Nokia nabs 808 PureView space shot of this big, blue 41-megapixel marble

We've seen plenty of shots of the Nokia 808 PureView in action, but they've all been hampered by boring old terrestrial bounds. Thankfully, a team attached the handset to a giant balloon for a little more perspective. The photo is at the end of the six and half minute video after the break, but thankfully there are a lot of lovely shots of Iceland accompanying atmospheric music to keep you busy in the meantime.

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Jetman swoops across Brazilian skyline (+video)

The Swiss aviator Yves Rossy recently flew across the Rio de Janeiro sky with his jet-propelled wing, parachuting safely to a southern Brazilian beach.

Thursday morning, the Swiss pilot Yves Rossy fell into the blue Rio de Janeiro sky with the backward rolling entry of a scuba diver. He began with a downward plunge toward the Brazilian cityscape, then leveling off and completing a barrel role before vapor-trailing past the Deco statue Cristo Redentor, tracking south and finally pulling his parachute to land safely on Copocabana beach.

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All of this was done with the jet-powered wing that Rossy helped design.

Lasting over 11 minutes, this was only one in a series of flights made by the self-described "Jetman." Over the past half-decade, he has flown across the Grand Canyon, over the Alps and even between actual jet airplanes.

His recent successes have come with some ominous setbacks, though. In 2009, Rossy attempted to fly across the Strait of Gibraltar, which geographically separates Spain from Morocco, but strong winds and engine complications forced him to scuttle into the Mediterranean, where he had to be rescued by?helicopter.?The Spanish coast guard later retrieved his jet wing.

Rossy's wing is the result of over a decade of trouble-shooting, which decade has seen over 15 prototypes of the model. In its current design, the wing is made from carbon-fiber and spans roughly eight feet. Strapped to the back of the pilot, it is propelled by four mounted kerosene jet engines up to speeds of 189 miles per hour.

Classified as a legitimate aircraft by the FAA, the wing was engineered to let Rossy "fly like a bird, with a minimum of instruments but with the ability to steer himself in space," according to the Jetman website. One of the most complex technologies Rossy's wing employs, aside from the engines, are the altimeter, used for safety purposes, and the throttle that Rossy holds in his hand. He uses his body to steer.

Perhaps more interesting than Rossy's innovative technology is the endeavor it embodies. Human flight has always been motivated by the desire to mimic bird flight. The word "aviation," after all, comes from the Latin word for bird, "avis." By attempting to create the most visceral experience of human flight, the Jetman project might be the truest expression of our envy for the utter freedom of the birds that soar overhead.

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Rihanna Twitpics: The Weirdest Batch Yet?

Rihanna has become infamous for her Twitpics and Instagram uploads in recent months, but her latest set is strange even by her high standards.

If you thought she couldn't top grinding with strippers or sitting on her bodyguard's shoulders playing with white powder on his head, think again.

Wednesday morning she uploaded this one. When someone asked where she's been as "You been quiet all day", Rihanna replied with this pic:

Yup, her arm with an IV attached. No other comment or caption.

It's definitely her arm, too, because the elaborate nail painting job that she got before attending the Met Gala on Monday was still on display.

Said manicure, for what it's worth, meant she was late to the event, missing her slot on the red carpet and infuriating Vogue's Anna Wintour.

A few hours after posting the IV picture she uploaded a pic of herself by a plane with the caption, "My ride home NY days LA nights #itwuzreal."

This implies she's not in hospital ... or at least she's not anymore.

Not that this is her first IV Twitpic. In November she tweeted a similar picture after being hospitalized with severe exhaustion in Sweden.

Is she exhausted again? It's not unlikely. Girl goes hard.

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Dish Network adds 'Auto Hop' commercial skipping feature to its Hopper DVRs

One of the main features when Dish Network unveiled its Hopper and Joey multiroom DVRs at CES was PrimeTime Anytime, a setting that archives three hours of network programming, every night on the four main stations for a week and now it's upping the ante by adding commercial skipping to the mix. While automated commercial skipping as an out of the box feature went out from most DVRs with ReplayTV, the new Auto Hop feature edits out the breaks from those PrimeTime AnyTime recordings starting at 1 AM that night. While it's still been possible on other platforms like Windows Media Center, Sage TV and MythTV with third-party add-ons (we can show you how on Media Center) this requires pushing just one button. So, assuming our glowing review and the knowledge that you'd never miss another primetime show wasn't enough to make the switch, is saving a few minutes watching those shows on DVR later pushing you towards the (potentially Mad Men-less) edge?

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It does not matter if you are a manager for somebody else?s business, or a company owner yourself, you have to keep ahead of new trends and changes in the market place and the general business environment. You can actually be left behind as new technology transforms how people do business. You need to adjust to these new innovations. If you do, you?ll be given new opportunities to benefit as you prepare yourself to adapt. Just realize that, in order to be successful, you must take it upon yourself to continue your education and self-growth in your role as entrepreneur or manager. Our focus in this report is to motivate you to a commitment to boost your business knowledge and concentrate on self-growth and self- improvement.

Both your staff and your clients or customers have a need for you to communicate with them clearly. To grasp this skill, you need to excel in public speaking. If you wish to sell a product or idea, the potential of having a group of clients all in one place to see your presentation can be extremely powerful. D o you get sick to your stomach when you imagine speaking in front of a group? Well, join the club as this is true of many individuals. To overcome this, and enhance your career or organization, take a public speaking course and get this fear taken care of. I am sure you have been influenced yourself by a person who is confident in presenting to other individuals and who can keep a large group interested in what they have to say.

People skills are, without a doubt, extremely important. You can?t alienate your customers and staff. However, you could be the best speaker in the world, but if you let technology pass you by, and do not keep up to date on market trends and consumer buying habits, you will still not be successful. If you turn away from opportunities like social media and mobile marketing, you might lose out to a rival who will steal market share as they align themselves with new trends. You need to set a goal to stay on top of any new advances in technology that have an impact on your organization or career, and learn them thoroughly. Then you can apply them to your work or organization and enjoy the benefits. One more factor to keep in mind is that your staff, assistants, or partners may benefit also by learning anything new in technology in your chosen field. Locate an expert trainer or mentor who knows the new technology and set up training sessions for anyone who will benefit.

It can be a good idea to use the services of business coaches who can help you with particular skills or knowledge that you require in your business or career. The truth is that you can never be a pro in everything and in a few areas you will want help to reduce your learning curve quickly where new skills are required. And, as I mentioned before, a coach or mentor can identify other areas where you might use some improvement and you may not even be aware of these areas. If you regard this ongoing education as a vital part of making progress in your career, then this can only have a positive impact on your future success.

If you wish to follow in the footsteps of the people who are most successful in business and management, you, too, need to look on self-improvement and keeping up to date on new skills and technology as the cornerstone to attaining your goals. You, too, stand more of a chance of becoming successful if you follow their example and continuously make a commitment to advance your knowledge and learn the skills that will help you succeed in business.

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Bryce Harper Facts: Look Out, Chuck Norris!

When Bryce Harper stole home against the Phillies this week - following a beaning Philadelphia pitcher Cole Hamels later admitted was intentional - it was merely the culmination of an impressive set of opening games for the 19-year old phenom.

He's batting over .300. He's rifled multiple darts to home plate. He's crashed into walls, stretched singles into doubles and done it all with a reckless, hustling style not seen since Pete Rose.

The rising star is an inspiration to baseball fans everywhere, so much so that even Chuck Norris - actor, martial arts god and creator of countless mythical feats of lore - ought to be frightened of the outfielder.

After all, did you know...

... Bryce Harper is tough enough to make all the other guys named “Bryce” tough; he just chooses not to.

... Some say Bryce Harper is not old enough to drink alcohol. Turns out, all of the current alcohol is not properly aged enough to be worthy of his thirst.

... Bryce Harper doesn’t actually steal home; home is presented to him at the batter’s box in front of an audience of thousands.

... Bryce Harper once threw himself out at home just to see what it was like.

... Warning tracks around the Majors are in place to warn the wall that Bryce Harper is coming.

... Bryce Harper is soon to become the only player in MLB history to be intentionally walked from the on deck circle.

... Bryce Harper's eye black is actually designed to protect the eyes of mortals from adverse effects of his blinding speed.

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Get in shape with a Personal Trainer Program

In today's life, one has very little time or in other words people of today are less efficient in time management so that they do not have the time to think about their health and keep active and fit. It is a famous fact that if one gives twenty minutes to his body for exercise daily he can be fit and live longer than those who do not participate in physical activity. Unfortunately the problem of obesity and lethargy is reaching to people faster than ever. To fight this problem, many residents of London hire a London personal trainer. This is an efficient way to trimming off the extra fat around anyone?s belly and gets him or her back in shape with a little help of exercise and determination.

There are many personal trainer programs running in London which are impressively improving the shape of customers and helping them lose weight to an extent that is clearly visible.

With such customers, every one who comes to know about the fact that they have taken help of a London personal trainer also wants to join such a wonderful program. Squat is an exercise which is included in the routine of many instructors. This exercise is so good that it works on the entire body as well as the leg building. There are many leg building exercises, which are popular but with the squat, one can get the benefits of maintaining and working out on other body parts with legs. This solitary exercise for leg building is popular throughout the world. It does not only work on legs but also the core of your body along with the portions of lower back. One can incorporate this exercise in his working out schedule to get a lot of relaxation in hours of workout.

Another popular workout which a London personal trainer may offer its customer's is dead lifts.

Dead lifts are also popular for working out on whole body and not only on a specific part. It gives an amazing strength to the muscles and also improves body movements. There are many tricks for performing dead lift workouts which includes four to six reps for optimum results. Bench presses keeps one's arm muscles and the lower wing muscles in shape and also gives a relaxed feeling while sleep. This is also good for shoulders and some areas around the tire. Dumbbell rows are good for back muscles and if one does it with breathing in, it provides a good strength to the lungs as well. People who love being in shape, love dumbbell rows and these are the biggest reasons for biceps popping. To conclude, a personal trainer program provides every necessary help to people who want to reduce weight and stay fit and healthy.

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Editorial: Apple isn't making a 'converged' laptop / tablet hybrid, but I still want one

Deflated. Disappointed. Let down. Unsurprised. All of those emotions ran through my being at one point or another following Apple CEO Tim Cook's comments regarding "converged" devices, but if anything, his denial has made me all the more hungry for this particular device. For months -- heck, maybe even years -- I've waited for Sir Jonathan Paul Ive and co. to finally nail the concept of a laptop / tablet hybrid. In many ways, Apple managed to get right on a smartphone in 2007 what I felt was wrong holding a BlackBerry. I still think the iPad's screen is about 2.7-inches too large for my own personal tastes, but the world at large has affirmed that it nailed that design, too. Oh, and the MacBook Air? C'mon -- we all know it's the thin-and-light you always wanted, and given that it'll run Windows with poise, it's arguably the sexiest Windows laptop currently on the market.

The point? Apple has waited for companies to flounder about with certain designs before, all while perfecting its own take for a future release. Windows-based tablets were flooding out in the early noughties, and believe it or not, Toshiba was already giving the tablet / laptop hybrid thing a whirl in 2003 with the Portege 3500. Apple waited over half a decade to usher in the iPad, and the rest -- as they say -- is history. The iPhone followed a similar path; companies came before it and did their best to produced pleasing, long-lasting, highly usable smartphones, but the iPhone completely changed the trajectory of everything that came after. Love it or hate it, it's hard to imagine a 2012 with Windows Phone in it had Apple not pinned Windows Mobile in a corner back in '07.

So, if Apple has shown an ability to thrive with designs that others have experimented with, why is the "converged" laptop / tablet a nonstarter?

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Juelz Santana And Lil Wayne In A 'Good Space' For Team-Up Album

Santana tells MTV News he plans to drop his next solo LP Born to Lose, Built to Win later this year.
By Rob Markman, with reporting by Rahman Dukes

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Juelz Santana and Lil Wayne's I Can't Feel My Face LP has been six years in the making and a good number of the tracks have already been leaked onto the Internet, but when fans will get an official version is anyone's guess.

"When Wayne reached out to me at the time I just wasn't in the position to really do things the right way," Santana told MTV News at Meek Mill's 25th birthday bash in Philadelphia.

During an interview with MTV's "Hip Hop POV" host Amanda Seales, Wayne revealed that when he was released from prison in 2010, he hoped he and his buddy Elz could begin new recording sessions for the storied album, but after a January 2011 raid on Santana's New Jersey studio left him unable to work, Weezy repurposed the beats that intended for Face for his upcomingI Am Not a Human Being II. "At the time my studio had just got shut down, I lost a lot of music so I just had to recuperate," Elz explained to MTV News. "But I reached out to Weezy, we in a good space."

I Can't Feel My Face isn't the only Juelz project that fans have been clamoring for. It's been seven years since his last solo album, What the Game's Been Missing! and considering it earned him an RIAA-certified gold plaque, the wait for Juelz's next LP Born to Lose, Built to Win is quite the head scratcher. But the rapper assured that he'll have an album out by the end of the year.

"I'll probably drop two mixtapes before the album and we gonna get everything right, we gonna get everything back in the proper perspective where it need to be," he told MTV News. "When I put out my music it will be well worth the wait, that's all I can say."

And in case you were wondering about the status of Diplomatic Immunity 3, the long-awaited reunion album with Cam'ron, Jim Jones, Juelz and Freekey Zekey, that idea is still on the table. "Hopefully we gonna get that Diplomat album poppin'," Santana plugged. "We just want to do that the right way."

Which Juelz Santana album are you looking forward to the most? Let us know in the comments.

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A Wonderfully Simple Explanation of Oil Price and the Economy [Video]

The price of gas seems to keep changing, but the truth is that the problem isn't just to do with decreasing oil resources. In fact, the price of the black stuff is linked into our economy in a complex way—and this video beautifully describes what's going on for those of us lacking an economics background. More »

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Seeing a Deflated Supermoon Shrinks My Brain [Image Cache]

That round mirror in the sky we call the moon got super-sized this past weekend but that doesn't mean the supermoon looked bigger from everywhere! Because on the ISS, the supermoon looked more like a squishy, deflated, pruny moon. More »

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DJ Platform Dubset Becomes Thefuture.fm, Doubles User Base To 100K

Naming your company Thefuture.fm is kind of a bold move. Sure, it's fun at first, but if things go badly, you're setting yourself up for lots of bad puns ("No future for Thefuture.fm," etc.). Luckily, the site seems to be off to a good start. Founder and CEO David Stein says the service first launched about eight months ago as Dubset, which he now describes as a beta test. After refining and iterating on that initial version, the site relaunched on April 25 under its current, awesomer name. In the first three days after the launch, Thefuture.fm claims to have doubled its user base to more than 100,000.

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David Karp, Jonah Peretti And Adrian Grenier Are All Ready To Disrupt NYC

We're sitting in a conference at Sequoia Capital in Menlo Park watching Disrupt companies rehearse and it's reminding me, Disrupt NYC is almost here! (Also, I think I just stole somebody's food.) Other than the fact that I love and miss New York, I am really psyched about this the third annual NYC Disrupt; We've already announced many amazing speakers and judges, and today we are announcing a few more rockstars on our speaker lineup.

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15 Ways to Make Yourself a Better Computer User [Productivity]

You know what the slowest part of your computer is, the one that really holds you back? You. Our friends at Laptop Mag are here to teach you how to overclock yourself, including how much time you'll save—down to the second. More »

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