الجمعة، 23 مارس 2012

Kids Build 'Battlestar Galactica' Viper Simulator in Garage [VIDEO]

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Kids Build 'Battlestar Galactica' Viper Simulator in Garage [VIDEO]
Thursday, March 22, 2012 11:43 PM
Here is a list of some of the geekiest things in the world: Flight sims. Kickstarter projects. Maker Faire projects. Battlestar Galactica fans who know the 1970s series as well as the 2000s version. And high school students who engineer projects...



10 of the Weirdest Pins on Pinterest
Thursday, March 22, 2012 10:29 PM
Pinterest has quickly become a hot social site for curating themed boards for things like wedding planning, recipes and fashion. Among the pretty pin boards, there are also a lot of weird photos that kind of make us go, "WTF?" That's exactly the...



Apple Patent Suggests iPhones to Become Universal Remotes [VIDEO]
Thursday, March 22, 2012 10:13 PM
Apple is rumored to be working on its own Apple-branded HDTV, and a new patent filed by the company suggests it may also be working to turn your iPhone or iPad into a universal remote for that television and a whole lot more. According to...



How Tech Will Transform the Traditional Classroom
Thursday, March 22, 2012 9:00 PM
As the post-PC era moves from interesting theory to cold, hard reality, one of the most pressing questions is: How can we use tablets, and especially the iPad, to help people learn? Most of the focus has been on ebooks replacing textbooks, a...



Greece Brings Crowdfunded, Face-Filled Billboard to Times Square
Thursday, March 22, 2012 8:39 PM
A crowd-funded campaign is placing a giant billboard in Times Square Friday, urging tourists to visit Greece. The billboard, which is designed to highlight Greece's beauty, was organized by volunteer group "Up Greek Tourism" on crowd-funding...



Feel Your Facebook Pokes With This Poking Machine [VIDEO]
Thursday, March 22, 2012 6:16 PM
What is the purpose of a poke you can't feel? That's what occcured to the creators of a device called, appropriately enough, the poking machine. Netherlands-based student inventors Jasper van Loenen and Bartholomäus Traubeck constructed an...



Apple Outsells RIM in Canada for First Time
Thursday, March 22, 2012 5:20 PM
Canada's hometown smartphone manufacturer is no longer its favorite. California-based Apple shipped more smartphones in Canada than Waterloo, Ont.-based RIM did last year, according to data compiled by IDC and Bloomberg. While Apple shipped 2.85...



5 Ways Spotify Is Pioneering the Hyper-Social Business Model
Thursday, March 22, 2012 4:41 PM
Spotify has experienced meteoric growth since integrating with the new Facebook Open Graph in September. It is quickly becoming the leader in streaming music, an already crowded category. Spotify's growth and its deep connection to Facebook are...



How Google's Semantic Search Will Change SEO
Thursday, March 22, 2012 3:42 PM
While the SEO game has changed drastically over the past months, one thing has remained fairly consistent: It's been driven by keywords -- keywords in your URL structure, your META tagging, your content, your links. Whatever way you slice it,...



Rick Santorum Hit by 'Klout Bomb'
Thursday, March 22, 2012 3:15 PM
Rick Santorum, one of the four remaining Republican candidates for president, is the latest victim of a "Klout Bomb." Klout is designed to measure a social media user's influence about different topics. Users with a lot of Klout can give more...



Draw Something: 20 Amazing Smartphone Sketches
Thursday, March 22, 2012 2:54 PM
Draw Something has taken over the social streams of thousands with stick figures and crazy sketches. The game rocketed to more than 1 million downloads in the App Store before it even got major press. Now at more than 20 million downloads, Draw...



Etch A Sketch Sales Rank on Amazon Jumps 1,556% After Romney Aide's Remark
Thursday, March 22, 2012 2:01 PM
On the heels of a viral Etch A Sketch comment from one of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's senior advisers, the Amazon sales rank for the $11.50 Classic Etch A Sketch Magic Screen has increased 1,556% within 24 hours. "I think you...



Facebook Photos: Now High Resolution, Four Times Larger
Thursday, March 22, 2012 1:21 PM
Facebook has frequently changed the way it displays photos. Now Facebook is rolling out its greatest photo update yet. Facebook will display photos in high-resolution and allow full-screen viewing of images. The pictures will be crisper, higher...



'Girl With the Dragon Tattoo' Bootleg Packaging Fools Consumers
Thursday, March 22, 2012 11:56 AM
A clever packaging ploy for Sony Pictures' Girl With the Dragon Tattoo DVD release has sowed enough confusion among consumers to prompt Amazon and Redbox to clarify that the DVDs are not actually bootlegs. As displayed in the photo above, the DVD...



National Day of Unplugging Wants You to Power Down for 24 Hours
Thursday, March 22, 2012 11:40 AM
Could you survive 24 hours without checking your phone, email or social networks? A movement has been making the rounds online that encourages people to take a digital detox for 24 hours starting at sunset on Friday, March 23. The National Day of...



 
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