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Is MOG Trying to Sell Itself?
CNET says the streaming music service MOG has quietly approached entities in the digital music space about buying the company. MOG says they’re doing just fine, but of course, have offered little in the way of numbers to back that up. Are the streaming music services starting to find the floor in the freemium race … Continued
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Mayan Pyramid Fires Energy Beam Into the Sky or iPhone Sensor Glitch? YOU PICK!
As if it wasn’t enough with imbeciles claiming that the Earth will be consumed by a supernova or a hungry black hole in 2012, now we are getting photos of Mayan pyramids firing energy beams into the sky. Great. Just great. https://gizmodo.com/the-world-wont-end-consumed-by-a-supernova-in-2012-nas-5868922 One of the researchers who operates NASA Mars missions’ cameras thinks “it really … Continued
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Chinese Villages Use Giant Balloons to Steal Natural Gas
What would you do for simple gas to cook, or heat your home during the winter? Would you be willing to fill a giant bag full with natural gas and carry it into your home, at the risk of, well, exploding? Because that’s what villagers in the Shandong Province of China are doing. The villagers … Continued
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You Might Be Infertile Because Your Grandparents Were Mucking Around in Harmful Chemicals
New research shows that if your grandmother or even your great-grandmother came in contact with some very common environmental chemicals, you could be suffering the consequences today in the form of male infertility, ovarian disease and the early or late onset of puberty. It’s freaky when you think about it. It means that generations ago, … Continued
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The Pirate Bay Removes All of Its Torrent Links
The Pirate Bay, the largest torrent site on the Internet, is no more. Or well, it’s not like it once was. As of this moment, they’ve taken down all torrent links on the website and will now only use ‘magnet links’. https://gizmodo.com/download-the-entire-pirate-bay-in-just-90-megabytes-5883720 Though it sounds really bad, it’s more of an act to “future proof” … Continued
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Yes, You Can Play Angry Birds With a Real Slingshot
Unless it was created by master builder Joerg Sprave, it’s rare for a slingshot to be of any real interest. But even though we’re pretty sick of hearing about Angry Birds, this slingshot controller for the game is kind of neat. It’s built around an mbed microcontroller which translates the angle of the slingshot and … Continued
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Siri vs. Android: Which Is Better at Understanding Voice Commands?
Motorola created a bit of a stir yesterday when it released a video compared Android’s Voice Actions on the Atrix 2 with iOS’s Siri on an iPhone 4S. Fanboys screamed foul in the comments, so we decided to test it out for ourselves. And yes, there’s a very clear winner. You’ll note that this is … Continued
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Beautiful Stop-Motion Film Promoting Sushi and Sustainable Fishing
Sure, it’s an ad for a Portland-based restaurant called Bamboo Sushi, but instead of promoting the establishment, it uses beautifully filmed hand-crafted miniatures to bring attention to the issues with current fishing practices that are damaging the world’s fish stocks. In fact, instead of picking up the phone and ordering sushi, Vincent Peone’s video makes … Continued
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K-Cups Not Only Make Bad Coffee, They Make Bad Environments
I’m drinking coffee made by a K-Cup machine right now and it sucks. A lot. But alas, I’m too lazy to get a much better cup at the cafe around the corner. That said, after learning that all of those K-Cups are piling up in landfills—and not being recycled—I may have to reconsider. According to … Continued
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Rick Santorum Woos Voters with Apple-Inspired 1984 Ad
Apple’s 1984 Super Bowl ad is incredible. I still get the shivers every time I see it, which is probably why Rick Santorum’s campaign is trying to use it to rally the people against Mitt Romney. But what exactly is Santorum’s revoltution? James Fallows noticed the parallels between the two ads and you’ve got to … Continued
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Everything You Need To Move Beyond Lego
I know what you’re thinking. Who would want to replace a child’s Lego? It’s the perfect toy inspiring creativity and imagination. Well maybe you’re raising your child to be a non-conformist? Or maybe you just have a vendetta against the Dutch Danish. We’re obviously big fans of Lego, but a little variety and change never … Continued
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Get Ready For Ads To Invade Your Twitter Apps
Twitter announced today that it’s bringing promoted tweets—basically its version of ads—to its mobile apps for Android and the iPhone. Bring the hate! Promoted Tweets will (initially at least) only appear in your timeline if you are following the promoter. So, for example, you are not going to suddenly see a promoted tweet for Taco … Continued
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This 14MP Kodak Digital Camera Is Your Glossy Black Deal of the Day
I wish there was a way to take pictures of your food without having to actually take pictures of your food. It’s so amateur touristy to take pictures of your food before a meal, right? But I want to remember what I ate! I know, I know but I also WANT TO EAT. I don’t … Continued
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Rogue Apps Can Access and Steal Your Entire iPhone Photo Library
Here’s another app privacy problem you might have to worry about: Apps that have access to location information on your iPhone or iPad can access, copy and steal your entire iPhone library without you even knowing. Watch your pictures! The way it works, according to the NY Times, is that when apps ask for permission … Continued
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The Jet Engine Truck That Exploded at Daytona
Last night, Juan Pablo Montoya lost control of his race car at the Daytona 500 and crashed into a pickup truck with a jet engine and 200 gallons of jet fuel, igniting the track in a superheated mess. But why the hell was there a helicopter engine strapped to a truck in the middle of … Continued
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Shooting Challenge: Shattered Gallery 1
There is a front yard on my daily bicycle commute that is filled with shattered glass. Heard about this contest last night and the image instantly popped in my head. Stopped there on my way home, couple minutes in LightRoom a tada :: Shattered :: Camera: Nikon D7000 Lens: Tokina 11-16 ISO: 100 Shot: 1/50th of a … Continued
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40 Sharp and Shattered Photographs
We’re surrounded by broken things. But what if, instead of lamenting that it’s garbage, we changed our world view? What if we saw the broken as beautiful? For this week’s Shooting Challenge, Gizmodo photographers did just that. https://gizmodo.com/shooting-challenge-shattered-5887352 WINNER – Rise of the MP3 I wanted to find an image that captured the ‘beautiful abstraction’ … Continued
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Shooting Challenge: Shattered Gallery 2
The timing of this shooting challenge is serendipitous. I was driving down the road and the car in front of me tossed up a small stone and it hit my windshield. After saying a few expletives, I noticed how pretty the shape was and recalled your photo-challenge. Though your blog mentioned things other than glass … Continued
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Ask BlackBerry’s Jeff Gadway All About PlayBook OS 2.0
Jeff Gadway, senior marketing manager for BlackBerry is stopping by this Thursday, March 1, to answer all of your questions about the BlackBerry® PlayBook™ OS 2.0. So here’s the deal: we want your questions. Send them to [email protected]. When the post goes live at noon EST on Thursday, Jeff will be answering the best questions … Continued
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How Dry Cleaning Works: It’s Not What You Think
For me, dry cleaning has always belonged in a category of miracles, along with color-safe bleach, dry shampoo, and acupuncture. They seem to work, but is it only because we’d like to believe they do? So we decided to take a look past the counter and ’80s-style decals to figure out, what is dry cleaning, … Continued
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