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'2 Guns' Financer Emmett/Furla Receives Coin From Oasis Ventures
Variety - 22 Jul 2013 21:25
Emmett/Furla Films, a financer of the Mark Wahlberg-Denzel Washington actioner "2 Guns," has found new financing from the Middle East by selling an undisclosed stake in itself to Dubai-based Oasis Ventures Entertainment....
The Custom Standing Workspace
Life Hacker - 22 Jul 2013 22:30
IKEA offers a variety of recipes for standing desks and reader meeper3000 decided to employ one to create this highly organized, custom standing workspace.
Nokia's 'big' tease: Lumia 625?
ZDNet - 22 Jul 2013 23:58
"Something BIG landing here tomorrow," Nokia writes in a blog post. Well then.
Canon May be Testing a 75+ Megapixel DSLR
The Phoblographer - 22 Jul 2013 16:30
Canon's new 75MP DSLR might be just a myth...or not.
Rovio's Latest Bad Piggies Update Is Nothing To Snort At
TechCrunch - 22 Jul 2013 19:46
Rovio has just released an update to Bad Piggies, the game that turned the tables, this time making the Bad Piggies the protagonists. Players are asked to build vehicles using various tools, boosts, and materials and the...
Hasselblad announces distinctly RX100-esque 'Stellar' compact
DP Review - 22 Jul 2013 20:30
Hasselblad has unveiled a rather familiar-looking compact camera - the Stellar. The very RX100-esque compact offers the same 28-100mm equivalent Zeiss-branded zoom and 20MP 1"-type sensor as the Sony, but comes with a su...
eBay Brings Same-Day Delivery Service eBay Now To Desktop, Prepares Regional Expansions
TechCrunch - 22 Jul 2013 18:00
eBay Now, the same-day shipping service that first debuted for San Francisco residents nearly a year ago before further expansions into San Jose and New York, is preparing to broaden its service yet again, with added sup...
Researcher comes forward to claim responsibility for "intrusion" on Apple developer site
GigaOM - 22 Jul 2013 16:15
A man admits that after reporting a security issue in its developer website to Apple, he went on to download the user information of more than 100,000 developers for testing purposes.
Yahoo to buy back 40 million shares from Third Point
Reuters - 22 Jul 2013 16:06
(Reuters) - Yahoo Inc said on Monday it will buy 40 million of its shares owned by activist hedge fund Third Point LLC for $29.11 a share, Friday's closing price, and that three Yahoo directors nominated by Third Point h...
Apple developer site undergoing rebuild after intrusion
ZDNet - 22 Jul 2013 08:24
Cupertino finally gives an explanation for the extended downtime of its developer website.
Ohio Zoo Attempts To Mate Female Rhino With Her Brother For Species Survival
Slashdot - 22 Jul 2013 08:01
An anonymous reader writes "Unfortunately for the Sumatran rhino the fate of the species may boil down to a plan by the Cincinnati Zoo to breed their lone female with her little brother. 'We absolutely need more calves f...
Facebook's drive into developing nations scores 100 million users
The Verge - 22 Jul 2013 05:27
Facebook has announced a new milestone in its mission to capture emerging markets -- over 100 million people are using its Facebook for Every Phone app, which runs on around 3,000 feature phone models worldwide. The Java...
Your Smartphone May Soon Alert You When You Get Snail Mail
Mashable - 22 Jul 2013 01:00
There are many reasons to put off a trip to the mailbox: extreme temperatures, injuries, pure laziness, not to mention the disappointment of going through all that trouble only to greet an empty mailbox. Postifier, curre...
China's Media Investment In Africa Shows Leadership And Raises Questions
Forbes - 22 Jul 2013 23:57eBay CEO John Donahoe: I Wish We Could Buy Airbnb But We Can't Afford It
TechCrunch - 22 Jul 2013 23:55
At Fortune's Brainstorm Conference in Aspen today, eBay CEO John Donahoe joined the stage with Airbnb's co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky to talk about how they mentor each other (you can watch the livestream here). The tw...
Samsung's own developer conference: A move to to rely less on Google?
L.A. Times - 22 Jul 2013 23:55This Stunning Wedding Photo Is a Viral Success
Mashable - 22 Jul 2013 23:50
When wedding photographer Steph Grant snapped this photo of Los Angeles brides Shannon and Seema at their June wedding, she knew it was gorgeous. The couple looks head over heels in love and their attire is vivid -- it's...
Google and Verizon events, Surface RT failure, HTC One Mini, Lumia 925 (MobileTechRoundup show #300)
ZDNet - 22 Jul 2013 23:50
Kevin and I recorded MoTR podcast #300 this weekend and look forward to continuing the discussion with faithful listeners.
Sun's giant coronal mass ejection captured on film
CNET - 22 Jul 2013 23:49
Stunning media shows a terrifyingly large ejection of electronic-disrupting particles leaving the sun at impossible speeds. Where's it going? We've got the answer.
Gateway refreshes its laptops, desktops for back-to-school shopping
ZDNet - 22 Jul 2013 23:49
The updated systems use a mix of Intel and AMD processors, with new notebooks starting as low as $379.99 and desktops as low as $298.
Shiny, happy Earth photobombs Saturn snapshot
New Scientist - 22 Jul 2013 18:30
Photons bounced off your waving arm might be in this image of the ringed planet, taken last week by NASA's Cassini spacecraft
U.S. statistician Silver moves popular site to ESPN from NY Times
Reuters - 22 Jul 2013 23:45
(Reuters) - Nate Silver, the statistician who earned star status by correctly predicting the 2012 U.S. presidential election in all 50 states, said on Monday he is moving his popular FiveThirtyEight blog to sports media ...