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Tech NewsWhat Is the LRAD Sound Cannon?
Protests in Ferguson, Missouri have reached a terrifying fever pitch, and the ludicrously armed Ferguson Police Department is bringing all its crowd-control weapons to bear, tear gas, stun grenades, rubber bullets, you name it. One of the more controversial of those is the LRAD Sound Cannon. So what’s the harm in a little noise? Well, … Continued
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io9Movies10 Movies For an Epic Hangover
Shhhhh. Is it afternoon already? Oh man, you were supposed to meet your friends for brunch, or biking, or something that starts with B. Forget that, your friends have. Instead, grab your favorite blankie and head over to the couch. Let’s just chill and watch a few movies. Let’s break the rest of the day’s … Continued
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Tech NewsAmazon
Shoot At Your Friends, Build a Railroad, and Become the Next Deadmau5
You can run around shooting people or build a railroad. Are you the soldier or the builder? These are the hard questions you have answer in the world of apps. No wait, you can be both because the games are on sale. Hooray for capitalism! But if shooting and building aren’t your thing, you can … Continued
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Tech NewsAppleTweetbot for iPad: A Bigger Bot
You can launch pretty much any iPhone app on the iPad. If it’s not a universal app, it’ll look all pixelated and ugly and you’ll wonder why the developer hasn’t gotten around to making an iPad version of the app. Maybe the developer’s happy with just an iPhone app. Maybe they’ll rush an iPad app … Continued
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Tech NewsStop Mangling Your Goggles and Behold the Power of Magnetic Lenses
After a few seasons on the slopes, you realize that having a set of goggles with interchangeable lenses is a must. Then you realize that changing the lenses on those goggles is a huge pain in the ass. Well magical magnets are once again the answer to all of our troubles. Anon Optics realized something … Continued
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Tech NewsApple
TripLingo Romance Edition: Love Abroad
There are a ton of apps headed down the ol’ App Store highway that will make Valentine’s Day magical for you and your significant other. But what about the lonely people of the world? And what’s going to happen to folks in other countries during this, the cruelest of holidays? Don’t worry lonely travelers. I … Continued
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Tech NewsGoogle
Google Voice on Android Is Now Much, Much Prettier
The Google Voice app for Android got a significant update today, unveiling a fancy UI facelift for Honeycomb and Ice Cream Sandwich and finally implementing offline SMS queueing. The offline SMS queueing features means you’ll be able to compose and save messages when you don’t have a mobile connection. Once you emerge from whatever signal-free … Continued
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Tech NewsAmazon
Take Pictures Quicker, Sync DropBox Music, and Open Almost Any File
Apple says the camera on the iPhone 4S is quick. Well, quicker, anyway. You still have to launch the app, then take a photo. Sometimes it’s super fast. Other times, it’s so slow you miss your chance to take a picture of the Yeti that just ran off with your backpack. Next time, capture that … Continued
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Tech NewsPrivacy and Security
Path Uploads Your Entire Address Book to Its Servers Without Your Explicit Permission
While searching for a way to create an OS X app for Path’s social network, hacker Arun Thampi stumbled on to something that could raise privacy issues with the app. Arun was looking into the Path APIs when he noticed that his entire address book was being uploaded to Path’s servers without his permission. When … Continued
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Tech NewsMotorcyclist Clotheslined 25-Feet In the Air, Falls Hard
A circus performance at the The Dow Event Center ended abruptly when a motorcycle jump went horribly wrong and the rider hit a wire at the apex of his jump. Motorcycle rider Josh Headford suffered a broken leg, wrist, elbow, and shoulder after falling 25 feet to the ground after hitting the wire. Headford told … Continued
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Tech NewsApple
Nooka: The Not-So-Intuitive, But-Still-Cool-Looking Clock
Clocks that tell time in fascinating new ways are everywhere. I saw a clock that lit up the quarter hour the other day. It was beautiful. The Nooka app based upon their watches falls into the beautiful timepiece category. It won’t replace your regular clock, but it will make checking the time a more invigorating … Continued
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Tech NewsAmazon
Solve a Mystery, Become an Archer, and Win the GrandPrix
How many Law & Order versions are there? It seems like there’s a new one every week. They even have one for App Store. Law and Order: iOS, DUN DUN. Okay, so that’s not really the name, but it should be. Sick of procedural crime dramas? We also have archery and F1 racing management games … Continued
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Tech NewsGoogle
Rdio’s New Android App Is—Gasp—Better Than the iOS Version
Streaming-music-service-slash-social-network Rdio new Android app is pretty damn excellent. In addition to support for Ice Cream Sandwich (4.0), the app now includes Network Activity, User Profiles, New Releases, Album Charts, and recommendations based on listening habits. If you’ve had a chance to check out the iOS version of Rdio, you’ll know that the Android version … Continued
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Tech News
Ethereal Insect Photographs Will Cure Your Phobia of Bugs
Malaysian photographer Lee Peiling created images so fantastic, it feels like you’re peering into another world. A world populated with helpful praying mantises and ants ready to lend a helping hand. The photographer utilized the Bokeh photography technique to achieve the ethereal quality of the macro-photos. The bokeh technique emphasizes the aesthetic quality of out … Continued
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Tech NewsGoogle Docs Goes Offline, Sync Photos to DropBox, Stream Music, and Play a Darwinian Puzzle Game
Managing content on your Android gets to be a pain pretty quick. How much music can I put on here? Did I sync all those photos to my computer? Is this document the most up-to-date version? This week’s app picks help make managing those things a snap. Oh, and we’ve got a pretty sweet game, … Continued
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Tech News
Smack a Hockey Puck, Get an NFL Workout, Cross Tetris and Boggle, and Become a Phantom Detective
If you want to be ripped like those NFL guys you’re going to have to workout. Like all the time. You shouldn’t even be reading this post. Quit your job and download an NFL player’s workout app. Or if you’re in Canada, go after a hockey puck. Forget it, I know we’re all just gonna … Continued
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Tech NewsAmazon
Edit Videos, Play a German Board Game, and Kick a Football FTW
Back in my day we would edit videos on a large table with razor blades, white gloves, and grease pencils. Ok, I’m not that old. But, if you told me 15 years ago you could edit video on a phone, I’d have called you a witch and burned you at the stake. Well, today we … Continued
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