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...them ? Google The search empire built itself around a social function: counting links between websites THE GATHERERS The crowd isn't just expressing itself more; it's also gathering and filtering all those blog posts and photographs and finding an audience for them ? iStockphoto This photo store taps an army of amateurs, who can sell their shots for as little as $1 ? flickr The photo-scrapbook site helped popularize tagging as a way to organize information ? Blogger The popular bloggingsoftware service makes every would-be pundit a publisher ? Bloglines Lets users subscribe to various sites...
Back home, plenty continues to change as well. In May, Brooks started rolling out stand-alone Country Club stores to play up the polos, shorts and tennis skirts in its popular sportswear collection. The new concept also speaks to another trend: nearly half of each Country Club store is devoted to women's clothing...
...scaled-down versions of the light-based devices used by dermatologists to treat skin ailments, all designed so that a consumer can use them. Even hair removal via an at-home laser is on the table. Leading the way: Zeno and ThermaClear, two FDA-approved antiacne devices already on store shelves. Most other products are still in development. "This trend is going to change the way consumers get cosmetic treatments," says Rick Krupnick, CEO of Light BioScience, the maker of GentleWaves, a technology that uses light-emitting diodes to combat wrinkles and revitalize the skin...
While it is illegal for stores to sell alcohol to youth, there is no state law that specifies when employees must ask for identification. That decision varies from store to store and from person to person...
...surprising ease. Though he occasionally lapses into unnecessary repetition, Høeg avoids sounding preachy as he drops tidbits of social criticism into his narrative. When Kasper is in a heartbroken daze, for example, he only “comes to his senses just as he [is] entering a store to buy a television. At that point, he understood how serious the situation was.” Høeg indeed does take his readers “to the edge”—of their patience, and even further beyond. Whatever in-depth criticism he attempts...