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| $140,000 Kickstarter Project Learns: Don't Mess With Apple | | Friday, December 21, 2012 10:08 PM | Mashable Video |
| How would you like a portable battery that could charge any kind of phone -- including the latest iPhones -- without any kind of adapter. That was the whole thrust of Pop, a rechargeable battery that would have built-in cables for almost every kind of port, the Lightning connector included. If it sounds too good to be true, that's because it was.
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| 2012's Biggest Winners and Losers | | Friday, December 21, 2012 8:24 PM | Lance Ulanoff |
| It’s been the most manic of years, with extreme highs and heart-breaking lows. Ultimately, we all have our good times and our bad. With that in mind, I hope we can cheer 2012’s winners and empathize with the year’s losers.
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| Google XPhone: Long on Mystery, Short on Details | | Friday, December 21, 2012 7:20 PM | Chris Taylor |
| Google's newly-acquired Motorola division is working on a next-generation iPhone competitor known internally as the XPhone, according to one report. But details are scant when it comes to what the device is, and what exactly makes it next generation. The report, in the Wall Street Journal, suggests the previously undisclosed device is due for launch "sometime next year" and has already gone through a number of iterations.
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| Is This Jet Pack the Future of Flying? | | Friday, December 21, 2012 3:40 PM | Samantha Murphy |
| Who doesn't want to zip around with a jet pack, Iron Man-style? A new Kickstarter project is trying to make personal flying more of a reality. Called the Jet Vest, the personal flying belt uses micro-jet turbines instead of the traditional hydrogen peroxide rocket engines to propel users into the air for about four minutes of flight.
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| Facebook Introduces Snapchat Competitor, Poke | | Friday, December 21, 2012 3:32 PM | Todd Wasserman |
| Facebook on Friday announced its rumored Snapchat competitor, which it is calling Poke. Like Snapchat's app, Poke (named after the famous, much-derided Facebook feature), lets you send a message, photo or video to Facebook friends. The messages expire after 1, 3, 5 or 10 seconds, though. The utility of such an app has prompted some debate.
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| The Official Mashable Community's Holiday Wish List | | Friday, December 21, 2012 2:44 PM | Ryan Lytle |
| The wish list is synonymous with the holiday season. It's the one time of year where we can selfishly list all the gadgets and devices we've been drooling over, in the hopes that we get to unwrap them when the time comes.
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| Report: Apple Maps Most Popular iPhone App in 2012 | | Friday, December 21, 2012 1:23 PM | Todd Wasserman |
| iPhone owners may not have loved Apple's Maps, but they used that app more than any other on the platform in 2012, according to Nielsen. Maps was used by an average of 32.4 million iPhone owners a month, besting Facebook, which ranked second with 28.6 million users. Here's the full list: Apple's Maps was a pr disaster for Apple. After users complained, Apple CEO Tim Cook issued an apology.
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| HTC Reportedly Planning to Launch Two Windows RT Tablets | | Friday, December 21, 2012 8:53 AM | Stan Schroeder |
| HTC has two Windows RT-based tablets in the works, Bloomberg reports citing people familiar with the matter. One of these will be a full-fledged 12-inch tablet, while the other is a crossover, 7-inch device that will be able to make phone calls, the report claims. If the report is true, the 7-inch device would be the first tablet of that size for Windows RT.
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