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Bloglovin Redesigns Its Fashion-Focused Blog Reader To Highlight Popular Content, Social Features

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Bloglovin, a site where readers can follow blogs about fashion and other lifestyle topics, is getting what CEO and co-founder Mattias Swenson said is its first major redesign.

Until now, Swenson said Bloglovin has been adding new features in a more incremental way. This time it’s getting a new look and new social capabilities that the Bloglovin team hopes will please both the hardcore users and more casual visitors.

Bloglovin raised a Series A from New York City-based incubator betaworks and…

New ‘Scribblenauts’ Harnesses the Power of Every Single DC Hero

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If you’ve wanted every single member of the Justice League to help you solve a puzzle, or have Superman give you a lift to the top of a building, you’ll be excited about the announcement of Scribblenauts Unmasked

Scribblenauts, developed by 5th Cell and published by Warner Bros. Interactive, is a franchise that gives the player power to create any object of their imagination by typing it into the game. The open-puzzle game allows players to come at problems with many different solutions

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Campaign Mocks A&F CEO by Donating Brand’s Clothes to Homeless

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An online campaign is attempting to “rebrand” Abercrombie & Fitch by donating its clothes to the homeless, after an author alleged that company CEO Mike Jeffries “doesn’t want larger people shopping in his store.”

The comments, made by Robin Lewis, were included in a Business Insider article published earlier this month. The piece also referenced, and breathed new life into a 2006 Salon article in which Jeffries admits that A&F markets to “cool kids,” while excluding those who are…

LinkedIn, On The Lookout For More Stickiness, Adds Curated Content Channels On LinkedIn Today

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LinkedIn, now at 225 million users, continues to introduce more features to its site to keep people returning to the it and staying there for longer. Today it’s the turn of LinkedIn Today, its social news page, which is getting a new feature called Channels. The feature is rolling out starting today to English-speaking users. LinkedIn says that it plans to announce the service formally on Wednesday.

Channels bring together curated content around general subjects like technology, marketing…

JCPenney Begs Customers to ‘Come Back’ in New Ad

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In a mushy ad posted on YouTube last night, JCPenney is pleading for its former customers to come back.

It acknowledges that the department store chain has made mistakes but says JCPenney has learned to listen to its customer, “to hear what you need to make your life more beautiful.”

It’s unclear whether that will bring back the customers JCPenney lost under former CEO Ron Johnson’s tenure at the company. Johnson, who had been head of Apple stores, got rid of JCPenney’s popular discounts to…

Gymnast’s Shocking Routine Will Blow You Away

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This gymnast’s eye-popping routine has gone viral for good reason, and must be seen to be believed

The incredible sports sequence involves a ball, some major contortions and a whole lot of grace. We’re not quite sure where this young lady comes from or who she is, but we do know this much: her amazing video has become popular enough to hit the front page of YouTube with more than 3.7 million views since being uploaded on Saturday

Check it out for yourself and let us know what you think in…

Getting Started With Twitter #Music

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Last week Twitter launched Twitter #Music, its new stand-alone music service. A mobile app as well as a web service, Twitter Music helps music lovers discover new tunes, and with the help of Rdio and Spotify listen to those new discoveries instantly.

All in all the service is fairly simple to understand and use.

When you launch Twitter #Music, you’re instantly taken to a landing page of popular tracks, which is populated by Twitter based on the number of people tweeting about a particular…

Getting Started With Twitter #Music

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Last week Twitter launched Twitter #Music, its new stand-alone music service. A mobile app as well as a web service, Twitter Music helps music lovers discover new tunes, and with the help of Rdio and Spotify listen to those new discoveries instantly.

All in all the service is fairly simple to understand and use.

When you launch Twitter #Music, you’re instantly taken to a landing page of popular tracks, which is populated by Twitter based on the number of people tweeting about a particular…

10 Cases to Shield Your New HTC One

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Have you got, or are planning to get, an HTC One? Then we congratulate you. The flagship Android handset is going to be very popular

We’ve taken a look at what cases are available for the One. We’ve found 10 options that we’d seriously consider using to protect the new phone

Have a browse through our selection in the gallery above. Let us know in the comments below how you’re planning to shield your shiny new HTC handset

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Twitter Launches Twitter #music App and Service

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Twitter’s new standalone music service finally arrives today on your desktop, but even more importantly, on your go-everywhere iPhone.

The social media company unveiled the new service on Good Morning America and in a blog post. Called “Twitter #music” — yes, the hashtag is intentional —the app “uses Twitter activity, including Tweets and engagement, to detect and surface the most popular tracks and emerging artists,” Twitter wrote in the post

The free app and service will also be a home for…