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# 2013-05-24 06:00:17, AppleInsider
Verizon this week launched a new iPhone application for its subscribers that gives access to the carrier's cloud-based syncing and backup service.
# 2013-05-24 06:00:14, TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog
Apple is continuing to roll out increased Maps 3D Flyover coverage. The latest update was first spotted by AppleInsider and appears to include large parts of California. Specifically, the latest update includes the cities of San Bernardino, Riverside, Rancho Cucamonga, Ontario, Moreno Valley and m...
# 2013-05-24 06:00:14, TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog
Smule may be only 5 years old, but the California development firm started in part by Jeff Smith and Stanford Assistant Professor Dr. Ge Wang has had an amazing impact on the world. The company shared some stats with Evolver.fm that are incredible -- Smule's apps have been downloaded over 100 mill...
# 2013-05-24 06:00:09, Gizmodo
At the start of a cocktail party that was to end an exciting, bewildering and altogether odd day at Microsoft's Redmond campus, I approached Microsoft v.p. Aaron Greenberg. Hell of a debut day for the Xbox One, I told him. Some impressive stuff, some confusing stuff. Some fierce reaction online.Read...
# 2013-05-24 06:00:09, Gizmodo
Espresso is a mysterious drink. Not many people really know what it really is, how it’s made, or even what it should taste like. We've all been lured into a haze of misunderstanding and misinformation by the likes of Starbucks, Nespresso, Krups, and countless other brands looking to make espresso...
# 2013-05-24 06:00:09, Gizmodo
Quad-copters have become a popular choice for aerial surveillance tasks, in both the public and private sectors, thanks to their portability and ease of use. Problem is, their diminutive nature also limits where and when they can fly—high winds can knock them clear out of the air. The new SkyRang...
# 2013-05-24 06:00:07, TechCrunch
There are a number of password management solutions on the market today, but CommonKey, a new browser extension out this week, has a different take. Instead of focusing only on the needs of the individual user or offering a complex solution for the enterprise, it provides a password management syste...
# 2013-05-24 06:00:07, TechCrunch
Two VMware executives have left to join Redpoint Ventures to help the firm extend its reach into the enterprise and mobile markets. Their leaving marks a string of recent VMware departures, following the Pivotal spinout of several of the two companies’ product groups. Both executives joining Redpo...
# 2013-05-24 06:00:06, The Register
I do not like it, SAM-I-am. I do not like Michael's big planActivist investor Carl Icahn will need as much as $7bn to carry off his plan to pull Dell out from under Mike Dell's nose, banking sources have said.…
# 2013-05-24 06:00:06, The Register
Simply no teddies left in this pramWikileaks has released a transcript of a documentary about its history so it can add notes to each section saying "Wrong!", a day before the film debuts.…
# 2013-05-24 06:00:03, BGR: The Three Biggest Letters In Tech
Whether or not Google’s connected eyewear will appeal to the mass market, early reviews painted Google Glass as a very intriguing product. It’s not without some faults, of course, and one of the biggest problems with early units was battery life. Glass reportedly goes for about five hours on a c...
# 2013-05-24 06:00:03, BGR: The Three Biggest Letters In Tech
Simpsons fans will likely recall the classic episode in which Homer Simpson gets tossed out of an “all-you-can-eat” seafood restaurant after he devours not only its entire supply of shrimp but two of its decorative plastic lobsters. Ars Technica reports that an IT professional in California did ...
# 2013-05-24 06:00:02, Engadget
During an I/O session called "Structure in Android App Design," Google leaked a new design for Gmail ahead of any official announcement. The slide shows a revamped navigation drawer and a conspicuous lack of the action bar on the bottom. Functions currently located at the bottom of the screen (l...
# 2013-05-24 06:00:02, Engadget
While we like our collector's edition games, there's no question that even the better bundles are full of knick-knacks we'll use just once or twice. No one will say the same for Codemaster's GRID 2: Mono Edition, though. The UK-only bundle includes the GRID 2 racing game, a PS3 to play it on... ...
# 2013-05-24 06:00:25, Akihabara News
Planex Communications Inc. is releasing HDMI Selector “HDMI-SW0401D” on May 31. Using “HDMI-SW0401D” as an intermediary, you are able to connect a maximum of 4 HDMI built-in devices to a TV or display that has only one HDMI port. You can simply choose which device you want to use through an ...
# 2013-05-24 06:00:14, TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog
Following up on an announcement made at the end of April, Verizon has begun rolling out its Verizon Cloud storage solution to iOS devices today. Verizon Cloud offers Verizon users a free 500 MB of cloud storage to backup their photos, videos, contacts, music, call logs and text messages. Users who...
# 2013-05-24 06:00:09, Gizmodo
Dominic Wilcox has a knack for the absurd. He’s designed gold-plated luxury skipping stones, anti-theft bike stickers, and a post-it note tattoo for hand-written notes. His latest design, though, is both absurd and incredibly useful: a conversion system that makes it possible to screw old sound sy...
# 2013-05-24 06:00:09, Gizmodo
In an attempt to illustrate the harmful effects of using crack cocaine, Talent, a Brazilian ad agency, created a series of posters featuring images of addicts that are slowly eaten away and destroyed by Flour beetle larvae—or mealworms.Read more...
# 2013-05-24 06:00:07, TechCrunch
A new report from 9to5Mac and its usually well-connected sources today adds a little more color to what we'll be seeing from the big iOS 7 redesign rumored to be making an appearance at WWDC this year in June – and what we'll apparently be seeing is a lot less color. The visual overhaul not only e...
# 2013-05-24 06:00:07, TechCrunch
We're less than a week out from our Austin TC Meetup + Pitch-Off, and I can already smell the barbeque in the air. Austin, are you ready to rumble?
The Austin Meetup + Pitch-Off is going down on Thursday, May 30, at The Stage On Sixth.
The event begins promptly at 6pm and runs until 10pm. Ticket...
# 2013-05-24 06:00:06, The Register
Shared accounts? #FacebookIsBetterSecurity-watchers don't appear overly impressed with Twitter's introduction of two-factor authentication (2FA) to its service.…
# 2013-05-24 06:00:06, The Register
Ex-veep lifts lid on homeless fondleslab maker's financesApple has been operating practically tax-free in Ireland since 1980, a former exec has claimed.…
# 2013-05-24 06:00:03, BGR: The Three Biggest Letters In Tech
Nokia on Thursday filed a second patent infringement complaint against HTC with the International Trade Commission. The company has alleged that HTC’s products, including its flagship HTC One smartphone, infringe upon its protected technologies. In a statement to ZDNet, Nokia accused HTC of not t...
# 2013-05-24 06:00:02, Engadget
Sony's FS700 has plenty going for it regardless of its 4K potential, not least in terms of its super slow motion shooting up to 240fps at 1080p. Nevertheless, if 4K it has to be, then a new NEX-IFR5 interface unit will be out in June to make full use of the camera's big sensor and 3G-SDI output....
# 2013-05-24 06:00:02, Engadget
JBL is known for its love of exotic speaker designs, but a new FCC approval suggests it's about to turn back the clock for its next look. An unannounced Spark Bluetooth speaker appearing at the US agency wouldn't look out of place at the top of a gramophone -- albeit one draped in red plastic. I...
# 2013-05-24 06:00:02, Engadget
It's fairly minor as far as operating system upgrades go, but Chrome OS users can expect to receive a new update in the stable release channel sometime in the next few days (if they haven't already). It brings with it some added panel windows for things like chat, along with a new positioning mo...
# 2013-05-24 06:00:17, AppleInsider
Users of Apple's Passbook feature for iOS have a new option for getting tickets, coupons, and more delivered to their devices, as Skycore has launched support for cross-carrier delivery of Passbook passes by MMS.
# 2013-05-24 06:00:14, TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog
Marketwatch recently took a look at the rising price of iPhone 5 screen repairs, pointing out that the US$229 Apple sometimes charges to repair a broken iPhone 5 screen is often more than the cost of the device itself, with a two-year contract of course.
At the root of rising iPhone repair costs ...
# 2013-05-24 06:00:09, Gizmodo
Beer is a staple of Americana, so it's only suitable that the buildings where it's brewed are often classic examples of American architecture. Even though some breweries eventually fall into disrepair, either because the brewer shuts down or because it moves, many of those have been given second liv...
# 2013-05-24 06:00:09, Gizmodo
A high school sub usually means your teacher's sick and you get a free period to screw around. But for one student, its meaning is a little more literal. Eighteen-year-old Justin Beckerman could be considered the reincarnation of Thomas Edison. In his brief life, Justin's created a remote controlled...