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WhatsApp handles 50 billion messages daily, more than SMS delivery
Slash Gear - 21 Jan 2014 13:54
WhatsApp is a cross-platform messaging service that has been around for a while. In June of 2013, the WhatsApp service hit a record with a daily average of 27 billion …
Bill Gates: Innovation to nearly eradicate poor countries by 2035
Slash Gear - 21 Jan 2014 22:47
Technology comes in many varieties, and though the left arm may be doing something vastly different than the right arm, both intersect at the same point -- the human element, …
Lego relaunching Ultra Agents with AR app that brings your minifigs to life
Pocket-lint - 21 Jan 2014 13:04
Lego has launched a number of new collections at Toy Fair 2014, including a new refreshed Ultra Agents collection. The James Bond-style set comes with a range of exciting mini figures and vehicles including a truck that ...
Gawker Watch Fight Club's First Fight With Brad Pitt Digitally Removed | Jalopnik Sports Illustrated
Gizmodo - 21 Jan 2014 16:31
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Leaked Photos Show the Fujifilm X-T1 in all its Glory with New Specs
The Phoblographer - 21 Jan 2014 16:13
Ahead of its January 28th reveal, the Fujifilm X-T1 leaks out in photos and new specs. The post Leaked Photos Show the Fujifilm X-T1 in all its Glory with New Specs appeared first on The Phoblographer.
Match Heads Igniting at 4,000 FPS Look Like Dying Alien Worlds
Gizmodo - 21 Jan 2014 01:00
It's usually over in an instant, but when you capture macro footage of a match head igniting at 4,000 frames per second, suddenly that almost instantaneous event becomes a fascinating look into the science of fire and ig...
Verizon agrees to purchase Intel OnCue Cloud TV platform
Slash Gear - 21 Jan 2014 12:25
In late November of 2013, we first mentioned that insiders were saying that Intel was pitching the purchase of its OnCue Cloud TV platform to Verizon for the first time. …
The Army Wants to Replace Up to 25 Percent of Its Soldiers with Robots
Gizmodo - 21 Jan 2014 18:20
Cash-strapped and somewhat adrift in terms of missions, the U.S. Army is in the midst of an existential crisis. Once ballooning in budget and size, the Army now says it wants to be "a smaller, more lethal, deployable, an...
Sony could launch its Xperia Z Ultra phone as a WiFi only 'tablet'
Engadget - 21 Jan 2014 16:17
We've seen many a tablet turn into a road warrior -- or even a huge phone -- with the addition of a SIM card. A phone becoming a tablet is a much scarcer transformation, but if any device can make that switch, it's Sony'...
Verizon Is Buying Intel's Wildly Ambitious Internet TV Project
Gizmodo - 21 Jan 2014 14:43
After Intel very publicly announced some huge and ambitious plans for its internet TV service , it's just announced that it's... selling the project to Verizon.
Leaked software suggests Sony's next flagship phone will record 4K video
Engadget - 21 Jan 2014 13:45
With shots of a new Sony smartphone surfacing ahead of a possible reveal at next month's Mobile World Congress, we guessed it wouldn't be long until we laid eyes on the software powering it. XperiaBlog got its hands on a...
Report: Amazon Might Create an Online TV Service To Compete With Cable
Gizmodo - 21 Jan 2014 23:35
The next company in a seemingly never-ending deluge of company working on some kind of online TV streaming service? It's Amazon, according to a WSJ report.
iOS in Your Car Could Look Pretty Great
Gizmodo - 21 Jan 2014 22:30
One of the big revelations from the iOS 7 debut was that Apple's working on an in-car version of the mobile operating system . Now app developer Steve Troughton-Smith has tweeted some images of what iOS could, and should...
Welcome to Lifehacker, After Hours: Time to Turn On Incognito Mode
Life Hacker - 21 Jan 2014 01:00
Here at Lifehacker, we think of ourselves as a home base for the helpful, practical, and productive...and we've never been what you would call "edgy." We've never strayed too far from our more conservative nature. Today,...
The World's First Nuclear Submarine Was Launched 60 Years Ago
Gizmodo - 21 Jan 2014 22:20
Launched 60 years ago today, the USS Nautilus (SSN-571) was the world's first nuclear-powered submarine. Its atomic fuel source gave for the U.S Navy a dramatic increase in both range and operational flexibility. A few y...
Wowwee MiP balancing robot wants to be your gesture controlled friend
Pocket-lint - 21 Jan 2014 12:15
MiP is the balancing robot who zips about on two wheels doing the bidding of your every gesture. It can also carry its own weight and fight other robots. MiP uses two wheels with intelligent balancing to get around. You ...
How Google Glass Will Save Car Enthusiasts From Extinction
Gizmodo - 21 Jan 2014 23:00
"Computers are killing the automotive hobby!" Car geeks say this with defeatist disdain; tech nerds utter it with futurist superiority. Thing is, they're both wrong. Virtual reality and wearable tech could very well save...
[GadgeTell] Boost Max, AKA ZTE Beast, unofficially pictured, coming soon with mid-range specs
Technology Tell - 21 Jan 2014 18:40
[From GadgeTell] It looks like Boost Mobile is preparing to enrich its budget-friendly 4G LTE-enabled smartphone line-up just as ZTE eyes an intensification of its US mobile décor aura.
[EntertainmentTell] 'How I Met Your Mother's" "Knuffle Bunny" shoutout: Wumby flamby snurp
Technology Tell - 21 Jan 2014 16:07
[From EntertainmentTell] A surprisingly reference to "Knuffle Bunny" last night
LG MP76 IPS monitor not only looks good, it works great, too!
Coolest Gadgets - 21 Jan 2014 14:00
Every now and then, you might want to take a look at your desktop set up and see whether there is a need to change some bits and pieces here and there. For instance, does your monitor need a change? How about the motherb...
The grotesque art of distorting human faces
The Verge - 21 Jan 2014 10:23
Portrait is a surreal video from Italian artist Donato Sansone (aka Milkyeyes) that presents a set of portraits in motion. Blurring the line between video and painting, the portraits are almost nightmarish in their compo...
What nurses need to know, do to offer evidence-based care
Science Daily - 21 Jan 2014 21:38
Researchers have come up with an answer for health care systems and professionals struggling with how to most effectively adopt evidence-based practice in their clinical settings. They've developed evidence-based practic...