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| Listen to Alexander Graham Bell's Voice from 128 Years Ago | | Wednesday, April 24, 2013 11:19 PM | Vignesh Ramachandran |
| Alexander Graham Bell — inventor of the telephone — may have died over 90 years ago, but you can still hear his voice today. Smithsonian researchers recovered Bell's voice from a historical recording by using optical technology, Smithsonian Magazine reported. The recording was recovered from a wax-and-cardboard disc that dates back to April 15, 1885, the magazine said.
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| Zynga Launches 'Draw Something 2' With New Tools, Social Features | | Wednesday, April 24, 2013 10:21 PM | Emily Price |
| Zynga has officially launched Draw Something 2, the followup to its highly-successful Pictionary-like mobile app Draw Something, which was released last year. Unveiled during the company’s earnings call Wednesday, the latest version of the popular game brings new ways to play, a number of new drawing tools, as well as patterns and textures that can be incorporated into drawings.
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| JBL Charge Speaker: Size of a Beer Can, Sounds Like a Keg | | Wednesday, April 24, 2013 6:57 PM | Charlie White |
| If you're looking for a portable Bluetooth speaker, JBL just rolled out its JBL Charge, a beer-can sized speaker that promises great sound and plenty of battery life. The speaker's 6000 mAh lithium-ion battery can also be used to charge any gadget that uses USB for power. The company sent us one for review, so let's give it a listen and decide if it's worth its $149.95 price.
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| BlackBerry Q10 Details Coming From T-Mobile April 29 | | Wednesday, April 24, 2013 5:14 PM | Christina Warren |
| T-Mobile customers interested in the BlackBerry Q10 can sign-up for notifications of the device's availability starting on April 29. Mashable Tech Editor Pete Pachal called the Q10 "the best keyboard phone you can buy today" and it features not only the iconic BlackBerry keyboard, but also the latest version of the BlackBerry 10 operating system.
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| Logitech FabricSkin Keyboard Case Protects From Spills | | Wednesday, April 24, 2013 1:31 PM | Andrea Smith |
| You know that moment when you're carrying your iPad in one hand and your water bottle or drink in the other ... and the two somehow come together? You know it can have disastrous effects on your carrying case as well as your iPad. Logitech has introduced the FabricSkin Keyboard Folio, a case that protects your tablet from drops and scratches, as well as liquid spills.
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| Mobile to Account for 25% of U.S. Online Sales by 2017 | | Wednesday, April 24, 2013 11:49 AM | Lauren Indvik |
| Tap and buy: Come 2017, approximately 25% of online retail transactions in the U.S. will take place on mobile devices, more than double the number that occurred in 2012, according to an eMarketer study published Tuesday. That figure excludes purchase of event tickets and travel services. Between last year and this year alone, mobile commerce (mcommerce) sales are expected to increase 82% from $24.81 billion to $38.84 billion.
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| NASA Fires Cellphones Into Space | | Wednesday, April 24, 2013 11:09 AM | National Journal |
| NASA this week took a handful of cheap but powerful smartphones, slapped them to a gigantic rocket and blasted them into low-earth orbit to see how they'd fare. The project, called PhoneSat, is one of those wacky experiments that seems at first to have nothing to do with science. But it's not a stunt.
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| The Father of Cyberpunk Tries Google Glass | | Wednesday, April 24, 2013 10:37 AM | Pete Pachal |
| If there's any piece of emerging technology that most closely resembles the cyberpunk imaginings of science-fiction writers, it's Google Glass. The product achieved a notable symbolic milestone this week when the creator of the cyberpunk genre, William Gibson, finally donned the futuristic gadget. Gibson was headlining an event at the New York Public Library when an audience member offered to have the Neuromancer author wear it.
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| Tumblr Updates iOS App With Social Sharing | | Wednesday, April 24, 2013 10:25 AM | Stan Schroeder |
| Days after it introduced its first mobile ads, Tumblr updated its iOS app to version 3.3.1, adding several important new features. The new version lets users share posts via social networks such as Twitter and Facebook, as well as save content for later using Instapaper and Pocket. Also, users can now email an entire post and close a photo by flinging it up or down.
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| Getting Started With Twitter #Music | | Wednesday, April 24, 2013 9:37 AM | Emily Price |
| Last week Twitter launched Twitter #Music, its new stand-alone music service. A mobile app as well as a web service, Twitter Music helps music lovers discover new tunes, and with the help of Rdio and Spotify listen to those new discoveries instantly. All in all the service is fairly simple to understand and use.
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| Apple's Earnings and Other News You Need to Know | | Wednesday, April 24, 2013 9:09 AM | Stan Schroeder |
| Welcome to this morning's edition of "First To Know," a series in which we keep you in the know on what's happening in the digital world. Today, we're looking at three particularly interesting stories. Apple had a solid — though not stellar — quarter, according to the numbers it reported Tuesday. The average U.S. Internet speed is now 7.4 mbps, up a decent 28%t from this time last year, according to Akamai.
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