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Here’s What Facebook Stock Looks Like
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In a few months time, here’s what the world will be fighting to get its hands on, or get rid of depending on your confidence in Facebook’s business plan. The image of a Facebook stock certificate was included in the amended S-1 Facebook filed today with the SEC. It’s sure...
Apple adds 'download later' option to movie, TV and music box set purchases on the iTunes Store
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Apple has made a minor tweak to the iTunes Store so that customers can now delay downloads of new purchases until later, as discovered by Macworld. According to an Apple support document, a new dialogue will pop up when buying movies or music that will allow users to choose between...
Steve Case: Entrepreneurs are American heroes
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DETROIT — Steve Case, founder of AOL, venture capitalist, and current chairman of Startup America Partnership, says entrepreneurs are the true American heroes. “Entrepreneurship is how America became great,” Case said. “The good news is that we’re still the most entrepreneurial nation in the world. The bad news is that...
If Craigslist was Pinterest, it would look like this app
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April 1 - 2, 2013Sausalito, CA Request An Invitation Craigslist is possibly one of the ugliest sites on the web. But you can experience it as if it was Pinterest, as long as you use Mokriya Craigslist on your smartphone. Mokriya is a design studio that has worked on...
Big Bird helps presidential debate soar to most tweeted about political event in US history
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Fueled in part by candidate Mitt Romney’s comments about the Sesame Street character Big Bird, Wednesday evening’s presidential election debate in Denver, Colorado set a new record as the most tweeted about political event in US history. Twitter’s dedicated government and politics account Tweeted the milestone shortly after the debate...
Analysis finds less toxic chemicals in newer smartphones like Apple's iPhone 5
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Chemical analysis conducted by iFixit and HealthyStuff.org has tracked a decline in hazardous and toxic chemicals in smartphones over the past few years, with new devices like the iPhone 5 representing some of the safest and most environmental handsets yet. The study took apart 36 mobile phone models and studied...
Google gives us a sneak peek inside its massive data centers (and it's awesome)
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Google calls it “where the internet lives.” That’s a big of hyperbole, of course, because even though the world’s largest search engine indexes perhaps 50 billion web pages, the internet itself is more than just Google. But Google’s millions of servers are certainly “one of the most powerful server networks...
Users are having issues with Time Machine and Spotlight in Apple's OS X 10.7.5
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Numerous users are reporting issues with Apple’s OS X 10.7.5 that have rendered Time Machine backups and Spotlight indexing almost unusable. Though Apple’s most recent desktop operating system is OS X Mountain Lion 10.8, the company has continued to update its previous-generation OS X Lion 10.7. However, the latest update,...
Xiaomi to begin production of Mi2 smartphone on September 22 ahead of October release
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The launch of Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi‘s second-generation handset is still over a month away, but anticipation for the quad-core device remains strong. Company executives have revealed that the device will go to production on September 22nd in preparation for a release in mid to late October. The company has also...
Leaked photos point to rumored co-branded LG Optimus and Google Nexus smartphone
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Anticipation for Google’s next Nexus smartphone is reaching a high point, and a set of leaked photos posted to a Belarusian website (translation) is further stoking the flames. Although unverified, the images could represent another hint that Google is readying a Nexus-branded device with the help of LG. Though the...
Google Glass, meet 'Baidu Eye'
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It looks like Chinese search engine Baidu is building a ‘Baidu Eye’ to compete with Google Glass. According to Chinese news agency Sina.com, China’s leading search engine Baidu is working on a Google Glass variant called Baidu Eye. The project is reportedly led by the company’s chief product designer, and...
Nokia poised to launch Lumia 920 in the Middle East on November 12
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Nokia is planning a launch event for its flagship Windows Phone 8 smartphone next Monday in Dubai, Tech-WD.com reports after receiving an invitation. The invite carries the tagline “It’s time to switch” and the date (12-11-12). The event is expected to bring the Lumia 920 to the Middle East region. The Lumia...
Build a better buggy: registration opens for NASA's 20th annual moonbuggy race
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Can you build a better buggy? Or, preferably, a better moonbuggy? NASA is challenging students around the world to enter the 20th annual moonbuggy race. Registration opened today for the April 2013 event that will be held in Huntsville, Alabama to help inspire creative kids and, just maybe, show some old...
The Worst Thing About Facebook Comes To Google: Birthday Reminders
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I was thinking about covering the launch of Google Birthday reminders, (which actually debuted Tuesday, sorry), but I decided instead to just post some pictures of what Google looks like these days. You may remember that the homepage was taken over with a giant Nexus 7 ad earlier this week, and now Google...
First flight for Phantom Eye, Boeing’s liquid-hydrogen powered spy plane
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Boeing’s liquid-hydrogen powered Phantom Eye spy plane, powered by liquid hydrogen, has completed its first autonomous flight The plane flew for 28 minutes and reached an altitude of 4,080 feet at a cruising speed of 62 knots during the June 1 flight at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air...
Electronics industry to grow a meager 4 percent in 2013
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The worldwide electronics industry’s sales are expected to grow an anemic 4 percent to $1.1o5 billion in 2013, according to a forecast by the Consumer Electronics Industry and the market research firm GfK. Even so, that’s better than the 1 percent drop in 2012, when the industry hit $1.058...
Mobile ads GPS study: how far will you drive for a deal? (infographic)
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July 9-10, 2013 San Francisco, CA Early Bird Tickets on Sale We’ll drive 2.8 miles for a sandwich, but 7.1 miles for a great Italian restaurant. And while the average coffee shop is just a 3.6 mile hop away, we’ll easily go almost nine miles for the just the...
Curious when Apple products go on sale? This chart tracks when the first and best deals arrive
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Aside from the occasional holiday discount, Apple products usually have notoriously stable prices. However, there are still deals to be had for the diligent shopper. A new chart from Dealnews outlines when the first and best discounts on Apple products have arrived over the past year. Assuming that history repeats...
Thousands of tiny cardboard people stage a 'protest' outside the Houses of Parliament in London
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A neat combination of online and offline protesting took place in London today, as thousands of people who had signed an online petition were transformed into little cardboard characters and placed outside the Houses of Parliament. The petition and ‘protest’ were organised by the Fairtrade Foundation, and called on Prime...
Baidu explains its Diaoyu doodle: Planting a digital flag is better than throwing rocks
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Baidu has issued a public comment on its decision to display an image of a Chinese flag on the disputed Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands for its homepage doodle on Tuesday, noting that its purpose was to “encourage people to be rational in their expressions of patriotism.” Given Baidu’s huge influence and visibility...
Raspberry Pi-powered open-source bartending robot nearly funded on Kickstarter
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Who wouldn’t want a Raspbery Pi-powered open source bartending that you control with your phone or tablet? For at least 353 people who have tossed $134,551 in tip money towards the project on Kickstarter, that question has an easy answer: everyone. And with a project goal of just a little...
Gmail 2.0: Google updates Gmail for iPhone after a six-month development project
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Six months ago, Google says, it started working on a new Gmail app for iPhone and iPad. That’s a long time, but Gmail fans who can’t part with their gorgeous Apple hardware will probably think it’s worth the wait. The new app has multiple account support — essential for those...
Bing adds search for Facebook's 300 million new daily photos
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Facebook users are adding a stunning 300 million new photos each and every day. So Bing just added a new way to search and browse your friends’ photos … without all the clutter of status updates and friend requests. The new feature is part of Bing’s ongoing evolution to make...
Windows 8 Sandwich-Board Man wishes you a happy launch day
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I was just trawling Getty Images in search of photos from that bumping party Microsoft’s throwing over at Time Square, when I came across shots of this blessed man from the Windows 8 launch in Tokyo. According to the photo’s description, he works for a camera chain. I want to...
More retro in your metro: Now you can have Windows 8 and the classic Start menu
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Need more retro in your metro? If you’re moving up to Windows 8 while both excited by the new possibilities and worried about the massive user interface changes, Thinix has a solution for you. Recently launched, the company’s RetroUI product gives you back your start menu and, if you choose,...
Tin-hat crowd, welcome to the WIFI-blocking wallpaper of your dreams
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Perhaps you’re like the seagulls in Pixar’s Finding Nemo, screeching “mine, mine, mine.” Or maybe you have ultra-top-secret data on your internal network, such as grandma’s Never-Better Peanut Chocolate Chip cookies. In either case, the French are developing a wallpaper for you. By embedding silver ink and metallic fibers into...
Microsoft releases Team Foundation Service, a project, source, and build management tool for developers
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Microsoft announced general availability of Team Foundations Service today at BUILD 2012. Team Foundations Service (TFS) is a combination of project management, code management, and build management services for developers. And, it’s free for teams up to five — or those with a MSDN subscription. Jason Zander, a VP for...
Microsoft releases Team Foundation Service, a project, source, and build management tool for developers
Teardown: new 13″ retina MacBook Pro is twice as repairable as the 15″ (which isn't saying much)
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The original retina MacBook Pro, the 15″ model, earned a miserly 1/10 in iFixit’s repairability score. Now the teardown specialists have ruthlessly ripped apart Apple’s innocent new 13″ retina MacBook Pro, and the results are in. 2/10. It’s not much of an improvement, but it does double the score for...
BUILD 2012: Microsoft demos simple cloud-enabling of mobile apps with Azure Mobile Services
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Looking to cloud-enable your mobile app? Looks like Microsoft can help make that a lot easier. Microsoft just demoed some very slick new mobile and cloud connections today at BUILD conference in Redmond, showing how simply developers can both store their data in the cloud … and perform operations on...
Why Google predicts Microsoft's next game console will beat Sony's
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Based on searches on Google, Microsoft’s next-generation game console will probably be more popular than Sony’s. Neither company has talked officially about their plans for new consoles, which the industry has nicknamed the Xbox 720 and the PlayStation 4. But a story in online game news site Ludos Mundi predicts...
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