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What’s the Best RSS Reader Not Named Google Reader?

Google’s killing off Google Reader which means hordes of abandoned RSS users will need a new home to get their news fix. So what’s the best RSS reader not named Google Reader? Is it Reeder? Or NetNewsWire? Maybe Feedly? Or should we all just ditch RSS and get with Twitter? It’s a tough question that’s…

Google Is Killing Google Reader

Google has just announced that it’ll be killing off Google Reader in its latest ‘spring cleaning’, which is a euphemism for getting rid of products that not enough people use (even if they still love using it). So yes, that means many people’s favorite RSS reader will be turned off for good on July 1,…

Android Is a Free Replacement for a Feature Phone Says Apple’s Phil Schiller

Samsung’s announcing the Galaxy S IV tomorrow but before it does, Apple wanted to take a few shots at Android. Phil Schiller, Apple’s Senior Vice President of Marketing, crapped all over Android telling the WSJ that, “Android is often given a free replacement for a feature phone and the experience isn’t as good as an…

What’s Inside the Vatican’s Black and White Smoke Signal for a New Pope?

The Vatican needs to find a new Pope. And to notify the world of when a new Pope is chosen, the papal conclave will communicate through smoke signal. Black smoke means they haven’t found a Pope, white smoke (or “fumata bianca”) would mean that there is a new Pope. So what’s inside the smoke? It’s…

Holy Crap, Watch Water Bend Like You’ve Never Seen It Before

Our favorite mind warping illusionist Brusspup has a slick new trick to wrap your raisin brain around: water flows normally and then BOOM it warps and twists and bends like you never imagined water could when sound hits it. How does this happen? You wouldn’t be able to see what was happening in this video…

Why Is the Sky Any Color?

You probably think the sky is blue because of the ocean and air and reflections or something like that. But how does it turn red sometimes? Or orange? Or rather, why does the sky have to be any color at all? PBS explains it so you can explain it to your future kid. PBS’ It’s…

The Most Searched Terms in Porn by Country and State

Surprise! Everyone loves to look at porn on the Internet. Okay, that’s not exactly a surprise. What is a little bit interesting is just how different our taste for porn can be. PornMD released its search statistics for pornography and broke down the most popular search terms by country and state. For example, the most…

Is Google Now Coming to iOS?

Google Now, the uber useful Android Jelly Bean do it all, may be coming to iOS. Of course it won’t have all the widgets and wizardry that the Android version provides but if this leaked promo ad for Google Now on iOS is to be believed, it will show you all the personalized information you…

Samsung Teases the Galaxy S IV with a Picture Showing the Outline of the Phone

Samsung is going to announce its latest and greatest Android phone, the Samsung Galaxy S IV, on March 14th. We may know what it looks like already. Or we may not. Samsung is throwing all of us another bone by teasing the upcoming S IV by showing us the outline of the phone. It might…

What Would Happen If People in the SkyMall Catalog Came to Life

If you’ve ever been bored as hell on a plane, which is to say every single person who has ever flown ever, you’ve definitely wondered who the heck buys anything from the totally unnecessary world of SkyMall. And if you got even more bored, shout out to cross country and international flights, you probably wondered…

The ABCs of a Camera’s Guts

What’s lovely about this alphabet made from camera parts by London graphic design student Stefan Abrahams is that it organizes a camera’s beautiful internals as carefully as one should frame a picture. Each letter has a camera part, you can see the viewfinder as ‘D’ and the shutter curtain as ‘R’. What are the other…

What Adorable Kids Think of Those Stupid Harlem Shake Videos

Those Harlem Shake where they actually aren’t doing the Harlem Shake videos sure got out of hand really fast, didn’t they? It was the Internet’s fascination at its highest manufactured peak. I disregarded it immediately when I first saw it. I didn’t want to watch any of those videos as more came trickling in. And…

If Superheroes Were Sponsored By Famous Brands

How do superheroes afford being, well, superheroes? It doesn’t seem too lucrative a gig given the time commitment and hazardous work conditions but yet every hero still seems to make ends meet. But if superheroes are struggling financially, they should totally look into sponsoring themselves. Iron Man by McDonald’s. Monster Hulk. Captain America’s What Can…

Google Glass Will Work with Apps Like the New York Times, Path and More

Google showed off some new features of Google Glass at SXSW and they can be quite useful. For example, the New York Times will be integrated with Google Glass so you’ll see pop up notifications of breaking news by tiling your head a certain way. You can even peep pictures, headlines or have Google Glass…

Here Are All Your Favorite Social Networks Explained

All those social networks we spend more than half our life on? There all just varying degrees of the same damn thing. Basically, look at my cat’s albums. Watch my cat videos. Read how I hashtag my cat. Check this filtered cat. And on and on we go. According to Devin made a hilarious comic…

Why People Should Just Stay Away from Electric Fences

There’s this thing called being smart that explains how you can avoid getting shocked by an electrical fence by avoiding them altogether. There’s also this thing called being human and tip toeing the line of dumb behavior which causes people to play around with electric fences… and predictably get shocked and knocked down. You can…

A Converted Silo Ice Climbing Wall Is the Only Reason Why Winter Exists

It’s March, which mean it’s still a little colder than you want it to be. Which means eventually you’ll ask yourself why in the hell is it still cold. Which will lead to yourself questioning why does it have to be cold at all? And then you’ll see this converted silo in Cedar Falls, Iowa…

Sony Chairman Howard Stringer Is Stepping Down in June

The ol’ boss of Sony is stepping down. After giving up his CEO and presidency of Sony last year, Stringer has decided to also retire from being the chairman of Sony’s board. He first became CEO in 2005. It’s an end of an era for a company we still miss. [Financial Times via Engadget] https://gizmodo.com/we-miss-sony-5484148

What Every Fanboy Argument About Google Glass and the Apple iWatch Will Be Like

Even though we’re going to be whoa’d and inspired by the future that Google Glass and the Apple iWatch will bring, let’s not kid ourselves. The most realistic future is going to be the silly arguments we all get into about Google Glass and the Apple iWatch… which will only get more ridiculous after Apple…