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• Google Glass Goes On Hiatus, Legally Share Movies Via Wavelength [Tech News Digest]
• How Has Tomb Raider’s Lara Croft Changed Over The Years?
• The Best Websites On The Internet
• Meet Firefox Hello Video Chat & Firefox Marketplace In The New Firefox 35
• How Intelligent Software Is Going to Change Your Life
• These Kanye Fans Don’t Know Who Paul McCartney Is, And That’s Okay
• 6 Android Wear Apps To Install Right Away On Your Smartwatch
• How To Schedule Tabs To Open At Fixed Times In Chrome And Firefox
• Send A Tip, Save Money, & Be Statistically Savvy With Reddit Bots
• 10 Hidden Microsoft Word Features That Will Make Your Life Easier
• The Best Tweaks You Can Make To Your Android Without Rooting
• Beat Procrastination And Prioritize Your To-Do List With Laterbox
• Samsung Buying BlackBerry Denials, Google Reveals Project Ara Prototype [Tech News Digest]

Google Glass Goes On Hiatus, Legally Share Movies Via Wavelength [Tech News Digest] Posted: 16 Jan 2015 03:30 AM PST Google Glass is dead, Wavelength offers free movies, KeySweeper spies on keyboards, using Facebook at Work, YouTube interviews Obama, and an iPhone 6 doesn’t get lost in space. Google Glass Is Dead, Temporarily How much can I sell my mint condition, only worn as a Halloween costume Google Glass for? Not asking for a friend. Need actual estimate. — Josh Constine (@JoshConstine) January 16, 2015 Google is changing course with Google Glass, halting production and ending the Explorer program. Google Glass has, up to this point, been a work-in-progress under the command of the Google X division. It will now... Read the full article: Google Glass Goes On Hiatus, Legally Share Movies Via Wavelength [Tech News Digest]

How Has Tomb Raider’s Lara Croft Changed Over The Years? Posted: 15 Jan 2015 06:30 PM PST Lara Croft is easily one of the most iconic characters in gaming. When it comes to being a badass, few characters do it like Lara. Over the years, the character has gone through some serious evolution, with the most recent reboot seeing some particularly huge changes. The image below takes a fascinating look at how the character has morphed, and how the promotional material differs from the final release. What’s your favorite Tomb Raider game? Hit the comments section below and let us know! Via Halloweencostumes.com Click To Enlarge Read the full article: How Has Tomb Raider’s Lara Croft Changed Over The Years?

The Best Websites On The Internet Posted: 15 Jan 2015 10:00 AM PST The Internet is a big place, with a lot of content — about one billion websites, at last count of which 180 million are active. Because the web is constantly changing, it can be hard to keep track of which sites have the best content and resources.  To help make things a little easier, we’ve compiled an enormous list of the best websites on the Internet, in fourteen handy categories. The websites on this list are those that we consider to be the best: genuinely useful, top-of-the-line sites that will get you what you need. We update this list regularly, so... Read the full article: The Best Websites On The Internet

Meet Firefox Hello Video Chat & Firefox Marketplace In The New Firefox 35 Posted: 15 Jan 2015 09:30 AM PST Mozilla’s Firefox, one of our favourite web browsers, brings some nifty new features in its latest update. Firefox 35 introduces a cross-platform video chat service called Firefox Hello, lets users beta-test the new Firefox Marketplace, and also bakes in social sharing on the web. One Click To Call Them All: Firefox Hello There are plenty of free alternatives to Skype, but few have the ease of Firefox Hello. It’s so simple, anyone can use it. You click the Hello icon, start a new conversation, and copy-paste the link to anyone whom you want to video chat with. No sign-ups required!... Read the full article: Meet Firefox Hello Video Chat & Firefox Marketplace In The New Firefox 35

How Intelligent Software Is Going to Change Your Life Posted: 15 Jan 2015 09:00 AM PST Skynet is coming, and it’s going to be incredibly popular. It's pretty remarkable how quickly new artificial intelligence technology has worked its way into our day-to-day lives already. Everyday products and services, like Siri, Google Now, Xbox Kinect, and Netflix all rely on the amazing recent advancements in machine learning. Already, these services are changing the world, and we’re only starting to scratch the surface of what’s possible. This year's CES  has offered glimpses into a number of developing technologies. But for those following the event, they'll have noticed a substantial number of Internet of Things (IoT) devices on display. These technologies haven’t... Read the full article: How Intelligent Software Is Going to Change Your Life

These Kanye Fans Don’t Know Who Paul McCartney Is, And That’s Okay Posted: 15 Jan 2015 08:30 AM PST Inexplicably, Kanye West and Sir Paul McCartney collaborated on a new track. This being the Internet, the main headline quickly became Kanye’s fans not knowing who Paul McCartney is. Some of the tweets prompting this story are obviously jokes; others some seem earnest. I don't know who Paul McCartney is, but Kanye is going to give this man a career w/ this new song!! — OVOJosh (@OVOJosh) January 2, 2015 The one thing Beatle’s fans can’t handle is insults to their dear old Paul. Only thing makes me mad about the stupid McCartney/Kanye tweets is these damn kids have google. Ain't no reason for your... Read the full article: These Kanye Fans Don’t Know Who Paul McCartney Is, And That’s Okay

6 Android Wear Apps To Install Right Away On Your Smartwatch Posted: 15 Jan 2015 08:00 AM PST Google’s new Android Wear line is the first big step into wearable technology. We’ve already helped you pick out a device, and though there aren’t as many apps available for Wear as there are for your phone, there are still a few essentials you’ll want to install on your watch right away. Slumber (Free) Most Android Wear devices turn on to charge and display a screen showing the current battery level while doing so. If you’re charging your watch overnight, this light will be shining in your face, and on some watches the constant display has even caused screen burn-in.... Read the full article: 6 Android Wear Apps To Install Right Away On Your Smartwatch

How To Schedule Tabs To Open At Fixed Times In Chrome And Firefox Posted: 15 Jan 2015 07:30 AM PST You have a lot of tabs open, many of them important, but not important right now. Sounds like a familiar scenario? Well, with a few cool extensions, you can close those tabs right now and set them to auto-open at a later time. Apps are slowly gearing towards working on your time, not making you work on theirs. Mailbox is a good example of how you can snooze emails to open them later. So why should your browser be left behind? Tab management is a big problem on any browser. Plus, you can actually speed up your browser by reducing... Read the full article: How To Schedule Tabs To Open At Fixed Times In Chrome And Firefox

Send A Tip, Save Money, & Be Statistically Savvy With Reddit Bots Posted: 15 Jan 2015 07:00 AM PST If you’re a seasoned Redditor, you’ve probably witnessed a few Reddit bot posts. Not all of them are as silly as RedditCatFacts. Some of them actually serve a deeper, more technical purpose. If you are a beginner on Reddit, here’s a thread that answers — How do bots on Reddit work? As of late, Reddit has really been cracking down on the more useless and spam-heavy bots that float around the website. The three I’m about to introduce to you are nothing like that. In this post, I’d like to show you three Reddit bots that serve a real purpose... Read the full article: Send A Tip, Save Money, & Be Statistically Savvy With Reddit Bots

10 Hidden Microsoft Word Features That Will Make Your Life Easier Posted: 15 Jan 2015 06:00 AM PST Everyone knows Clippy. But are you friends with Pilcrow? Stop there if you know what I am talking about. You know more about Microsoft Word than I do. Okay. Let me test you a bit more by asking about “widow lines”. If you still got that, then do stop. If you didn’t, then welcome to this side of the line where we think we are proficient on Microsoft Word – but honestly aren’t. You are fine as long as you fire up a document and just type. But billions of Redmond dollars went into making this the office Swiss knife it... Read the full article: 10 Hidden Microsoft Word Features That Will Make Your Life Easier

The Best Tweaks You Can Make To Your Android Without Rooting Posted: 15 Jan 2015 05:00 AM PST It’s surprising how much you can customize a non-rooted Android. If you want to unlock the depths of Android and open it up to full-scale modifications, yes you’ll need to root. However, rooting has its dangers so it’s best avoided if you don’t want to risk destroying your device. That being said, some of the more useful apps on the Play Store are only available for rooted Androids, so it may be worth the effort to properly root your device. For the rest of us, there are plenty of awesome tweaks we can still make without committing to that level... Read the full article: The Best Tweaks You Can Make To Your Android Without Rooting

Beat Procrastination And Prioritize Your To-Do List With Laterbox Posted: 15 Jan 2015 04:00 AM PST Productivity philosophies are subjective. But a few of them take off and become popular because many people seem to find them easy to implement. Laterbox is a new to-do list web app that bases itself on basic productivity principles, combining the best ideas for a workflow to get things done. Laterbox (beta) tackles some of the common problems and questions we all face in being productive: How to stop procrastinating How to prioritize your to-do list How to track your progress Prioritize Your To-Do List With The 1-3-5 Rule If you never get through the tasks that need to be done,... Read the full article: Beat Procrastination And Prioritize Your To-Do List With Laterbox

Samsung Buying BlackBerry Denials, Google Reveals Project Ara Prototype [Tech News Digest] Posted: 15 Jan 2015 03:30 AM PST Samsung wants BlackBerry, Google reveals Project Ara, Facebook restricts violence, Lightroom Mobile on Android, MySpace isn’t dead, and why you should never rely on your smartphone alarm. All Your BlackBerry Belong To Samsung What if Blackberry is to Samsung what Next was to Apple? Bahahahahahaha sorry couldn't keep a straight face — Kyle Russell (@kylebrussell) January 15, 2015 Samsung and BlackBerry have both denied reports that the former is interested in buying the latter. According to Reuters, which cites both a person in the know and documents detailing the plans, Samsung offered to pay $7.5 billion to buy BlackBerry. However,... Read the full article: Samsung Buying BlackBerry Denials, Google Reveals Project Ara Prototype [Tech News Digest]

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