That Eric Alper! - July 26, 2012

Daniel “Homeless” Mustard needs $15,000 in spare change. The musician, whose cover of Radiohead’s “Creep” went viral in 2009 when he was homeless, is asking for money to fund an album. Mustard no longer lives on New York City street or in parks, having found temporary housing at homeless shelters and Internet access to mingle with fans at Apple stores: http://on.mash.to/PL0Cl6

This Cease-and-Desist letter should be the model for Every Cease-and-Desist letter:  http://wp.me/p26Qb8-2Ca

“Connectivity” is the big buzzword these days among automakers looking to attract a new generation of younger and tech-savvy buyers by integrating smartphone functionality into their vehicles. To that end, many of today’s cars feature the ability to enable hands-free calling and digital song downloading from a smartphone, with some now able to access Internet radio services and read aloud text messages, Twitter “tweets” and Facebook updates via a synthesized voice. http://onforb.es/NGDmX3

Hundreds of uniformed Olympics officers will begin touring the country today enforcing sponsors' multimillion-pound marketing deals, in a highly organized mission that contrasts with the scramble to find enough staff to secure Olympic sites.  http://ind.pn/MyImKP