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D.C. parade marks 153 years since slaves were freed in the capital
Mashable - 17 Apr 2015 01:57
Nine months before former United States President Abraham Lincoln freed all slaves in Confederate states on Jan. 1, 1863, slaves in America's capital city had their own emancipation A two-hour parade on Thursday in Washi...
Jared Leto teases his look for The Joker on Snapchat
Mashable - 17 Apr 2015 01:55
Press releases are tired in our current 24 hour news cycle. Just make your point in ten seconds or less, and let your devoted followers spread the news for you. That seems to be Jared Leto's take, anyway What we do know ...
U.S. Air Force moves toward common satellite control system
Reuters - 17 Apr 2015 01:54
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NailO puts a wireless trackpad on your thumbnail
Gizmag - 17 Apr 2015 01:53
Imagine if you had your hands full preparing a meal, but then had to put everything down so you could reach over to turn the recipe page on your laptop or tablet. Well, you wouldn't have to if you were using the NailO. B...
Rest your hobbit head in this 'Lord of the Rings' bedroom
CNET - 17 Apr 2015 01:52Glossier CEO On Building A Skincare, Cosmetics Empire Online At Disrupt NY
TechCrunch - 17 Apr 2015 01:47
The world’s major cosmetics companies like L’Oreal and Shisheido are at least a century old. But a New York-based startup from a former fashion assistant at Vogue and W is making waves. Emily Weiss is the founder a...
LA school district seeks millions from Apple over iPad software woes
PC World - 17 Apr 2015 01:46
The Los Angeles Unified School District is seeking a multimillion dollar refund from Apple over a failed project to provide 650,000 students with iPads they could use at home. LA Unified approached Apple in 2013 about us...
EyeEm Raises $18M To Expand Its Photo Marketplace
TechCrunch - 17 Apr 2015 01:45
Photo-sharing startup EyeEm has raised $18 million to accelerate the expansion of its recently launched photo marketplace, CEO Flo Meissner announced on Medium this afternoon. EyeEm’s marketplace leverages the app’...
Sysadmins, patch now: 'pings of death' are spewing across web to kill Windows servers
The Register - 17 Apr 2015 01:41
Patch Tuesday bug reverse engineered by Thursday The SANS Institute has warned Windows IIS web server admins to get patching as miscreants are now exploiting a flaw in the software to crash websites....
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CNET - 17 Apr 2015 01:36NASA images show dwarf planet Ceres in highest-resolution yet
Mashable - 17 Apr 2015 01:35
NASA's Dawn spacecraft, which has spent the past month orbiting the dwarf planet Ceres, managed to snap the highest-resolution images seen to date of the mysterious planetary body, according to the space agency. Dawn spe...
Why Apple just bought 36,000 acres of forest land
BGR - 17 Apr 2015 01:35
Together with The Conservation Fund, Apple on Thursday announced its plan to acquire upwards of 36,000 acres of forest land in the eastern United States, in Maine and North Carolina to be precise. The purpose behind the ...
China's DJI drones flying high among U.S. companies
Reuters - 17 Apr 2015 01:34
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There is now an R2-D2 airplane
The Verge - 17 Apr 2015 01:31
If you thought the new teaser trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens was the most exciting Star Wars thing to happen today, you were dearly mistaken. Hang on to your hat, because there is now a jumbo jet designed to lo...
Ryan Gosling is in movies again, lines up 'Blade Runner' sequel
Mashable - 17 Apr 2015 01:30
LOS ANGELES — Come to think of it, Ryan Gosling has always had a bit of a replicant vibe about him. Or maybe that's just a Canadian thing? in any case, the Drive star is in negotiations (read: He's doing it) to co-star...
Learn How to Easily Detect Counterfeit Bills with This Video
Life Hacker - 17 Apr 2015 01:30
When you're selling your stuff in person--either through Craigslist or some other service--knowing how to detect a counterfeit bill can keep you from getting scammed . You may already know a few of these tricks, but some...
Ultratide Smartwatch Lets You Know When the Surf's Up
NBC News - 17 Apr 2015 01:25
There are smartwatches for everyday life, for runners and for bikers, but what about surfers?
Google Search now showing all apps related to search content, not just the ones already installed
Android Central - 17 Apr 2015 01:25
Google has changed the way that app indexing is handled on Google Search and is now showing any available related apps instead of just ones you already have installed. Apps have been indexed in Google Search for quite so...
The Rolling Robot From The Star Wars Trailer Actually Exists And It's Awesome
TechCrunch - 17 Apr 2015 01:25
Remember that incredibly neat soccer-ball lookin’ robot from the Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer? The fans started debating about it pretty much immediately, as they tend to do. How the hell did it work? It had ...
Samsung Galaxy S6 Extended Warranty Covers Broken Screens And Water Damage, For A Price
IBTimes - 17 Apr 2015 01:23
Your new Samsung Galaxy S6 or Galaxy S6 Edge handset may look good and work well now, but that could change in one unfortunate moment. Samsung guarantees its phones for a year in the event of a problem like battery failu...
Apple Seeds OS X Yosemite 10.10.4 Beta
Ubergizmo - 17 Apr 2015 01:23
Apple recently released the OS X 10.10.3 with the new app "Photos" for Mac, and today, the company issued the primary beta build of OS X 10.10.4 Yosemite to the developers for testing purposes. It seems like that the lat...