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| Google Harnesses Knowledge Graph, Facial Recognition to Give Movie Insight | | The Google Play Movies and TV app is debuting a new feature that gives greater insight into your favorite actors, films and shows — thanks to the search giant's Knowledge Graph. If you've ever found yourself mulling over the name of an unidentified actor or song while watching a film, the app's new "info cards" will provide facts related to any movie being watched on an Android tablet.
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| iOgrapher Turns an iPad Mini Into a Video Shooting Powerhouse | | Wednesday, March 27, 2013 10:00 PM | Charlie White |
| You might scoff at someone shooting video with an iPad, but what if it were an iPad mini, wearing this sleek double-handled iOgrapher mount? It accommodates different lenses, makes it easier to hold your iPad mini steady, and if that's not rock-solid enough, it lets you mount it on a tripod. This Kickstarter project was created by high-school media arts teacher Dave Basulto of South Pasadena, Calif.
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| 10 Technologies You Don't Need to Upgrade | | Wednesday, March 27, 2013 8:59 PM | Matt Petronzio |
| The tech industry is in constant flux. There's always a new laptop, smartphone or tablet (or, dare we say, "phablet") to make you and your devices feel ancient. But did you know you use technologies every day that don't require any upgrades? SEE ALSO: More Comics on Mashable In this comic, Angela Liao of 20px highlights the different objects and "gadgets" that our generation hasn't really grown out of using.
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| Ford Challenges Developers to Tackle Car Data | | Wednesday, March 27, 2013 8:25 PM | Lance Ulanoff |
| Ford is taking what may be the first step in creating a new, cohesive, multi-screen, contextually aware experience between smartphones and cars. The automaker announced this week at the New York International Auto Show, the Ford Personalized Fuel-Efficiency App Challenge, an app-development contest that will let developers tap into Ford’s OpenXC API and give them direct access to data collected by Ford cars.
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| 8 External Battery Packs to Charge Your Phone on the Go | | Wednesday, March 27, 2013 7:42 PM | Matt Petronzio |
| It wasn't too long ago that we didn't need to worry about our cellphones dying at inopportune moments. In fact, the batteries could last us for days without needing a charge. But now that our smartphones are, well, smarter, and we use them for dozens of functions, their batteries drain a lot faster.
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| 'Hakitzu' Teaches Kids to Code With Robot Warriors | | Wednesday, March 27, 2013 3:47 PM | Camille Bautista |
| Complete with battling robots, challenging arenas and a little bit of friendly competition, Kuato Studio's new game seeks to both entertain and educate as it teaches children how to code. Hakitzu: Code of the Warrior, a strategy game, prompts players to type basic JavaScript to control characters.
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| Boxee TV Update Lets You Stream Your Network Videos | | Wednesday, March 27, 2013 3:09 PM | Charlie White |
| The Boxee TV cloud DVR box and Internet app player just got a firmware update, giving it new tricks and hopefully fixing many of its various flaws. The set-top box was rolled out last October, and so far, it's been a work in progress. The update's biggest enhancement is the addition of DLNA, that network magic that lets you view videos, photos or listen to music from any computer on your local network.
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| Slim, Portable Charger Could Keep Your Phone Powered for a Week | | Wednesday, March 27, 2013 2:51 PM | Vignesh Ramachandran |
| Though smartphones can do many amazing things these days, we can all admit they honestly turn into useless paperweights when the battery dies. So a Provo, Utah-based technology company has developed a portable charger that they claim can power the average smartphone for nearly a week. The "Reservoir" from Dark Energy is a slim, portable charger that looks a lot like your phone, as explained in the video above.
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| Could T-Mobile's iPhone 5 Help Cricket Sell Units? | | Wednesday, March 27, 2013 2:09 PM | Christina Warren |
| The updated iPhone 5 model Apple is creating for T-Mobile might help some smaller wireless carrier's sell more iPhone units. As we explained Tuesday, in order to make the iPhone 5 compatible with T-Mobile's HSPA+ 42 network, Apple needed to turn on some additional radios for the A1428 iPhone 5.
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| What That Gadget Says About Your Personality | | Wednesday, March 27, 2013 1:35 PM | Laptop Magazine |
| People judge each other on what they drive, what they wear and where they live, so it's not a surprise that people may also judge each other on what electronics they whip out to use in public. "Identity is interwoven into those kinds of choices," said Coye Cheshire, associate professor of sociology at the Berkeley School of Information. iPhone vs.
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| Temple Run and Other Hot Games Coming to Windows Phone | | Wednesday, March 27, 2013 12:56 PM | Emily Price |
| Temple Run is on its way to Windows Phone. Microsoft announced several incoming games to the platform Wednesday in conjunction with the Game Developer’s Conference currently going on in San Francisco. Exceptionally popular on other platforms, the original Temple Run has been downloaded more than 170 million times from Apple’s App Store and Google Play since its launch in 2011.
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| Never Forget Where You Parked With These 5 Apps | | Wednesday, March 27, 2013 12:40 PM | Vignesh Ramachandran |
| It happens to the best of us: After a long vacation or a tiring day at work, you forget where you parked. Fifth floor? Lot C? Spot number 7Z? West garage? East? You're certainly not alone if you get lost in the concrete jungle mazes we call parking lots and garages. To help you remember exactly where you left your car, a number of smartphone parking apps can serve as savior.
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| What's Windows Blue? We'll Find Out at Microsoft BUILD in June | | Wednesday, March 27, 2013 10:22 AM | Pete Pachal |
| Ever since Windows 8 was released last fall, we've heard growing whispers about "Windows Blue," supposedly the next step in Microsoft's core software, but whether that step amounts to a set of Service Pack-like tweaks or a full-on new version was an open question (leaks aside). Now we've got the first official word from Microsoft on what Windows Blue is, and when it'll officially appear.
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