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| 3 Apple Computer Designs That You've Never Seen | | Friday, December 28, 2012 9:28 PM | Kenneth Rosen |
| Some Apple designs never made the cut. They weren't always the sleek, ubiquitous devices we see today. They went through years of trial and error, some of which are much more bizarre and beautiful than you'd think. Before Jony Ive, Hartmut Esslinger was the lead industrial designer -- an innovator and a creative whiz.
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| What to Do With Your New Android | | Friday, December 28, 2012 7:13 PM | Christine Erickson |
| So you got a shiny new Android for Christmas? Before showing it off to all your Apple-loving friends, the device should be fully optimized at the start. Taking a couple measures ahead of time will make for a better experience later. If you're a brand new Android owner, the phone's operating system is likely Jelly Bean or Ice Cream Sandwich. You shouldn't have to upgrade anything, but there might be newer versions of built-in apps.
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| OneTesla Is a Singing Tesla Coil | | Friday, December 28, 2012 3:51 PM | Kenneth Rosen |
| Sing praise for the power of Tesla. No, literally -- make the power of Tesla sing. A group of students started a Kickstarter campaign to fund a DIY solid-state Tesla coil that plays music. Developed in MIT's Miters hacker space, the group created kits to build a Tesla coil that plays music using sparks. Called oneTesla, the 10-inch coil, when connected through a MIDI port, shoots out sparks that reach nearly two feet.
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| It's Easy to Save Videos From Facebook Poke Permanently | | Friday, December 28, 2012 12:31 PM | Pete Pachal |
| Apps like Snapchat and Facebook Poke let users send short messages, photos or videos that automatically self-destruct after a few seconds. However, it's actually very easy for a recipient to save some of those messages permanently -- and without the sender knowing.
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| Smartphones at New Year's Eve: More Texting, Less Calling | | Friday, December 28, 2012 12:03 PM | Emily Price |
| No matter how you plan to celebrate this New Year's Eve, if you have a smartphone, chances are it will be by your side. Mobile advertising company Mojiva recently conducted a survey of smartphone users in the US and UK to find out how they planned on using their smartphone to celebrate the new year, as well as what their plans were for their digital companion over 2013.
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| 5 Best Android Apps of 2012 | | Friday, December 28, 2012 11:09 AM | Fran Berkman |
| It was a big year for Google's Android platform in terms of apps. Google Play hit 700,000 total apps last month, bringing it to a virtual tie with Apple's App Store. Not only has Android caught up to iOS in app quantity, but at last count, the former's market share surpassed 70% globally.
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| Report: iPad Still Destroying Other Tablets in Web Usage | | Friday, December 28, 2012 10:43 AM | Pete Pachal |
| A whole crop of new tablets rose to challenge the iPad this fall, from Amazon's latest Kindle Fires to the much-hyped Microsoft Surface. However, if a recent study looking at tablet web usage is to be believed, they're not doing so well. According to online ad network Chitika, for every 100 ad impressions generated by people surfing the web in iPads, only 4.88 come from Kindle Fires.
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| NYC Releases App to Tell You When the Next Subway Is Coming | | Friday, December 28, 2012 10:33 AM | Seth Fiegerman |
| New York City subway riders finally have an official high-tech option to figure out when their train is coming. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), the government body that oversees buses and subways for the city, released a free app Friday that provides real-time estimates of train arrivals so riders can better plan out when to show up at the station.
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