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Check Out This Interactive 3D Model Of Melbourne’s Upcoming Developments
The steady pace of browser and web improvements means we can do a better job of visualising data online, beyond simple charts and graphs. The City of Melbourne decided to do a neat thing with its cache of development activity info — it’s created an interactive 3D model showing all planned and under construction buildings…
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Yahoo Shutters That $US30 Million App It Bought From A Teen
Yahoo is shutting down an app created by teenager. Four years ago, said teenager sold the app to the struggling internet company for a reported $US30 ($40) million. It’s one of many casualties from Verizon’s recent acquisition from the big purple Dot Com giant, but it’s especially interesting since Yahoo turned so many heads by…
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Just In Time, Amazon Patents Method To Prevent In-Store Comparison Shopping
Amazon is perfecting a different kind of business model than we’ve traditionally known. First, crush an industry by focusing on growth instead of profit. Then, swoop in to “fix” the industry that was destroyed. Now that the online retailer is moving into the brick and mortar world, it’s trying to prevent the in-store price comparisons…
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US Lawmaker Says He Didn’t Mean To Print The Screenshot With The Open Porn Tabs
When US State Representative Ramon A Perez says he didn’t mean to print a screenshot of a Wikipedia page with open porn tabs, we believe him. When he says that he didn’t realise the open porn tabs were visible when he handed out the page, we believe him. When he says that he didn’t personally…