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How to Make a Chocolate iPhone
Mashable - 8 Dec 2012 01:26
Looking for a tasty holiday treat you can make for your tech-loving sweet-tooth friends? How about a chocolate iPhone? This recipe -- developed by Brit Morin of Brit + Co and featured in the just-released charitable cook...
The Daily Roundup for 12.07.2012
Engadget - 8 Dec 2012 01:32
You might say the day is never really done in consumer technology news. Your workday, however, hopefully draws to a close at some point. This is the Daily Roundup on Engadget, a quick peek back at the top headlines for t...
Q: What’s Wrong With Quora?
TechCrunch - 8 Dec 2012 16:00
Imagine that you are transported by a time machine to somewhen in the depths of prehistory, like maybe 2005 or something. Imagine further that you subsequently must try to convince people there/then that one day in the f...
Software guru McAfee wants to return to United States
Reuters - 8 Dec 2012 23:42
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Software guru John McAfee, fighting deportation from Guatemala to Belize to face questions about the slaying of a neighbor, said on Saturday he wants to return to the United States.
North Korea looks set to delay controversial rocket launch
NBC News - 8 Dec 2012 23:28
North Korea will likely postpone the launch of a long-range rocket, state news agency KCNA said on Saturday, but gave no reasons for delaying the plan which has been widely condemned by countries including Russia and the...
Don’t Let Photographers Look Down On You Because You Are Young
PetaPixel - 8 Dec 2012 23:15
Since the moment I walked into Milford Photo looking to buy a professional camera in the winter of 2011, I have been exposed to constant judgment for being a rich, stupid and spoiled 13-year-old who wanted an expensive c...
Gabe Newell hints at possible 'turnkey' Valve living room system, sees others following suit
Engadget - 8 Dec 2012 23:12
Valve has been making a visibly deep push into the living room, but in bits and pieces -- controllers here, Big Picture interfaces there. Company chief Gabe Newell may have just hinted at a more holistic, though non-excl...
Crowdsourcing Is Booming In Asia
TechCrunch - 8 Dec 2012 23:00
Editor's note: Alec Lynch is the founder and CEO of DesignCrowd, an Australia-based design crowdsourcing service that recently launched in India, Singapore, and the Philippines. When most people think of cro...
Apple and Google Are Reportedly Joining Forces To Buy $500 Million of Kodak Patents
Gizmodo - 8 Dec 2012 23:00
It's not often that you hear that Apple and Google—both fighting for utter smartphone dominance—have teamed up on anything, but reports from Bloomberg say it's the case. And they're both going in on a half ...
Gabe Newell says Valve will release its own 'tightly controlled' console for the living room
The Verge - 8 Dec 2012 22:54
Valve has stayed mostly quiet about its plans to enter the hardware business, but in an interview with Kotaku at last night's Video Game Awards, Gabe Newell confirmed the company's plans to sell its own living room PC th...
The Top Comments on Mashable This Week
Mashable - 8 Dec 2012 22:53
Metallica Makes Nice With Music Streaming, Comes to Spotify What a difference a few years make: Metallica announced on Thursday that it was releasing its entire catalog on Spotify. Reader Smoe noted just how much had cha...
If you want to hurt pirates, target their ad money says rock star
GigaOM - 8 Dec 2012 22:35
The lead singer of the band Cracker is frustrated with people taking his music without permission. He thinks artists, industry and legitimate sellers should shame big brands into pulling their ads from pirate sites.
This UPS Driver Reveals the Secret of Christmas
Mashable - 8 Dec 2012 22:30
Spoiler alert: Santa is actually a UPS man. A new YouTube video shows a man, identified as UPS delivery man Ken Jones, singing a hilarious version of "Winter Wonderland." In the video, uploaded Wednesday, Jones not only ...
Why Facebook will start serving ads on Instagram soon
GigaOM - 8 Dec 2012 22:00
When we think about data privacy, we normally think about a company giving or selling our info to a third party. But a single company can also circulate around our information among in various units in ways that raise si...
Would You Be Comfortable Trusting Your Health To a Robot Doctor?
Gizmodo - 8 Dec 2012 22:00
Technology is marching ever forward and the medicine is no exception. CNN's Fortune Tech predicts tech will eventually take over 80 percent of what doctors do today, and that might be great, but would you feel comfortabl...
Frenemies: Apple And Google Reportedly Join Forces For $500M+ Bid On Kodak’s 1,100 Patents
TechCrunch - 8 Dec 2012 21:58
Sometimes self-interest can make for some unlikely friendships. According to Bloomberg, Apple and Google have finally teamed up to buy Kodak's portfolio of patents out of bankruptcy for an estimated $500 million. Yes, th...
55 Digital Media Resources You May Have Missed
Mashable - 8 Dec 2012 21:54
We all know the Internet can be an incredible resource. It can also be quite difficult to navigate. New websites and apps constantly appear, and the old ones are always being updated. To help you make the most of your di...
Lovefilm now available for UK Wii U owners
Engadget - 8 Dec 2012 21:51
Nintendo recently committed to bringing Lovefilm to Wii U consoles soon in the UK and the company has made good on its word. Pictured above is a dimly lit shot of the new app in action, which features HD content and opti...
Top 11 Tablets
Forbes - 8 Dec 2012 21:25
Eleven of the most noteworthy tablets currently on the market.
Will The Google Nexus 7 Overhaul The iPad This Christmas?
Forbes - 8 Dec 2012 21:25DoorBot Lets You Answer Your Door With a Smartphone or Tablet
Mashable - 8 Dec 2012 21:07
Wouldn't it be great to answer your front door with a smartphone? That's the promise of Doorbot, a Wi-Fi-enabled doorbell that alerts you whenever someone pushes its button, sending audio and video to your smartphone. Th...
What The Daily Got Right From Day One
TechCrunch - 8 Dec 2012 21:00
Editor's note: Brian Alvey is chief scientist and founder of Ceros. News Corp announced earlier this week that it was shutting down The Daily. The following day, TechCrunch writer and CrunchFund General Part...