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The Minneapolis Star Tribune reportsthat the Mayo Clinic will play “a big role” at today’s Apple event. That suggests HealthKit for iOS could get pretty serious indeed.
Zipcar, the affordable, rent-by-the-hour car sharing service of choice in urban areas, is about to get some competition from… Verizon, of all companies. The wireless service provider announced its “Auto Share” service, which enables any car to become a Zipcar. Here’s how it works, according to a VentureBeat report: Auto Share, which is being shown…
A normal person passes wind between 10 and 20 times a day. Obviously some of us keep that average high, but still, you have to wonder: where does all that flatulence come from? While some of the gas you pass does come from swallowing air, the bulk of it is a result of the bacteria…
Jawbone’s excellent app will now sync with rival wearable devices from Fitbit, Pebble, Android Wear and yes, the iWatch, when it comes (via HealthKit). And oh, there’s a firmware update for the Up24 that doubles its battery life from one week to two. What’s not to like? [The Verge]
Comcast, your friendly, neighborhood internet service provider, has started sneaking in promotional ads to devices connected to one of its 3.5 million WiFi hotspots around the U.S. How does it do it? By injecting Javascript directly into the Web pages you’re browsing. The purpose of these ads, ostensibly, is to “alert customers that they’re connected…
Nailed it. [The Joy Of Tech via Recode]
There will be a big U2 announcement at today’s Apple event, says The New York Times. In addition to performing, the band will reveal an integration with Apple’s products that is connected to its next album, which is expected to come out by the end of the year, according to the Times’ anonymous sources. [NYT]
I’m not sure if this is considered just cooking or if it can be classified as high art or even a musical performance but whatever it is, it’s an absolute joy to watch. What you’re seeing is soba master Tatsuru Rai, owner and chef of Sobatei Rakuichi in Niseko, Hokkaido, making his soba noodles in…
Right before Apple announces the iPhone 6 on Tuesday, Amazon is dropping the price of its Fire smartphone from $200 to 99 cents with a two-year AT&T contract. If you needed any more proof that this phone was an unmitigated disaster, this is it. Amazon never releases sales numbers for any of its hardware, but…
Whatsapp updates are so few and far between that we should probably open a bottle of wine every time we get them. The Facebook-owned instant messenger just got another update, and if you have an iPhone, you’re in for a treat. Whatsapp on iOS now has the ability to share the slo-mo videos that you…
It’s hard to keep track of what could kill you these days but if you really want to know, it’s basically everything.College Humor created this dark comedy animation bit where the Grim Reaper waxes poetic on all the things that can kill a person from A to Z. It’s a reminder to not avoid life…
CGI and visual effects are often over used in mainstream movies these days but there are still some really cool sequences that can only pop and make you gasp with the help of VFX. This short teaser for The Message, a short film by Industry Visual Effects, goes all in on CGI and it looks…
A Nerf gun is never not fun. If you see one of those laying around anywhere, at a toy store, in the office, in a kid’s bedroom, in your dreams, you have to pick it up and get goofy with it. So how can you have more fun with something our DNA says is never…
First of all, I’m not even sure I would walk down some of these stretches of the mountain. And yet these guys decided to unicycle down the mountains of Moab because there’s nothing as nuts as taking on mother nature with just one wheel between your knees. You don’t go as fast on the unicycle…
As a kid, the wow-factor of seeing live action and animation come together in Who Framed Roger Rabbit was a mind-blowing blast of: Howdedoodat? The 1988 feature we know and love was actually Disney’s second attempt at bringing this particular story to life, and a new-to-the-internet clip from 1983 reveals how much the tale and…
Thanks to our asphalt-giddy behavior, we’ve all but paved over the fault lines that zigzag through some of our riskiest seismic zones. A new video shows how a team of geologists and engineers in LA have been digging a hole to find the exact location of a fault which could prove to be especially destructive.…
From afar, wind turbines look like small toys spinning lazily in the wind. But get up close, and you realize what huge structures they really are: hundreds of feet tall, blade tips slicing through the air at over 100 mph. And these wind turbines can really scramble airport and weather radars. To solve the problem,…
Back again to ruin all of your childhood’s favorite cartoons, here’s ADHD hilariously explaining how disgusting chipmunks are. Sure, they might look cute with their puffy cheeks but in reality, their always growing, suicidal teeth and disease riddled selves don’t make for ace detective material. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us…
Home Depot confirmed today that the company was, indeed, the victim of a large credit card breach reported by many customers last week. An estimated 60 million card numbers were stolen, which would make it the biggest such hack in retail history. A similar attack on Target affected 40 million cardholders. We’re still awaiting more…
Whenever I need to light the fire under my own ass, I turn on the remix of Beyonce’s ***Flawless. There’s 100 percent more Nicki Minaj, and it’s 100 percent more awesome. It’s a motivational tool! Listen to these lyrics and tell me you they don’t affirm your life’s existence: I wake up lookin’ this good,…
