Using standard laboratory gene synthesizing equipment, they made almost 55, 000 strands of DNA, each containing a portion of the text and an address block, indicating where it occurred in the flow of the book.

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Compare that to a site like Newser.com, that shamelessly rewrites and condenses the content of entire stories, or to the many popular blogs that will lift several paragraphs of text and run them as block quotes, making a click-through redundant.

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The PRADA phone by LG 1.0 was the world's first touchscreen mobile phone, and the 2.0 provided an innovative mobile experience through its unique watch with Link technology, which allowed for easy access to caller ID, SMS text messages, call history, call block and two-way alarm notification.

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The block includes colorful little buttons that say text, photo, quote, link, chat, audio, and video.

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In China, the new kid on the block is WeChat, which launched in 2011 offering text and voice services.

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