet industry.

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  Jul 15, 2011

  Chrome Speeding Up, IE and Firefox Slowing Down,

  Larry Page on Thursday revealed some impressive metrics for Google's platforms and programs including a userbase of more than 10 million in Google+, 550,000 daily phone activations for the Android mobile OS, and 160 million active Chrome Web browser users.

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  Jul 14, 2011

  Google Plus Userbase, 10 M Confirmed

  In Google's 2011 Q2 Earnings conference call, Larry page confirmed the following metrics for Google's popular platforms and programs such as Google+, Android, and Chrome web browser.

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  Jul 14, 2011

  Google+ Businesses Sign-Up Closes Today

  Due to a massive number of companies wanting to be part of the upcoming Google+ Businesses' test phase, the company had to launch an additional sign-up form online because the previous form, according to Christian Oestlien, a Google+ project developer, had "filled up."