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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

Are iMac and Mac Pro Redesigns in Our Future, After All?

Today was like an Apple ChristmaHanuKwanzaakah, with a bounty of dreamy new machines and upgrades unveiled in all their slim, retina-displaying, functionally superior glory. Not included among the redesign group, however, were the iMac and the Mac Pro (though Mac Pro did get a quiet, unannounced internal upgrade, in three configurations). There’s been lots of…

Tech News Molly Oswaks

College’s Entire Freshman Class Will Receive a Nokia Lumia 900

This fall, the incoming college freshman of Seton Hall’s Class of 2016 will a little something extra, on top of their meal plan and course catalog and extra-long twin bed: A Nokia Lumia 900. Apparently born out of the New Jersey college’s partnerships with both Nokia and Microsoft, each matriculating student will receive his or…

Tech News Molly Oswaks

The New MBP Retina Display Blows the Doors off Its Competition

Apple unveiled its newest batch of MacBook Pros today at WWDC, the ones sporting the new Retina displays. And yes, in terms of performance, next-generation MBPs beat the competition like a pack of rented mules. It feels an odd comparison when even last season’s MBP can’t hold a flame to the current version. The 2011…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Data-Driven Website Visualizes Nutritional Info, Bite by Bite

Fat or Fiction is an “infotographic” website that depicts the nutritional value of varios snack foods and beverages—cakes, candies, chips, cheeses, chocolate, and alcoholic drinks—in bar-graph and pic-chart form, using the food (and drink) itself as visualization representation of the data. Created as a collaboration between designers Anna Brooks, Christina Winkless and David Paul Rosser,…

Tech News Molly Oswaks

Drowned In Sound Says The Daily Mail Stole, Warped Paul McCartney Interview

Rumors burn like wildfire, traversing the planet in seconds, often becoming facts in the process. Some people level the blame for this at technology, blogs and electronic-based media. In truth, mainstream outlets are just as guilty as the blogs, and sometimes more effective. On Monday, Drowned in Sound founder Sean Adams (read our two-part interview)…

Tech News Eliot Van Buskirk - Evolver.fm

Give Your Flip Cup Game the Classy Table It Deserves

In college I was very familiar with card tables. But only for beer pong. Those were ugly, alcohol-soaked frat house fixtures that weren’t exactly sanitary, but worked just fine for drinking games. Fast-forward to the present, when that’s not exactly the kind of furniture I want to put out for company—something more sophisticated like this…

Tech News Leslie Horn

30/30: An App That Won’t Let Your ADD Get the Best of You

Do you ever get lost in a project and wonder where the time went? If so, you should consider downloading 30/30, an app that keeps you on task. What does it do? It lets you set up a list of various jobs, each with a designated amount of time to complete them. Start the clock,…

Tech News Leslie Horn

iOS 6 Hands On: All the Cool New Superpowers

The new iOS 6 is the most exciting rendition in a loo-oong time. The ol’ girl was starting to feel stale—no longer! We’ve got our sweaty hands on an iOS 6 iPhone for a quick tour. Join us. Note: we’ve only given the iPhone version of iOS 6 a run through so far, which is…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Portable Towers Might One Day Let Air Traffic Controllers Work From Home

So maybe safely guiding in airplanes from the comfort of a living room couch isn’t the greatest idea. But that’s exactly what Saab’s new remote air traffic control towers will allow. Some day ATC crews won’t have to be anywhere near an airport to do their job. At the moment, in airports all over the…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

An Amazing Student Was Caught with a 35-Foot Long Cheat Sheet Filled with 25,000 Answers

If you’ve cheated in school, you’ve probably scribbled test answers on an eraser, passed notes with a friend, glanced at your classmate’s test or even made a cheat sheet. You never, however, cheated like this amazing student. He’s taken cheating to an entirely different level: A 35-foot long cheat sheet with 25,000 answers. That’s right.…

Tech News Casey Chan

The Old and Next Generation MacBook Pro Compared Side By Side—This Is Just Insane

Compare their size: the old MacBook Pro on the left vs. the next generation MacBook Pro on the right. It’s stunning! The entire new laptop is much thinner than the old one’s main body. It’s really insane. These are the numbers, old vs. new: Height: 0.95 inch (2.41 cm) vs. 0.71 inch (1.8 cm) Width:…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

WWDC Smackdown: Who Apple Hit Hardest Today

Apple announced so much great new stuff today, and Tim Cook walked away looking too fine and fancy. But not everyone else left in such good shape. Apple threw plenty of haymakers at its biggest competitors; here are the Manny Pacquiaos* of WWDC 2012. Google Maps Not content to start today’s keynote by having Siri…

Tech News Mat Honan

Navy Loses Global Hawk Drone in Maryland Crash

The Navy was all set to roll out its upgraded spy drone, a 44-foot behemoth. Then one of its Global Hawks crashed into an eastern Maryland marsh on Monday. It’s the latest setback for the Navy’s robotic aircraft. An unarmed RQ-4A Global Hawk went down during a training exercise near the Naval aviation base at…

Tech News Spencer Ackerman - Wired

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

Are iMac and Mac Pro Redesigns in Our Future, After All?

College’s Entire Freshman Class Will Receive a Nokia Lumia 900

The New MBP Retina Display Blows the Doors off Its Competition

Data-Driven Website Visualizes Nutritional Info, Bite by Bite

Drowned In Sound Says The Daily Mail Stole, Warped Paul McCartney Interview

Give Your Flip Cup Game the Classy Table It Deserves

30/30: An App That Won’t Let Your ADD Get the Best of You

iOS 6 Hands On: All the Cool New Superpowers

Portable Towers Might One Day Let Air Traffic Controllers Work From Home

An Amazing Student Was Caught with a 35-Foot Long Cheat Sheet Filled with 25,000 Answers

The Old and Next Generation MacBook Pro Compared Side By Side—This Is Just Insane

WWDC Smackdown: Who Apple Hit Hardest Today

Navy Loses Global Hawk Drone in Maryland Crash

Roku’s 2025 Streaming Stick HD Is 40% Off to Compete With Amazon Fire TV Stick During Spring Sale

Epstein Victims Sue Google, Claim AI Mode Exposed Personal Information

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Smart Glasses Now Have One of the Vision Pro’s Best Features

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Trump Drops $1B to Kill 2 Wind Farms, Then Watches a Bigger One Go Online

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Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

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