1. Ensuring zynga's user experience - removing all cpa offers  permalink

Ensuring zynga's user experience - removing all cpa offers
Mark pincus / Mark Pincus Blog

michael arrington posted yesterday on mobile offerings still being shown in our new game fishville.� I want to explain why this occurred and how we are taking more aggressive steps to ensure this never happens again. zynga has not been able to control the ad content as it is managed by the offer companies that we work with.� with regards to ...

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Zynga To Remove All In Game Offers “Horrible Things” Slink Back Into Zynga   —  Just five days ago Zynga CEO Mark Pincus said mobile subscriptions, among other scammy offers, would be removed from Zynga's popular Facebook and MySpace games. "We have also removed all mobile ads until we see any that offer clear user value," he said. So we were surprised yesterday to see a screen shot clearly showing a mobile subscription ad ...

Michael Arrington / TechCrunch
Zynga To Remove All In Game Offers Zynga’s FishVille Sleeps With The Fishes For Ad Violations   —  Zynga's most recent Facebook game, FishVille, has temporarily been taken offline by Facebook for advertising violations . FishVille will remain suspended, Facebook tells us, "until Facebook is satisfied that Zynga demonstrates compliance with Facebook restrictions -- as well as Zynga's own restrictions -- on the ads it offers users." This is a ...

2. I'm doing 'God's work'. Meet Mr Goldman Sachs  permalink

I'm doing 'God's work'. Meet Mr Goldman Sachs
Www.timesonline.co.uk

Number 85 Broad Street, a dull, rust-coloured office block in lower Manhattan, doesn’t look like a place to stop and stare, and that’s just the way the people who work there like it. The men and women who arrive in the watery dawn sunshine, dressed in Wall Street black, clutching black briefcases and BlackBerrys, are very, very private.

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3. Splurb Surfaces The Most Popular Links Across Social Media Sites  permalink

Splurb Surfaces The Most Popular Links Across Social Media Sites
Leena Rao / TechCrunch

There are many sites that show trending links across the web including TweetMeme, Topsy, and Bit.ly. Recently launched splurb is now in the mix with its site that shows the most popular links that are trending on social media sites. splurb currently indexes Digg, Reddit, Mixx, Propeller, TweetMeme, Yahoo Buzz and Fark. Splurb tallies the number ...

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Splurb Surfaces The Most Popular Links Across Social Media Sites Social Media Updates for 2009-11-08   —  Now # Gnomedex 9.0 has a list: [Thanks, @LianaWS!] # What is Twitter good for? [just another conversation] # Just upgraded Tweetie on the iPhone, but Twizzle (free) is an up-and-comer. SimplyTweet? Maybe. # Read more on Social Media Updates for 2009-11-08… Phil Plait – ...

4. AppHistory app idea  permalink

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I’ve often wished I had a little app that just tracks the history of apps I write. On what day was Whatever.app 2.0.3 released? On what day was MyiPhoneApp 3.0 sent to the App Store for review? On what day was it approved? Etc. I don’t keep track of these things too well, but I always mean to. Seems like it might make a nice little app. ...

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AppHistory app idea Audi drops more photos and info on "Shelley", the autonomous TT-S   —  Filed under: Coupe , Technology , Audi Autonomous Audi TT-S "Shelley" - Click above for high-res image gallery We first heard about the latest autonomous driving project from Stanford University and the Volkswagen Group a couple of weeks ago. Audi has released some more information on the car, a TT-S coupe that, like its predecessors, Stanley ...

5. Anyone Have a Spare $10 Million Racing Yacht Mast Lying Around?  permalink

Anyone Have a Spare $10 Million Racing Yacht Mast Lying Around?
Jack Loftus / Gizmodo

A quick glimpse into the life of a software billionaire: When Larry Ellison 's BMW Oracle Racing yacht snapped its $10 million mast this week, the ship's helmsman (not Ellison) described the event as a "minor setback." That's $10 million for a mast. Granted, it's part of a massive structure that's twice the size of a 747's wing, but that's still $

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Anyone Have a Spare $10 Million Racing Yacht Mast Lying Around? $10M Mast Breaks on Ellison's Boat   —  The mast on America's Cup challenger BMW Oracle Racing's 90-foot trimaran broke off while testing 30 miles off Point Loma near San Diego. Larry Ellison, the Oracle Corp. founder and CEO owns BMW Oracle Racing. The team is backed by San Francisco's Golden Gate Yacht Club. It had been testing its space age-looking trimaran in San Diego since last ...

6. Ask the Commenters Roundup  permalink

Ask the Commenters Roundup
Jason Fitzpatrick / Lifehacker

I'm about to upgrade to Windows 7. Should I future-proof my install by getting Windows in 64-bit, or stick with 32-bit? I want to convert my iTunes collection from encrypted .M4P to unencrypted .MP3. Can it be done? I'd like a cellphone that can take 3-5MP photos, play MP3s, and has light web-browsing capabilities. The catch is I don't want ...

7. Latest iControlPad prototype bulks up, gets handled on video  permalink

Latest iControlPad prototype bulks up, gets handled on video
Nilay Patel / Engadget

It's been a while since we last got an update from ZodTTD on his iControlPad iPhone controller accessory, but this latest prototype looks like it was worth the wait. The controls have been moved from the sides of the phone to a more comfortable-seeming bottom placement with dual analog sticks and rear-mounted triggers, and the whole thing's ...

8. Engadget Podcast 170  permalink

Engadget Podcast 170
Trent Wolbe / Engadget

A bit of a wild podcast this week, as we recorded live on DROID launch day -- and not just Motorola's handset, but also the HTC DROID Eris. That's not all that went down, though -- the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 also launched this week, the Dell Adamo XPS got official, and everyone else sued each other. Yep, it's action packed -- get downloading! ...

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Scriptingnewsmail / Scripting News
Engadget Podcast 170 A Droid newbies site   —  It's a good idea when starting something new that you think you're going to do a lot of to start a "newbies" site, to accumulate wisdom about. That's my site. I just posted my "stake-in-the-ground" -- where I'm at after two days using the Droid. I'm building a nest there. So far so good.

9. High Speed, High Fashion: Izod secures deal as IndyCar title sponsor  permalink

High Speed, High Fashion: Izod secures deal as IndyCar title sponsor
Noah Joseph / Autoblog

Filed under: Motorsports , Marketing/Advertising New beginnings demand new threads, and that's just what the reunited IndyCar Series has gained with the announcement that clothing label Izod has become the league's new title sponsor. The deal, which runs through 2015, is reportedly worth in the neighborhood of $10 million per year. Renaming the ...

10. Verizon Wireless Launches Three More Anti-AT&T 3G Network Commercials  permalink

Verizon Wireless Launches Three More Anti-AT&T 3G Network Commercials
Jack Loftus / Gizmodo

Today Verizon responded to AT&T's "There's a Map For That" lawsuit by releasing a slew of new commercials with similar themes and messaging. The battle continues, this time on the infamous Island of Misfit Toys. The first commercial, which I saw air for the first time during the New England Patriots game this afternoon, is called Verizon Blue ...

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Verizon Wireless Launches Three More Anti-AT&T 3G Network Commercials Verizon takes another swing at AT&T, puts iPhone on the Island of Misfit Toys   —  AT&T might be suing Verizon for misrepresenting its network in ads, but that doesn't seem to have dissuaded Beg Red from using that same map image in this new spot, which casts the iPhone away to the Island of Misfit Toys. Hard to argue with the premise, but here's the real question: why not just sack up use a real iPhone, instead of this ...

11. TwitCritics Scours Twitter to Bring You Movie Reviews  permalink

TwitCritics Scours Twitter to Bring You Movie Reviews
Jason Fitzpatrick / Lifehacker

TwitCritics leverages the constant flow of positive and negative movie references on Twitter to give peek at public opinion on what's playing at theaters. By cataloging references to currently playing movies according to negative or positive wording within tweets, TwitCritics builds an index of movie popularity. Clicking on a movie gives you a ...

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TwitCritics Scours Twitter to Bring You Movie Reviews TechCrunch Japan TokyoCamp: 29 Asian Companies Show Their Wares   —  The TechCrunch Japan TokyoCamp 2009, a demo event for web startups that took place this Friday , was a total blast. No less than 350 people came to the demo pit and meetup, which were co-organized by DESIGN IT!, LLC (a Sociomedia group company that runs TechCrunch Japan) and Nikkei Digital Core (a community under the umbrella of the Nikkei , ...

Scriptingnewsmail / Scripting News
A social namespace   —  A few days ago I added OPML export to listbrowser.org . Today I want to extend that support to include information from the social network about each user. In this case, the social network is Twitter. I could see situations where this namespace might be used to present information from status.net or Facebook, when they support lists, as Twitter ...

12. Kate Spade Grosgrain Plisse Priti Tote, Handbag of the Day  permalink

Kate Spade Grosgrain Plisse Priti Tote, Handbag of the Day
Prods / Luxist

Ruffles and pleats are simple accents that can quickly add depth and texture to clothing and accessories. And it appears that the designers at Kate Spade took that to the extreme. The Grossgrain Plisse Priti Tote ($355) features folded pintuck detailing throughout making it seem as though this bag put on a ruffled skirt before you take it out ...

13. Make a Bottle-Cap Table with a Poured Resin Surface  permalink

Make a Bottle-Cap Table with a Poured Resin Surface
Jason Fitzpatrick / Lifehacker

If you want to make a cool table with bottle caps—or anything small and interesting—encased forever under a layer of resin, check out this table-building tutorial. Over at Instructables, user americangypsy has built a pretty sweet table with a clear and hard surface made of resin. The point of interest is the huge beer bottle cap ...

14. Far From a Lab? Turn a Cellphone Into a Microscope  permalink

Far From a Lab? Turn a Cellphone Into a Microscope
Www.nytimes.com

MICROSCOPES are invaluable tools to identify blood and other cells when screening for diseases like anemia, tuberculosis and malaria. But they are also bulky and expensive.

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15. CRAFT weekly recap  permalink

CRAFT weekly recap
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Here are some of my favorites from CRAFT this week! Battle Chic DIY Chainmail Thanksgiving Feast: How-To Brine & Roast a Turkey 3-Armed Baby Costume Gomistyle's Urban Window Garden Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Crafts | Digg this!

16. Leo Villareal: Multiverse  permalink

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Support: Multiverse is generously funded by Victoria P. and Roger Sant and by Sharon P. and Jay Rockefeller. Philanthropists Victoria P. Sant, president of the Gallery, and Sharon P. Rockefeller, president and CEO of WETA, are Gallery trustees and members of the Collectors Committee, a group of leading collectors from across the country who ...

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17. Naomi Campbell's Birthday Surprise for Russian Billionaire Boyfriend  permalink

Naomi Campbell's Birthday Surprise for Russian Billionaire Boyfriend
Prods / Luxist

Naomi Campbell just surprised her Russian billionaire boyfriend Vladislav Doronin with a lavish jet-set birthday surprise in Morocco , the London Mirror reports . The supermodel chartered a private jet to fly them there as a surprise for Doronin, who's been called the Donald Trump of Russia. There she presented him with a lifesize sports-themed ...

18. Libox Shares Your Music, Movies, and More on a Private Network  permalink

Libox Shares Your Music, Movies, and More on a Private Network
Jason Fitzpatrick / Lifehacker

Windows/Mac: Libox makes it easy to share music, movies, and photos with your friends in a private P2P network. After installing the Libox media browser and importing your media, you can share with friends—they must be using the Libox browser also—as easily as if you were sharing a link to a collection of pictures online. Your data ...

19. Hitler: football coach?  permalink

David Pescovitz / Boing Boing

The Scottish veterans charity Erskine surveyed 2,000 young people between the ages of nine and 15 about World War I and II. Apparently, five percent thought that Hitler was a German football coach; sixteen percent believed that Auschwitz is a WWII theme park; five percent said the Holocaust was a bash to celebrate the war's end. (STV News)...

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Hitler: football coach? Hitler was ‘German football coach’   —  A veterans’ charity has said it will seek to educate schoolchildren after an alarming survey revealed the ignorance of young people to historical events.

20. For an Imperfect World: The Official Rules of Shotgun  permalink

For an Imperfect World: The Official Rules of Shotgun
Noah Joseph / Autoblog

Filed under: Humor In a perfect world, we'd all have our own wheels. But as we all discovered in our childhood years, we don't live in a perfect world. That's where the time-honored tradition of the Shotgun comes in. Calling Shotgun is a practice as old as the automobile itself. Older, actually, dating back to the Old West, when a rider would ...