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The Internet's least-favorite congressman could head the FBI

Sat, 18 May 2013 07:53:49 -0400

The Internet's least-favorite congressman could head the FBI: kcollier@dailydot.com (Kevin Collier),...

Live streaming comes to ABC Player app for iOS Peter Cohen,...

Mon, 13 May 2013 07:55:16 -0400

Live streaming comes to ABC Player app for iOS
Peter Cohen, imore.com

ABC plans to begin live-streaing content from its local stations in the New York and Philadelphia markets this week. What’s more, the company is negotiating to enable the service to work with more than 200 affiliates, according to Brian Stetler of…

Forget sex: how the idea behind Bang with Friends could...

Sun, 12 May 2013 09:16:45 -0400

Forget sex: how the idea behind Bang with Friends could revolutionize social interaction
By Sean Hollister, theverge.com

Apple’s Find My Friends, a mostly-unrelated concept.
Perhaps you’ve heard of Bang With Friends. It’s a rather controversial thing. Simply put, it’s a Facebook and mobile app that lets you pick which of your friends you’d like to “bang.” O…

Microsoft wants a Windows 8 iTunes app, of course, but...

Fri, 10 May 2013 07:28:26 -0400

Microsoft wants a Windows 8 iTunes app, of course, but Apple’s not so keen
imore.com

Not surprisingly, Microsoft wants Apple to create a Windows 8 version of iTunes. Apple already makes a version of iTunes that runs just fine on Windows 8, but it’s a “desktop app” not a “Win …

Google offers iOS developers a way to treat Chrome almost like...

Wed, 08 May 2013 09:28:02 -0400

Google offers iOS developers a way to treat Chrome almost like the default browser
Richard Devine, imore.com

Google has released code that gives developers the ability to have links open directly in Google Chrome instead of Apple’s built-in Safari browser, and return users right back to their app with a single tap. A developer has to add Google’s code —…

Nice. I am slowly adding more and more google services to the main screen of my iPhone 5, anything that makes living in the googleverse easier on iOS, I am all for.

Now where is that babble thing?

Jony Ive once again rumored to be painting a kinder, flatter iOS...

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:05:34 -0400

Jony Ive once again rumored to be painting a kinder, flatter iOS 7 interface
imore.com

We’ve been hearing about Jony Ive taking a sand blaster to iOS 7 — removing a lot of the heavier textures, gradients, shadows, and skeuomorphs that built up at Apple under Steve Jobs and Sco …

New springboard or no, that interface needs a face loft and I believe in Jony Ive. http://flip.it/MRQ42

Physicists believe it's possible to build a perpetual motion machine

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 22:04:22 -0400

Physicists believe it's possible to build a perpetual motion machine: io9.com All bets are off. A...

iPhone Super-Hacker Comex, Let Go From Apple, Goes To Work For...

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 23:35:53 -0400

iPhone Super-Hacker Comex, Let Go From Apple, Goes To Work For Google
Andy Greenberg, forbes.com

If Apple couldn’t appreciate one of the most talented hackers to ever touch its products, perhaps its biggest competitor can.
Nicholas Allegra, a.k.a. Comex, who rose to fame as the 19-year-old creator of the JailbreakMe hacking too…

Netflix Surpasses HBO in U.S. Subscribers

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 07:57:24 -0400

Netflix Surpasses HBO in U.S. Subscribers: It’s official.

Netflix is a thing.

How modern cars already drive better than you...

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 12:11:03 -0400

How modern cars already drive better than you do
techhive.com

Automated vehicles aren’t just a Google side project anymore. At the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show, Toyota debuted its “advanced active safety research vehicle,” which is basically a Lexu …

Hopscotch for iPad Makes Coding Kid-Friendly Lauren Goode,...

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 21:39:18 -0400

Hopscotch for iPad Makes Coding Kid-Friendly
Lauren Goode, allthingsd.com

More and more schools have been ramping up STEM education — science, technology, engineering and math — in the classroom. Even the White House has thrown its weight behind STEM initiatives for kids.
But that doesn’t necessarily m…

Yeah getting this for D1.

New magnetic putty video hypnotizes as much as it horrifies

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 12:54:39 -0400

New magnetic putty video hypnotizes as much as it horrifies: George Dvorsky, io9.com Magnetic putty...

Official: Hyundai reveals flying car among other wacky concepts...

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 21:53:38 -0400

Official: Hyundai reveals flying car among other wacky concepts [w/video]
Jonathon Ramsey, autoblog.com

Hyundai has held an IDEA festival for the past three years that gives its engineers a break from seat belts, and electrical harnesses and wheel arch moldings. Each festival serves up a theme for personal mobility, after that there’s no limit -…

So the flying car is finally here, and it’s a Hyundai?

Netflix plans its move from Microsoft Silverlight to HTML5...

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 21:35:46 -0400

Netflix plans its move from Microsoft Silverlight to HTML5 video
By Bryan Bishop, theverge.com

Last month Google announced that Netflix was now available on ARM-based Samsung Chromebooks thanks to the use of HTML5 video — and now the streaming service has outlined its larger plans to eventually move to the format for all…

This means web Netflix viewing on Linux, and and pretty much any other device that doesn’t already have its own Netflix app. Pretty much the nail in the coffin for Netflix accessibility.

What Happens When You Push Concrete Beyond Its Limits? Robert...

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 19:20:45 -0400

What Happens When You Push Concrete Beyond Its Limits?
Robert Schoon, gizmodo.com

Common sense dictates that you don’t want to be anywhere near a concrete pylon when the load it’s bearing is too much: when all that weight comes crashing down, you’ll find out quickly how much weight your body can shoulder as well.

How do you make eggs out of plants? (And why?) Lauren Davis,...

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 11:51:19 -0400

How do you make eggs out of plants? (And why?)
Lauren Davis, io9.com

As food science and our understanding plant proteins expands by leafs and stems, some food-thinking entrepreneurs are looking for ways to make our agricultural products safer, more environmentally sustainable, more humane, and yes, cheaper. Recent…

Apple close to deals on Pandora-like streaming service, hoping...

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 10:10:52 -0400

Apple close to deals on Pandora-like streaming service, hoping for summer launch
Joseph Keller, imore.com

Apple may soon strike deals with two of the major record labels that would allow them to launch a Pandora-like radio service by this summer. While Apple seems to have made a deal that has them paying the labels less on a per-stream basis than…

Skype hack hijacks your computer, puts it to work making...

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 08:51:13 -0400

Skype hack hijacks your computer, puts it to work making Bitcoin
curt@dailydot.com (Curt Hopkins), dailydot.com

To put it mildly, Skype is not known as a communications platform with excellent security. But lately it seems worse than usual.According to a post on Securelist by Kaspersky Lab’s Dmitri Bestuzhev, a new malware attack first spotted in Venezuela …

Brilliant! I sort of wish I thought of it.

Microsoft employee to angry gamers: “Deal with...

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 08:47:56 -0400

Microsoft employee to angry gamers: “Deal with it”
fidel@dailydot.com (Fidel Martinez), dailydot.com

Microsoft Studios creative director Adam Orth is in a bit of hot water after blasting anyone who doesn’t have a reliable Internet connection, as well as offending gamers who live in rural areas.Orth took to Twitter yesterday to dismiss anyone who…

Smell-O-Vision Might Actually Be Happening, But Who Even Knows...

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 22:55:47 -0400

Smell-O-Vision Might Actually Be Happening, But Who Even Knows Anymore
Lily Newman, gizmodo.com

Doesn’t it seem like being able to smell a TV show would be undesirable a lot of the time? Alex Trebek’s cologne would be wafting around your grandma’s all through Easter dinner and then your house would smell like blood after the Game of Thrones…