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Both startup companies and grocery stores have launched smartphone applications and mobile websites that help consumers find food savings.
TAMPA –Will grocery shoppers casually scan a jar of peanut butter with their smartphone to find an online coupon?
Or will they use their smartphones to organize a strict shopping list and avoid splurging on impulse purchases?
Those are suddenly billion-dollar questions in the grocery industry.
The opportunity to do something — anything — that combines the raging fad of couponing with Americans’ love of cellphones has quickly triggered a …

Unlike with the G1 and G2, HTC went for a real sliding mechanism here. The MT4GS has an in-plane slider that isn’t spring-loaded, but has smooth rails and positive detents at both ends of the travel. The operation feels pretty solid and sturdy enough to hold up over the long term.
The industrial design as a whole borrows a lot from the original MyTouch 4G – from the front, it’s really easy to confuse the two. Some of the very minor details are different – …

A MASSIVE 8.8-magnitude earthquake has shaken Japan, unleashing a powerful tsunami that sent ships crashing into the shore and carried cars through the streets of coastal towns.
Multiple injuries, but no immediate deaths, were reported from the Pacific coastal area of Miyagi on the main Honshu island, police said according to media, and TV footage showed widespread flooding in the area.
The quake hit in the early afternoon, also strongly shaking buildings in greater Tokyo, the world’s largest urban area with 30 million people.
At least six fires were reported in Tokyo, where …

Who is the Top Billionaires in the World? See the list below
No. 1 Carlos Slim Helú & family
Net Worth: $74 billion
Source: Telecom
Citizenship: Mexico
The world’s richest person for a second year in a row, the Mexican telecom mogul is also the year’s biggest gainer, having added $20.5 billion to his fortune and widened the gap between him and No. 2, Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates, to $18 billion. A 19% rise in the Mexican stock market, a stronger peso, and successful mining and real estate spinoffs from conglomerate Grupo Carso all contributed …

Thinner, lighter and full of great ideas.
Once you pick up iPad 2, it’ll be hard to put down. That’s the idea behind the all-new design. It’s 33 percent thinner and up to 15 percent lighter, so it feels even more comfortable in your hands.1 And it makes surfing the web, checking email, watching movies and reading books so natural, you might forget there’s incredible technology under your fingers.
Dual-core A5 chip. It’s fast, times two.
Two powerful cores in one A5 chip mean iPad can do twice the work at once. You’ll …