| T-Mobile Trade-in Offer Lets You Upgrade to iPhone 5 From 4, 4S | | Days before T-Mobile begins selling the iPhone 5 in stores, the mobile carrier is luring customers with an offer that lets them trade up from an iPhone 4 or 4S — at no cost upfront. "Our message to iPhone 4S and iPhone 4 customers is simple: Bring in your device and trade up to iPhone 5 on T-Mobile," Mike Sievert, the company's chief marketing officer, said in a release.
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| New Elysium Trailer: It Really Is Better Up There | | A new trailer for the upcoming science fiction film, Elysium, is out, and it's a treat for fans of the genre. Matt Damon and Jodie Foster are starring in the movie which depicts a future (year 2154, to be exact) in which the rich inhabit a dream world called Elysium, while the rest of humanity is desperate to leave Earth, which is ravaged by crime and poverty.
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| Japanese Students Invent 'Girlfriend Coat' to Hug Lonely People | | Forever alone? Fear not — Japanese students from the University of Tsukuba have developed a "girlfriend coat" to keep you company. The device looks like a normal coat except for its neon-colored belt, which users fasten around the waist. A machine then winds the belt to simulate the feeling of being hugged from behind.
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| Bloomingdales Installs Body Scanners to Help You Find Jeans That Fit | | Tuesday, April 09, 2013 9:34 PM | Lauren Indvik |
| As any woman can tell you, shopping for designer denim is a miserable affair. Sizing has long been inconsistent across brands — an Ann Taylor "6" might be a Diane von Furstenberg "10," for example — but in the jeans department, where there is a need for a more precise fit, the inconsistencies are particularly aggravating.
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| Apple's iMessage and FaceTime Back Up After Five-Hour Outage | | Tuesday, April 09, 2013 9:10 PM | Anita Li |
| Apple's iMessage and FaceTime are running normally again after the company reported Tuesday that "some users" were affected by service interruptions. The Cupertino, Calif. company's system status page indicated that users had been "unable to place FaceTime calls" and "unable to use iMessage" from 3:11 p.m. ET to 8:20 p.m. ET. Over the five hours, Apple users vented their frustrations via Twitter.
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| Facebook Home Phone Pulls You Back Into Facebook | | Tuesday, April 09, 2013 9:00 PM | Lance Ulanoff |
| In the past 36 hours, I've spent more time on Facebook than I have in the past three months. I've been liking photos, commenting, and checking in. I'm becoming a real Facebook gadfly. This is all due to the new Facebook Phone, or, more accurately the HTC First, the first phone running Facebook Home.
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| EA Voted 'Worst Company in America' — Again | | Tuesday, April 09, 2013 5:13 PM | Chelsea Stark |
| Electronic Arts has been voted the worst company in America by Consumerist readers, passing up Bank of America, Ticketmaster and Carnival Cruise Lines to win the "golden poo" award for the second year in a row. Consumerist reported that EA captured 78% percent of the vote. The annual poll is held bracket-style, with EA knocking out Anheiser-Busch InBev, Facebook, AT&T, Ticketmaster and, finally, Bank of America to claim the prize.
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| Facebook's New Emoticons Will Make You :-) | | Tuesday, April 09, 2013 4:57 PM | Samantha Murphy |
| Facebook is testing emoticons in the status update section of profiles, allowing users to add anything from a smiley face to an ice cream cone to messages.
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| This Might Be the Weirdest Video Game We've Ever Seen | | Tuesday, April 09, 2013 3:56 PM | Chelsea Stark |
| The headline really says it all: Vivian Clark might be one of the most unique, crazy, and strange games we've ever seen, and it's been hiding inside another game this whole time. A while ago, we told you about Soda Drinker Pro, the "first person soda" simulation that had you drinking sodas like the pros.
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| 12 'No Nose' GIFs That Will Delight and Horrify You | | Tuesday, April 09, 2013 3:21 PM | Annie Colbert |
| Remember when Grandpa would steal your nose as a kid? For the children who didn't get their honkers back, there's a place for them on Internet. The subreddit r/nonose/ features hilariously horrifying photos and GIFs that, as the name suggests, have no noses. Don't worry, people with weak stomachs, the de-nose-ification is done with the wizardry of Photoshop.
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| DirecTV to Offer Programming for Dogs | | Tuesday, April 09, 2013 2:54 PM | Todd Wasserman |
| If you feel bad about leaving your dog home all day while you work, DirecTV will offer a solution of sorts: TV programming for dogs. The satellite provider will begin offering DogTV for $5.99 a month in the third quarter, according to Bloomberg. The channel broadcasts content is aimed at canines and includes "scenes with and without other animals, animation sequences and a variety of moving objects,” according to DogTV.
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| 'Vine Resume' Woman Gets a Job | | Tuesday, April 09, 2013 2:23 PM | Todd Wasserman |
| Dawn Siff, the plucky journalist who created what may have been the world's first Vine resume, has gotten a job. Siff has landed at the Economist Group's commercial unit as a project manager.
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| Kermit the Frog's Kickass Vacation in 15 Epic Photos | | Tuesday, April 09, 2013 2:03 PM | Annie Colbert |
| Prepare for a bite from the travel bug, delivered via Muppet. Kermit the Frog is exploring the world on an epic adventure that includes exotic locales and once-in-a-lifetime experiences. OK, not the Kermit, but rather a stuffed clone of the famous felt amphibian.
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| This Is How Google Glass Really Works | | Tuesday, April 09, 2013 11:34 AM | Stan Schroeder |
| Ever wondered how Google's visionary (pun intended) gadget, Google Glass, actually works? Well, artist Martin Missfeldt created an infographic that explains the wonders of technology behind Google's technologically-enhanced glasses. At the heart of the tech that makes Google Glass tick are a mini projector and a semi-transparent prism which project an augmented reality layer of information directly to the user's retina.
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