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Target Promises To Stop Sorting Kids’ Merchandise By Gender

http://ift.tt/1ITvRda ( Ben Schumin ) While every kid has preferences, there’s no reason why little boys can’t play with dollhouses or wh...

Butter Can Be Bad For Your Health, Concludes Study Paid For By Dairy Industry. Wait, What?

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http://ift.tt/1MfUcfH When an industry funds a scientific study of what they do or produce, you can roll your eyes and safely ( Robert S. ...

Verizon Gets Rid Of Contracts, Cheap Phones (For New Customers Only, Of Course)

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http://ift.tt/1GXxSRJ ( Mike Mozart ) T-Mobile may have a fraction of the customer base of industry-leader Verizon Wireless, but the litt...

Parents: Remember To Check Your Kids’ Carry-On Bags Because Hatchets, Grenades Aren’t Allowed On Planes

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http://ift.tt/1Tc2btb (TSA) Parents, we are not here to tell you how to be a parent. But might we suggest you oversee your child’s packin...

The FCC Wants To Know How Mobile Data, Broadband Caps, And High Prices Shape Broadband Access

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https://consumermediallc.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/smartphones.png?w=680&h=316 ( Adam Fagen ) It’s the FCC’s job to determine if b...

Sephora Launching A Beauty Sample Subscription Box Service

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http://ift.tt/1pxR3yc ( epicharmus ) If you’re a makeup fan whose favorite part of ordering online from Sephora is the product samples, h...

Google Maps For iOS Adds Night Mode To Make It Easier To Navigate After Dark

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http://ift.tt/1gQ8bvR ( jayRaz ) There’s nothing quite like the white glare of your phone’s map app to annoy a driver at nighttime. Which...

Patent Would Have Airlines Sort Passengers By Height, Then Adjust Rows To Save Their Knees

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http://ift.tt/1TbIulc “Dangit… my knees are killing me but that kid behind me has all the legroom in the world. Unfair, I tell ya. Unfair.”...

Mozilla: Firefox Bug Could Secretly Search, Upload Your Files

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http://ift.tt/1gPVSQl ( angela n. ) If you use Firefox on a PC, you should make sure you update your browser right now: Mozilla says Fire...

12 States Holding Sales Tax Holidays This Weekend

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http://ift.tt/1KUIaW0 ( Hannah <3 ) Were you thinking about doing some shopping this weekend, for back-to-school season or just in gen...

United Airlines Flight Turns Around After Sparks Spotted Coming From Seats In First Class

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http://ift.tt/1egsRvO ( Adam Fagen ) Sparks were flying on another United Airlines flight this week, though this time it wasn’t due to a ...

Don’t Fall For The Mail-Order Puppy Scam

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http://ift.tt/1Tbkqin This is the message sent by the scammer trying to explain why the dog had not been delivered, even though $490 had be...

Abercrombie & Fitch Agrees To End On-Call Scheduling

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http://ift.tt/1zYGhjE ( Prayitno ) Following in the footsteps of fellow retailer Victoria’s Secret , Abercrombie & Fitch announced th...

Google, Samsung, And LG To Start Pushing Monthly Security Patches That You Still Won’t Get

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http://ift.tt/1KZhQeu ( Karlis Dambrans ) There have been a number of very high-profile security flaws in Android phones this summer. The...

Small Business Owners Say DirecTV Installation Errors Result In Collections Lawsuits

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http://ift.tt/1yr4hy8 ( Ángel Raúl Ravelo Rodríguez ) If a small business, like a bar or restaurant, lies to a cable company and orders r...

Report: Hackers May Have Breached Sabre Reservations Systems, American Airlines

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http://ift.tt/1bKwRCT ( Pixteca | Len & Pix【ツ】 ) Another day, another report that says hackers have been busy plundering major compan...

Could Avian Flu Hurt McDonald’s All-Day Breakfast Plans?

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http://ift.tt/19KSt1i ( Morton Fox ) McDonald’s has been testing an all-day breakfast menu in various pockets around the country, and it’...

Someone Transfers $917 To Man’s Bank Account, No One Will Tell Him Where It Came From

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http://ift.tt/1hnjXhe ( Xavier J. Peg ) Here’s a change of pace: After seemingly countless stories of mysterious debits and charges on co...

Apple Eliminates Its Online Store, Moves “Buy” Buttons To Product Pages

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http://ift.tt/1TaQGCd No more option for “Store,” but you can still buy online. Before you start to panic at the headline, no, you will n...

Aspartame-Free Diet Pepsi Hitting Stores Next Week

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http://ift.tt/1hneJCe ( bluwmongoose ) Nearly four months after Pepsi announced that it was switching the sweetener in Diet Pepsi from as...

Raiders Of The Lost Walmart Discover That PS2 Memory Cards Are Finally On Clearance

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http://ift.tt/1UsN9S8 Back in 2012, one of the brave explorers for the Raiders of the Lost Walmart discovered a rack of memory cards for th...

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