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Tech NewsSocial MediaInstagram Is Deleting Photos (and Accounts?) From Unofficial WP App
So, this stinks. Instagram is now deleting all images uploaded through the popular Windows Phone 8 app Instance—even though there still isn’t an official Instagram app for WP8. Images are being deleted a short time—just seconds, often—after being uploaded using the third-party site. One Giz staffer who uses Instance as his primary Instagram app even … Continued
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The Best Thing You’ll Read About Google Glass
Gary Shteyngart, novelist and fond admirer of Koreans, wrote maybe the best explanation of what it’s like to use Google Glass for The New Yorker this week. Shteyngart was one of the first to receive Glass, as part of the Glass Explorers program, and he writes about a week’s worth of the telling little moments … Continued
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Dear UPS, This Is Not How You Ship a Gadget
So I was on vacation last week, and came back to the usual mountain of 700+ emails and piles of junk from PR companies Katamaried all over my desk. There was also this. What’s in the box? A brand new Leap Motion, which, you know, not like it’s full of delicate sensors that probably shouldn’t … Continued
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The New SkyDrive Might Be the Best Cloud Storage Yet
SkyDrive in Windows 8.1 has a secret weapon no one’s talked very much about. It’s actually pretty amazing, in that small sort of way that doesn’t change much, but still manages to completely alter how you use something. In fact, it might just make SkyDrive the best cloud service around. If you install Dropbox, SkyDrive, … Continued
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Motorola’s going to show everyone the new Moto X on August 1, in New York. Or well, actually, it showed us the phone right there on the invite, on the left. May as well give up all pretense of these things being some big surprise. We’ll tell you more about the phone from the event.
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Tech NewsHow to Get Rid of Gmail’s New Tabs (And Why You Should)
Gmail looks different this week! The new inbox system that automatically splits your new messages into stuff from Social, Promotions, etc. is finally out for everyone. Here’s how to send it back from where it came from. OK, so the process is actually super easy. Just click on the gear icon at the top right … Continued
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io9TelevisionNetflix’s House of Cards Got an Emmy Nomination
Hey now! This year’s Emmy nominations were just announced, and House of Cards is up for Best Drama. Which is fairly good news for everyone hoping for streamed, original shows take off. Especially with all the hype around Orange Is the New Black, this legitimizes original online content just a little bit further. Kevin Spacey … Continued
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Some Brilliant Lunatic Is Posting All of Star Wars to Instagram Video
Oh man oh man oh man oh man. This is the nerdiest, awesomest, best-best way to use Instagram. Some nerd has taken it upon himself to film the entirety of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope 15 seconds at a time, on Instagram Video. Not only is this dear nerd—a Gizmodo commenter, apparently!—doing the … Continued
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The Biggest Transformer Ever, Standing Next to Stuff
For some reason, we were sent Metroplex, the biggest Transformer that’s ever been made (yes, bigger than Fortress Maximus). We stood him next to a bunch of stuff. Here’s how it went. Bunch of Toys Just Other Transformers A Person A Taller Person Johnnie Walker Blue Steven Paul Jobs Action Figure Some Moonshine My Keys … Continued
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The Best Thing Angry Birds Ever Did Has Very Little to Do With Angry Birds
When you were a kid, you probably played with action figures, or something like them. They were awesome. You also played video games, which were similarly awesome. Now they’re being brought together in a way that against all odds, isn’t horrible and schticky. It actually makes a load of sense. Gotta Start Somewhere Yesterday, Hasbro … Continued
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Sad Man’s Penis Trapped in Sex Toy, Takes Buzzsaw Two Hours to Free It
Earlier this week, the fire department in Ibiza, Spain, were called to the local hospital to assist with a medical emergency. A man had trapped his penis and testicles in “armour plating.” Armour plating is a sex toy. The firemen were required because they were the only ones with a big enough saw to get … Continued
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Reviews
Pacific Rim Review: Holy Sh-t That Was Great
One of the most important things any great action movie needs is a lead actor who can deliver an absurd line and have it sound awesome. One who makes you cheer instead of laugh when he says something that is by all rights laughable. Pacific Rim doesn’t have one of those. But it still manages … Continued
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Tech NewsNokia Lumia 1020 Hands On: This Actually Might Be Amazing
The first question you’ll have about Nokia’s new Lumia 1020 is how the photos look. And yes, they’re so very sharp. But what may have been overlooked is that the rest of the phone, which is still, you know, a phone, is (almost surprisingly) on point too. Before you even get to the camera, you … Continued
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Tech NewsHow Nokia’s Radical New Zoom Tech Works
Nokia’s new Lumia 1020 comes with a host of features you might not be used to on a humble smartphone. And one of the most intriguing is the Lumia’s radical new approach to zoom. Here’s how it works. Because the Lumia 1020 shoots so many pixels on the 41MP sensor, it doesn’t have to lose … Continued
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Windows Phone Just Got Instagram (Sort Of) and Vine (Really)
So hidden in Nokia’s announcement of some new apps for its Lumia line was a little announcement about Hipstamatic. It’s making a lens app for Nokia, and it can share your photos to other social networks. Including Instagram. So, essentially, Windows Phone just got its first real Instagram app. The bad news is that the … Continued
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Nokia Lumia 1020: A Great Camera in a Real Phone
Phones in cameras are so good now. Sort of. They’re good when you compare their output to the smudgy, iffy images we put up with so many years, but an S95 can still blow them out of the skies. Maybe that changes with the Nokia Lumia 1020, which we’ll meet today. The camera is 41 … Continued
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