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During its fiscal Q2 ending in March, Apple spent $18 billion to buy up its own stock off the market. More than three quarters of that total was used to snatch up discounted stock after investors panicked following Apple's Q1 earnings announcement in January.

Apple, Inc. spent $18B to buy back 31.7 million shares of AAPL in March quarter

Code discovered in iOS 7.1 offers further evidence Touch ID is coming to Apple's next iPads

This year's anticipated iPad refresh is rumored to expand implementation of Apple's Touch ID fingerprint sensor beyond the iPhone, bringing it to the next iPad Air and iPad mini. Now, newly discovered code in the iOS mobile operating system offers further evidence in support of those claims.

Code discovered in iOS 7.1 offers further evidence Touch ID is coming to Apple's next iPads

Driven to Distraction: Hands-Free is Not Risk-Free [Infographic]

In recognition of National Distracted Driving Awareness Month, the National Safety Council put together this infographic to demonstrate how even hands-free activities while driving increase the risk of distraction, accident and serious injury.

A recent NSC poll found eight out of 10 drivers mistakenly believe hands-free devices are safer than handheld. But studies show that voice-to-text calls are even more distracting than texting by hand.

More than 90 percent of auto accidents are caused by driver error, and 26 percent of all crashes involve cell phone use. The NSC stresses three essential driving requirements: 1) Eyes on the road, 2) hands on the wheel and 3) mind on driving.

Provided by The National Safety Council

See also the NSC’s top three winners of its Hands-free is not risk-free video contest.

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Driven to Distraction: Hands-Free is Not Risk-Free [Infographic]

Meet The Men Who Get F*cked By Dogs

Bestiality is one of the last great taboos, but according to Oliver Burdinski, a self-declared zoophile, intraspecies love really isn’t so bad. Burdinski lost his virginity to the family dog in his early teens, and today he lives with his partner, a Siberian husky, who gets very special treatment.

Meet The Men Who Get F*cked By Dogs

Amazon Prime Data could be major selling point for new smartphone

The they will, they won’t saga of Amazon releasing a smartphone seems to be heading firmly in the they will direction and as such we’re finally seeing leaks and rumors about the “killer features” that the company will be boasting to sell its new smartphone. Currently, Amazon is toying with the idea of adding customizations to the device, the device is said to have 3D effects among other hardware and software tweaks. According to “trusted sources” close to BGR though, those would be just a few selling points among an even larger selling point.

According to these sources, Amazon would be offering “Prime Data.” Amazon isn’t saying much about the idea but it might be possibly an exclusive to AT&T with the device would make use of something similar to AT&T’s Sponsored Data program. With the requirements of the program as it is, Amazon couldn’t make use of it in it’s current form. Speculatively, Amazon could offer a certain amount of free or hugely discounted access to the movie, television and music program that Prime users have access to.

The sources at BGR couldn’t say much on what Prime Data is, and if current rumors ring true, we’ll have to wait for the June announcement to check it out for ourselves. Would access to Amazon’s prime services at a discounted price be enough for you purchase Amazon’s smartphone? Let us know in the comments below.

source: BGR

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Facebook Marketing Mash-Up: Unified To Announce Integration Of Moontoast Rich Media

Marketing cloud technology provider Unified and social rich-media advertising provider Moontoast will announce at the Digiday Brand Summit Monday in Nashville, Tenn., that the Moontoast Social Rich Media Ad Platform has been integrated with Unified’s Social Operating Platform.