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Happy Wednesday, news fans: CNN has finally added live streaming to its Android phone app. [Play]
A Canadian judge has ruled that police must provide accused, arrested individuals with internet access so that they can find a lawyer. But do you agree? The ruling, in which the judge compared internet accesses to having a phone book to hand, was spurred by a case involving 19-year-old Christopher McKay. When arrested, he made…
Bloomberg and Reuters claim that the recent attacks targeting Facebook, Apple and Twitter originate from Eastern Europe. https://gizmodo.com/report-this-is-the-site-hacking-all-those-companies-u-5985445
We’re big fans of Sony’s line of mirrorless interchangeable-lens cameras. Sony Europe just announced NEX-3N, the latest update to the starter NEX camera. We loved last year’s NEX-F3, and, really, we should be elated that Sony has made it considerably smaller and lighter to make it more appealing to entry-level customers. Alas, we’ve got mixed…
The Earth twirls along at a brisk 1070 miles per hour as it travels around the Sun, though you’d never notice it. But what if you did? This award-winning stop-motion animation by Dan Ojari follows an unassuming office worker as he gets up to speed.
Can you imagine what the world would look like if humans were actually Apple computers and Apple computers were actually human? As in, computers are the ones getting excited for a new Human release (like how we clamor for new iPhones, etc.) It’s kind of Planet of the Apes-ish except instead of apes it’s just…
The map of the United States doesn’t just show state lines. Sometimes it reveals Google autocomplete stereotypes. Other times it proves that we’re not that divided. This map might be the best though. It shows each state’s most popular locations for Craigslist Missed Connections. Meaning these are each state’s best spot to see somebody you…
Guy Fieri, the food personality who spikes his hair with french fry oil, has a new-ish restaurant, Guy’s American Kitchen and Bar in Times Square, that was brutally eviscerated by food reviewers. That’s probably not good when you’re trying to launch a restaurant. What’s also not good is forgetting to lock down the website domain…
Two things about today practically guaranteed a bad day for me: it was raining and my nails were long. Why are these two things a harbinger of annoyance? Because I hate the little everyday ‘technology’ that’s involved in solving their problems. Boo hoo me, right? But seriously! Are we happy with umbrellas? They flip inside…
For dedicated fans, money is no object when it comes to obtaining the perfect piece of memorabilia. But when dealing with random EBay auctioneers selling “authentic” merchandise sight-unseen, you might not be getting the genuine article you paid for. Amazon’s new Entertainment Collectibles service, however, offers everything from autographs to instruments and wardrobes—and only from…
Becoming the newest major carrier to enter the contract-free game, T-Mobile USA just announced GoSmart Mobile, its new brand boasting no annual contract with the hopes of appealing to the more shallow-pocketed of users. Keeping in line with other no-contract suppliers, T-Mobile’s offerings will begin at $30 a month for unlimited talk and text; adding…
There are a lot of productivity apps that say they’ll make your life easier, but don’t actually do anything for you. Sunrise is a new calendar app that actually streamlines scheduling for you. What does it do? It pulls in your schedules from your Google and Facebook accounts into one gorgeously designed calendar. Why do…
Nokia’s Nokia Music + is live, for Nokia Lumia owners only, of course.
Simple is an understatement when it comes to the Vinge, a fine piece of lamp from Swedish design firm Note Design Studio. Stripped down to its essentials, the fixture puts out a beautifully soft light as a result of its massive white dome. And if the quality of light weren’t enough for you, the wing…
These animal shnaz cups are a great idea for your next party. They’re also the only acceptable way to pick your nose. They come from Fred & Friends, makers of all-around fun things. Eight, nine-ounce cups come in each $8 pack. You get a toucan, a zebra, a shark, and an iguana for your one…
This might be a clue about the hacking going on the past week or so. According the All Things D, a site called iPhonedevSdk (do not visit this site; it’s malicious), is responsible for the hacks of Facebook and Apple. The site reportedly used a Java vulnerability, using code built into the HTML of the…
In the wake of today’s hack, Apple has just released a Java security update for Mac users. https://gizmodo.com/apple-hacked-updated-5985379
Are the Chinese after us? According to a new report, yes. Security firm Mandiant has detailed the exploits of a Chinese cyber espionage group it calls APT1. Mandiant claims to have evidence that APT1 has stolen “hundreds of terabytes of data” from 141 American organizations. Evidence that includes this video of an elite Chinese hacker…
Oh, look at that—Jeep tweeted a timely how-not-to-get-hacked article… 15 minutes before they got hacked. https://jalopnik.com/jeeps-social-media-team-posted-how-not-to-get-hacked-276021566
Louisiana residents probably won’t be too pleased to hear the following news, which, for them, won’t really be a change of pace at all. According to a team at the very not-real-sounding Vermont Complex Systems Center and based on what is surely a totally objective and not at all arbitrary analysis of tweets, Louisiana is…
