I could never see this happening in the US, but French lawmakers have a crazy new idea to combat body image issues: require disclaimers on Photoshopped or otherwise “enhanced” images of people.

The required warning would be needed in newspaper and magazine advertising, press photos, product packaging, political campaigns and art photography, according to the Telegraph. The language will reportedly be: “Retouched photograph aimed at changing a person’s physical appearance.” Read the rest of this entry

Recent reports that Verizon has pulled the kibosh on Palm’s best smartphone, the Palm Pre, may be pure speculation.  TheStreets.com reported that “people close to the discussions say Verizon has decided not to support the Pre.”  TheStreets.com do not site their sources on this and further investigation point to this being false.

Pure common sense would tell you that Verizon snubbing Palm on the Pre would be a bad deal for both parties.  While the Pre is a promising device for Palm to debut it’s WebOS mobile operating system, it has had a hard time making a big splash, only being offered from the waining Sprint.  The Pre and WebOS is supposed to be the saving grace for a near defunct Palm and in order to get it into the hands of the masses, Palm must expand it’s reach.  On Verizon’s side, they could definitely use a flagship smartphone to add to their less than appealing line of devices.  Verizon has long been bashed for their less than spectacular phone lineup and the Palm Pre could be the device to squash those complaints, if they don’t cripple it with their VZ crapware. Read the rest of this entry