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Google Streetview Goes Underwater

As part of the World Wonders project, Google just took their Streetview cameras on a dive through some of the ocean's most interesting places, including the Great Barrier Reef and spots near the Philippines and Hawaii. It looks really cool! There's also an underwater Google+ Hangout, because of course.

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The History of @

Ever wonder where the snail tail comes from? According to the Smithsonian, it dates all the way back to the 1500s, when an Italian merchant used it to denote jugs of wine. By 1971, it was the least-used key on a modern keyboard, which led ARPAnet's Ray Tomlinson to code it into the email protocol, thus "saving it from going the way of the cent sign."

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eBay Just Bought Svpply

They're not saying how much, so I'll assume it was for an obscenely large amount. (Eleventy trillion?) On paper, Svpply is a fairly modest portal site, letting users build public collections of things (usually expensive clothes) and raking in affiliate money everytime someone actually buys one. But that system is exactly how people expect outlets like Pinterest to make money, so it gives the 17-year-old eBay a rare edge on its more social-friendly competitors. Also, everything on Svpply looks really good, which suggests their designers can teach eBay a thing or two.

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