Getmash » World http://www.getmash.net Your source for daily mash... Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:00:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Canadian cable companies may have fabled Apple iTV prototypes http://www.getmash.net/2012/02/08/canadian-cable-companies-may-have-fabled-apple-itv-prototypes.html http://www.getmash.net/2012/02/08/canadian-cable-companies-may-have-fabled-apple-itv-prototypes.html#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:00:05 +0000 admin http://www.getmash.net/2012/02/08/canadian-cable-companies-may-have-fabled-apple-itv-prototypes.html New rumors of the long-rumored Apple-branded television set (a.k.a. iTV) have recently surfaced regarding launch partnerships with major telecom companies as well as the device’s user controls.

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]]> http://www.getmash.net/2012/02/08/canadian-cable-companies-may-have-fabled-apple-itv-prototypes.html/feed 0 SEGA Studios Australia Restructures, Sacks 37 Staff http://www.getmash.net/2012/02/08/sega-studios-australia-restructures-sacks-37-staff.html http://www.getmash.net/2012/02/08/sega-studios-australia-restructures-sacks-37-staff.html#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:00:05 +0000 admin http://www.getmash.net/2012/02/08/sega-studios-australia-restructures-sacks-37-staff.html Australia’s incredible shrinking console game development scene gets a little smaller.

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]]> http://www.getmash.net/2012/02/08/sega-studios-australia-restructures-sacks-37-staff.html/feed 0 Apple may expand Store-Within-A-Store to Sam’s Club http://www.getmash.net/2012/02/08/apple-may-expand-store-within-a-store-to-sams-club.html http://www.getmash.net/2012/02/08/apple-may-expand-store-within-a-store-to-sams-club.html#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:00:05 +0000 admin http://www.getmash.net/2012/02/08/apple-may-expand-store-within-a-store-to-sams-club.html Sam’s Club, a discount chain owned by Wal-Mart, is said to be in early talks with Apple on expanding the two firms’ existing relationship, which may include developing Store-Within-A-Store (SWOS) concepts similar to what Apple is already doing with Best Buy and Target. Sam’s Club is said to be just one of a number of retailers Apple is exploring expanding the concept to, and may see the retailer carrying Macs as well as its current iOS offerings.

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]]> http://www.getmash.net/2012/02/08/apple-may-expand-store-within-a-store-to-sams-club.html/feed 0 This Is How The $10 Bill Should Look Like http://www.getmash.net/2012/02/08/this-is-how-the-10-bill-should-look-like.html http://www.getmash.net/2012/02/08/this-is-how-the-10-bill-should-look-like.html#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:00:05 +0000 admin http://www.getmash.net/2012/02/08/this-is-how-the-10-bill-should-look-like.html The Guardian invited a klatch of cultural luminaries to redesign the British pound to reflect their own preoccupations. Some ain’t bad (but most are horrible).

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]]> http://www.getmash.net/2012/02/08/this-is-how-the-10-bill-should-look-like.html/feed 0 Software apps have triggered half a million U.S. jobs, says study http://www.getmash.net/2012/02/08/software-apps-have-triggered-half-a-million-u-s-jobs-says-study.html http://www.getmash.net/2012/02/08/software-apps-have-triggered-half-a-million-u-s-jobs-says-study.html#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:00:05 +0000 admin http://www.getmash.net/2012/02/08/software-apps-have-triggered-half-a-million-u-s-jobs-says-study.html Led by apps for mobile devices, the ‘app economy’ is responsible for almost half a million new jobs just in the United States, says a new sponsored by CEO network TechNet. Read this blog post by Lance Whitney on Digital Media.

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]]> http://www.getmash.net/2012/02/08/software-apps-have-triggered-half-a-million-u-s-jobs-says-study.html/feed 0 Can Facebook pursue a social mission and go public at the same time? http://www.getmash.net/2012/02/08/can-facebook-pursue-a-social-mission-and-go-public-at-the-same-time.html http://www.getmash.net/2012/02/08/can-facebook-pursue-a-social-mission-and-go-public-at-the-same-time.html#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:00:05 +0000 admin http://www.getmash.net/2012/02/08/can-facebook-pursue-a-social-mission-and-go-public-at-the-same-time.html Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook is about more than making money – it has a ’social mission to make the world more open and connected.’ Are the two goals compatible?

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]]> http://www.getmash.net/2012/02/08/can-facebook-pursue-a-social-mission-and-go-public-at-the-same-time.html/feed 0 Missouri Grand Jury Hands Up Major Indictment Following Robo-Signing Scandal http://www.getmash.net/2012/02/08/missouri-grand-jury-hands-up-major-indictment-following-robo-signing-scandal.html http://www.getmash.net/2012/02/08/missouri-grand-jury-hands-up-major-indictment-following-robo-signing-scandal.html#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:00:05 +0000 admin http://www.getmash.net/2012/02/08/missouri-grand-jury-hands-up-major-indictment-following-robo-signing-scandal.html The nation’s foreclosure crisis has officially entered its newest chapter — criminal allegations against the various players involved — and…

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]]> http://www.getmash.net/2012/02/08/missouri-grand-jury-hands-up-major-indictment-following-robo-signing-scandal.html/feed 0 Explore The Dark Side Of Ram: Video http://www.getmash.net/2012/02/08/explore-the-dark-side-of-ram-video.html http://www.getmash.net/2012/02/08/explore-the-dark-side-of-ram-video.html#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:00:05 +0000 admin http://www.getmash.net/2012/02/08/explore-the-dark-side-of-ram-video.html We have absolutely no idea what a snorkeling super model, wearing a night-vision-equipped swim mask and armed with a seriously oversized dive knife, has to do with a new model of Ram pickup. Then again, does it matter?

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]]> http://www.getmash.net/2012/02/08/explore-the-dark-side-of-ram-video.html/feed 0 Bush says he’d pull the trigger on auto bailouts again http://www.getmash.net/2012/02/08/bush-says-hed-pull-the-trigger-on-auto-bailouts-again.html http://www.getmash.net/2012/02/08/bush-says-hed-pull-the-trigger-on-auto-bailouts-again.html#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:00:05 +0000 admin http://www.getmash.net/2012/02/08/bush-says-hed-pull-the-trigger-on-auto-bailouts-again.html President George W. Bush recently spoke to a gathering of auto dealers in Las Vegas, saying that while he believes in the free market under normal conditions, he doesn’t regret the $700 billion bailout fund used to rescue General Motors and Chrysler from the brink of collapse.

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]]> http://www.getmash.net/2012/02/08/bush-says-hed-pull-the-trigger-on-auto-bailouts-again.html/feed 0 Brazil Sues Twitter Over DUI Checkpoint Tweets http://www.getmash.net/2012/02/08/brazil-sues-twitter-over-dui-checkpoint-tweets.html http://www.getmash.net/2012/02/08/brazil-sues-twitter-over-dui-checkpoint-tweets.html#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:00:04 +0000 admin http://www.getmash.net/2012/02/08/brazil-sues-twitter-over-dui-checkpoint-tweets.html Last week, Twitter users were outraged by the company’s new policy to allow censorship country-by-country — not that this has will have any influence in places like China or Iran, where tweeting is entirely blocked.

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