Combining two logos into one brand can be a little inelegant, a bit awkward and most definitely forced, like making a sumo wrestler take trapeze classes.

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Do You Notice the Logo or the Name of These Brands? [Art]

Federal investigators “identified vulnerabilities in the screening process” at domestic airports using so-called “full body scanners,” according to a classified internal Department of Homeland Security report. More

Conference calls aren’t always the most interesting things to take part in, but they can be just as much a hassle to set up as they are to sit though. That’s where a new app called GroupCall comes in — developed by the folks over at Parlor , GroupCall aims to make coordinating secure conference calls accessible for folks who just want something that works. What really makes GroupCall shine is how little work it takes to get your conference calls up and running — there’s no signup or registration required

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Give Your Silver Tongue A Workout With GroupCall’s Super-Simple Conference Calls

YouTube has announced the next class of creators to go through its YouTube Next program, this time focusing on vloggers . The video site originally announced the initiative about six weeks ago, and today it is announcing the 16 vloggers who will get some cash and advice to take their videos to the next level

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With 125M Views, These Vloggers Are Already Good. But YouTube Wants To Make Them Better.

Would you know that each of these 19 drawings actually started as a photograph for this week’s Shooting Challenge ?

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19 Drawings That You’ll Never Believe Started as Photos [Shooting Challenge]

Airtime , the social video startup founded by Napster co-founders Shawn Fanning and Sean Parker, is going to publicly launch on June 5, according to a tweet the company sent out Tuesday. We look forward to saying hello on June 5th. Sign up to be first in line.

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Airtime, from Shawn Fanning and Sean Parker, to launch in June

Verious , a new mobile component marketplace (and recent Disrupt  finalist ), is announcing an expansion of its service today, to also include components for Microsoft’s Windows Phone platform as well as those for HTML5 mobile apps. The addition means there are now hundreds more components, SDKs, and open source projects available on Verious’s platform, which previously focused primarily on offerings for iOS and Android.

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Mobile Component Marketplace Verious Expands, Adds Hundreds Of Windows Phone & HTML5 Listings To Site

Soon our smartphones will automatically connect to carriers’ Wi-Fi hotspots thanks to the Wi-Fi Alliance’s new Passpoint certification. Although the Wi-Fi Alliance won’t accept its first devices for certification until late June , there may not be much of a lag time before it hits consumer phones — and other devices

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Seamless Wi-Fi on your smartphone could quickly become reality

Airtime looks to be finally ready for takeoff, as Sean Parker and Shawn Fanning’s stealth video startup just put up a blog stating “We look forward to saying hello on June 5th. Sign up to be first in line.” Airtime took a limited round of pre-registrations last month but is now letting people sign up for early beta access. No one’s sure what exactly the startup does, though many believe it will help people meet each other through live streaming video

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Sean Parker’s Stealth Video Startup Airtime Ready For Launch At June 5th Press Event

Back in November, Ustream Co-founder and longtime CEO John Ham stepped down from the company he had helped found four and a half years earlier. His co-founder, Brad Hunstable , took the reins in his place. Ham continues to serve as chairman of Ustream’s board of directors and as an advisor to the company, but as Jason reported , his stepping down in November was an acknowledgement of the Entrepreneurial Call.

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Ustream, Booyah Co-founders Team Up On Stealth Startup With $1.5M From Greylock, Kevin Rose & More