Perk's Reward-Centric Mobile Browser Now Blocks Unwanted Ads

Austin-based incubator Jutera Labs is putting even more of its weight behind Perk, a rewards-centric mobile web browser that blocks out ads when used on tablets. Perk, which originally started out as a way to give consumers coupons, discounts or airline miles while browsing the web, is now blocking ads. While companies like AdBlock have built up strong web-based businesses with more than 200 million downloads, Perk co-founder Julian Frachtman says that there’s a window of opportunity to do the same thing on tablets, especially as they cannibalize PC usage. The company partners with affiliate networks to give Perk users deals at about 2,000 online stores. Those stores include big brands like Amazon, Target, Best Buy and Starbucks. There are also deals for frequent-flier miles at airlines like Delta, US Airways and Alaska Airlines and charitable donations to non-profits like the American Cancer Society. Users can explicitly opt-in to these rewards, and there’s a shopping icon in the app’s top bar that lets users scroll through different rewards available to them based on points they’ve earned by browsing the web. “When people shop online or when they do research online or take other actions like watch videos and fill out surveys, they can redeem these actions for cash or frequent flier miles,” Frachtman said. He says one advantage of blocking ads is that the browser will load pages faster. The app is still quite small at this point with 5,000 monthly actives, but Frachtman said that once they figure out the lifetime value of a typical Perk user, they can use performance marketing techniques to grow the base. For now, Perk is only available for iOS, but the company plans to bring it to Android in a month-and-a-half. Jutera has raised about $1 million in funding and the company’s employee base is split between Austin, Texas and Bangalore, India.

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Salt Flats houses Energy producing bacteria!

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NASA's Spitzer observes gas emission from Comet ISON

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Astronomers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have observed what most likely are strong carbon dioxide emissions from Comet ISON ahead of its anticipated pass through the inner solar system later this year.

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House GOP to slash environmental, arts funding

WASHINGTON (AP) ? House Republicans Monday proposed slashing cuts to environmental programs and funding for the Smithsonian Institution and the arts as they unveiled the latest legislation to implement the second year of budget cuts required under so-called sequestration.

The $24 billion spending measure would gut the budget of the Environmental Protection Agency with a one-third cut and cuts the National Endowments for the Arts by almost half. Overall, the measure funding the Interior Department, EPA, national parks and federal firefighting efforts is cut by 19 percent below funding approved in March.

It takes a more modest approach to the national parks with a slight increase over levels mandated by sequestration, the across-the-board cuts forced by Washington's failure to strike a bipartisan budget accord. And firefighting efforts would benefit from $1.5 billion in "emergency" funds on top of the spending limits set by the GOP's austere budget plan.

The measure is the latest of 12 spending bills for the almost one-third of the federal budget funded each year by Congress in the form of day-to-day operating budgets for government agencies. Such budgets are hit the hardest by sequestration.

Republicans control the House and are insisting on living within a tight $967 billion "cap" on agency operating budgets and are shifting more than $47 billion from domestic programs to the Pentagon ? which runs counter to a 2011 budget agreement. The restoration of money to the Defense Department would force austere cuts on nondefense programs like foreign aid, transit grants and community development grants sought by local officials.

Monday's measure, along with a legislation coming to the floor later this week funding transportation and housing, are two of the GOP bills absorbing the brunt of the domestic cuts, along with a measure funding labor, health and education programs that will be revealed on Wednesday.

"Simply put, this bill makes very difficult choices in an extremely tough budget environment," said author Mike Simpson, R-Idaho. "Within challenging budget constraints, we've focused on providing adequate funding to fight and prevent wildfires, making sure our national parks stay open, and meeting our trust responsibilities to American Indians."

The measure also contains a roster of policy "riders" aimed at reining in the EPA such as language that would prohibit the agency from regulating greenhouse gas emissions from electric utilities.

The bill is sure to be slapped with a White House veto threat and functions as a placeholder until negotiations this fall.

Associated Press

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Comic-Con 2013: 'Community' Panel

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?Community? is back and better than ever, and we?ve got the Dan Harmon to prove it! Sporting cardboard ?Iron Man? armor, the ?Community? creator arrived at the Comic-Con 2013 panel doing his best Tony Stark, leading the cast members in attendance to preview the coming season of NBC?s beloved cult comedy. From syndication to an animated episode, we were on hand to hear everything the Greendale gang had to say about ?Community? season 5!

Once the initical celebrations of Dan Harmon?s return and the show?s season 5 renewal died down, the combined cast of Danny Pudi, Gillian Jacobs, Alison Brie, Jim Rash, and Yvette Nicole Brown took their places on the stage with returning creative minds Dan Harmon and Chris McKenna. Perhaps most importantly, Harmon promised a return to the less over-thought episodes of seasons 1 and 2, with a few concept episodes (animated episode!) thrown in for good measure.

Asked by moderator Chris Hardwick, Harmon previewed ?new levels of anxiety that will no doubt trickle into the show. Nobody wants to not fail more than me at this point, because it?s kind of a weird story. I really really have to make these 13 count. I don?t consider them the last 13. I?m going to do everything I can to get us the sixth season.?

All told, here were the best moments from the ?Community? season 5 panel at Comic-Con 2013, which also revealed Community?s upcoming move into syndication:

• In describing what the various actors have brought to their roles (Ken Jeong was just a ?get? for the series), Harmon revealed that he hopes to see more of Shirley?s outspoken and idealistic side as a successful businesswoman, mirroring his own occasional real-life public speaking problem.
• Beginning September 20, the show will air Fridays on Comedy Central, and also stripped five nights a week on local stations. CommunityonTV.com will alert fans what channels to tune to.
• Series star and former writer Dino Stamatopoulous (Starburns) appeared in the question line, joking about the show?s writing and his own efforts to create a ?Community? graphic novel. The character could possibly return from his faked death, even as Stamatopoulos launches ?High Shool USA!? on Fox.
• Harmon revealed that the season 5 whiteboard tentatively has a slot for another Dungeons and Dragons episode! The creator also apologized for his comments on the quality of ?Community? season 4, pointing out that fans of the series might not necessarily be fans of his.
• Ken Jeong?s Chang will certainly be back, though Harmon hasn?t quite cracked what role he wants the character to take this season, having been so across the map previously.
• Jim Rash hopes to see the Dean continue his creepy fetishes, while Yvette Nicole Brown hopes to meet Shirley?s previously mentioned sister, potentially played by Sherri Shepherd. Alison Brie hopes to see Annie more empowered and less focused on boys, while Danny Pudi would love to see Jamie Lee Curtis as his mother. During this, Jeong and Alison Brie sucked on one another?s fingers, because why not?

We?re not sure when NBC will place the fifth season of ?Community? still, but what say you? Were you excited to see Dan Harmon back with the cast for Comic-Con 2013? What new concepts beside an animated episode would you want to see in season 5?

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Source: http://screencrush.com/comic-con-2013-community-panel/

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Open Golf: Tiger aiming to call on Major experience

Confident Tiger states that he still knows how to win

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World number one Tiger Woods hopes that experience will count today at Muirfield as he aims to chase down Lee Westwood and land his first Major in five years.

The American - who tees off at 14.00 with Masters champion Adam Scott - carded a one-over 72 yesterday to end on one-under-par for the tournament and feels that he is perfectly placed to mount a charge today.

?I'm pleased where I'm at,? said Woods. ?I'm only two back. There's only one guy ahead of me. And tomorrow, we'll see what they do tomorrow.?

While Woods has not won one of the sport's big prizes since the 2008 US Open at Torrey Pines, he maintains that the experience of winning 14 times will help him get over the line today.

I've got 14 of these things, and I know what it takes to win it.

?I've got 14 of these things, and I know what it takes to win it. I've been in this position before, in the past five years, and I've been in that hunt on that mix. And I'm in it again. Hopefully tomorrow I can play well and win the tournament.?

The world number one did acknowledge that Westwood is more than capable of lifting the Claret Jug, though, even though he has no Majors to his name.

?He's won tournaments all over the world. He knows how to win golf tournaments. I'm looking forward to the challenge of it.

"There's a bunch of guys who have a chance to win this tournament. And all of us need to really play well tomorrow to win it."

Source: http://www.nationalclubgolfer.com/features/articles/open-golf-tiger-woods-round-four-preview.html

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