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...sweetest part of the Dream is the Android Market - Google's answer to the Apple App Store. Whereas many Apple apps cost money (typically anywhere from $0.99 to $9.99), at launch all Android Market apps will be free. That includes BreadCrumbz, a picture-based navigation program that doesn't just give you a drawing of your route; it also includes real-world photos to keep you on track. Another interesting app, TuneWiki, is a tricked-out music player that encourages mobile karaoke by synchronizing a song's lyrics onscreen with its YouTube video. It also shows you what songs other...
...College in California, students erected a giant Pyramid of Waste - a stack of Styrofoam to-go containers - designed to encourage students to eat in. "Fundamentally, I think consumers have to understand that some of the responsibility lies with them to create less waste," says Helene York, director of Bon Appétit Management, a company that has been dedicated to sustainable food initiatives at colleges nationwide since 1999. "If we create less waste, we don't even have to consider a need for back-end technologies [like the pulper...
...York, eliminating cafeteria trays is just one tactic to address the issue of food waste; reducing the size of serving dishes and portions, she says, might be just as effective. As part of its Low Carbon Diet program, launched in April, Bon Appétit has challenged all 80 of its accounts to reduce food waste by 25% by April 2010. The company provides the educational material and lets its colleges decide how it should be implemented...
...Those killjoys at Hasbro have created a p.r. disaster: after filing a lawsuit last week against the makers of the immensely popular Scrabble ripoff Scrabulous, the toymaker succeeded in making Facebook finally take the app down today. Now fans of the classic word game must play the official version, which was built by video-game maker Electronic Arts and has been in public beta for the past week...
...That's an abbreviation for DEAD ON ARRIVAL, and not a word you'll find in the official Scrabble dictionary. That is, it's not a word you would find if the official Scrabble app were actually up and smoothly running at Facebook. Which...