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Verizon’s Unlimited-Killing “Share Everything” Plans Are Confusing As Hell

Verizon just sent out a labyrinth of an explainer about its new shared data plans, which it will be using to 1. make our lives way easier by putting a bunch of devices in one plan, and 2. murder grandfathered unlimited data plans. Here’s how the new stuff works: To get started on a Share…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

V-Moda Vamp Packs a Headphone Amp and DAC Into an iPhone Case to Make Your Music Sing

The new V-Moda Vamp seems like an obvious combination iPhone accessory: An iPhone case with a built-in digital-to-analog converter (DAC) and amplifier that will improve the audio quality of your music. But nothing’s ever too good to be true. There are millions upon millions of iPhones in the world, which means there’s room for niche…

Gadgets Mario Aguilar

Floating Barbecue Grill Promises the Freshest Shrimp on the Barbie

If you’re an avid fisherman you no longer have to wait to get back to shore to enjoy your catch. But it will require you to trade in your fishing boat for this $50,000 floating BBQ that can accomodate up to ten passengers. A 30-watt electric trolling motor lets you silently meander along the shore…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Report: Nokia Maps Replace Bing in Windows Phone 8

Big week for mapping news. Google’s got a bunch of new stuff, like offline maps. Apple’s got its own maps now too. And Microsoft is reportedly making the switch from Bing to Nokia’s maps for all phones in Windows Phone 8. Awesome. The report, from WPCentral, follows similar stories that Nokia would be the default…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

This summer, NASA’s Curiosity rover will attempt the most ambitious Martian landing in history

NASA has upped the ante on the August landing of Curiosity, the largest, most scientifically capable planetary rover ever built. By shrinking the size of its target landing zone, the Agency hopes to place Curiosity closer to its experimental target, while saving it months of travel time. “We’re trimming the distance we’ll have to drive…

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Disney’s Snow Queen movie gets the Witch from Wicked and a Book of Mormon writer. Hell. Yes.

We’ve been waiting for years for someone to make a Snow Queen movie. Finally, Disney is pushing forward on Frozen, their take on the Hans Christian Andersen story, and they’re stacking up some serious talent to help. Disney recently revealed via press release that Broadway idol Idina Menzel will voice the Snow Queen. Plus, Robert…

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These are some of the best alien landscapes we’ve seen in a while

In depicting his stark extraterrestrial biomes, Kaliningrad artist Alex Kozhanov draws aesthetic inspiration from such creators as Andrei Tarkovsky, H.R. Giger, and Andrew Wyeth. If — in some alternate reality 1979 — Ridley Scott had decided to adapt the works of H.P. Lovecraft instead of directing Alien, Kozhanov’s strange terrain might resemble the final result.…

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TomTom Confirms Its Involvement With iOS 6 Maps

Following yesterday’s announcement of Apple’s new maps app in iOS 6, it came to light that at least part of the technology was powered by TomTom. Now, TomTom has confirmed its involvement. In a short release posted on its website, TomTom explains: “TomTom has signed a global agreement with Apple® for maps and related information.…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Spotify’s Revamped Android App Now Available to All

Spotify’s revamped Android app launched in beta a couple of months ago, but now it’s availabile as an official release in Google Play, this time with a few new features: A home screen playback widget, playlist folder support, gapless playback, Last.fm scrobbling, and a visible play queue. You can download it here. [Spotify]

Tech News Adrian Covert

Mathematical Proof That Crime Doesn’t Pay

If you’re struggling for cash, maybe the idea of robbing a bank has idly entered your mind. Don’t do it! Because a new study by a team of economists shows that it doesn’t make any financial sense whatsoever. The research, published in the journal Significance, studied bank raids from across the UK and the US…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Check out the Air Force’s new vacuum-powered Spider-Man suit

Eat your heart out, Andrew Garfield. While the rest of us wait four more agonizing weeks for the theatrical premiere of The Amazing Spider-Man, student makers at Utah State University actually fabricated their own. Powered by vacuums, the so-called “Ascending Aggies” built their very own wall-crawler for an Air Force competition to help commandos scale…

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An Oscar winner might join Catching Fire. Plus new Dark Knight Rises and Spider-Man promos!

Amazing Spider-Man producer Matt Tolmach has a plan for giving Venom his own movie. True Blood’s Tara discusses her new existence. What secrets does the Dark Knight Rises soundtrack hold? Plus updates on Ghostbusters 3 and Indiana Jones 5. Spoilers from here on out! Top image from The Dark Knight Rises. The Dark Knight Rises…

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Kodak Used a Calendar With 13 Months

Leaders of large corporations often have a little bit of the crazy about them. Like, for instance, Kodak founder George Eastman, who, back in 1928, insisted that the official company calendar had to use 13 months. The system, originally proposed by a chap called Moses B. Cotsworth in 1902, is called the “International Fixed Calendar“.…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Some Third-Party Apps Look Crappy on the New MBP Retina Display

The next-generation MacBook Pro, with it’s glorious 2880 x 1800 pixel display, is both an engineering triumph and a thing of great beauty. But hold up, because software’s going to take a little while to catch up with it. The Verge is reporting that a lot of third-party apps look a little crappy on that…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

How Mobile Data Can Keep Up With Demand

The demand for data on mobile devices is doubling year-on-year. But the availability of radio waves, known as spectrum, which broadcast all that data has remained constant since 2008. Estimates suggest that demand will exceed supply by 2013—so what are we going to do? In fact it’s an issue that’s troubling a lot of people:…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Take Note: 5 Social Media Mistakes Not to Make at Work

Forbes, this morning, has a very on-point list of the top 5 social media mistakes to stop making at work. The author, Kelly Clay, supports her points with help from John Pirc, security researcher and Director of Product Management for HP TippingPoint and co-author of Cybercrime and Espionage. Here are our reasons for why you…

Social Media Molly Oswaks

Hologram Marilyn Monroe Hits a Legal Snag

The Hollywood Reporter has obtained months of correspondence between Digicon Media, who holds a copyright on “Virtual Marilyn” and plans to project her singing and dancing alongside a live ensemble of music stars, and the estate of the deceased blonde bombshell, which plans to take legal action should such a production take shape. “Virtual Marilyn”…

Tech News Molly Oswaks

The Stoner Channel: Brutal PBJ, Girls with Guns, and Moscow Plants the Wrong Grass

Dethklok – Peanut Butter Jelly Time! PEANUTBUTTER JELLY TIME PEANUTBUTTER JELLY TIME PEANUTBUTTER JELLY TIME PEANUTBUTTER JELLY TIME PEANUTBUTTER JELLY TIME PEANUTBUTTER JELLY TIME Moscow Grounds Crews Plant the Wrong Kind of Grass Just putting this out there, but weed seeds look absolutely nothing like any species of grass seed that I’ve ever seen and…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Seagate’s New Drives Automatically Upload and Download Photos From Facebook and Flickr

As far as hardware specs go, Seagate’s new line of Backup Plus external drives are pretty straightforward—storage ranging from 500-gigabtyes to 4-terabytes)—but the one neat thing about this drive is that the included file management software will not only schedule backups for you, but it will automatically upload and download photos from Facebook and Flickr.…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Meebo Will Soon be Mostly Gone, But Not in the One Way That Matters Most

Meebo’s taken a lot of heat from us lately, and not for nothing: As of July 11th, the plug will be pulled on the majority of the one-time social network and advertising company’s services. That’s right, Meebo Messenger, sharing on Meebo, Meebo Me, and all Meebo’s Mobile applications will be terminated, 30 days from today.…

Tech News Molly Oswaks

Verizon’s Unlimited-Killing “Share Everything” Plans Are Confusing As Hell

V-Moda Vamp Packs a Headphone Amp and DAC Into an iPhone Case to Make Your Music Sing

Floating Barbecue Grill Promises the Freshest Shrimp on the Barbie

Report: Nokia Maps Replace Bing in Windows Phone 8

This summer, NASA’s Curiosity rover will attempt the most ambitious Martian landing in history

Disney’s Snow Queen movie gets the Witch from Wicked and a Book of Mormon writer. Hell. Yes.

These are some of the best alien landscapes we’ve seen in a while

TomTom Confirms Its Involvement With iOS 6 Maps

Spotify’s Revamped Android App Now Available to All

Mathematical Proof That Crime Doesn’t Pay

Check out the Air Force’s new vacuum-powered Spider-Man suit

An Oscar winner might join Catching Fire. Plus new Dark Knight Rises and Spider-Man promos!

Kodak Used a Calendar With 13 Months

Some Third-Party Apps Look Crappy on the New MBP Retina Display

How Mobile Data Can Keep Up With Demand

Take Note: 5 Social Media Mistakes Not to Make at Work

Hologram Marilyn Monroe Hits a Legal Snag

The Stoner Channel: Brutal PBJ, Girls with Guns, and Moscow Plants the Wrong Grass

Seagate’s New Drives Automatically Upload and Download Photos From Facebook and Flickr

Meebo Will Soon be Mostly Gone, But Not in the One Way That Matters Most

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