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Genius Scan Scans Documents From Your Phone. Last week Netted covered the Doxie One, a stapler-sized tool that scans to the cloud. Today, they've got an even more-portable solution: an app called Genius Scan. Genius Scan might just fix your coverting woes.

My kind of accountant! Every accountant I know swears by the powers of Excel. But not every accountant can harness that power as beautifully as Cary Walkin, an accountant from Canada. Walkin made a full RPG game inside Excel. As in you can use Excel to actually have fun. The game, called Arena.Xlsm, can be downloaded here.

This is so cool!

Hourly employees who regularly used up to four social networks made more sales or handled customer service calls faster than those who weren't on any social networks.

Kotaku has obtained an image of what it claims is the first "Made For iPhone" controller. Purportedly made by Logitech, the controller looks similar to the guidance images Apple released when it detailed the new iOS 7 controller API. It features what appears to be a circular D-pad, four action buttons, and a pause key. The guidance images also called for either two or four shoulder buttons to be included, but it's difficult to see from Kotaku's blurry image if the controller has any shoulder buttons at all, let alone how many.

On June 20, a source says Facebook will unveil that Instagram, its popular photo-sharing app, will begin to let people also take and share short videos. Call it the Vine effect.

SMS & MMS from your computer or tablet. Uses your current Android phone number. Instant notifications on computer/tablet. See who's calling you...on your computer screen. Left your phone in car? Forgot it at home? No worries.

Narrative touts itself as a company that provides marketing solutions for publishers, agencies and brands. Its purpose is to create digital campaigns that are rooted in social media, branded entertainment and celebrity-driven content, using techniques such as crowd-sourcing, gamification and rewards. Campaigns are distributed through pop-culture, entertainment, music and lifestyle websites, bolstered by behavioral-data analytics and a custom ad-serving platform, among other technologies.

Vending machine makers of late have sought to add social media capabilities, but they haven't messed with the design much. So give Diet Coke points for trying. The brand has unveiled what it's calling the "world's thinnest vending machine."

If E la Carte has its way, you may eventually be able to order your meals using a tablet at most restaurants in the U.S. Two years ago, the startup unveiled a tablet designed for restaurants called the Presto, which let customers browse menus, place orders and pay bills - all without getting up from the table or depending on a waiter.