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The art of the gimmick: an interview with the Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne
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The Flaming Lips have never done anything small, from the "Parking Lot Experiments" of the mid-90s to this year's Record Store Day album, "The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends." Set for an April 21st release, the limited edition vinyl record features an odd cast of characters, including Bon Iver,...
10 book-apps that might change Julia Donaldson's mind about Gruffalo apps
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Author isn't keen on the idea, but perhaps if she saw what some developers have been doing...The Gruffalo deserves its status as one of the most popular children's books in the world: beautiful illustrations, but beautiful words too.The rhythm and rhyme of the story demands to be read with monstery...
US Congressmen and women express themselves via Facebook Timeline cover photos
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Forget the obsessive-compulsive tracking of every event in your life — the real killer feature of Facebook Timeline is the huge banner-style cover photo that's become the de rigeur way to express yourself online. Members of Congress have joined in with relish, too, carefully selecting images for maximum constituent...
Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform down for more than half a day
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Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform suffered a serious outage Tuesday evening and many customers are still without full access, according to the Azure Service Dashboard. Azure is used by many companies to host and build web applications through Microsoft’s own data centers. According to a circulated statement from Microsoft’s outside...
Beauty and the Beast 3D - review
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There's plenty of craftsmanship in this Disney rerelease, but it might struggle to appeal to the post-Pixar generationDisney used to just rerelease their films on a decade-long cycle, ripe for capturing new generations; now they can spruce them up a little more with 3D conversion. Their 1991 effort holds a...
Charlie Brooker: The Sun needs to reinvent itself – less bullying, more of the zany fun of Twitter
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The paper called me 'a shouty third-rate TV presenter', which seems firm but fairSo then, witch-hunted tip-top soaraway tabloid the Sun will soon be available in a sizzling Sunday edition. Turns out the soothsayers were mistaken: the Sun isn't dying, it's expanding. Which, ironically, is precisely what an actual sun...
If You Can't Make It To Coachella, Tune Into YouTube For Live Sets (GOOG)
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YouTube is trying to become the next generation equivalent of TV, and live events are key to that goal. The company has so far focused on live music, with concerts from acts like The Arcade Fire. This weekend it's upping the ante with three dedicated channels broadcasting sets from Coachella....
Huawei Ascend D quad pictured, promises to be 'the world's fastest smartphone'
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It seems to be growing increasingly difficult to keep device announcements under wraps these days, and Huawei has become the latest victim of some premature exultation. An advertising board at Barcelona Airport has started displaying a handset called the Ascend D quad, which the company will most likely make...
Murdoch's past horrors haunt future of press regulation
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A new Communications Act should try to cope with the pace of technological innovation – not worry about Rupert Murdoch's old tricksThe problem is knowing whether 2015 (with its promised new Communications Act) is the future – or the past. Harriet Harman, now shadow media secretary, instinctively looks back over...
In the rush to build a social strategy, don’t pull a Tech Frankenstein
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‘Social’ has become a leading theme—if not THE leading theme—among marketers. Marketers at major brands, retailers and increasingly, even financial services companies, are dabbling in everything from social promotions tools to drive higher traffic, sales and loyalty. With all the opportunities that come with social comes the unwelcome challenge...
Brilliant Thinkers Relish Ambiguity
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Brilliant thinkers are very comfortable with ambiguity – they welcome it. Routine thinkers like clarity and simplicity; they dislike ambiguity. There is a tendency in our society to reduce complex issues down to simple issues with obviously clear solutions. We see evidence of this in the tabloid press. There have...
The Burger Lab: The World's Best Burger for a Single Man (or Woman)
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From A Hamburger Today It's time for another round of The Burger Lab. Got a suggestion for an upcoming topic? Email Kenji here, and he'll do his best to answer your queries in a future post. Become a fan of The Food Lab on Facebook for play-by-plays on future kitchen...
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