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Tumblr Updates Android App to Support Tablets | | Tumblr's Android app now supports tablets, the blogging platform announced Monday. In addition to accommodating larger screens, the latest update also brings a new tags page and an alphabetical "following" list that shows a user's followed people. The app's current version, 3.2., requires Android 2.2 (Froyo) and up.
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Sony Xperia Jelly Bean Update Schedule Revealed | | Sony revealed the Android 4.1 update schedule for its 2012 Xperia smartphones on Monday. Sony Xperia T, Xperia TX and Xperia V will be getting the Jelly Bean update "during February and March," while Xperia P, Xperia J and Xperia go will be upgraded "from the end of March," according to Sony Mobile's official blog.
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Turn Your Video-Game Consoles Into a Retro Arcade With This Device | | Gamers who miss the old-school feel of joysticks and buttons will rejoice in a new device that connects arcade controls to modern video-game consoles. Kade is an open-source arcade interface that supports systems such as Playstation, PS2, PS3 and the original Xbox. For more on how the device works, check out the video above.
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Instagram Will Basically Sign Your Life Away | Monday, December 17, 2012 8:13 PM | Chris Taylor |
| Instagram appears to be going through a sea change in popular perception at the moment -- and not one for the better. First came founder Kevin Systrom's active and combative decision to cut support for Twitter cards, a move which seemed designed to anger and make less useful a service loved by many millions of his users. (Do you look at many Instagrams in your tweet stream these days? No, me neither.
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7 Lessons From Random Steve Jobs Encounters | Monday, December 17, 2012 5:30 PM | TechNewsDaily |
| It's been just a little over a year since Steve Jobs passed away. And while his legacy lives on through Apple products, stories about the man himself also continue to be shared. In fact, 2012's most popular question on the ask-and-answer site Quora was, "What are the best stories about people randomly meeting Steve Jobs?" Answers to this question offer up a few life lessons from the man in the black turtleneck.
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Boost Your Wi-Fi Signal With a Beer Can | Monday, December 17, 2012 5:07 PM | Matt Silverman |
| Weak Wi-Fi is a fate worse than death. Not really, but it's pretty annoying. Thick walls and metal objects can mean the difference between streaming Netflix and '90s dial-up. Fortunately, our friends at Hack College have illustrated a way to make use of all the empty beer cans piling up around your bed. The technique as been tested with positive results. Image courtesy of Minute Hacks.
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Are We Living Inside a Computer Simulation? | Monday, December 17, 2012 3:05 PM | Discovery News |
| The popular film trilogy, The Matrix, presented a cyberuniverse where humans live in a simulated reality created by sentient machines. Now, a philosopher and team of physicists imagine that we might really be living inside a computer-generated universe that you could call The Lattice. What's more, we may be able to detect it.
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RIM Sends Out BlackBerry 10 Launch Invites | Monday, December 17, 2012 2:17 PM | Christina Warren |
| Research in Motion (RIM) on Monday sent out press invites for its BlackBerry 10 global launch event. RIM will officially unveil BlackBerry 10 to the public Jan. 30, 2013. Taking a page from Microsoft's playbook (no pun intended), RIM will be holding events in six different cities: New York Toronto London Paris Johannesburg Dubai Mashable will be on hand at the New York City event.
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Facebook Chat: Talk Tech With Mashable's Christina Warren | Monday, December 17, 2012 2:00 PM | Ryan Lytle |
| Join us now for the live tech Q&A on Facebook. The holidays have arrived, which probably means that many of you are in panic mode as you try to figure out the best gifts to get your friends and family. Or perhaps you're still indecisive about what to put on your own holiday wish list. Whatever the situation is, we're here to help! Today at 3 p.m.
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Scorpion Protein Illuminates Brain Tumors for Surgeons | Monday, December 17, 2012 11:18 AM | MIT Technology Review |
| Jim Olson, a pediatric neuro-oncologist at Seattle Children’s Hospital, was reviewing with his colleagues the case of a 17-year-old girl several years ago who had just undergone brain surgery to remove a tumor. An MRI scan revealed a thumb-size piece of tumor left behind. In the operating room, the tumor tissue had looked just like healthy brain tissue.
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Free Shipping Day: Last Chance to Save With These 10 Tech Retailers | Monday, December 17, 2012 9:35 AM | Bob Al-Greene |
| If you still haven't found that perfect gift, take note: The final shopping holiday of the season is upon us. Now in its fifth year, Free Shipping Day gives you the chance to browse thousands of online retailers offering free shipping on unique deals, all guaranteed to arrive by Dec. 24. "Back when [Free Shipping Day] started, we noticed that online shopping dropped off come Dec.
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