| Watch Apple's Newest TV Ads for iPad | | Apple unveiled its latest television ads for the iPad and iPad mini on Sunday. Called "Together" and "Alive," the ads showcase the tablets' reading and gaming capabilities, as well as apps from the App Store. Check them out, above and below; then tell us what you think in the comments.
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| Simplcase Is a Minimalist iPhone Case Designed for Travelers | | A new minimalist iPhone case aims to accommodate jet setters who are constantly on the go. Buying local SIM cards is a way for world travelers to minimize steep roaming charges, but in swapping them, iPhone users often lose or damage a card, and find it difficult to remove the SIM tray. At least that's according to SIMPLcase, a covering designed to "discreetly and securely" store a SIM tray eject tool, as well as up to three cards.
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| Kim Dotcom's Mega to Expand Into Secure Email, Chat, Video, Mobile | | Online privacy advocate Kim Dotcom has plans to expand Mega, his new file-sharing site, to include secure email, chat, voice, video and mobile services. Dotcom made the announcement Saturday via Twitter, saying the updates will arrive "in the coming years." In the coming years #Mega plans to expand from secure cloud storage to secure email, chat & voice, video and "mobile".
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| Burberry Personalizing New Collection With RFID Chip Content | | Sunday, February 17, 2013 11:40 PM | Rachel Arthur |
| Personalization just got a whole lot smarter thanks to a new initiative from Burberry, which is launching as part of its London Fashion Week show on Monday. The British heritage brand is embedding radio-frequency identification (RFID) chips that will unlock bespoke content in a bid to entice consumers to pre-order bags and coats from its new season, immediately after they hit the catwalk.
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| Bacon Is Irresistible [SUNDAY COMICS] | | Sunday, February 17, 2013 10:41 PM | Charlie White |
| What is it about bacon that makes it so irresistible? Comic artist and Mashable Editor-in-Chief Lance Ulanoff turns the tables in this Sunday Comic: SEE ALSO: More Sunday Comics.
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| How to Land a Job at Square | | Sunday, February 17, 2013 9:46 PM | Seth Fiegerman |
| Square is at the forefront of the mobile payment space, providing merchants with a simple and affordable payment processing system. The company was started by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey and Jim McKelvey in 2009, and launched publicly the next year. Since then, Square has raised more than $300 million funding and is reportedly valued at $3.25 billion.
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| Why the Web Hasn't Birthed a Prettier Craigslist | | Sunday, February 17, 2013 8:44 PM | Dani Fankhauser |
| You can check-out any time you like, But you can never leave! If I told you these Eagles lyrics described a certain website, you'd probably think it was Facebook. After all, public exclamations of quitting Facebook are so common it's cliche, but by and large the people still stay. The same is true on other networks that angered users with product or business changes.
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| Honk App Saves You From Tickets, Remembers Parking Spots | | Sunday, February 17, 2013 7:42 PM | Anita Li |
| The two biggest parking pains — remembering your spot and keeping track of the meter — have finally been addressed in a single app. Called Honk, the HD app for iPhone and iPad provides a "minute-by-minute" update of the time left on a parking meter. "Simply swipe your finger across the meter to set how long you plan to park.
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| Hands-On With The Week's Top Apps | | Sunday, February 17, 2013 6:44 PM | Emily Price |
| This week brought with it some fantastic new apps. Tempo, a new smart calendar from Siri's birthplace, launched for the iPhone, and Tamagotchi celebrated its 16th anniversary by releasing the popular pocket pet as an Android app. Slacker Radio updated its Android and iOS apps this week, and San Francisco's Exploratorium released a new app to help you learn about sound in new and interesting ways.
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| The Apple iWatch's Many Amazing Functions | | Sunday, February 17, 2013 5:43 PM | Matt Petronzio |
| We learned last week that there's actually some truth to the Apple smart watch rumors. Several Internet users even came up with concepts of what the design and functions might look like. SEE ALSO: More Sunday Comics Our friends Nitrozac and Snaggy at The Joy of Tech did the same in the comic below. "Groundhog Day mode" would be most convenient. Comic illustration provided by The Joy of Tech.
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| 15-Year-Old Designs Unique iPhone Wallet Case | | Sunday, February 17, 2013 5:13 PM | Neha Prakash |
| When 15-year-old Vojtech Svarc was unhappy with the iPhone case market, he figured the best solution was to whip one up himself. Svarc wanted an iPhone case that also carried the contents of his wallet — and didn't force him to remove the case to use the actual phone. After four months of research and development, the determined entrepreneur came up with the iWallie.
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| 9 Golfers Sink Epic Simultaneous Putts | | Sunday, February 17, 2013 4:24 PM | Neha Prakash |
| These nine dudes are putting Tiger to shame. In some sort of crazy act of fate or intricate planning-and-swing-execution, the ace golfers (especially the guys farthest away from the hole) manage to sink nine simultaneous putts. If only the Olympics sponsored a synchronized swinging golf team so these guys could have some use for their god-given domino talents.
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| Viral Video Recap: Must-Watch Memes of the Week | | Sunday, February 17, 2013 4:10 PM | Neha Prakash |
| While you were busy this past week preparing for Valentine's Day (or figuring out how to avoid looking lonely and desperate on Feb. 14th), cats and the Harlem Shake continued to fight over Internet domination. Cats edged out the dance craze, most likely because of the emergence of long-lost footage of Lil' Bub back in his kitten days.
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| Internet, Keep Your Damn Hands Off My Rom Coms | | Sunday, February 17, 2013 3:52 PM | Christine Erickson |
| The tech world is often misunderstood as hard and cold. Movies about the internet have commonly fallen into the sci-fi and dramatic genres. Romantic comedies just don't work for us web-dwellers because we're all robots and we have no feelings, right? Nope. There's nothing Meg Ryan and a little soft focus can't warm up. Take these tech-inspired romantic comedies (rom coms) and warm up your cold, bionic heart.
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| The Wrong Time to Use Instagram | | Sunday, February 17, 2013 3:16 PM | Matt Petronzio |
| Instagram's user base has evolved since the app's release in late 2010, but that doesn't mean you won't still find the duckfaces and "artsy" pics that once defined the platform. SEE ALSO: More Sunday Comics In the comic below, Cyanide & Happiness cartoonist Dave McElfatrick shows us that using Instagram isn't always the right choice for documenting the world around you.
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| Google Retail Stores Rumored to Be On the Way | | Sunday, February 17, 2013 2:55 PM | Geekosystem |
| A few months ago, I was in the market for a new laptop. The Google Chromebook line was appealing for its price, but I was unable to find a store that physically had them for me to try. I type for a living, so I'm particular about my keyboard. As nice as the Chromebook is, since I couldn't get my hands on it, I opted for the Asus machine I use now.
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| 'SNL' Debuts New Tarantino Movie, 'DJesus Uncrossed' | | Sunday, February 17, 2013 1:20 PM | Neha Prakash |
| Now that Quentin Tarantino is done promoting Django Unchained and has some free time until the Oscars, Saturday Night Live has mocked up an idea for the director's next project. It's an "historical revenge fantasy" about the one man who deserves to retaliate more than any other — Jesus.
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| What if the White House Had a Show Like 'Downton Abbey'? | | Sunday, February 17, 2013 12:43 PM | Neha Prakash |
| It might be hard at first to see the similarities between the White House and Downton Abbey, a drama about aristocrats and their gaggle of staff, but trust us, it's almost as if the British show was created about the Obamas. Namely, the extensive live-in help that the Executive Office must have.
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| World's Quietest Computer Packs a Powerful Punch | | Sunday, February 17, 2013 12:09 PM | Charlie White |
| The more powerful a PC is, the noisier and hotter it runs, right? Not the Puget Serenity Pro, the world's quietest computer. It's so quiet, you can't hear any noise coming from it at all. Yet it runs the fastest third-generation Intel Core i7 quad-core processor, and has a graphics card that can drive four monitors at the same time and play serious games.
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| Sen. Marco Rubio Defends His Love of Water on 'SNL' | | Sunday, February 17, 2013 11:55 AM | Neha Prakash |
| U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) — or as he's known now, the thirstiest man to ever have walked the planet — sat down with Seth Meyers from Saturday Night Live to prove he can make it through a sentence without needing to guzzle down some H2O.
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| Ask This Astronaut Anything — As He Flies In Space | | Sunday, February 17, 2013 11:17 AM | Kate Sommers-Dawes |
| Set your astronomical clocks and prepare your best space queries, Earthlings — you're about to get a direct dispatch from the cosmos. Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, who is currently circling the earth on the International Space Station, will be hosting a live Reddit AMA from space on Sunday at 9 p.m. GMT (4 p.m. ET). A note to all Redditors: I will be doing an AMA from Station this Sunday at 9 p.m.
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| 8 Tips to Help Achieve Your Career Goals | | Sunday, February 17, 2013 10:30 AM | Jayne Mattson |
| Professionals who are in careers today will change jobs much more frequently than in previous generations. Therefore, you need to be prepared and proactive in managing your career. People’s lives are busy enough balancing work and family without having to think about finding time for their career as well.
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| What If Twitter Replaced Wrestling in the Olympics? | | Sunday, February 17, 2013 10:07 AM | Matt Petronzio |
| Wrestling — one of the oldest Olympic sports — was dropped from the Summer Games last week, causing confusion and a lot of online protest. What if Twitter were a "core sport"? Get those thumbs in shape for 2020. SEE ALSO: More Sunday Comics Comic written by Larry Lambert, illustrated by Jerry King.
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