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The Best App Designer In The World Is Now Working With Facebook
The guy behind pull-to-refresh, the original Twitter app, and Letterpress is “helping” at Facebook. Via: loren.brichter.usesthis.com Loren Brichter, who is arguably the most influential mobile app...
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What's Behind The Fear Of Missing Out On Grief
Social media has given us a strange new response to tragedy — the feeling that we must post something about it. Via: facebook.com Monday's Boston marathon tragedy was met with the expected flood of...
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Life's Greatest Questions According To Google Searches
What does Google Chrome search bar thinks I'm looking for when I type in “Why is my …”? Weird, weird things, evidently. Why is my a Why is my b Why is my c Why is my d View Entire List ›
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Tech Is Letting Go Of The Follower Count
The Internet's popularity metric of choice is growing increasingly irrelevant. But what comes next? In the early days, Facebook and Twitter felt a bit like games. Search and find old friends! Follow...
View ArticleThe First Google Glass Videos Are Out
Prepare for a flood of first-person video. Here's a Glass unboxing, sort of: And a go-kart race: LINK: Gizmodo has a bunch more, which you can watch here.
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Can The 3DS Save Nintendo?
Nintendo's handheld is the hottest system is gaming . Can it rub off on its disappointing big brother? This morning's Nintendo Direct presentation, a near-monthly webcast in which Nintendo president...
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The Man Behind The Internet's Hunt For The Boston Bomber
A wide-ranging and chaotic campaign, led by Reddit and 4chan, to find the killer. If you spend much time on the internet today, you'll probably see at least one example of the following: a photo of...
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Millionaire Uses An Old-Ass Cellphone
Andrew Luck has a cellphone that's older than he is. Approximately. Andrew Luck plays quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts. He's very good at it — his presence as a rookie was the main reason Indy...
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After Massive Online Search For Lu Lingzi, Chinese Netizens Express Grief
“She died in America, and that's why we know her name.” Friends and family use Chinese social media to try and find the third victim of the Boston bombings, and then to mourn her. (Translations of...
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Why Everyone's Afraid To Make Apps For Kids
New amendments to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act have app developers scared. Via: shutterstock.com Last Wednesday, a group of app developers, lawyers, representatives from Federal Trade...
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Twitter Music Is Twitter For The 40%
Nearly half of active Twitter users don't tweet. Twitter Music is not for Twitter's power users, it's for them. This morning Twitter rolled out its much-teased music app with considerable fanfare on...
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This Game About Alcohol Abuse Will Break Your Heart
Now that anyone with a PC can play Papo Y Yo , it's time to give this gorgeous game a longer moment in the sun. Perhaps no game released last year split opinion like Papo Y Yo. The first title from...
View ArticleGet Ready For Google+ Comments
Google's building Google+ comments into Blogger, which not-so-gently suggests a fuller Google+ comment system in the future. The trick: people who might otherwise never use Google+ might not think...
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8 Everyday Objects That Are Crawling With Germs
Just accept it: germs are all around you. Your phone. The good news is that if you have a phone with a touch screen, it's probably slightly less disgusting than a traditional phone with raised...
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27 People Who Shouldn't Have Friended Their Relatives On Facebook
Thanks for posting on my wall, Dad. Great. Really great. Brianna. Source: lamebook.com This girl. Source: lamebook.com Michael. Source: runt-of-the-web.com Nick. Source: alligator-sunglasses.com View...
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Watch What Happens When You Wring Out A Washcloth In Space
In space, no one can hear you clean. This is Chris Hadfield, a Canadian astronaut. You may remember him from last week when he showed us what it's like to cry in space: Well, he's back for more fun...
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The Media Doesn't Own The Story Anymore
With a 17-year-old implicated for the Boston bombings and then exonerated by the internet in mere hours, it's time for the press to start guiding readers through the sea of information — and stop...
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Kenneth Cole Should Probably Quit Twitter
This was his tweet yesterday regarding the Senate gun control vote. It's an old ad image, not something he wrote specifically for the current events. Because not only is he a hack writer, he's lazy,...
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This Is What An Hour Of A First Person Shooter Looks Like To Your Mouse
Team Fortress 2 , in swipes, clicks and stops. Reddit user Derpasaurous mapped almost an hour of mouse use. Here's what it looks like (lines are swipes, dots are clicks, and circles are stops). LINK:...
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The Problem With Police Scanners
In unfamiliar hands, a familiar breaking news tool can wreak havoc. For the past 12 hours, much of Twitter's information torrent surrounding the Boston manhunt has been powered by a familiar source....
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