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ABOUT POONAM JHAWER:Poonam Jhawer is a well-known Hindi Film (Bollywood) actress, model, singer and film-maker.

After an initial stint as a model with Advertising commercials, the producers of Hindi flick MOHRA saw her in one of the ad commercials and she got a call from the producers and was screen tested for a major part in the film and selected. That's how her journey into Bollywood began.

Facebook Face Recognition Does What Google Wouldn't

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I hate phone numbers. They’re a relic of an outmoded system that both wireless and wireline

The Death Of The Phone Number
I hate phone numbers. They’re a relic of an outmoded system that both wireless and wireline carriers use to keep people trapped on their services — a false technological prison built of nothing but laziness and hostility to consumers.
In fact, I can’t think of a single telecom service that is as restrictive as the phone number: email can be accessed from any device,

The Real Reason Steve Jobs Kept Repeating "It Just Works."

Image via CrunchBaseThe Real Reason Steve Jobs Kept Repeating "It Just Works." At WWDC
Amid all the big announcements at this year’s WWDC keynote, there was an undercurrent that was subtle, but important.
“It just works.” Steve Jobs kept saying this over and over again on stage. When Jobs does this,it’s never an accident. It’s a message.
And it’s a message that was underscored by another word. “

The iPads are having problems viewing and editing account information after activating with Verizon's network.

Image via WikipediaApple Is Recalling Verizon iPad 2s [REPORT] (AAPL, VZ)
Apple has issued a recall for Verizon iPad 2's.
Apple Store employees have been instructed to scan iPad 2 stocks for Verizon iPads that fall under a certain range of serial numbers and return them, 9to5 Mac reports.
The iPads are having problems viewing and editing account information after activating with Verizon's network

"Groupon Still Getting It In The Ass In China," says TechCrunch. Well, that's one way of putting it.

Image via CrunchBase"Groupon Still Getting It In The Ass In China," says TechCrunch. Well, that's one way of putting it.
"Groupon Still Getting It In The Ass In China," says TechCrunch. Well, that's one way of putting it.
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Twitter is planning on offering a self-serve ad buying solution for smaller advertisers later this year, the company's president of global revenue told Mashable.

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Twitter is planning on offering a self-serve ad buying solution for smaller advertisers later this year, the company's president of global revenue told Mashable.
Right now, Twitter sells ads directly to the biggest advertisers, which is fine, but a big part of the revenue of the web's

Anthony Weiner took the fall, but many congressmen have learned from the twitter fiasco

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Anthony Weiner took the fall, but many congressmen have learned from the twitter fiasco.
Since Weinergate, congressional tweets are down a remarkable 30 percent (via Mashable).
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Codemasters is a game developing company that's been in operation since 1986

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Codemasters is a game developing company that's been in operation since 1986, and the company recently confirmed that it was hacked on Friday, June 3.
According to an email sent to its customers, a hacker was able to gain access to a laundry list of information:
members' names
addresses
usernames
email addresses
telephone numbers
order

HQ Directives change fast and furiously

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AOL's network of local news sites, Patch, has about 830 editors.
Over the past couple days – after we published Confessions Of Patch Salesperson: "It's Been A Disaster" –  several of them have emailed us to complain about their jobs.
One current Patch editor, who says she was "hired as part of the

If you can't spare the change for a Wall Street Journal digital subscription ($1.99/week)

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If you can't spare the change for a Wall Street Journal digital subscription ($1.99/week), there's a simple way to view any locked page for free.
All it takes is a simple Google Chrome extension called "Read WSJ," which places a little "unlock" button next to any locked articles.
Click the unlock button, and

A Malaysia man has agreed to tweet an apology 100 times

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Man ordered to apologize 100 times on Twitter A Malaysia man has agreed to tweet an apology 100 times over three days after slandering a publishing company on the social media service.Related articlesFahmi Fadzil: Malaysian Man Must Tweet Apology 100 Times (blippitt.com)
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Samsung's super-thin Galaxy Tab 10.1 launched this week in New York

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Samsung's super-thin Galaxy Tab 10.1 launched this week in New York, but the smaller version of the tablet is reportedly having some production problems that could delay the launch.
The Galaxy Tab 8.9 was announced along with the 10.1, but we haven't heard much since. Engadget reports this is because

Hey Startups: Don't Exaggerate Your Size

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Before I co-founded my current company, 37signals, in 1999, I had a software and Web design business called Spinfree. The Internet was a fairly new and exotic phenomenon back then, and it was pretty easy to drum up clients willing to pay quite well to improve their nascent websites. Within a year or so, I had a nice client list, built

New York Bergdorf Goodman Store Searches For Its Next Model on Facebook

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What's Twitter's Identity Now That It's Apple's Identity Provider?

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Apple this week anointed Twitter as a built-in feature of the next version of its mobile platform.
The partnership, announced during Apple’s WWDC keynote yesterday, is an obvious diss to Facebook and its Facebook Connect service, which had been Apple’s pick to power social features for iTunes Ping. That deal

Everyone's Freaking Out About Facebook's Facial Recognition -- Here's How To Turn It Off

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Facebook is rolling out a new feature that employs new facial recognition technology to recommend that others tag pictures of you that haven't been tagged yet.
PCWorld points out that the more you tag, the more Facebook learns about what you look like, and it could eventually lead to

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Thanks For The Money, Google!

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Elan Dekel spent the last six years as a Product Manager at Google. Today he launched a startup, Medico.com, which wants to be WebMD for the world.

Dekel secured funding last fall from some impressive investors. Medico is backed by First Round Capital, FirstMark Capital, Greylock Discovery Fund, Nexus Venture Partners, and some prominent angels.

Get Google's New Chrome And Try Out Awesome 3D Websites Like This

Image via CrunchBaseGet Google's New Chrome And Try Out Awesome 3D Websites Like This (GOOG)
Google continues its rapid release of Chrome.
The latest stable release is version 12 which includes some powerful features for 3D graphics on websites.
Chrome uses what's called hardware acceleration to power interactive 3D games, videos, or menus.
That means web developers have more room to beef up