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During the MTV Video Music Awards this past weekend, the few people who still watch the network caught quick a glimpse of the first teaser trailer for Hunger Games.
It was screened with a quick, pre-recorded introduction from the film’s star, Jennifer Lawrence.
Hunger Games is based off of a bestselling young-adult fantasy novel by Suzanne Colins. The
Google Inc. and Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc. announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Google will acquire Motorola Mobility for $40.00 per share in cash, or a total of about $12.5 billion, a premium of 63% to the closing price of Motorola Mobility shares on August 12, 2011. The transaction was unanimously approved by the Boards of Directors of both companies. The acquisition of Motorola Mobility, a dedicated Android partner, will enable Google to supercharge the Android ecosystem and will enhance competition in mobile computing. Motorola Mobility will remain a licensee of Android and Android will remain open. Google will run Motorola Mobility as a separate business.
Interview: LivingSocial’s CEO on Groupon’s IPO: The Wall Street Journal catches up with Tim O’Shaugnhessy, CEO of Groupon competitor LivingSocial, who spoke about his company’s growth and offered his take on the Groupon IPO filing. [WSJ]
GameStop Apologizes for Stealing Coupons From Customers: GameStop is offering a $50 gift card and a two-games-for-one deal to all customers who bought Deus Ex: Human Revolution after the vendor was caught removing in-game coupons that offered a free online version of the game on a competitor’s cloud gaming platform. [PCWorld]
Al “ManBearPig” Gore is on a roll again! Yes, just a few weeks after publicly flipping out about global warming, Gore compared the struggle against racism in the South to his personal crusade to convert climate change skeptics.
“There came a time when people said, ‘Hey man, why do you talk that way? That’s wrong, I don’t go for that, so don’t talk that way around me. I just don’t believe that,’” Gore said in a recent interview with FearLess Revolution founder Alex Bogusky.
“That happened in millions of conversations, and slowly the conversation was won. And we still have racism, God knows, but it’s so different now and so much better. And we
Panasonic has launched a pair of new non-Leica-designed lenses for its Micro Four Thirds range of cameras. The emphasis is on making these new lenses small and light, and to this end Panasonic has removed somewhat essential features.
Speaking to the British Journal of Photography, Panasonics UK Lumix boss Barney Sykes said that Leica has very strict standards when making lenses. This would not have conformed to Leicas standard.
The two lenses are power-zoom models (you zoom in and out by pressing two buttons instead of twisting a dial), like youd find on compact cameras.