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Oldest Gaming Tokens Found in TurkeySmall carved stones unearthed in a nearly 5,000-year-old burial could represent the earliest gaming tokens ever found, according to Turkish archaeologists who are excavating early Bronze Age graves. Found in a burial at Başur Höyük, a 820- by 492-foot mound near Siirt in southeast Tur... Duracell and Tim McGraw Highlight First Responders in New CampaignDuracell is teaming up with Tim McGraw to donate a million batteries to first responders across North America as a way to celebrate the launch of its new Duracell Quantum batteries McGraw will host a series of spots, dubbed "Quantum Heroes," highlighting the heroic efforts of first responders in cr... 3D-Printed Ears Are Now a Reality in ChinaIn the market for a new ear? You're in luck. Researchers in China are reportedly using a special 3D printer to print an ear cartilage sample made from real tissue. Researchers at Hangzhou Dianzi University invented a 3D tissue printer named Regenovo, according to 3D Printer World. As explained in t... Report: Facebook Testing PayPal Rival for Mobile App PurchasesFacebook will attempt to give in-app commerce on the platform a boost with an upcoming mobile payment system, according to a report. AllThingsD reports that the company "plans to test a new payments product that would allow online shoppers to make purchases on mobile apps using their Facebook login ... Lenovo Sells More Smartphones Than PCs and Other News You Need to KnowWelcome to this morning's edition of "First To Know," a series in which we keep you in the know on what's happening in the digital world. Today, we're looking at three particularly interesting stories. Lenovo released its quarterly earnings on Wednesday — a record $8.8 billion in revenue and ... Nearly 1 Billion Games Later, Dots Comes to Android and Kindle FireIf you own an Android or Kindle Fire and value your productivity, I suggest you stop reading this now. Dots, the extremely addictive game that was a big hit among iOS users earlier this year, is now available in the Google Play store and on Amazon. See also: Why 'Dots' Is the Most Scarily Addictive ... 12 Iconic Magazine Covers You'll Never ForgetIf journalism is the first draft of history, then magazine covers are the first impression See also: Digital Editions Still Make Up Only a Tiny Fraction of Magazine Sales Covers are the first thing consumers see on newsstands — they can make or break their decision to purchase. When Mashable s... Viral Videos May Endanger Cute AnimalsIn early 2009, a man in St. Petersburg, Russia uploaded a video onto Vimeo and YouTube in which he tickles his pet pygmy slow loris — a small, threatened Asian primate. The footage quickly went viral, garnering millions of views and thousands of comments. But videos like this one, of "cute" ex... Lenovo Ships More Mobile Devices Than PCs for First TimeLenovo, the world's No. 1 PC maker, now ships more mobile devices than PCs. The company announced that in its fiscal first quarter, which ended June 30, "combined shipments of smartphones and tablets surpassed PCs for the first time ever during the quarter, demonstrating the momentum of these two bu... Can Birchbox Evolve Beyond Subscriptions?Birchbox released some numbers Thursday, announcing that — in addition to passing the 400,000 monthly subscribers mark — its full-priced ecommerce business is also growing at a healthy clip. Sales quadrupled last year and full-sized products now represent just more than a quarter of Birc... |