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President Obama orders federal agencies to optimize sites for smartphones and tablets
President Obama has issued a directive to urge major government agencies to focus on the "growing mobile revolution." In a note issued by The White House this week, Obama says "it is time for the Federal Government to do more" to assist American people using Government services on smartphones or tablets. "American people have been forced to navigate a labyrinth of information across different Government programs in order to find the services they need," says Obama, while highlighting the tren…

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Over at +Green Car Reports, +John Voelcker makes a great point about most of the automakers offering plug-in vehicles. When you look at much of their promotional material, the price that you see promoted most of the time is the so-called net-price, that is the price after subtracting the $7,500 federal tax credit.

The problem is that isn't the price you'll pay if you go to a dealer and try to buy a +Nissan Leaf, +Chevrolet Volt or +Tesla Motors Model S. You have to pay the full retail price and then if you qualify, you'll get the tax credit sometime in 2013 after filing your federal tax return.

Tesla is particularly egregious in this regard because they promote the Model S as costing just $49,900 while also promoting a 300 mile electric driving range. The problem is the 300 mile range is only available in the top of the line Model S which costs $20,000 more (plus the $7,500 that you get back later). The base $57,400 model only has a nominal range of about 160 mile and it won't be available until at least the end of the year.

There should be truth in pricing for EVs.

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Electric-Car Prices: Tesla, Nissan, Chevy Should Be Ashamed–Here's Why
Always read the fine print. That's a lesson every car buyer should take to heart. Especially since Nissan, Chevrolet, Tesla, and Mitsubishi all now engage in a pricing practice of which they should be…

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This is great except that +Audi USA should be releasing this video on +Amazon.com and +Google Play stores without iTunes DRM. They are giving the movie away for free so why should we be saddled with Apple's copy protection that prevents us from watching it on anything but an Apple device? I want to watch this on my big-screen but I can't because I have a Roku and XBox 360 but no Apple TV.

DRM sucks for users.

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Audi Releases Truth in 24 II Le Mans Documentary on iTunes for Free
Whether or not you have heard of Audi’s Truth in 24 documentaries—there are two—we bring you good news: the latest installment (II) has joined the original (I) on iTunes, where both are available to download for free. For those who haven’t experienced the documentaries, allow us to fill you in. The feature-length films chronicle Audi’s racing efforts at the 24 Hours of Le Mans race in 2008 and 2011 and are narrated by action-movie bad-ass Jason Statham. Truth in 24 I covers the Audi R10 team’…

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In case you missed it yesterday, +Ford Motor Company got it's blue oval out of hock. Over 1,000 employees gathered up in the span of about 30 minutes to form a blue oval of their own.

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The single dumbest thing about airport security.

http://wulffmorgenthaler.com/strip/2012/05/21/

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To celebrate today's news of the return of Ford's Blue Oval, (http://social.ford.com/our-articles/cuvs/c-max/the-return-of-the-ford-blue-oval) we asked Ford employees in Southeast Michigan to join us outside to form a giant human Blue Oval.

If you look closely, you can see Bill Ford in the front row.

Ford Human Blue Oval

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Happy Rosie working on a freshly roasted bone

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What do you do when you have Ford's new 650 horsepower Shelby GT500 but can't reveal driving impressions until next week? We take to the streets of Detroit to stage an impromptu car chase between the GT500 and the 2013 Ford Police Interceptor and 2012 Dodge Charger Pursuit police cars.

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Well put

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I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours. -Stephen Roberts

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