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Wi-Fi Network Breaks Speed Record | Friday, May 17, 2013 7:40 PM | Discovery News |
| Think your network is fast? Getting a gigagbyte-sized movie over your local wireless network to your hard drive in a few seconds is old hat. Now there's a network that can push a 2-hour, high-definition movie to a computer a mile away in less time than it takes to read a single word. At the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany, a new record has been set: 40GB per second over a distance of about .6 of a mile.
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'Bang With Friends' Gets Booted From App Store | Friday, May 17, 2013 7:06 PM | Christina Warren |
| We might need to call it "Banned With Friends." A week after debuting the new mobile client for anonymous friend banging, the iOS version of Bang With Friends (BWF) was removed from the App Store by Apple. Bang With Friends debuted in January and quickly took off in popularity. The concept is simple: Users log in with Facebook and select what friends they want to bang.
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Google Glass Stole the Show at Google I/O 2013 | Friday, May 17, 2013 5:58 PM | Pete Pachal |
| Google made a lot of announcements in its marathon keynote to kick off Google I/O on Wednesday, but its most buzzed-about product was almost a no-show at the event. Google Glass barely got a mention, even though this is the first I/O where the tiny wearable computer is actually in developers' hands. The glaring omission didn't stop Glass from stealing the show for the rest of the conference, though.
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Instabeat Is Google Glass and Nike FuelBand for Swimmers | Friday, May 17, 2013 3:30 PM | Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai |
| Wearable gizmos are the next frontier in the world of technology. And fitness trackers like Fitbit or Nike+ FuelBand already give runners a great way to track their workouts. But what about swimmers? Until now, they've been left out of the gadget tracker fad. But Instabeat, a wearable accessory for swimmer's goggles, might change that. Think of a mix between Google Glass and a Nike+ FuelBand and you get Instabeat.
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When Will Humans Upload Their Brains to Computers? | Friday, May 17, 2013 3:16 PM | Discovery News |
| In the new techno-thriller Upload, a young computer scientist with a sketchy past and distrust of society decides to take the ultimate leap forward by scanning his brain and uploading his memories, personality and consciousness into a simulated world of his own making. Raymond wants to live forever, controlling his environment and interactions with other humans as a god-like being.
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Google Offers Makes Its Way to Google+ | Friday, May 17, 2013 2:06 PM | Samantha Murphy |
| Google's deal-of-the-day service is coming to Google+, so users can see and share limited-time promotions directly with their news stream.
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Google I/O 2013: What We've Learned | Friday, May 17, 2013 1:40 PM | Ryan Lytle |
| As Google's annual developer conference, Google I/O, nears the end, it's time to take a look back at some of the biggest announcements the company made.
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Samsung TecTiles Finally Come to Galaxy S4 | Friday, May 17, 2013 1:10 PM | Samantha Murphy |
| Samsung's programmable TecTile technology is finally coming to the Galaxy S4. TecTiles are Samsung's near-field communications (NFC) stickers that be placed around the house or car, so you can automate certain tasks.
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Galaxy S4 Is Samsung's Fastest-Selling Smartphone Ever | Friday, May 17, 2013 8:00 AM | Stan Schroeder |
| Samsung Galaxy S 4 is on track to pass 10 million in sales next week, which would make it the fastest-selling Galaxy S device in history. The not-very-precise figure comes from Samsung CEO J.K. Shin, who told it to reporters in South Korea. “We are confident that we will pass more than 10 million sales of the S4 next week. It is selling much faster than the previous model S3,” said Shin.
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