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LG G Pro 2 Review
Slash Gear - 4 Mar 2014 17:00
With the LG G Pro 2 we've got what's essentially a mix and upgrade to the LG G2 and the LG G Flex. This device is just as massive as …
Hilarious photos make Oscar nominees pose with their younger selves
Gizmodo - 4 Mar 2014 06:09
This is great. A genius Reddit user stitched together pictures of celebrities posing with younger versions of themselves. Think Oscar winner Matthew McConaughey was always such a fine actor? You must've forgot about his ...
Aether Cone speaker promises streaming selection smarts
Slash Gear - 4 Mar 2014 19:46
A conical intelligent speaker could cut through the choice-overload of online music services, with startup Aether promising simplicity without giving up choice with its new Cone streamer. Shaped, as the …
Music Video Features Lip Sync Time-Lapse Shot Over Nine Months
PetaPixel - 4 Mar 2014 01:09
The ‘lyric-lapse‘ isn’t new. But creating one takes so much time and dedication that we still don’t see them crop up very often. But that dedication pays off, and it’s musician Bosley and his video for “Just ...
What the Ukrainian Crisis Means for Astronauts in Space
Gizmodo - 4 Mar 2014 20:20
Ever since NASA retired its space shuttle program in 2011, the only way to get up to the International Space Station is on a Russian Soyuz. That's why the six humans currently orbiting in space--including two Americans a...
In the UK, Fujifilm Will Now Put Lizard Skin on Your X-Series Camera
The Phoblographer - 4 Mar 2014 16:30
Fancy some (fake) lizard skin on your X-Pro 1? Fujifilm UK now offers custom leatherettes for some of the X-series cameras.
Police Hid Use of Cell Phone Tracker Because Manufacturer Asked Nicely
Gizmodo - 4 Mar 2014 01:20
It appears that at least one police department in Florida has failed to tell judges about its use of a cell phone tracking device because the department got the device on loan and promised the manufacturer to keep it all...
LG G Pad 8.3 LTE arrives on Verizon March 6th for $300
Engadget - 4 Mar 2014 20:02
Thanks to an FCC filing back in January, we knew LG's G Pad 8.3 was likely heading to Verizon. Today, Big Red made things official: the 8.3-inch slate will arrive with LTE this Thursday for $300 unsubsidized and $200 on-...
What Is This Fake Hoverboard Company Actually Promoting?
Gizmodo - 4 Mar 2014 22:45
In 1989 the director of Back to the Future II went on TV and declared that hoverboards were real. "They've been around for years, it's just that parents' groups have not let the toy manufacturers make them," Robert Zemec...
Samsung Galaxy Camera 2 Hands-on Photos
Photography Blog - 4 Mar 2014 16:05
Hands-on gallery of photos of the new Samsung Galaxy Camera 2 compact camera.
HBO Go arrives on PlayStation 3 today
Engadget - 4 Mar 2014 18:58
It's been a long time coming, but today the HBO Go app is finally available on PlayStation 3. Sadly, those of us who moved last-gen's consoles out of the living room to make space for shiny new ones are still in the lurc...
Dish Is Nuking Its Hopper DVR's Magical Ad-Skipping Feature for Disney
Gizmodo - 4 Mar 2014 01:25
Dish's Hopper DVR is awesome precisely because it makes it so easy to skip ads. The WSJ reports that the company will be scaling back the awesome auto-skipping feature on some Disney programming. It seems that consumer c...
Mt. Gox: What Happened
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Gizmodo - 4 Mar 2014 01:24
Gawker Your Doctor Is Probably Not Fat-Shaming You | Jalopnik The Ten Most Audacious Car Thefts In History | Jezebel State Schools May Not Be a 'Frugal' Option for Much Longer | Kotaku Yes, This Nazi-Killing Video Game H...
America's First 'Wireless Newspaper' Killed Catalina's Carrier Pigeons
Gizmodo - 4 Mar 2014 00:50
If you lived on the small Southern California island of Catalina at the turn of the century, news was hard to come by. The island had a rather unreliable carrier pigeon system and copies of the L.A. Times wouldn't arrive...
Twitter crafting employee dining rooms from old cabins
Slash Gear - 4 Mar 2014 00:35
Twitter, keeping in line with some of its other eclectic design choices, has tapped San Francisco-based Lundberg Design to design elements of new employee dining rooms made from two old …
Apple Is The Richest And Most Under-Staffed Company In Tech
TechPinions - 4 Mar 2014 15:05
Posit: Apple Is The Richest And Most Under-Staffed Company In Tech ~ Benedict Evans (@BenedictEvans) Anyone who follow Apple closely knows that they are a bundle of paradoxes. One of the most baffling of these is that Ap...
Teen leaks unreleased HTC One successor, and HTC isn't happy
Ars Technica - 4 Mar 2014 00:23
After a vague threat, the leaker tried to backtrack.
China's Deepest Diving Sub Is Getting a New Set of Eyes
Gizmodo - 4 Mar 2014 02:20
Studying the creatures of the deep sea--be they Giant Squid or Jaguar Sharks--is no easy feat. It's cold, dark, and nearly inaccessible to humans. But that hasn't stopped us from exploring the furthest depths of the ocea...
Canon PowerShot G1 X Mark II Hands-on Photos
Photography Blog - 4 Mar 2014 16:10
Hands-on gallery of photos of the new Canon PowerShot G1 X Mark II compact camera.
After 14 Years and 34,000 Miles, this 64-year-old Dad Continues to Walk in Memory of his Kids
Twisted Sifter - 4 Mar 2014 08:13
In 1999, Steve Fugate lost his son to suicide. A few years later, he lost his daughter to a drug overdose. At sixty-four years old, he has walked across the United States seven times to raise awareness for depression ...
This Guy Modded Out His DeLorean With an In-Dash iPad and It's Awesome
Gizmodo - 4 Mar 2014 02:05
Today we got our first look at CarPlay, Apple's answer to the interactive in-car infotainment craze. But YouTuber DMCPat didn't wait around for the Apple sanctioned iPad integration--he built-in an iPad Mini complete wit...