New on the Avenue for Monday 1st of August 2011 06 AM

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Kids Educational Products Retailer BabbaCo Raises $1.2M From Lightbank And SV Angel

BabbaCo, a startup that develops products that make parenting easier, has raised $1.2 million in funding led by Lightbank with SV Angel participating in the round. BabbaCo is actually one of the first collaborative investments between Lightbank and SV Angel. Founded by entrepreneur Jessica Kim, BabbaCo essentially creates and sells unique, educational products for children. The company's soon to be released BabbaBox is similar to Foodzie's tasting box, except tailored for parents with kids. BabbaBox is a monthly subscription box that includes an educational experience for children to engage in. It helps parents create, explore, story-tell and teach in an interactive and enriching way.

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Nintendo Calling Early 3DS Buyers “Ambassadors,” Will Give Them Special Perks

While many would call buyers of the 3DS who picked up their console prior to the $80 price cut expected on August 12 "suckers," Nintendo is calling them "Ambassadors" and they'e offering them special updates to upcoming downloadable titles. These updates will include multi-player support and improved gameplay.

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You’re Like an iPod

funny facebook fails - You're Like an iPod

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rome2rio Adds Carbon Neutral Travel Feature With Offset Options Partnership

rome2rio, a search engine headed by two ex-Microsoft engineers which lets you literally work out how to get from A to B (not unlike FromAtoB.com) via a Google Map with multi-modal travel options, has now added carbon neutral travel to its offering with a partnership with Offset Options. This allows users to compare the carbon footprint of every travel option available, thus factoring in the impact on the planet as well as their wallet. They get a real-time calculation of their chosen route's carbon footprint and a range ofcarbon offset project choices to pay for, and thus make their trip carbon neutral. And buy trees in the Amazon, or whatever these things do.

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Foxconn Planning To Hire 1 Million Robots

Foxconn is planning on replacing many of it's hard-working human manufacturers with about 1 million robots, a number that, if you think about it, is a very telling comment on the current state of electronics manufacturing. There are apparently 10,000 robots at the factory now and that number will increase by 300,000 next year. Foxconn CEO Terry Gou plans another million robots by 2014. The company currently employs 1.2 million humans.

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Best Buy Releases Insignia TV With Built-In TiVo

Insignia, Best Buy's in-house tech brand, has just released a TV with a TiVo device built-in. Why? I suppose people didn't want to have a separate DVR on their CE shelves. Two great tastes that taste great together, right?

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