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| Interactive Google Doodle Celebrates Grimm Fairy Tales | | Today's Google Doodle is a tribute to Brothers Grimm and their famous fairy tales. Jacob (1785–1863) and Wilhelm Grimm (1786–1859) were German authors and researchers, known for collecting and popularizing European folk tales, including Cinderella, The Frog Prince, Hansel and Gretel. As for the Doodle itself, it's one of the most elaborate we've seen, telling the entire story of the Red Riding Hood in a series of drawings.
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| Tumblr Launches New iPad App | | Tumblr unveiled its native app for the iPad on Wednesday, just two days after the blogging platform updated its Android app to support tablets. Version 3.2.3 of the iOS app is now compatible with both the iPad and iPad mini, and features markdown support as well as a new "Explore" tab. Bloggers can also access a sidebar navigation menu and a circular menu for composing posts.
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| This $5 Lamp Is Powered Solely by Gravity | | Wednesday, December 19, 2012 10:59 PM | Joann Pan |
| There aren't any batteries or fuel in the $5 revolutionary lamp called the GravityLight. The ultra-cheap lamp was created as a replacement for expensive and highly polluting kerosene-powered lanterns, which are widely used in developing countries. London-based designers Martin Riddiford and Jim Reeves have been working on the GravityLight as a side project for the four years.
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| Apple Maps: 3 Times More Likely to Get You Lost Than Google | | Wednesday, December 19, 2012 8:18 PM | Chris Taylor |
| For iPhone users, Google Maps is back. The revamped app, launched last week, is being downloaded in the tens of millions. As a result, iOS6 activations are on the rise. And Apple finally has the breathing room it needs to overhaul its much maligned Maps app, the default on the platform. But just how much of a hill does Apple still have to climb in order to compete? Quite a steep one.
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| Data.gov Moving to an Open Source Platform | | Wednesday, December 19, 2012 4:46 PM | Nextgov |
| The team that manages Data.gov is well on its way to making the government data repository open source using a new back-end called the Open Government Platform, officials said during a web discussion Wednesday. The governments of India and Ghana have already launched beta versions of their data catalogues on the open source platform, said Jeanne Holm who heads the Data.gov team.
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| 7 Ways Augmented Reality Will Improve Your Life | | Wednesday, December 19, 2012 2:20 PM | Lauren Drell |
| You might think augmented reality is the way of the future, but really, it has its roots in the 20th century. Morton Heilig, the "Father of Virtual Reality," patented the Sensorama Stimulator, which he called an "experience theater," on Aug. 28, 1962. Over time, the idea of using technology to create a layer over the real world has been honed and refined and put in our palms, thanks to the proliferation of smartphones.
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| Apple Users Flock to iOS 6 After Google Maps Launch | | Wednesday, December 19, 2012 11:30 AM | Samantha Murphy |
| In line with what was expected, new data has revealed that many iPhone users finally upgraded to iOS 6 when Google Maps finally launched its app week. In fact, according to mobile ad company MoPub and first reported by TechCrunch, iOS 6 adoption grew 29% in the first 5 days after the app launched.
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