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This Is How Hiroshima Looked From the Ground
Gizmodo - 11 Jan 2013 16:20
This picture, found in a Japanese Elementary School, depicts the mushroom cloud which formed when the US dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. More
Verizon's 'six strikes' policy will reportedly make users watch an anti-piracy video before bandwidth is throttled
Engadget - 11 Jan 2013 23:43
We got some details on Verizon's (and Time Warner Cable's) so-called six strikes policy for dealing with piracy back in November, but TorrentFreak has now turned up more details on just how it will work. According to a c...
Casio's G-Shock GB5600A pairs nicely with iPhones, takes us down memory lane (hands-on)
Engadget - 11 Jan 2013 22:44
While Casio's G-Shock GB6900 was among the company's main focuses at CES 2013, there was yet another watch to be seen inside the company's booth. Interestingly enough, though, the Japanese firm wasn't exactly showcasing ...
Dropbox Experiencing Syncing Issues On The Web And Desktop, But Your Files Are Safe
TechCrunch - 11 Jan 2013 02:09
If you're an avid Dropbox user, then you have probably figured out that the site and service aren't working properly right now. A lot of tech professionals use the service to share files with distributed teams. It's a li...
Why CES Matters (For Now)
TechCrunch - 11 Jan 2013 21:25
It's easy to hate CES. It's a vapid, broken wunderkammer filled with booze, waste, and gadgets no one will buy for months if not years if ever at all. The show floor is a crass place where marketers try out ways to get i...
Christina Gagnier: California Attorney General Releases Guidelines for Mobile App Privacy
The Huffington Post - 11 Jan 2013 20:32
California's Attorney General Kamala Harris released new guidelines targeted at mobile application developers to ensure consumer awareness of privacy and data practices. This trajectory could be influential in creating f...
'Watson' Needed Filter for Computer Curser Problem
ABC News - 11 Jan 2013 19:16
IBM's Watson-the super computer used to sweep Jeopardy! contestants- became such a foul mouthed computer after ingesting the Urban Dictionary it required a swear filter. In an effort to "humanize" the super computer when...
Apple Adds Streaming Movie and TV Service Watchever to Apple TV in Germany [iOS Blog]
Mac Rumors - 11 Jan 2013 18:00
As noted by The Next Web, Apple has added support for new movie and TV streaming service Watchever to the Apple TV in Germany. Essentially a German version of Hulu launched by Vivendi this month, it offers local, Europea...
Facebook tests $100 charge to message Zuckerberg
USA Today - 11 Jan 2013 04:22
Facebook is testing some "extreme price points" to let users pay to send messages.
This Picture Shows Everything Wrong With 'Booth Babes' at CES
Mashable - 11 Jan 2013 02:45
'Booth babes' have been one of the more unfortunate features of tech trade shows for years. Women (we've never seen any male booth babes) chosen for their looks are paid to hang around a company's booth and attract the m...
SAP takes ERP in-memory
ZDNet - 11 Jan 2013 01:19
The German Enterprise software behemoth brings its core applications to its HANA in-memory database.
The Final Video of NASA's Twin Spacecraft Before Crashing On the Moon
Gizmodo - 11 Jan 2013 00:38
These are NASA's GRAIL twin spacecraft's final videos before crashing. Ebb and Flow--as the spacecraft's were affectionately known at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory--turned on their video cameras for one last time three d...
Why You Shouldn't Be Too Quick to Cheer Self-Driving Cars
Gizmodo - 11 Jan 2013 00:00
One of the clear automotive technology trends at CES this year is cars that drive themselves. From Audi to Lexus to Ford, the world's largest car companies are beginning to follow Google's lead in an effort to produce ca...
Andy Plesser: Report from CES: Connected TV's Have Come of Age
The Huffington Post - 11 Jan 2013 23:58
LAS VEGAS - At last year's CES, advertising on Internet-connect TV's was presented as an emerging opportunity. This year, major brands including American Express,...
The End of Courtship?
The New York Times - 11 Jan 2013 23:56
Millennials are stuck navigating a new romantic landscape in the age of technology and the hookup.
Nikon Lens Holster Keeps You On Point When Speedy Lens Swaps are a Must
PetaPixel - 11 Jan 2013 23:515 Chinese Tech Brands You'll Be Hearing From in 2013
Mashable - 11 Jan 2013 23:51
As John F. Kennedy once noted, the Chinese word for "crisis" is composed of the characters for "danger" and "opportunity." So characteristically, amid the hand-wringing at CES about the show's decreased relevance, a hand...
Konka Expose 970 hands-on
Engadget - 11 Jan 2013 23:49
Konka phones rarely (if ever) grace our desks at home, but the company certainly makes a solid effort to show them off to the masses at trade shows like CES. The latest device featured at Konka's booth is the Expose 970,...
Fleksy Eyes-Free Mobile Keyboard Comes To Android At CES 2013 [Video]
TechCrunch - 11 Jan 2013 23:46
Fleksy, the new mobile keyboard that debuted on iOS back in August, was showing its stuff at CES this year. The trick of automatically predicting what you're typing without requiring much more than your relative tap posi...
Developers can now promote apps with localized badges
Android Central - 11 Jan 2013 23:45
Here's a small but really cool customization for app developers that Google just announced: You can now build the Google Play badges (you see them whenever we write about an app) in 47 languages, from Afrikaans to isiZul...
John McAfee Is Hunkered Down in Portland Now
Gizmodo - 11 Jan 2013 23:43
Of course it's Portland. The weirdest story in tech in 2012 has resurfaced in the Northwest. McAfee's going to be spending the next 18 months in the city, and we're trying to figure out what, exactly his next move is. Mo...
Scoot Networks launches one-way electric scooter trips
GigaOM - 11 Jan 2013 23:42
A one way electric scooter trip -- is that the answer to getting you to the train station every morning? Startup Scoot Networks has now launched one-way trips for its growing network of shared electric scooters.