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PCMag.com Breaking News |
Amazon Launches Mobile Wallet App
Amazon is also touting the additions to its Appstore ahead of the Fire Phone launch.
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The Register |
It's about iTime: Apple granted three-year-old smartwatch patent
It does everything a smartwatch should do ... but Apple owns it
Rumors that Apple is readying a smartwatch for release this year became slightly more concrete on Tuesday, on news that Cupertino has been granted a patent for a wearable device that may or may not be called "iTime."…
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Gizmodo |
Skully AR-1 Helmet Hands On: What It's Like To Wear the First HUD Helmet
The Skully AR-1 is the first helmet to include a heads-up display. It could change how we ride motorcycles forever. Below, you can read Indefinitely Wild's exclusive trial run.Read more...
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9 Signs It's Time to Update Your Website (and How to Fix It)
Let's face it, no one likes having to constantly update or tweak their website -- or having to totally redesign it every year. It can be time-consuming and expensive. But if online sales have been slipping, and even if they haven't (yet), it behooves businesses to periodically and objectively evaluate their Web or ecommerce sites -- and make the necessary fixes.
So what are some signs that your Web or ecommerce site needs a bit of tweaking (or a major overhaul)? Dozens of ecommerce, Web design a...
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Mashable! |
Show Us the Best Vacation Spots for Reading a Good Book
You can't leave for vacation without packing a good book
That's especially true when the book is about vacation. This month, MashableReads — Mashable's social book club — is reading The Vacationers by Emma Straub, which details the misadventures of one New York-based family while they on a summer getaway in Spain.
See also: 10 Vacation Reads for a Literary Summer
Thinking about The Vacationers and summer getaways made us wonder about the best vacation spots for reading. For this mont...
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Boy Genius Report |
Are we witnessing Windows Phone’s last stand?
Much has been written about Microsoft’s unsettling plan to cut loose some 18,000 of its employees by the end of 2014. You could argue that it’s a necessary evil, or you could argue that it’s a short-sighted misstep. From what I’ve read, this is about Microsoft repositioning itself for the current reality it finds itself a part of. In many ways, Ballmer never took the steps to shape the company into a viable behemoth. Just as he laughed off the iPhone in 2007, he never really figured out ...
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VentureBeat |
Amazon can’t use stall tactics to hide its cloud revenues for much longer
For years, market-leading public cloud Amazon Web Services (AWS) has hidden in the shadows of Amazon.com’s quarterly earnings statements. But that could change. Amazon might have to open up about the profitability of its cloud division to comply with federal accounting standards in the near future, as the revenue and assets of its AWS division grow […]
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Digital Trends |
Watch out Challenger: Mustang GT350 special editions on their way
The 2015 Mustang isn't even out yet, but Ford is already working on special editions. Including a track taming monster dubbed the Mustang GT350. With a bigger 5.2-liter V8, a wider stance, and massive brakes the GT350 looks to take on all comers.
The post Watch out Challenger: Mustang GT350 special editions on their way appeared first on Digital Trends.
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AmongTech |
How to install Google Apps on AOKP
If you have recently installed AOKP and are having issues with Google Apps or Gapps on the custom ROM there […]The post How to install Google Apps on AOKP appeared first on AmongTech.
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Wired Top Stories |
Science and Sensationalism: Is Japan’s Fuji in a “Critical State” for an Eruption?
Sometimes, it’s the sales pitch that gets you rather than the actual car. That seems to be the case with the latest rash of media coverage over the “critical state” at Japan’s Fuji. You read the news coverage and you’d think that Fuji will erupt any second now, all thanks to the 2011 Tohoku earthquake […]
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Samsung’s curved 105in 4K UHD TV priced at US$120,000
Samsung went for broke at CES early this year by revealing its 105in monstrosity of a curved, 4K Ultra HD television—and now you’ll surely go broke if you even consider adding this thing to your entertainment center.
In case you’re seeking a television that costs as much as a flat
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The Register |
Shields up! Nvidia crams Tegra K1 into gaming slab to rival your PS3
Android fondleslab to stream action from PCs
Nvidia is touting a new 8-inch, Tegra K1-powered Android tablet as a gaming gadget for hardcore players.…
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News Tom's Guide US |
Samsung's $120K, 105-inch TV: Better Than a Porsche?
Porsche or television? Or 150 televisions? These are the buying dilemmas facing the one-percenters now that Samsung has priced its monster curved 4K TV.
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SlashGear |
New iPad to be 30% thinner with Mini Air stylings
The next iPad has been tipped to be delivered with a body not unlike that of the iPad Air, this time taking to the Mini with its lightness and thinness. inside, this device is said to be rolling with a new Apple A8 processor, more powerful than previous chips - surprise! This slate will likely go by the name iPad … Continue reading
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TweakTown |
Wales, UK tackles skills shortage with software dedicated university
Businesses that are worried about a software skills shortage are setting up the first university in Wales, UK to be dedicated to the subject. However, there will be no dedicated campus for this University - instead it will offer a mixture of online and applied learning with complementary work experience, or internship, schemes. It is being set up either to be paid for privately, through a charity, or publicly. However it comes to be, the degree courses will be real and last for two ...
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Re/code |
One Million Net Neutrality Comments Vs. $42 Million in ISP Lobbying
Internet service providers continue to outspend Internet companies in D.C.
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AppleInsider |
Flir One case turns Apple's iPhone into a high-end thermal imaging camera
Thermal imaging company Flir has announced that pre-orders for its new One iPhone case -- which will let outdoorsmen, HVAC contractors, and people who simply like to see how hot things are convert their iPhone 5 or 5s into a thermal camera -- will begin Wednesday, with the device coming to Apple retail stores in August.
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Forbes - Tech |
What Silicon Valley Is Missing Out On: the Rise of the Rest
Steve Case, former CEO of AOL, is looking for new startups to invest in but he’s not headed to Silicon Valley. This summer, he visited Cincinnati, Detroit, Pittsburgh, and Nashville on a bus tour aptly called “The Rise of the Rest.” What he found, he says, is a resurgence of American entrepreneurship and venture capitalists, who are glued to the Valley, should perk up. Opportunities abound in the heartland.
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VentureBeat |
Amazon Appstore exec paints one vision of gaming’s future: wearables, cars, and, of course, Fire devices
Amazon exec says games will go multiplatform and take advantage of new hardware like virtual reality. There must be an evil master plan in here somewhere.
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Techdirt |
Doing An AMA On Reddit About Net Neutrality Reporting... And Anything Else
Join the AMA, happening now! » Starting right about... now, I'm doing an AMA over at Reddit. It's mainly supposed to be focused on issues related to net neutrality (and our crowdfunding campaign -- which we've explained in detail here), but it's an Ask Me Anything, so the topic certainly isn't limited. Come for the net neutrality discussion, and stick around for a fuller explanation of the pros and cons of duck sized horses. Just don't ask me about the movie Rampart.Permalink | Comments | ...
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Gizmodo |
Googlers didn't make a 'traitor' cake for a departing co-worker
You may have seen this hilarious image floating around recently with the caption: "Googler leaves to join Bing at Microsoft. Here's the cake his co-workers gave him." Read more...
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Engadget |
New plugin-free web games run (almost) as well as their desktop counterparts
So far, sophisticated 3D web games have typically required either a plugin (think Quake Live) or a special environment where they can run native code. While those are just dandy, they aren't really web games, are they? That's going to change shortly,...
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Ars Technica |
Tuesday Dealmaster has a 28-inch Dell 4K monitor for $399.99
Save $300 on this pixel-packed monitor, plus there's a ton of other deals!
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TG Daily |
Google offers $1 million for smaller power inverter
Google is offering $1 million to anyone who can invent a laptop-sized power inverter. Read more about Google offers $1 million for smaller power inverter
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VentureBeat |
How Zappos is personalizing the consumer ad experience
E-commerce websites like Zappos rely heavily on advertising to engage and re-engage shoppers online. In today’s atmosphere of banner-blindness, top performers are increasingly leveraging programmatic media buying. It enables them to dynamically focus either on acquiring new customers or on optimizing their marketing spend and ROI. Session Speakers: Lisa Archambault, Head of Demand Generation, Zappos […]
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Slashdot |
Researchers Test Developer Biometrics To Predict Buggy Code
rjmarvin writes: Microsoft Research is testing a new method for predicting errors and bugs while developers write code: biometrics. By measuring a developer's eye movements, physical and mental characteristics as they code, the researchers tracked alertness and stress levels to predict the difficulty of a given task with respect to the coder's abilities. In a paper entitled "Using Psycho-Physiological Measures to Assess Task Difficulty in Software Development," the researchers summarized how the...
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SAI |
This Incredible Shapeshifting Table Responds To Your Movements In Dramatic Fashion
Tables have been a pretty static fixture in our homes for thousands of years, but a few MIT designers have been inspired to totally rethink the way we interact with this furniture staple. The MIT team unveiled a new table called "Transform" at Milan Design Week, which is a successor to a similar design project called "inFORM." The Transform table senses the kinetic energy of people when they view the table, and that energy causes the table to display rippling movements in a mesmerizing pattern. ...
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SlashGear |
Amazon Wallet here to store your loyalty cards, not buy stuff
Amazon is keen to get us using their Fire Phone, and one of the latest apps released from Amazons hows why. The Amazon Wallet app, available on the Amazon App Store and Google Play, is a bit of a misnomer. While it can digitally store some things you might otherwise put in your wallet, it doesn’t keep the most important … Continue reading
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Gizmodo |
I Paid $50 for a Tinder Coach and All I Got Was This Sense of Doom
I opened the Facebook chat with my Tinder coach expecting to walk away with a hilarious story. It's a coach for Tinder; how could it be anything but? But one hour, $50, and five extensively researched photos later, I had only one thought: Holy shit, that was depressing.Read more...
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CIO.com Feed - Articles |
CIOs Take a Walk on the Vendor Side
I am noticing a trend lately, where CIOs from a wide array of industries including transportation, CPG, retail and financial services are making their way over to the vendor side. Some CIOs are taking on CIO roles in these IT services companies, and some are moving into GM and business development positions. Whatever the case, it means good things for vendors and their enterprise customers, when big CIOs put down roots on the vendor side. Executives who have worn the customer hat for most of...
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Boy Genius Report |
Why Apple’s iPhone 6 should launch on September 12th
While some reports say the next-gen iPhones will be launched on September 19th – not to mention that some retailers already offer pre-order options of the iPhone 6, despite the fact that it doesn’t yet exist – Business Insider has a different take on when the iPhone 6 should be released. FROM EARLIER: New report claims to reveal release date for iPhone 6 and ‘iPhone Air’ The publication says that since Tim Cook took over the CEO position from Steve Jobs, Apple always launched an i...
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VentureBeat |
Comcast’s ‘retention policies take the blame for that customer service call from hell
Leaked internal memo shows Comcast admit to issues with its retention policy that led to horrific customer service call.
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Small Cell Device Tech Set to Connect Workplace Wi-Fi with 3G and LTE
Small cell technology products today are used to fill in gaps where traditional cellular has problems working -- such as between downtown buildings that aren't reached by traditional cell towers, and in many indoor settings.
The technology hasn't advanced as quickly as expected when it was first introduced with high hopes two years ago. Nonetheless, there are plenty of big name small cell providers, including Qualcomm, Ericsson, Nokia and Cisco, each with a different specialty.
To date, the prob...
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Mashable! |
Seals Use Offshore Wind Farms as Hunting Grounds
Offshore wind farms may become seal hunting grounds, new research shows.
As the number of offshore wind farms continues to grow, the farms may affect both seals and their prey, the finding suggests. However, it remains uncertain whether the effects will be helpful or harmful, scientists added.
Wind farms are banks of wind turbines that harness the wind's energy to produce electricity. Those located offshore can take advantage of mighty coastal winds to generate substantial amounts of power in a ...
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CNET News |
Comcast admits service rep did what he was trained to do
In an internal memo, Comcast's chief operating officer says a customer service call recorded by tech journalist Ryan Block was painful to listen to. He promises changes.
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WSJ.com: Technology |
Amazon Is Next Up to Try a Digital Wallet App
Amazon rolled out a digital wallet for smartphones just days before the release of its Fire, hinting at the retailer's ambition to make the handset akin to a mobile cash register.
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WSJ.com: Digits |
Amazon Is Next Up to Try a Digital Wallet App
Amazon rolled out a digital wallet for smartphones just days before the release of its Fire, hinting at the retailer’s ambition to make the handset akin to a mobile cash register.
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Mashable! |
Chinese Town on Lockdown After Bubonic Plague Death
Officials have blocked off a city in northern China and placed 151 people in quarantine after a man died of bubonic plague last week, Agence France Presse reports
The 38-year-old victim in the city of Yumen was infected after feeding his dog a dead marmot, a large squirrel-like creature, earlier this month. He developed a fever later that same day and died last Wednesday.
Officials are now barricading the city of 30,000, blocking motorists from entering or leaving. State broadcaster China Centra...
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CNET News |
Take a closer look at the Kyocera Hydro Icon (pictures)
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CIO.com Feed - Articles |
Want an Apple Watch? Just 3D Print One
If you're tired of waiting on Apple to come out with its rumored iWatch, you might want to consider a new 3D printable wrist band that can enable an iPod Nano to take on many of the same tasks.
The printable wrist band, designed by University of Edinburgh design graduate Stewart Davies, was designed for Apple's sixth generation iPod Nano and is made from a flexible thermoplastic filament called Ninjaflex.
The iPod Nano wrist band.
"I'm a product design graduate who studied in Edinburgh with a mi...
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The Next Web |
Facebook now lets app developers target their ads to specific smartphone and tablet models
Facebook is giving advertisers and developers the ability to target ads at specific smartphones and tablets. The new parameters will allow them to specify not only a specific mobile OS, such as Android or iOS, but also individual devices and the firmware version being used. As an example, an advertiser or developer would be able to deliver ads only to people who are using an iPad mini with Retina Display – and target devices that are running at least iOS 7 or higher. In addition, Facebook will...
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Should EMC Sell off 80% Stake in VMware?
Breaking up is hard to do, but could a split be in store soon for EMC and VMware?
Talk has intensified in the past week that changes could be afoot in the strategic relationship between the two tech companies. EMC currently owns 80% share of VMware, but a new activist investor is asking for that to change.
Investment firm Elliott Management bought up about $1 billion worth of EMC shares to gain about a 2% hold of the company. The Wall Street Journal reported that with the new position, Elliott o...
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Mashable! |
Israel Is Losing Control of the Gaza Media War
The picture from Gaza seemed like so many other conflict zone photos — until you began to notice the details.
The lifeless arm of a Palestinian boy cradled by an adult running across the beach. The sand studded with what looks like brush, but is really pieces of something shattered. A small child lies face down in the sand, legs jutting out at odd angles, seemingly struck dead.
See also: In Pictures, Worldwide Protests Against Israeli Military Action in Gaza
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The Verge - All Posts |
FAA temporarily halts all US flights to Israel
The US Federal Aviation Administration issued a rare 24-hour ban on all flights from America to Israel's only public international airport on Tuesday afternoon, following reports that a rocket fired by Palestinian militants landed near the airport. Only three US airliners have service to Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv — Delta, United and US Airways — meaning that all American flights to the country are effectively grounded for at least a day during the height of tourism season...
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Gigaom |
This British startup is building a super solar material
Perovskite -- have you heard of it? It's a material that is getting a lot of buzz in the world of solar research. Now a U.K. solar startup plans to bring what it believes is a game-changing technology to make perovskite solar cells to the market.
This British startup is building a super solar material originally published by Gigaom, © copyright 2014.
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CIO.com Feed - Articles |
NASA Upgrades Humanoid Robot in Space
The 300-pound humanoid robot working on the International Space Station is in the midst of getting a series of upgrades, including new processors and software, in preparation of having a pair of legs attached to it.
Robonaut 2, also known as R2, is the legless but humanoid robot that has been working on the space station since 2011.
Aboard the International Space Station, NASA astronaut and Space Station Commander Steve Swanson gets ready to install upgrades to Robonaut 2. (Photo: NASA TV)
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VentureBeat |
SpoonRocket website struck down by insane traffic on the first day of a huge PR stunt
The food delivery startup SpoonRocket threw its first dinner party yesterday in San Francisco, and its website crashed due to an insane volume of traffic. In theory, everyone in San Francisco can order a $1 SpoonRocket dinner from 5 to 9 p.m. on Monday and Tuesday, July 21 and 22. However, the website was down […]
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Computerworld |
Small cell device tech set to connect workplace Wi-Fi with 3G and LTE
Cisco says small cell technology is primed for explosive growth as it plans to connect 3G and LTE cellular networks to Wi-Fi access points that are already widely deployed in many enterprise facilities.
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Computerworld |
Want an Apple watch? Just 3D print one
An industrious design graduate from the University of Edinburgh has posted a 3D printing CAD file for a wrist ban that allows users to insert an iPod Nano, which can act as a watch, music player and more.
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Mashable! |
The Yo Copycats Are Here and Not All of Them Are Joking
Jon Brod was surrounded by some of the most influential people in tech at the Fortune Brainstorm conference in Aspen, Colorado, last week when he received a message from his wife: "AHOY." Then he received another: "AHOY." And then another.
"She was AHOY-ing me, 'I'm at the pool. I'm at the hotel. I'm at the meatball shop,'" Brod says. Except she wasn't actually typing any of that out. She was just checking in with Brod using AHOY, an app that lets users — or, really, members of Brod's circ...
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News Tom's Guide US |
How to Use Facebook Save
Save links, places, events and more from your Facebook feed and find them later in just a few simple steps.
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MacRumors |
Images Depict Possible iPhone 6 Lightning/Headphone Flex Cable, Rear Shell
With the 4.7-inch iPhone entering mass production this month, part leaks and rumors surrounding the device are beginning to pick up. Several different internal and external parts said to be destined for the iPhone 6 have surfaced and today, Apple.club.tw [Google Translate] has shared images depicting the flex cable for the Lightning and headphone parts along with another image of the iPhone 6 rear shell. The flex cable said to be for the iPhone 6 includes the headphone jack on the far left, a ...
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SAI |
Square's Controversial Cash Advance Program Is Funding 10,000 Merchants
Payments startup Square has been piloting a new program called Capital, which fronts small businesses a sum of money and lets them pay it back once they start making money. Square spokesperson Faryl Ury told Business Insider that 10,000 merchants have tapped into the program since it was first announced in March. Here's how it works: Square will provide its select merchants with set amount of money, and that money will then be repaid (and then some) by Square taking a cut of the merchants' ...
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Gizmodo |
The Earth Is At the Center of This Watch's Tiny Solar System
If deep down you just know that science was too quick to adopt the notion that the universe doesn't revolve around the earth, with this Ptolemaic watch on your wrist you'll be reassured we're not just some random spec in the galaxy whenever you glance down to check the time.Read more...
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PCWorld.com - Latest N... |
Amazon rolls out Amazon Wallet, a gift card-gobbling mobile wallet app
Amazon Wallet is targeted at organizing all of one’s gift and loyalty cards, though its feature set could expand beyond that.
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Mashable! |
5 Biggest Moments in Comic-Con History
Comic-Con 2014 kicks off in San Diego on July 24
And, if there's one thing Tony Stark taught us, the power of research goes a long way
See also: How Much Does It Cost to Be Batman in Real Life?
To make sure you're schooled for the big event, we broke down our five favorite moments of Comic-Con's modest history. Have you attended one before? Tell us your favorite memories — none too geeky, we promise — in the comments below
BONUS: The Plight of the Geek - Nature Documentary
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Digital Trends |
Mark Romanek to direct The Shining prequel, Overlook Hotel
One Hour Photo and Never Let Me Go director Mark Romanek is in talks to direct a prequel film that chronicles the origin of The Shining's Overlook Hotel.
The post Mark Romanek to direct The Shining prequel, Overlook Hotel appeared first on Digital Trends.
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Engadget |
Apple TV now auto-plays the next episode of whatever you're watching on Netflix
When you start chugging a series, it's hard to stop, even for trips to the bathroom, or going to work, or catching up on sleep. It's a problem that Netflix loves to exploit, only giving you a few seconds before offering up the next episode of...
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The Register |
The triumph of VVOL: Everyone's jumping into bed with VMware
'Bandwagon'? Yes, we're on it and so what, say big dogs
Mega-roundup A storage array access revolution is coming, says VMware as it releases its VVOL Virtual Volumes. These allow storage arrays to do a virtualised server's bidding and have storage pools and operations carried out in VMware virtual machine-centric ways.…
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News Tom's Guide US |
Flock Android App Encrypts Contacts, Calendar Syncs
The new Flock app for Android devices adds extra encryption to the existing calendar and contacts sync to help secure your personal data.
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The Verge - All Posts |
Samsung's curved, 105-inch 4K TV is $120,000
Samsung's curved, 105-inch 4K TV was always going to be expensive. The only question was how expensive. Today we got an answer: Samsung has priced the set at $119,999.99, a cost that immediately puts it out of reach for all but the most wealthy home theater enthusiasts. It also makes the $39,999 easel TV look like a deal by comparison. To be fair, this is one product that was never going to be for your everyday consumer. As evidence of that, Samsung won't be producing this TV in bulk. Instead, e...
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Digital Trends |
Western Digital adds 5TB and 6TB models to its Green line of hard drives
Western Digital announced a pair of additions to its Green series of consumer-focused mechanical hard drives. It also introduced a few Red drives to the mix as well.
The post Western Digital adds 5TB and 6TB models to its Green line of hard drives appeared first on Digital Trends.
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Boy Genius Report |
Crazy rumors say thinner iPad mini ‘Air’ is coming soon, 12.9-inch iPad Pro set for 2015
The iPhone 6 may be the hottest device coming from Apple this year, but that doesn’t mean the company has stopped working on some other interesting products. A new report from Taiwan’s Economic Daily News says Apple will soon launch an even slimmer iPad mini model, and that it’s still working on a bigger iPad Pro version. FROM EARLIER: iPhone 6 and next-gen Retina iPad mini rendered by design master The third-generation iPad mini – awkwardly referred to as the “iPad mini Air”...
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AnandTech |
Asus RT-AC87 AC2400 Router with Quantenna Chipset Set to Ship
Back at CES earlier this year, I had visited Quantenna and covered the announcement of their QSR1000 4x4 802.11ac MIMO chipset. It was announced that the Asus RT-AC87U would be the first QSR1000 enabled router to hit retail. Despite the announcement at CES, no availability date or price was announced.
Things are getting together now, and Asus and Quantenna have announced that the RT-AC87U is all set to ship (Best Buy actually has it for purchase right now). The router will retail for $270, an ...
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InfoWorld RSS Feed |
Intel releases its most reliable pro SSD
Intel today unveiled what it called its most reliable SSD (solid-state drive) series to date; the drives are aimed at enterprise client users and small businesses. The new Intel SSD Pro 2500 drives are Intel's first "Pro" series SSDs to be sold through third-party channels. The previous model, the Pro 1500, was sold exclusively by Intel to equipment makers.
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SlashGear |
This is the iOS game you should be playing
You’ve got a lot of options when it comes to iOS gaming. If you’re one that prefers iPad gaming, we’ve got a game you should try out (if you’re not already playing it). Great for kids, fun for adults, and one that will make you miss the good old-fashioned side-scroller, Pixel Press Floors is one of the best games we’re … Continue reading
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TechCrunch |
Some Brief Thoughts About Apple’s MacBook Air ‘Stickers’ Ad
Yesterday Apple released a new ‘Stickers’ ad for the MacBook Air. I found it interesting for a few reasons. Read More
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Forbes - Tech |
Tesla Motors Idles California Plant To Prepare For Model X Production
Tesla Motors is halting production at its assembly plant in Fremont, California to prepare for the rollout of its electric crossover vehicles, known as the Model X. Tesla will also enhance its existing assembly line to increase the speed of Model S output, according to Bloomberg.
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Forbes - Tech |
How Are Progressive Teachers Using Technology?
How are progressive teachers using technology? This question was originally answered on Quora by Peter Kruger.
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Macworld |
Apple gets patent on iTime smartwatch
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office served up further evidence on Tuesday that Apple is designing a smartwatch when it awarded the company a patent for a wrist-worn gadget with a touchscreen and ability to communicate with a smartphone.
“The invention pertains to an electronic wristwatch,” wrote Apple in the filing for U.S. Patent 8,787,006, which was submitted in July 2011 but made public on Tuesday.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
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Computerworld |
NASA upgrades humanoid robot in space
The 300-pound humanoid robot working on the International Space Station is in the midst of getting a series of upgrades, including new processors and software in preparation of having a pair of legs attached to it.
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PCMag.com Breaking News |
Black Hat Cancels Presentation on Cracking Tor
Tor said it did not ask Black Hat, CERT, or Carnegie Mellon to pull the presentation from the conference lineup.
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Mashable! |
Amazon Debuts Wallet App for Rewards and Gift Cards
Amazon's Fire Phone doesn't go on sale for a few more days but the company has already begun to quietly roll out new apps for its first smartphone.
The company launched Amazon Wallet, its first mobile wallet application, on the Amazon Appstore and Google Play
See also: Hands On: Amazon's Fire Phone Is More Than Meets the Eye
While Amazon is calling it a wallet, you can't actually make purchases using the app. Instead, Amazon Wallet functions as a vault to store rewards and gift cards. Users ente...
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Technology news, comme... |
Google in-app purchases lawsuit can go ahead, judge rules
Case accuses Google of breaking various laws regarding fair dealing after woman's son bought games without her consent Continue reading...
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Digital Trends |
Audi to Porsche: Don’t touch my stuff! – Cousin carmakers bicker over future R8, A8 platforms
Volkswagen Group is the conglomerate responsible for Porsche, Audi, Lamborghini, Bugatti, and many others. As you may have guessed, each carmaker has its own opinion on how to design its vehicles, and that has never been more apparent than in Audi and Porsche's platform feud.
The post Audi to Porsche: Don’t touch my stuff! – Cousin carmakers bicker over future R8, A8 platforms appeared first on Digital Trends.
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Digital Trends |
Did Dwayne Johnson reveal the DC Comics character he’s playing?
The star of Hercules dropped some big hints about a future role in a Warner Bros. film featuring a famous DC Comics character with Superman-level abilities.
The post Did Dwayne Johnson reveal the DC Comics character he’s playing? appeared first on Digital Trends.
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Digital Trends |
No Febreze needed: Table Air knocks out smells along with pollen, dust, viruses
In addition to a particulate matter filter designed to catch pollen and dust, Table Air sports an ultraviolet disinfectant system that helps murder airborne viruses and bacteria
The post No Febreze needed: Table Air knocks out smells along with pollen, dust, viruses appeared first on Digital Trends.
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WSJ.com: Technology |
Apple Granted Patent for Smartwatch Device
Apple was granted a patent Tuesday for a smartwatch that could receive alerts for calls and social media messages, give GPS data, play media, sense physical data, and be controlled with gestures.
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Ars Technica |
Tor developers vow to fix bug that can uncloak users
Weakness was topic of talk abruptly pulled from security conference.
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Geek.com |
Western Digital makes a 48TB home NAS a reality
The amount of capacity your home network attached storage (NAS) device has comes down to two factors: the number of bays and the size of the hard drives they contain. NAS devices for […]
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The Verge - All Posts |
Get 'Deus Ex' series and other Square Enix classics in the latest Humble Bundle
Sometimes, the Humble Bundle offers deals that seem too good to be true. That's not quite the case with the latest version — it's full of older games that go on sale frequently. But if you're missing parts of the Square Enix catalog, it's a particularly solid bundle. You can pay what you want for six games that include the classic Thief Gold, the first two parts of the Hitman series, and criminally underplayed RPG Anachronox. Pay more than the average, and you get 2012 game Hitman Absolut...
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BetaNews.Com |
Help fund a solar-powered Raspberry Pi school
The Raspberry Pi Foundation’s Eben Upton was inspired to create his bare-bones credit-card sized computer after noticing a decline in the number of children learning to code. He wanted to create a cheap computer designed to be programmed, much like the BBC Micro, which was hugely popular in UK schools back in the 1980s. Although the Raspberry Pi has since found a massive audience outside of schools, it’s still an educational tool at heart, and its low cost and energy efficiency make it ideal...
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Reuters: Technology News |
PayPal signs "ten of thousands" customers in Nigerian launch
LAGOS (Reuters) - PayPal has signed up "tens of thousand" of Nigerians in its first week of operating in Africa's biggest economy, with consumers already purchasing items from Britain, China and the United States via its online platform, a company official said.
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Slashdot |
UK Users Overwhelmingly Spurn Broadband Filters
nk497 (1345219) writes "Broadband customers are overwhelmingly choosing not to use parental-control systems foisted on ISPs by the government — with takeup in the single-digits for three of the four major broadband providers. Last year, the government pushed ISPs to roll out network-level filters, forcing new customers to make an "active" decision about whether they want to use them or not. Only 5% of new BT customers signed up, 8% opted in for Sky and 4% for Virgin Media. TalkTalk rolled ...
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VentureBeat |
Timehop gets $10M to be the anti-Snapchat
Amidst the current ephemeral messaging craze, one company is actually all about documenting people’s social media history for ever and ever. Timehop, an app that lets people see what they were up to on their social media accounts on that day in previous years, is not only charging on despite the Snapchat et al. trend, […]
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Digital Trends |
LittleBigPlanet dev Media Molecule teases PS4 project with trippy colors
A 40-second clip filled with strobing colors, odd glitches, and a creepy face make up this unusual teaser for the unnamed PS4 project from LittleBigPlanet developer Media Molecule. Is it supposed to mean anything?
The post LittleBigPlanet dev Media Molecule teases PS4 project with trippy colors appeared first on Digital Trends.
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TweakTown |
Cybersecurity needs a better computing infrastructure, expert says
Cyberattacks are increasingly difficult to detect and defend against, with foreign state-sponsored hackers sometimes able to compromise large amounts of data. Both businesses and customers struggle following data breaches, and the direct cost of cybercrime negatively hurts everyone, security specialists continue to warn. Heartbleed gained attention because of the threat it posed to casual consumers, but these issues remain a significant problem for businesses and security leaders. &...
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CIO.com Feed - Articles |
Brandpost: Three Questions to Ask Before Beginning a Modernization Project
If you’re about to start a legacy application modernization project, it’s critical to make sure you have a solid plan. Find out by asking some key questions that will save a lot of time and money down the road.1. Whether you elect to migrate all at once or in phases will ultimately set the stage for the entire modernization.This initial decision will determine overall project duration and cost, when staff will be required and how much risk will be addressed at one time. Which implementation ...
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WSJ.com: Digits |
Apple Granted Patent for Smartwatch Device
Apple was granted a patent Tuesday for a smartwatch that could receive alerts for calls and social media messages, give GPS data, play media, sense physical data, and be controlled with gestures.
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VentureBeat |
Amazon heads into retail meatspace with its first smartphone-based wallet
In yet another indication that the world's largest digital store is seriously interested in real-world commerce, Amazon has released a beta of its first mobile digital wallet.
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Digital Trends |
Peachtree’s deepblue2 Bluetooth speaker on Indiegogo offers 440 reasons to buy in
Peachtree's second effort to create the ultimate Bluetooth speaker is already funded on Indiegogo after its first day. But you can still save some serious cash on this goliath, which packs a ridiculous 440 watts of power, and a bevy of other reasons to buy in.
The post Peachtree’s deepblue2 Bluetooth speaker on Indiegogo offers 440 reasons to buy in appeared first on Digital Trends.
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TweakTown |
Tech companies massively jack up prices outside the USA, report finds
Consumers for electronic goods outside America pay hundreds more than their US counterparts, according to a new report. British consumer rights magazine Which? found that manufacturers and stores are pushing up the price for tech in the country, including almost 1,000 dollars more for a Samsung TV. Americans buying an Apple Macbook Pro 13in will get their models 600 dollars cheaper than on the other side of the Atlantic, the report claims. Sony's PS4 or Microsoft's Xbox One were 160...
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Gizmodo |
The Biggest Man-Made Hole on Earth
A few weeks ago, we looked at a photo essay on Mir Mine, a nearly mile-wide mine in Eastern Siberia that's one of the largest man-made holes on Earth's surface. It made us wonder: Where the largest hole ever made by humans? As it turns out, it's right here in the United States. Read more...
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Ars Technica |
Supreme Court cut Internet streaming to nearly 80,000 Aereo customers
Aereo wasn't yet hitting the numbers it hoped for, even as it fought in court.
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Wired Top Stories |
Hacker Musician Turns E-Waste Into an Awesome Instrument
We tend to think of musical instruments in fixed terms: that’s a guitar, this is a saxophone, that’s a synthesizer. Colten Jackson, however, plays an instrument that's hard to classify.
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TechCrunch |
BoardRounds Helps Hospitals Follow Up With Patients After They Leave The Emergency Room
BoardRounds is a startup helping hospitals stay connected with patients after they leave the emergency room — co-founder and CEO Benjamin Jack said the approach is “much like Google Now, but for healthcare.”
Jack comes from the medical world — he recently received his M.D. from Cornell. He told me via email that normally, when a patient leaves the emergency room… Read More
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News Tom's Hardware US |
Kingston Ships Near 1TB Consumer SSD In Value Series
Kingston's V310: The bigger capacity model of the inexpensive V300
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The Verge - All Posts |
Scientists call for the decriminalization of sex work
A prestigious group of HIV researchers made a loud and scientifically supported plea for the decriminalization of sex work at the 20th Annual International AIDS Conference yesterday, during a presentation of a series of seven studies published in The Lancet. The series centers around the importance of filling the gaps in sex work-focused HIV research, and providing sex workers with tools to prevent HIV infection. These steps could not only help reduce HIV infections among sex workers by up to...
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Re/code |
Google Must Face Privacy Suit Over Commingled User Data
"Like Rocky rising from Apollo's uppercut in the 14th round, plaintiffs' complaint has sustained much damage but just manages to stand," said the judge.
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SlashGear |
Ninja Turtles trailer makes movie look good, takes out Vanilla Ice
Those of you still singing "Ninja Rap" can rejoice - there’s a new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles hip-hop song in the streets. The newest Ninja Turtles trailer features a song called "Shell Shocked," bringing back the radical nature of The Secret of the Ooze while the visuals do the film more than a few favors. Initial reception of the new … Continue reading
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Amazon Launches Mobile Wallet App
