The Sift 141: Entertainment and Technology- DirecTV's $30 per rental premium video on-demand service launched April 21 - hopefully zero people have checked it out
- Nielsen estimates show first drop in TV ownership in 20 years
- U.S. Carriers Begin Blocking Android Tethering Apps
- Shows wait for bubbles to burst when TV networks unveil fall schedules
- One-Third of Smartphone Users Load Apps Before Getting Out of Bed
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The Sift 142: Social Media
- LocaModa begins first national rollout of “venue safe” foursquare app
- Q. How do we get a blogger to write about us?
- Facebook Now Effectively Paying Users 10 Cents to Watch Certain Ads
- UFC Fighters To Get Bonuses for Tweeting
- Set Up "Login Approvals" in Facebook for Better Security
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The Sift 143: Cars
- Ford Cars May Soon Sport Rubber Parts Made From Dandelions
- Total Cost of Ownership
- Protean Electric in-wheel motors have the stuff to make an F-150 turn green
- BMW left turn assistant uses lasers to help you avoid running people over
- Google Lobbies to Allow Self-Driving Cars on Nevada Roads
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The Sift 144: Food, Health and Medicine
- Drinking Lots of Coffee Linked to Reduced Risk of Certain Cancers
- New Cotton Candy-Like Material Heals Difficult to Treat Wounds
- Swiss Inventors Create Blood Powered Turbine
- Recipe Search Engine Gives Any Recipe a Nutrition Label
- X-Prize reveals plans for tricorder competition
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The Sift 145: News and Media
- Introducing “News near you” on Google News for mobile
- AP Stylebook Adds More Social Media Terms
- Space Shuttle Twitpic Woman Gets Paid, Credited & Snubbed By Media
- YouTube & Newseum Pay Tribute to Fallen Journalists
- Kirk Citron: And Now, The Real News (TED.COM; 3:22)
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