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Imagine being RIM and your office is located on Innovation Dr.

I’d like to thank iStorage for sponsoring this week’s RSS feed on The Loop.

The ultimate file manager for iOS. Connect, browse and edit your files in the cloud.

A look at how Facebook turns your personal “Likes” into ads.

For people with mild OCD we’re always trying to make sure the volume level is set at an even number – say 14 or 28. Some people need it to feel even “more even” at 10 or 20.

It’s amazing how many times we do this — set the volume based on a number instead of how it sounds. But what happens when your new car doesn’t show you the volume level?

Steve Jobs’ six appearances at the D: All Things Digital conferences have been compiled and are now available for download as video or audio podcasts.

Dan and Jim read the tea leaves from Tim Cook’s D10 interview. They also discuss Facebook phone rumors, guitar pedalboards, and more!Sponsored by KAYAK, Sourcebits, and MailChimp.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation calls iOS a “crystal prison.” Ridiculous.

A very nice Apple-like product.

Brent Simmons looks at the way Web sites display ads and how it relates to Facebook.

I definitely want this.

Facebook’s stock value took another slide in Tuesday trading as investors bet on the stock’s future performance.

24/7 Wall Street:

For the second year in a row, 24/7 Wall St. examined the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s report on life satisfaction in the developed world. Economic prosperity, health and a strong social support network continue to correspond highly with happiness. Once again, the United States fails to make the top 10 happiest nations in the world, while countries like Australia, Israel and all of the Scandinavian nations do.These are the happiest countries in the world.

Before you read the article, take a guess where the US falls in the list.

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CNET:

On May 27, 1937, a brand new bridge opened to the public for the first time. Connecting San Francisco to its northern neighbor, Marin County, the new bridge — controversial at the time — became one of the most photographed man-made projects in history. The Golden Gate Bridge is now a worldwide icon, and this Sunday, it turns 75.

We usually hate slideshows but there are some fantastic pictures of the beautiful Golden Gate Bridge included here.

Smithsonian:

Chicken is the ubiquitous food of our era, crossing multiple cultural boundaries with ease. With its mild taste and uniform texture, chicken presents an intriguingly blank canvas for the flavor palette of almost any cuisine. Long after the time when most families had a few hens running around the yard that could be grabbed and turned into dinner, chicken remains a nostalgic, evocative dish for most Americans. When author Jack Canfield was looking for a metaphor for psychological comfort, he didn’t call it “Clam Chowder for the Soul.”How did the chicken achieve such cultural and culinary dominance?

An interesting, if not very detailed, look at how the chicken became such a staple of our diets.

Don’t lie, you know you want one.

It’s the “Official Souvenir Program for the Golden Gate Bridge Fiesta,” which began precisely 75 years ago today. Inside it, you find a bunch of high-fallutin’ rhetoric about Progress and Commerce, but you also find more than 130 advertisements for various businesses that wanted to be included in what functioned as a visitor’s guidebook.

This is the year the Golden Gate Bridge was completed.

Kelly Stewart on the frustration of rumors and “sources familiar with the matter.”

Wow, portions have increased quite a bit since 1950.

Shawn Blanc takes at look at Panic’s Coda 2 and Diet Coda.

Daniel Jalkut:

I see The Talk Show’s format as the prototype for many other successful podcasts on the 5by5 network: Dan Benjamin plays the cool, somewhat disinterested straight-man to a “star” whose own temperament, philosophies and interests ultimately define the show. After the initial success of The Talk Show, Dan threw the net wide, inviting folks such as Marco Arment, Andy Ihnatko, Merlin Mann, John Siracusa, Horace Dediu, and Jim Dalrymple to indulge audiences with their own personalities and areas of expertise.

Very true, it’s a great formula for podcasting.

“…especially those that came in at $42.”

Hilarious.

Peter is the guest on this week’s The Bro Show with iMyke and Terry Lucy.

The Flashed Face Distortion Effect will change the way you view celebrity images forever.

HP plans to cut up to 27,000 workers through early retirement and other means as part of a restructuring.