Because of its proximity to The Bean, they are calling it "The Screen."

The Guardian
FiftyThree, Makers of Hit Sketching App 'Paper,' Score $15M in VC Funding
Wired
With numerous hardware experts on staff, FiftyThree was clearly built with a big product portfolio in mind. In March of last year, the mobile design outfit FiftyThree released its first product, a superbly designed sketching app called Paper. It was elegant, intuitive ...
FiftyThree, Maker Of Drawing App Paper, Raises $15 Million From Andreessen ...TechCrunch
Paper iPad app gets $15M for more productivity software, services — and ...GigaOM
Startup draws $15 million for iPad artUSA TODAY (blog)
The Guardian -The Verge -Co.Design
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NDTV
Huawei Ascend P6: Meet Huawei's new, super-skinny smart phone
CNET
Earlier this year, Huawei impressed us with its super-skinny Ascend P2, but now the up-and-coming Chinese firm is looking to wow us a second time with the Ascend P6, a similar Android smartphone with a few hardware tweaks. Huawei is fond of crafting ...
Huawei says Ascend P6 is world's 'slimmest' smartphoneBBC News
Huawei Ascend P6: world's thinnest phone launchesTelegraph.co.uk
Huawei Ascend P6 announced : 6.18 mm thickness , 4.7 - inch 720p displayEngadget
TechRadar UK -Wall Street Journal (blog) -PhoneDog
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San Francisco Chronicle
Yahoo reveals US government made 13000 requests for user data
ZDNet
Summary: The company joins Microsoft, Facebook and Apple in publishing data on surveillance requests coming from law enforcement agencies. Steve Ranger. By Steve Ranger | June 18, 2013 -- 13:03 GMT (06:03 PDT). Follow @steveranger. Yahoo has ...
Yahoo Jumps on Disclosure Bandwagon, Pledges More TransparencyPC Magazine
Yahoo! joins! rivals! in! PRISM! data! request! admission!Register
Apple denies giving government 'direct access' to servers in PRISM data requestsNewsday
ValueWalk -Watertown Public Opinion -BBC News
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Democratic candidate for governor says leadership lacking on issue

Democratic governor candidate Bill Daley injected campaign politics into the simmering policy debate on public pension reform, chastising Gov. Pat Quinn for a lack of leadership and potential candidate Attorney General Lisa Madigan for remaining mum on the issue.

NDTV
Battery charged: AT&T, Goal Zero, and a Brooklyn design firm bring solar ...
The Verge
When Hurricane Sandy tore through New York City last year, some of the most stirring photos — aside from those chronicling the storm's devastation — were of city residents helping one another keep their smartphones charged up and powered on.
NYC To Install Free Cellphone-Charging StationsCo.Design
AT&T and Goal Zero deploy solar-powered Street Charge stations in NYC, we ...Engadget
AT&T solar stations offer quick recharge in New YorkCNET (blog)
The Full Signal -Bend Bulletin -9 to 5 Mac
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All lanes on the Bishop Ford Freeway have reopened after a semi truck crashed this morning, toppling a light pole and causing traffic delays.

TechSpot
Oculus Rift secures $16 million in Series A round of funding
TechSpot
The Oculus Rift is one step closer to a commercial launch as the company just announced their first round of funding to the tune of $16 million. Along with the announcement comes news that two investors have now joined the company's board of directors ...
Oculus VR says plans won't change, as it raises $16 million in venture capital for ...The Verge
Oculus Rift Porn Purveyor Gives Props to Mass EffectThe Escapist
Erotic Adventure Games by Oculus RiftFrench Tribune
IGN -Cinema Blend -socalTech.com
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Economic Times
The Apple e-books trial takes a detour into the absurd
Fortune
FORTUNE -- What started as a small "gotcha" moment in the cross examination of a mid-level Apple (AAPL) executive last week grew into a federal case -- literally -- on Monday, the ninth day of testimony in U.S.A. v. Apple. The latest McGuffin in the ...
As Apple ebook trial enters last week, it's all about Steve JobspaidContent.org
Avg. Best-Seller Price Continues to Tick up as Big Publishers Score HitsDigital Book World
How Apple shook up the electronic book marketComputerworld
CNET -Apple Insider -The motley Fool (blog)
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A man pushed a 24-year-old woman to the ground in the Mayfair neighborhood on the Northwest Side and sexually assaulted her Monday, police said.

Carla Oglesby accused of taking part in scheme to steal $300K

A top aide hired by former Cook County Board President Todd Stroger in the waning days of his administration launched a scheme with another aide to steal about $300,000 using fraudulent contracts and kickbacks paid in cash-stuffed envelopes, prosecutors said as her bench trial began Monday.

Nicole Harris spent nearly 8 years in prison before conviction was overturned in February

Even when she was released from prison, Nicole Harris wasn't free.

In an unusual legal concession, a longtime prosecutor from southern Illinois said Monday that he would agree to a new trial for a man convicted of murder amid allegations the prosecutor improperly injected racially charged language at the trial two years ago.

Houston Chronicle
LEGO plans Mars rover Curiosity model
Fox News
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity, which for almost a year has been driving across the Red Planet, will be the next model to roll off LEGO's CUUSOO production line, the toy company announced Friday, June 14. The Denmark-based LEGO Group chose a fan-built ...
Mars fans vote to immortalise Curiosity rover in LegoNew Scientist
Curiosity is Lego's New Toy KitFrench Tribune
Mars, lasers, and robots: Making holes in MarsVentureBeat
Houston Chronicle -Discovery News -Science Recorder
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International Living
A 6-Month Escape to Belize
International Living
We own a business at home that gives us a steady income and, once we were able to hire good people to watch over it, my husband could manage the big picture remotely from Belize. My freelance writing would help pay the bills, as well. Besides that ...

Hot Hardware
Nvidia CUDA 5.5 release candidate adds ARM support
Inquirer
CHIP DESIGNER Nvidia has made its CUDA 5.5 release candidate supporting ARM based processors available for download. Nvidia has been aggressively pushing its CUDA programming language as a way for developers to exploit the floating point ...
NVIDIA @ ISC 2013: CUDA 5.5 Released & MoreAnandTech
Now You Can Build Google's $1M Artificial Brain on the CheapWired
NVIDA Flexes ARM Support in CUDA 5.5 Release CandidateHot Hardware
CNET (blog) -GigaOM -TechWeekEurope UK
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The Guardian
Facebook set to beef up Instagram with video?
Computerworld
Computerworld - Speculation abounds that Facebook Thursday will unveil tools to enable its popular Instagram app to take and share short videos. Though analysts say Facebook offered no pre-briefings about the announcement, those interviewed for this ...
Source: Instagram Will Get Video On June 20TechCrunch
Instagram will add video-sharing, according to reportsArs Technica
Inside iOS 7: Apple adds Instagram-like filters, square capture to Camera appApple Insider
USA TODAY -PC Magazine -Christian Science Monitor
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OAKLAND TOWNSHIP, Michigan (Reuters) - FBI agents will resume searching an overgrown field in suburban Detroit on Tuesday for former Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa, who disappeared nearly 38 years ago and is thought to have been murdered by members of organized crime.

At least eight people were shot Monday on the South and West sides, authorities said.

LoveFM
Another Tale Of The Talented Ms. Gillett
Channel 7 Daily News
Violinist Courtney Gillett is back from a two week training programme at what's consider the finest music school in the USA, Julliard. And she's also getting ready to tour Central America with the Youth Orchestra of the Americas (YOA). And more than ...
Belizean Violinist Returns From Intense Music Training At JulliardLoveFM

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