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  • Women of E3: Gamer Girls

    Women of E3: Gamer Girls

    Being a girl in tech is great! We stand out like a soar thumb at E3 in attendees, however, are abundant in booth babes. Why is that? We need more girls at E3 because statistics show that most gamers are girls. Girls are generally casual gamers and dominate social games on Facebook. There needs to be more representation of the casual gamers like Sarah Carroll, 1/2 of Sparah, who gained some serious geek and digital cred from her appearance at [...]

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  • Shopping With Friends: Search On Bing Mobile Deals

    Shopping With Friends: Search On Bing Mobile Deals

    So many deals, so little time! When Anna and I find ourselves out and about and in need of a good deal, we’re mostly just out of luck. Imagine how cool it would be if you could search only deals near your exact location from your mobile phone. Anna and I just discovered we can do just that because Bing mobile deals – available at m.bing.com on iPhones and Androids. Yum yum goodies!

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  • Hot And Not On Facebook

    Hot And Not On Facebook

    We aren’t actually trying to tell you what is hot and not- everyone has their own opinion. This silly video, directed by John C Dvorak, is the first step in developing a more cranky side to pop17. We’re excited for Angry Birds on Facebook!

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  • Girl VS Gadget: MacWorld 2011

    Girl VS Gadget: MacWorld 2011

    Our greatest challenge yet is not just one gadget, but an entire conference for Apple fans. MacWorld 2011 takes a win after a challenging fight. The conference had some pretty cool gadgets and a silly iPhone app, but all and all Apple fans live on victoriously. It’s a great conference for Apple fans to come out and celebrate their favorite products and accessories.

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  • My Favorite Charity Summer Search

    My Favorite Charity Summer Search

    Summer Search is a fantastic non-profit organization that builds leadership skills with high potential low-income high school students. They give year long mentoring, scholarships to summer educational and experiencial summer programs, provide college counseling and resources, and are like a second family to their students. I was a Summer Search student when I was in high school so it’s an honor to highlight the charity that has helped shape me into who I am today.

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  • Drew Curtis, King of Weird News

    Drew Curtis, King of Weird News

    Drew Curtis is micro famous for his large presence online and involvement in off beat news aggregation. Fark started because Curtis liked to share news stories with his friends when in college and channeled his hobby into a website. Once Fark took off, he leveraged his fame into a multi-million dollar business and a best seller book on Amazon.

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  • David Karp of Tumblr

    David Karp of Tumblr

    David Karp is the 21 year old founder of Tumblr, a breakthrough blogging platform that allows users to easily reblog multimedia content. I’ve had a tumblr blog installed here on Pop17 from day one and I love it. I’d definitely recommend setting up a Tumblr blog if you are looking for a blogging platform, especially if you are into reblogging. And if you are looking for some cool new bloggers to follow or add to your RSS aggregators, check out [...]

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