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4:31 pm
Mon December 3, 2012

Sites Give Emergency Compliments, Hugs On Bad Days

Originally published on Mon December 3, 2012 6:08 pm

Audie Cornish and Melissa Block have more on some websites that deliver emergency compliments and virtual hugs when you need them most.

The Two-Way
12:32 pm
Mon December 3, 2012

Group Of Internet Trolls Claims Thousands Of Tumblr Blogs Infected By Worm

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A screenshot of the Tumblr homepage.

A notorious group of Internet trolls says it has unleashed a worm that has littered Tumblr blogs with inflammatory and racist posts.

According to the technology site The Verge, GNNA, whose full name we can't print in a family blog, says the worm has infected more than 8,000 accounts. The worm spread when users were logged into Tumblr and clicked on a viral — in more ways than one — post that asked for all Tumblr users to "drink bleach and die."

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The Two-Way
9:20 am
Mon December 3, 2012

Murdoch's News Corp. Shuts Down 'The Daily'

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News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch in February 2011, when The Daily was launched. Now, it's in shutdown mode.

Originally published on Mon December 3, 2012 10:01 am

Saying that "we could not find a large enough audience quickly enough to convince us the business model was sustainable in the long-term," News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch said this morning that The Daily will "cease standalone publication" on Dec. 15.

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All Tech Considered
3:24 am
Mon December 3, 2012

In Eye Control, A Promise To Let Your Tablet Go Hands-Free

Originally published on Mon December 3, 2012 4:57 am

All Tech Considered
3:22 am
Mon December 3, 2012

The Next Workplace? Behind The Wheel

Originally published on Mon December 3, 2012 4:57 am

Brad Hines is a building contractor in Los Angeles who spends a good eight hours a day in his 2008 Dodge Ram. He talked to us from his truck — hands-free, of course.

"I do everything in my truck. I drive from job site to job site. I take calls. I try to get on the computer and clean up daily reports. I answer emails on my phone. I use my truck as a mobile office," Hines says.

The idea of the mobile office is far from new — Willy Loman; the Avon Lady; plumbers; electricians. Now, technology is taking the idea of working from the road to a whole new level.

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Shots - Health News
3:21 am
Mon December 3, 2012

Text Messages Help Smokers Kick The Habit

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In the U.K.-based program called Txt2stop, researchers sent smokers encouraging text messages, like the one above, to help them quit.

Originally published on Tue December 4, 2012 11:21 am

Some good news about texting: A review of studies published by the Cochrane Collaboration finds that smokers trying to quit the habit are helped in a big way by supportive messages sent via text.

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Technology
5:58 am
Sun December 2, 2012

TTYL: A Look At 20 Years Of Texting

Originally published on Sun December 2, 2012 5:59 am

On Dec. 3, 1992, Neil Papworth sent what is believed to be the first text message ever. "Merry Christmas," he wrote. Weekend Edition host Rachel Martin talks to NPR's Steve Henn about the evolution of the text message in the 20 years since.

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