Remains of the Day: Hammertime

20.10.2011
A surprising source introduces an search engine, an Apple Store manager makes an exception for one little kid, and can you really put a price tag on the iPhone 4S? The remainders for Thursday, October 20, 2011 are too legit to quit.

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He's toured around the world, from London to the Bay, so why wouldn't his next stop be the digital realm? Rapper MC Hammer announced this week that he will be launching a search engine dubbed WireDoo, which aims to bring a "deeper type of search" than competitors like Google. No word on whether the site will also offer streaming of the full run of , but I suppose I can dream.

(Consumerist)

One ten-year-old girl saved all her pennies to buy an iPod touch...only to show up at the Apple Store as it was preparing to close in remembrance of Steve Jobs. However, the store's manager made an exception, allowing her not only to purchase her iPod, but also rounding up employees to applaud her. Nice going, guys--now she's going to expect that Way to ingrain our capitalist societal impulses into the next generation.

(iSuppli)