| Apple Locks in iOS App Screenshots to Prevent Scams | | Apple's recent change to its App Store policy will lock in screenshots of iOS app submissions after they've been approved, preventing scammers from replacing them with ones from more popular apps. Before the update, app developers were able to change screenshots of their apps after they've been published in the App Store.
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| iPotty Aims To Entertain Toddlers During Toilet Training | | Perhaps a tablet will convince your fidgety tot to sit on the potty for longer. A new product for parents of children being potty trained features a mini toilet and an adjustable iPad docking station: the iPotty. Debuted at the 2013 International CES, the colorful plastic training toilet raised questions about whether or not it would actually assist parents with the task of potty training their little ones.
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| Cheaper iPhone Would Cost $99 to $149, Report Says | | Apple's rumored cheaper iPhone would cost anywhere from $99 to $149, according to a new report. The device, which would debut in late 2013 "at the earliest," is part of an effort to attract more customers from developing markets, Bloomberg reported, citing an unnamed source. Among them, Apple is particularly eyeing China.
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| 77% of Parents Blame Video Games For Exposing Kids to Violence | | A new study from Common Sense Media shows the majority of parents (75%) feel that shielding children from violence is difficult. That same percentage of parents blame "media violence, such as content in TV, movies and video games" for adding to "America’s culture of violence." For this survey, conducted by USA Market Research, 1,050 parents with children ages 18 years and younger were randomly selected to share their opinions.
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| Social Sites for Families: More Personal than Facebook | | Wednesday, January 09, 2013 11:15 PM | Kate Freeman |
| We've all seen (and some of us have been) that person on Facebook — the over-sharer. Some of us may be happy to divulge every intimate detail of our personal lives; others are more private. Social networks for families (FamilyLeaf, MyFamily.com, Rootsy, Origami), neighbors (Nextdoor), and select groups of family and friends (Path), have bloomed in the past few years.
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| Could Stuffed Robots Ever Replace Stuffed Animals? | | Wednesday, January 09, 2013 9:44 PM | Zoe Fox |
| Robots have had the power to replace many things reserved for humans in the past, but could they ever replace stuffed animals? Amanita Design is now taking pre-orders for a $30 plush robot, which you can cuddle up with instead of a teddy bear. The stuffed toy is modeled after Josef, the main character of Machiniarium, the multi-platform adventure game.
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| Dad Hires Hit Men to Kill Son — in Video Games | | Wednesday, January 09, 2013 8:55 PM | Sam Laird |
| A father in China perturbed by the amount of time his adult son spent playing online video games hired other gamers to kill all the young man's characters.
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| Felicia Day Is Geek Icon, Closet Math Genius | | Wednesday, January 09, 2013 8:45 PM | Lance Ulanoff |
| Felicia Day has starred in TV shows and created and stars in the popular online series The Guild. Now the geek icon is talking to us.
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| Mark Cuban Fined $50,000 for Tweet | | Wednesday, January 09, 2013 8:28 PM | Sam Laird |
| Mark Cuban's in hot water with the NBA again, this time over some costly comments he made on Twitter.
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| Google's Android Is Coming to a Kitchen Near You | | Wednesday, January 09, 2013 8:03 PM | Camille Bautista |
| Android users can vouch for the perks of large screens, custom widgets, and now, optimum rice cooking. Google is expanding its free operating system to rice cookers, refrigerators and other home appliances. Adding the OS to more devices would be useful in helping Google and other manufacturers collect data, and also allow appliances to exchange information.
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| Would You Wear Internet-Connected Clothing? | | Wednesday, January 09, 2013 8:00 PM | Kate Freeman |
| It could be so simple — you just leave your house and your Internet-connected T-shirt will tell your social networks where you are going. At International CES 2013 on Tuesday, one of the creators of the Internet, Vint Cerf, gave a talk about the future of the connectivity and pondered just how far it would expand. Cerf asked the audience, "What would happen if our clothes were Internet-enabled?" reported CNET.
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| People's Choice Awards Will Air on Xbox 360 Tonight | | Wednesday, January 09, 2013 7:53 PM | Brian Anthony Hernandez |
| CBS's televised broadcast of the People's Choice Awards will also be aired tonight on Xbox 360, Microsoft's gaming and entertainment-streaming console.
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| 50 Cent Talks Tech With Mashable at CES | | Wednesday, January 09, 2013 7:17 PM | Emily Price |
| LAS VEGAS –- You may know that 50 Cent has his own line of headphones. What you may not realize is the rap superstar is also the majority owner and CEO of the company making them. 2013 marks 50’s third CES, his second with his company SMS Audio, which manufacturers high-end headphones and earbuds.
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| The Best Wedding RSVP Cards Ever | | Wednesday, January 09, 2013 7:04 PM | Neha Prakash |
| With wedding season a mere five months away, the invitations will begin pouring in just in time to replace those Christmas cards. And when they do, you'll first want to rip your hair out and then begin the tedious RSVP process. But sometimes you just need to be able to say something a little bit more elegant than "attending" or "not attending." You need to express yourself, and what other better way than through the magic of memes.
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| Toyota's Self-Driving Car More of a Smart Co-Pilot | | Wednesday, January 09, 2013 6:58 PM | Andrea Smith |
| LAS VEGAS — Are we ready for self-driving cars? Google's got some competition on the road these days. Toyota introduced its Advanced Active Safety Research Vehicle at the 2013 International CES. We got a chance to catch up with Jim Pisz, corporate manager of North American business strategy for Toyota to learn a little more about the car and why they're building it.
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| Psy Bringing 'Gangnam Style' to Wonderful Pistachios Super Bowl Ad | | Wednesday, January 09, 2013 6:35 PM | Lauren Indvik |
| Get crackin' — "Gangnam Style." That's the slogan of the forthcoming Wonderful Pistachios Super Bowl campaign featuring South Korean pop star Psy. The rapper achieved worldwide recognition last year for his music video "Gangnam Style," the first to hit 1 billion views on YouTube. The spot doesn't air until Feb.
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| Aging Ocean Tower May Be Used as Energy Lab | | Wednesday, January 09, 2013 6:24 PM | TechNewsDaily |
| A rusty 48-year-old tower standing in the Atlantic Ocean may soon get a makeover for modern energy. The one-time lighthouse even may accommodate energy researchers and staff for overnight stays. Officials at the U.S. Department of Energy want to retrofit the Chesapeake Light Tower — located 13 miles off Virginia Beach, Va. — for basic research into harvesting electricity from gigantic offshore wind turbines.
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| How Apple Sold the iPhone, 6 Years Ago Today | | Wednesday, January 09, 2013 6:22 PM | Chris Taylor |
| It's a widescreen iPod! No, wait, it's a breakthrough Internet communications device with desktop-class email! Best of all, it comes with Cingular phone service and Google’s groundbreaking maps! It was six years ago Wednesday that Steve Jobs strode on stage at the Moscone Center in San Francisco to deliver the Macworld keynote that introduced us to Apple's latest product: something called the iPhone.
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| Celebrities Read Mean Tweets About Themselves (Round 3) | | Wednesday, January 09, 2013 6:07 PM | Neha Prakash |
| Nothing is a bigger middle finger to the haters than ... reading their mean comments on national television. Looks like Jimmy Kimmel is offering some sort of digital catharsis to mistreated celebs everywhere by letting some of them read, out loud, the terrible things that are said about them on Twitter. And then laugh it off (or if you are the all-mighty Anderson Cooper, just tell them to f—- off).
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| Everything You Need to Know About 'Mint the Coin' | | Wednesday, January 09, 2013 5:57 PM | Alex Fitzpatrick |
| If you follow anybody remotely interested in politics on Twitter, you've probably seen a reference to "mint the coin" fly across your stream at some point this month. And if you've seen that reference, you might have some questions: What coin? Who's minting it? What's it for? Here's the skinny: According to the Treasury, the government hit its Congressionally-approved spending limit on Dec.
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| Watch Mark Wahlberg Do the Weather in Philadelphia | | Wednesday, January 09, 2013 5:48 PM | Todd Wasserman |
| Viewers of Good Day Philadelphia got a surprise Wednesday morning when Mark Wahlberg stopped by to do the weather and traffic. Wahlberg, who is promoting his upcoming movie Broken City, delivered the impromptu report on Fox affiliate WTXF.
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| Intellect Motion Turns Gameplay Into Hardcore Exercise | | Wednesday, January 09, 2013 5:38 PM | Lance Ulanoff |
| LAS VEGAS — No matter what you think, video gaming is not exercise. It's sitting on your butt, twitching your fingers over a dozen multi-colored buttons. You rarely break a sweat. I can tell you though, from personal experience, that if you ever get to try Intellect Motion, you will sweat and bounce around like never before.
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| 'Arrested Development' Returns in May | | Wednesday, January 09, 2013 5:35 PM | Sam Laird |
| Arrested Development fans, your wait is nearly over. The Bluths are set to return for their feverishly anticipated fourth season this May.
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| This Is the Most Bizarrely Awesome Way to Answer an iPhone | | Wednesday, January 09, 2013 5:28 PM | Annie Colbert |
| Still using your hand to answer your iPhone? Amateur. This dude demonstrates the bossest way to pick up that ring-a-ling using a special quick-draw contraption. And, in the process of doing so, inadvertently competes for the Biggest Internet Winner. SEE ALSO: 10 Spectacular Paintings You Won't Believe Were Made on an iPhone Wigs. Trains. 1970s police TV show rolls.
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