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Facebook for the One Percent – Netropolitan Social Network Costs $9,000 to Join

Posted: 19 Sep 2014 05:11 AM PDT

'Netropolitan' is a new social networking website that caters exclusively to the ultra-rich. Described as 'the online country club for people with more money than time', the website costs a whopping $9,000 to join. And that’s just the initiation fee; there's also an annual membership fee of $3,000.

That sounds like an exorbitant amount, considering the fact that popular social networks like Facebook and Twitter are free of charge. The whole thing almost sounds like a prank, but Netropolitan founder James Touchi-Peters assures us that the service is quite real.

"This is 100 percent real, and I believe there is a need and an audience for this service," said Touchi-Peters, 48, a composer and former conductor of the Minnesota Philharmonic Orchestra. He got the idea for Netropolitan when he had trouble relating to the people he met on other social websites.

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Middle-Aged Man Offers $160,000 to Woman Willing to Be His Mother

Posted: 19 Sep 2014 05:00 AM PDT

A man from China's Sichuan Province wants a mother so badly that he's offering one million yuan (a little over US$160,000) to any woman willing to take on the role. Kuan-Yin Tsui, who is in his 30s, has become an internet sensation in China, following his bizarre proposition.

Eye-witnesses say that he was actually seated at Fanghu Park with a bowl of banknotes in front of him, in the hopes of finding a mother. Behind him was a red lantern with his phone number plastered on it, and a large poster that displayed his terms – he wanted his would-be mother to be a woman who was at least 57 years old, well educated, and without a history of drug use. The final decision, he wrote, would depend on whether he felt a 'connection' with any of his applicants.

Juan Lei, who happened to be visiting the park at the same time, took pictures of the entire affair and posted them online. "I went to speak to him to ask if it was a real offer, and he told me I was too young for the job and he only wanted older women," she recalled.

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Introducing the NoPhone – An iPhone-Shaped Piece of Plastic Meant to Cure Smartphone Addiction

Posted: 19 Sep 2014 04:53 AM PDT

If you're secretly worried about your smartphone addiction, then the new NoPhone might be just the thing you need. It’s the perfect smartphone placebo – it looks and feels exactly like a smartphone, but it does nothing. It's just a piece of plastic that you can carry around in your hand to fool yourself.

NoPhone is currently a prototype that will cost a measly $12 once it hits the market. Its makers are trying to raise $30,000 on Kickstarter in order to cover production and marketing costs. They describe the device as a 'technology-free alternative to constant hand-to-phone contact that allows you to stay connected with the real world'.

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