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Re:UberXL – low-cost SUV option on Monday May 12, 2014 @07:06PM (#7735913)
Competition is GOOD [1]. This is a brilliant branding extension, it's clear on the value and the audience it's targeting. UberX - UberXL.

1 - http://blog.lyft.com/posts/2014/5/7/introducing-lyft-plus-th...

Re:3d Printing at UPS on Wednesday August 07, 2013 @10:29PM (#6177023)
"...it is possible to use 3D scanners to reverse-engineer items and then print them out. This could open up a can of worms in patent and design infringements, and it remains to be seen how UPS will deal with such copying."

Same concerns can be said about Kinko's. This is another new generational problem that's probably not addressed in courts. Maybe a fair-use clause like at libraries and universities would be an interesting spin.

Note this was signed in 2012, July 6th.

Not much coverage before: http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/07/06/execut...

Re:Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 crashes at SFO on Saturday July 06, 2013 @06:07PM (#6000242)
Sheryl Sandberg was scheduled to be on this flight but switched to a United flight [1]

The now famous photo from the ground is by David Eun, a Samsung Executive [2]. Coincidentally at a time when there are talks of a Samsung / Facebook partnership [3]

[1] https://www.facebook.com/sheryl/posts/10152997724435177 [2] http://www.linkedin.com/in/davideun1 [2] http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-facebook...

Re:American Airlines Site Redesign on Monday January 21, 2013 @08:30PM (#5094954)
Here's what Dustin crafted nearly four years ago - http://www.dustincurtis.com/dear_american_airlines.html