Ski Lift Retailer Liftopia Goes White Label, Lets Resorts Add E-Commerce To Their Own Sites

Liftopia, the startup offering consumers discounts on ski tickets and other snow-related activities, is today launching a new e-commerce platform for the ticket sellers themselves called "Cloud Store by Liftopia." The service will be offered for free to any mountain resort for use on their own websites (including mobile), starting first in North America, then followed by resorts in Europe. Once up-and-running, Cloud Store allows the resort to sell tickets using variable pricing - similar to how airline tickets, hotel stays and car rentals are sold today.

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Five things to do this week (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)

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China, U.S. are likely bargaining over missing blind activist Chen Guangcheng (cbsnews)

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Obama, Clintons deepen political and policy ties (The Arizona Republic)

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Facebook?s Patent Acquisitions? They?re More About Google Than Yahoo

In the past few months, Facebook?s patent portfolio has grown exponentially as?a result of acquisitions of patent portfolios from IBM and Microsoft. After acquiring?650 AOL patents and patent applications from Microsoft, the company now has?approximately 1,400 patent assets. Amazingly, only 46 of these assets (24 issued patents?and 22 published applications) were originally filed by Facebook. In recent years, Facebook has consistently looked to the outside to augment its IP?holdings with strategic acquisitions of patent assets. The company paid 40 million for the?Friendster social networking patent portfolio, acquired a group of patents from Walker?Digital, and another from Hewlett-Packard. These deals expanded the portfolio to?approximately 160 patent assets prior to Yahoo?s lawsuit being filed. After Facebook?s?IPO decision, and the subsequent patent suit by Yahoo, Facebook has kicked its patent?acquisition program into overdrive.

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THG Week in Review: April 22-28, 2012

Welcome to THG's Week in Review! Below, our staffers look back at the stories, stars and scandals that made the last seven days some of the craziest ALL MONTH.

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Now, a rundown of the week that was at The Hollywood Gossip:

• Giuliana and Bill Rancic are expecting their first child, via a surrogate.
• Karla Vanessa Perez, a Mexican woman, is apparently expecting nine.
• Katherine Heigl and Josh Kelley are adopting their second baby.
• Sarah Michelle Gellar is pregnant with her second as well.
• Megan Fox is currently pregnant with her first child, too!
• Nadya Suleman, meanwhile, cannot take care of hers.
• Do you think Octomom's kids should be taken away?

Ellen Reads 50 Shades of Grey

• Should Ian Somerhalder star in the Fifty Shades of Grey movie?
• Either way, Ellen DeGeneres read it aloud on her show (above).
• Adam Lambert called out the gay community as "catty."
• The pregnant man Thomas Beatie and his wife split.
• Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis are (maybe) a thing.
• The John Edwards trial is an insane thing.

Justin Bieber Talks Penis

• Justin Bieber apparently has a name for his unit. It's Jerry.
• Katy Perry may have a new boyfriend in Robert Ackroyd.
• Rihanna may have a new girlfriend in Melissa Forde.
• Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are going strong.
• Chris Brown and Karrueche Tran are hot and heavy.
• Jenelle Evans and Kieffer Delp may be back on.

Snooki and JWoww vs. The World Trailer

• MTV released the first Snooki & JWoww spinoff trailer. It's quite absurd.
• Lane Garrison was charged with domestic violence after fighting his ex.
• The Real Housewives of New Jersey premiere earned record ratings.
• Sheree Whitfield got the ax from The Real Housewives of Atlanta.
• Rosie O'Donnell really does not like Lindsay Lohan.
• Are Jennifer Aniston and Angelina Jolie at war?

The Bachelorette Promo

• The Bachelorette spoilers (and promos, above) are already surfacing!
• Beyonce was named the World's Most Beautiful Woman by People.
• A pair of new Breaking Dawn photos were released by Summit.
• Carlina Duran, Miss Dominican Republic, was stripped of her title.
• Wiz Khalifa was arrested for marijuana possession ... big surprise.
• Jimmy Fallon had President Obama slow jam the news (below).

Obama on Jimmy Fallon

What was the highlight of the week for you? Did we leave anything out?

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WWDC pains persist as Apple cancels, reinstates tickets for companies that bought more than one

This morning Apple has apparently canceled some WWDC 2012 tickets, claiming that they are "ineligible" because individuals aren't supposed to buy more than one.

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U.S. House Passes Controversial CISPA Cybersecurity Bill 248 To 168

This afternoon, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the controversial Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) by a vote of 248 to168. Unlike SOPA, which focused on copyright violations, CISPA wants to give Internet companies and the U.S. government the tools to protect and defend themselves against cyber attacks by sharing information with each other. Critics, however, argued that this information sharing would be happening with very little oversight and would put Americans privacy rights at risk.

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Reid's Secret Service solution: "Hire more females" (Washington Bureau)

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House passes cyber bill despite veto threat (reuters)

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