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Apple's Tim Cook Turns Down $75-Million Quarterly Stock Dividends (LAT)
Apple Inc.announced that Chief Executive Tim Cook would be passing up on $75 million four times a year by not participating in the Cupertino, Calif., company's quarterly dividends. AllThingsD Say what you will, but this was a classy gesture up and down. When was the last time you saw headlines about a successful CEO of a wildly successful company walking away from millions of dollars that he could have just as easily pocketed?

First Look at a Video Shot by Google Glasses (AppNewser)
Google has been teasing us lately with driblets of information on Glasses, their new heads up display. And this morning someone finally posted a video which had been shot with the device. Gizmodo Google also released some more new pictures along with the video, which further demonstrate that the perspective they offer is pretty amazing.

Marvel Designs Deaf Hero to Inspire Boy (Newser)
A 4-year-old boy was sick of wearing his hearing aid because, he told his mother, superheroes don't wear them. So she sent Marvel Comics an email asking about deaf characters -- and the company designed a hero just for young Anthony Smith.

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