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A daredevil leapt from a balloon more than 18 miles above the Earth today (July 25), moving one step closer to a so-called "space jump" that would set the record for the world's highest skydive. Austrian adventurer Felix Baumgartner stepped out of his custom-built capsule at an altitude of 96,640 feet (29,456 meters) above southeastern New Mexico, officials with Red Bull Stratos - the name of Baumgartner's mission - announced today.

"While Balsan and the other three panelists agreed that this is truly the "launch year" for NFC, they also came to the consensus that it's going to be baby steps from here."  Focusing on simple stuff like badge scanning at first.

Obama administration steps up anti-piracy plan

"Vimeo took a first step towards pay-per-view Tuesday with the roll-out of a limited slate of six paid-streaming titles. The movies, which include We Are Legion: The Story of Hacktivists as well as the LCD Soundsystem concert movie Shut Up and Play the Hits are meant to preview different features that will be available to all content producers once Vimeo rolls out pay-per-view in earnest early next year."

This seems to be the buzz lately--how social media is no longer a "thing" and what the next "thing" is.

DoorDash started off as a restaurant delivery company - but, like many on-demand delivery companies, its ambitions are certainly much higher than that. And it's taking one step beyond food delivery today by adding the ability to purchase alcohol through DoorDash.

According to Carter, food lovers just need to download the app and start exploring. By navigating the app, they can find foodie friends and post articles or videos, as on their Facebook feeds, follow the chefs they like, as they would do on Twitter and publish photos of their preferred meals, as they would do on Instagram. When users publish a pic of a meal, the system suggests a selection of wines to pair with it. Professional chefs and restaurateurs will need to go through a few additional steps to join True Foodies. They can either be invited by a chef who is already part of the community, or by supplying validation of their professional identity and qualifications. (Credits: TrueFoodies) (Credits: True Foodies) "We do a validation through social media and through our community, which includes already 3,000 restaurants in about 15 countries and 50 professional chefs," said Carter.

next step for interactive tv?

New alternative to arduino: tinkerforge

encourages kids to be active.  take a certain number of steps to earn different colored bands.