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Solange’s Greatest Fashion Hits

When your big sis is Beyoncé, it may be very hard to create your own lane in the entertainment industry; however, Solange Knowles has done quite fine claiming her position in the spotlight. The Houston, Texas-born beauty’s musical upbringing placed her on a trajectory towards fame at an early age–from performing as a backup dancer for Destiny’s Child to launching her solo career to writing several songs for the ’90s girl group (and even Bey’s hit dance records “Get Me Bodied” and “Upgrade U”).

Now the singer-turned-actress-turned DJ has another title to add to her body of work: style icon. Leaving behind the red-orange braided hairstyles, belly-baring tops and flare leg jeans of her teenage years, Solange evolved into a young woman and mom wearing silk tiered dresses, loose curls and loads of body bronzer. Yet, it was back in 2009 when she debuted a short natural crop that had everyone buzzing about her look. And while we can’t get enough of the wild and brightly colored prints and textures Solange pairs with her amazing Afro (yellow is totally her shade!), she sets the record straight that her hair does not define who she is.

As Solange celebrates her 26th birthday on Sunday, we’re taking a look back at the hot young star’s greatest fashion moments over the years. Vote on all her looks in the slideshow below.

Meanwhile, find out what’s key to the curly-haired cutie when it comes to getting dressed.

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This Model Shares A Name With Seafood

During the swinging ’60s in London, mini skirts were in and everybody was embracing a new fashion scene. Jean Shrimpton, one of the most famous models of all time and nicknamed “The Shrimp” for her petite frame, was right alongside Twiggy as a major style icon of the decade. She spanned the covers of Vogue, Vanity Fair, and Glamour. She was also best recognized for her fringe bang hairstyle, doe-eyes and wispy eyelashes. In this 1966 photo, Shrimpton looks hip while lounging on a couch in a printed mini dress, paired with lace-up cutout skimmer shoes and minimal jewelry. We’re totally in love with the photo–would you wear a mini dress like Shrimpton’s today?

Shop the look and check out more from our A Look Back archives below.

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Best & Worst Daytime Emmy Awards Fashion Ever

It’s time for the 39th Annual Daytime Emmys (Sat., June 23, 8 p.m. ET on HLN), which means it’s also time for a look back at some of the Daytime Emmys’ best and worst red carpet fashion moments ever.

Much like the Grammys, the Daytime Emmys are always hit or miss when it comes to style. From the soap stars to game shows hosts and daytime talk shows, the taste level has proven to be questionable at best over the years.

Proof: Some out-there looks from stars big and small that include bare midriffs, a pantsuit straight out of Sinbad’s ’80s closet — on a woman — and a purse made out of a stuffed cat. Seriously. But for as many looks that landed on our worst list, we also have some best looks from Oprah Winfrey, Rachael Ray, Susan Lucci, Erika Slezak and more.

Click through our best and worst Daytime Emmys fashion gallery to see them all:

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Netflix goes ‘beyond five stars’ in a more detailed explanation of recommendations

The Netflix Tech Blog produced part one of a deep dive into how its recommendations work back in April and now the team is back with the other half. If you’re among the many wondering why certain movies get pushed to the front of your recommendations and others don’t, the key is their attempt to predict, mostly based on data from other users, what you will both play and enjoy. The most interesting bit we found? There’s a lot more at play here than just popularity, as one graph shows ratings plus the team’s other optimizations improving rankings over the baseline by 200+ percent. Data parsing heads should definitely dig hearing about logistic regression, elastic nets and matrix factorization (job applications are accepted at the end if you make it that far), while those of us that fall asleep when the spreadsheets come out can probably focus on the broader strokes of Netflix’s testing methodology and approach.

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Flipboard officially launches on Android, in multiple app stores and for more countries

Popular newsreader Flipboard is finally officially available on Android, coming out of beta and Galaxy S III exclusivity. As seen in the latest test version, it now supports integration of shared articles from your Google+ feed alongside Twitter and Facebook feeds, and has also added support for YouTube video feeds (all of these are now available on iOS as well). Beyond the Google Play app market, it’s also available in the Amazon Appstore, Nook Store and Samsung Apps, so slinging the APK to your Android device of choice should be too difficult.

We gave the final release edition a quick run through ourselves and found it just as smooth on a Samsung Galaxy S II as it has been on any iPhone or iPad, and being ICS-ready out of the gate is a nice touch, although we couldn’t force it to switch to landscape viewing. Another handy toggle is the option to go full screen with no menu bar up top, if you need a few extra pixels on your display (optimized for screens up to 7-inches in size). Article sharing is also here and like other Android apps, shares to any services you have installed, not just Twitter or Facebook. The final update is news that Flipboard is launching fully localized editions for Germany, Korea, Italy, Spain and The Netherlands, in addition to the existing localizations for Japan, France, China, United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia. All of the details are in the press release after the break, or you can check out pretty much any app store to give it a try yourself.

Update: If you’re not seeing it yet, don’t worry, you’re not alone. The app has been pushed to Google Play according to Flipboard, but it’s not showing up everywhere yet.

Flipboard officially launches on Android, in multiple app stores and for more countries originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 22 Jun 2012 00:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Atlanta Homeowner Hit With $9,000 Water Bill

Maybe she has Fiji water running through her pipes. Atlanta homeowner Blayne Beacham was shocked when she got a $9,224.40 bill for a few months’ worth of water.

Beacham, who lives alone in a three-bedroom cottage, has been fighting local authorities for months over her abnormally high water bills. But none has come close to $9,000.

“It’s more than all my other bills put together for three years,” Beacham told WSBTV. She has asked for a new meter, she said, but the Department of Watershed…

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Remember When Apple Was the J.C. Penney of the Tech World?

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There’s no question that what Apple (AAPL) has accomplished in the past 15 years is truly remarkable. All of the new products, the innovative retail stores, and the explosive stock price have put the company in a class above anyone else.

But what’s even more remarkable is where Apple was when Steve Jobs returned to the company in 1997.

Back then, Apple was hardly a healthy tech company. In fact, it was struggling to even survive.

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Remember When Apple Was the J.C. Penney of the Tech World? originally appeared on DailyFinance.com on 2012-06-21T15:33:00Z.

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