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The Swirl: Steve Jobs’ Widow Is Still Boo’d Up With Former DC Mayor Adrian Fenty

Swirly Smashing: Laurene Jobs Is Boo’d Up With Former DC Mayor Adrian Fenty Who would’ve known Steve Jobs’ widow Laurene Powell Jobs would still be getting chopped down by the fine azz ex mayor Adrian Fenty? Just a few days ago, the pair were seen attending the Singapore State Dinner together. The pair has been dating since 2013 but neither party has confirmed. According to Forbes , the widow and largest shareholder of Apple Inc, is worth approximately $17 billion and counting. Talk about a come up!   Instagram  

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Bono, Russian Rocker Help Halt Controversial Highway through Moscow’s Khimki Forest

Russian rock star Yury Shevchuk sings in Moscow’s Pushkin Square at an Aug. 22 demonstration to protect Khimki Forest. Photo via RFE/RL . Russian authorities are not known for responding to popular protests, but when one of the country’s most famous musicians and one of the world’s biggest rock stars added their voices to the angry demonstrations against building a highway through an ancient oak forest near

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Notre Dame Begins Test Run of iPads With a Paperless Course

Photo by Jaymi Heimbuch The University of Notre Dame is taking the use of e-readers in classrooms seriously, embarking on a one year study of how the devices integrate into classrooms. The first course to have students use an iPad instead of any text books is Project Management, a class with 40 students that will not only use the iPad as a book, but will also be encouraged to use it for everything else in daily life and report back their impressions (hmmm, could that possibly have been at Apple’s request?). Apple is making a big push to turn iPads into the next big thin… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Desalination Spending to Double, with United States Among Top 5 Markets

Photo via Jaymi Heimbuch Desalination is the process of purifying salt or brackish water into fresh water. While it has primarily been an energy intensive process that is used as a last resort for generating water in areas like Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, the technology has continually advanced and we’re seeing more energy efficient — and therefore cheaper — possibilities for using desalination as a significant source for water. New research shows that over the next six years, spending on desalination will double, and the United States will be a… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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7 Animals Way Smarter Than Us

Photo: Taylar . Bodies that work with the Earth’s magnetic field to determine location. Female-only societies. Telling whether you’re a friend or a jerk there to make trouble with just one whiff. Homes so efficient they keep one steady temperature all the time. No, we’re not talking about new X-Men or other comic book characters, we’re talking about animals with skills we can only dream of. These seven animals are way smarter than us — just another reason to pay some respect when we encounter them in the wild…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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iPod Packaging Doubles As Charger

Image via Coroflot We love smart packaging design , especially when the packaging turns into something useful once the product is opened. With a new concept for iPod packaging, designer Sverre Wiik Øberg came up with a box that no consumer in their right mind would throw out, mainly because they’d be throwing out the very thi… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Oh, Shiny! 77% of iPhone 4 Purchases Are Upgrades From Previous Models

Photo via goodrob13 It is no wonder Gazelle, the gadget buy-back company, has seen a 1000% increase in their rates of iPhone trade-ins this year. Every year that Apple puts out a new iPhone, a higher percentage of the consumers are upgrading from an older version of the phone. Apple Insider states , “Apple has succes… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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The iPad + Velcro = The Ultimate Electronic? (Video)

What do you get when you combine the iPad with two strips of Velcro? Apparently, the ultimate device-killer. Northern California filmmaker Jesse Rosten put together a video showing how mounting an iPad on two strips of Velcro could mean the ability to ditch the majority of electronics in your home. Well…within reason. Check out some funny and creative uses for the iPad, made all the easier with the addition of Velcro … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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