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Sorry Microsoft! People Who Buy Macs Are More Fashionable

Filed Under: Fashion Smashion Tech Talk

We hate to be the bearer of bad news, but if you own a PC you're just not fashionable — at least that's what a new study is saying.

The folks over at Bundle analyzed data based on anonymous credit card transactions from more than 700,000 PC and Mac users and came to the conclusion those who own a Mac have a bigger passion for fashion.

Don't believe us? Check out the charts (above)!

Based on their findings, do U agree???

Sound off in the comments (below)!

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Vera Wang Launches A Wedding Planning App For Brides

This is smart.

Vera Wang has released a spiffy new iPhone and iPad app for the detail oriented bride.

Vera Wang on Weddings comes with a bunch of fabulous features including:

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Miranda Kerr Promises Autographed Kiss If You Enter Her Samsung Contest (And Win)

Filed Under: Zportz Models Tech Talk Miranda Kerr Victoria's Secret

Miranda Kerr is one busy model!!

When she's not workin' the camera or a catwalk, she's being wonder businesswoman!

After her Samsung GalaxyNote commercial debuted during the Super Bowl, fans went crazy!

The ad for the new smartphone skewered Apple and made the idea of owning the latest Samsung goodie seem like a rock and roll party.

But just because the football game is over with doesn't mean the buzz surrounding the commercials are too!

Apparently there's a contest to see which ads will become the top ranked.

And if you enter Samsung's contest, you can win one of many prizes — the best being the belt worn by Miranda AND a brand new GalaxyNote autographed and sealed with a kiss by Miranda herself!!

Needless to say, gurl has been werkin' her Twitter, campaigning HARD for it!! Every day we see a different tweet about it.

Interested?? There's still time!! Just click here to enter (and tell Miranda we said hi)!!!

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Former Cosmo Editor Donates $30 Million To Stanford & Columbia

Filed Under: Etc. Media Minute Tech Talk Cosmo

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Wow!

Helen Gurley Brown, the former editor of Cosmo and bestselling author of Sex and the Single Girl, has gifted the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism and Stanford’s School of Engineering a whopping $30 million.

The two schools set aside $24 million of the donation to be used to endow a professorship, and to award grants and fellowships. The joint program will be named after Brown and her late husband, David Brown, who attended both schools.

The remaining $6 million will be used to construct a state-of-the-art newsroom in the Columbia journalism school building.

Helen said

[Image via PNP/WENN.]

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Digital Mall Kiosks Will Scan Shoppers For A More Personalized Experience

Filed Under: Wacky, Tacky & True Tech Talk Retail Therapy

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Earlier this week, Microsoft presented a new point of sale software at National Retail Federation Conference in New York City that is borderline creepy.

The Windows Embedded POSReady 7 program will use motion capture technology, just like the Kinect for Xbox 360, to scan live data ti estimate gender, height, weight, ethnicity, and age as shoppers walk past store windows.

Based on all those characteristics, retailers can then create personalized live ads for each shopper on the spot.

It has the potential to be cool, but at the same time we can't help but get the heebie-jeebies.

What do U think about this new technology???

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