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March 26, 2013 Subscribe · Forward Was This 9-Year-Old's $20,000 Kickstarter Campaign A Scam? Susan Wilson describes launching a Kickstarter campaign to raise $829 with her 9-year-old daughter Mackenzie as akin to a weekend crafts project. The girl's teenage brothers were making fun of Mackenzie's goal of creating her own video game at a STEM camp and doubting her abilities, Wilson says. Mom and daughter sought to teach them a lesson by raising money for the camp on the popular crowdfunding site. But a few days, more than $20,000 raised on the site, accusations of a scam and several death threats later, things have turned out quite differently. Continue reading... Why Facebook Is Turning Red Reddit Co-Founder Scolds Reddit Click, Print, Boom Yahoo Just Made This Teenager's Day Report: Spotify Wants To Give Netflix A Run For Its Money The 'Feminist Victims Fund' Is The Latest Sexist Subreddit The 'Feminist Victims Fund' Is The Latest Sexist Subreddit LOOK: These Workers Are Just Asking To Be Fired Advice From Yahoo's New Teen Millionaire LOOK: These Workers Are Just Asking To Be Fired Best Practices & Tips For Social, Search & Mobile Strategy JONATHAN LITTMAN The Swiftboating of Apple I believe Apple is brimming with innovation. But when it comes to storytelling, the company been getting swift-boated, and as Senator Kerry proved, the truth needs to stand up and fight. Continue reading... DR. SUSAN TAYLOR Can Smartphone Applications Accurately Detect Melanoma? What if an app could give misleading health information or give you a false sense that a health issue is not to be worried about or, worse yet, delay a diagnosis of cancer? Continue reading... ANDREW CHERWENKA BlackBerry 10 Launch Wasn't Magical, and That's the Point Where the iPhone and Android are entertainment devices often used for business, the BlackBerry 10 is a business device that can also be entertaining. Time will tell if there's still a market for that. Continue reading... JIM HILL The Online Premiere of Disney's Paperman Now don't let this charming, deceptively simple-looking film fool you. Though Paperman may have a limited color palette (i.e. grey, white, black & red), the sky's the limit when it comes to the innovative technology that actually made this animated short possible. Continue reading... KEVIN DUCOFF Mobile App Seeks to Offset Record-Low SAT Scores A new way to prepare for standardized tests has arrived, but it won't be found in the classroom or even in the homes of America's tutors -- unless you count what's in our pockets. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here. Huffington Post, 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003