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These high tech sneakers commemorate the 45th anniversary of the moon landing

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by on July 17, 2014 at 6:20 am
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People Look At Apollo 11 Exhibit The Day Of Neil Armstrong Funeral
How far mankind has come since the first landing on the moon on July 20, 1969 — so much so that to celebrate the achievement, Snapchat is playing a key role in marketing a unique new pair of sneakers. On July 20 2014, 45 years after contributing to the Apollo 11 mission, General Electric will — in partnership with fashion firm JackThreads and luxury footwear company Android Homme — sell a pair of limited edition moon boot sneakers, called ‘THE MISSIONS.’ The sneakers celebrate how far technology has progress, and to that point they feature advanced wearable materials including stabilized carbon fiber,…

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Snapchat may be planning a mobile payments service inspired by China’s top messaging app

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by on July 17, 2014 at 5:52 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Mobile, snapchat

Snapchat may take a leaf out of Asia’s messaging app playbook when it comes to making money, after two potentially telling trademark filings were unearthed. TechCrunch dug up filings related to processing electronic payments (Trademark Serial # 86335306) and money transfers (Trademark Serial # 86335307). There’s an obvious joke here about ephemeral money transfers, but actually these filings are evidence of plans to monetize Snapchat using models that are successful outside of the US. Snapchat counts Tencent as an investor and CEO Evan Spiegel is said to “frequently” speak to the Chinese internet giant, which operates hugely successful chat app WeChat. The service has nearly 400 million active users…

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Travel site Lonely Planet introduces its own flight search engine powered by Skyscanner

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by on July 17, 2014 at 5:42 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Product Updates

Lonely Planet has just become way more useful after it launched a new flight search engine today, in partnership with Skyscanner. This is the first time the travel guide publisher has hosted its own self-branded flight comparison engine, which is situated within the booking section of its site. Skyscanner is providing the flight search capability to Lonely Planet, so this makes it more convenient for users who don’t have to exit the site in order to make a flight booking. Other than flights, Lonely Planet also lets you book hotels, car rentals, adventure tours and sightseeing tours right within its…

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