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  • Facebook tests VoIP, adds voice mail-like service

    Facebook tests VoIP, adds voice mail-like service by Donna Tam, cnet.com The social network updates its Messenger app with the ability to send recorded voice messages globally, but tests actual voice calls in Canada. iPhone users in Cana­da can now use Face­book to make voice calls, the social net­work revealed… http://flip.it/SKLUK Related articles Facebook launched…

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  • Lumoback Posture-Monitoring

    Start-Up Behind Lumoback Posture-Monitoring Gadget Raises $5M Liz Gannes, allthingsd.com Lumo BodyTech, which makes a wear­able waist­band that tracks pos­ture and move­ment and vibrates when the wear­er slouch­es, has raised $5 mil­lion in Series A fund­ing led by Madrona Ven­ture Group. The Palo Alto, Calif.-based start-up dou­ble… http://flip.it/mi6cM Related articles Posture Police (wired.com) LUMOback Posture…

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  • That Freckled Girl in a T-Shirt and Jeans Is Your Typical Mac User

    That Freckled Girl in a T-Shirt and Jeans Is Your Typical Mac User Ina Fried, allthingsd.com The typ­i­cal Mac user is a freck­led woman in a T-shirt and jeans. At least, that’s the most like­ly Mac user accord­ing to research from BlueS­tacks. She has also got a two-in-five chance of wear­ing glass­es and a 15…

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  • Apple’s Next Battleground Isn’t TV; It’s Web Services

    Apple’s Next Battleground Isn’t TV; It’s Web Services John Paczkowski, allthingsd.com Apple does hard­ware and soft­ware well, and it’s at the top of its game when it does them togeth­er. But when it comes to Web ser­vices, the com­pa­ny is a lag­gard, with an ever-lengthening conga line of mis­steps. There are hands-down fias­co… http://flip.it/fuyg5 Related…

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  • Why big data is about mining real world behavior

    By STEVE LOHR, nytimes.com Business experts and recent research predict that machine-generated sensor data will become a larger and larger portion of all data produced. That is opening up a huge opportunity for Big Data technology beyond the consumer Internet. RT @nytimesbits: Big Data: Rise of the Machines http://flip.it/X0O7J http://flip.it/82cR0 Bits Blog: Big Data: Rise…

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  • Professions that encourage a lack of empathy?

    Which professions have the most psychopaths? The fewest? Mark Frauenfelder, boingboing.net The Wis­dom of Psy­chopaths: What Saints, Spies, and Ser­i­al Killers Can Teach Us About Suc­cess, by Kevin Dut­ton, has this side-by-side list of pro­fes­sions with the high­est per­cent­age of psy­chopaths (CEO tops the list) and low­est… RT @BoingBoing: Which professions have the most psychopaths?…

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  • Design trends for future web developers

    10 New Web Design Trends You Can Expect to See in 2013 Amber Leigh Turner, thenextweb.com Well, it is that time of year where we start to reflect on the past year and look for­ward to the new year. In 2012 we have seen sev­er­al new trends appear in web design, one of the most…

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  • Teen with cancer creates his own musical goodbye wishes

    (via Zach Sobiech, Teen With Cancer, Records Touching Song To Say Goodbye (VIDEO)) Related articles Dying Teen Sings Farewell Song (foxnews.com) “Clouds,” a song by 17-year-old osteosarcoma patient Zach Sobiech (boingboing.net) Teenager with cancer writes a song to say goodbye (telegraph.co.uk) A song by 17-year-old osteosarcoma patient (scienceroll.com)

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  • Straight Talk and other pay as you go iPhone carriers

    (via Straight Talk: It could let you dump AT&T or T-Mobile — Mobile Technology News) Related articles Consumer Reports: Prepaid Phone Plan Can Be Smart Way To Save (pittsburgh.cbslocal.com) Revealed: Secrets of a smartphone bill under $50 (redtape.nbcnews.com) Prepaid Phone Plans Give U.S. Cell Phone Users a Choice in a Post Paid World (z6mag.com) A…

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  • T Mobile as an alternative to iPhone mobile carrier contract lock in

    (via NYC and 13 more cities get T-Mobile’s iPhone-friendly upgrade — Apple News, Tips and Reviews) Related articles You Can Finally Change Your iPhone’s Carrier Logo Without Jailbreaking (cultofmac.com) Life After The iPhone: How AT&T’s Bet On Apple Mobilized The Company (forbes.com)

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  • Anthropological indicators of air pollution emerging: nose hair length

    This Weird Map Visualizes Air Pollution as Nose Hair Length smithsonianmag.com If there’s one thing nobody wants, it’s real­ly long nose hairs. Which is per­haps why Clean Air Asia has decid­ed to start visu­al­iz­ing each per­son’s air pol­lu­tion expo­sure as super-long, dis­gust­ing nose hairs. The group says: The more… This Weird Map Visualizes Air Pollution…

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  • Things banned by the Bible punishable by death

    76 things banned in the Bible, most of which are punishable by death Xeni Jardin, boingboing.net An oldie but good­ie single-purpose Tum­blr list­ing things banned in Leviti­cus, the banny-est of all scrip­tures. The sex stuff you can imag­ine (no bonk­ing ani­mals, dudes if you are a dude, divorcées, your grand­moth­er, or your own chil­dren… RT…

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  • Location based culture data app

    Sitegeist: mobile app mines public data to tell you about the spot you’re standing in Cory Doctorow, boingboing.net Nicko sez, “Sitegeist is a free Android and iPhone app from the Sun­light Foun­da­tion that helps you to learn more about your sur­round­ings in sec­onds. Sitegeist takes pub­lic data about the peo­ple, hous­ing, his­to­ry, envi­ron­ment and thing……

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  • Case lets you film people with an iPhone laying flat (like presidential campaign fund raisers)

    iPhone case allows you to take photos with phone held horizontally Mark Frauenfelder, boingboing.net The Mir­ror­Case for the iPhone lets you take pho­tos while hold­ing the phone flat, like an old-timey cam­era. It seems like a good way to shoot video of your­self, too – just set it on a table and do your thing.…

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  • A bike horn that helps you avoid homicidal drivers

    Loud Bicycle: Car horn for your bike Mark Frauenfelder, boingboing.net An out­stand­ing Kick­starter project – a bike horn that is as loud as a car horn! Cycling in traffic can be frightening and dangerous. The Loud Bicycle horn prevents accidents by alerting motorists with a familiar sound. The safety benefits of … RT @BoingBoing: Loud…

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  • Tweet analyzer ranks trustworthy Tweets during emergencies

      Cory Doctorow, boingboing.net In “Cred­i­bil­i­ty rank­ing of tweets dur­ing high impact events,” a paper pub­lished in the ACM’s Pro­ceed­ings of the 1st Work­shop on Pri­va­cy and Secu­ri­ty in Online Social Media , two Indraprastha Insti­tute of Infor­ma­tion… Machine-learning algorithm develops heuristics for trustworthy tweets in time of emergency Related articles Machine-learning algorithm develops heuristics…

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  • Why steam punk is a usability testing tool for new technologies

    Being More Human | Next | Output Kathleen Holt, oregonhumanities.org Being More Human Intel’s res­i­dent futur­ist on how the steam­punk cul­ture offers clues to build­ing a bet­ter tomor­row East­er week­end 2011, I was at the bar of the Dou­ble­tree Hotel at Sea-Tac Air­port watch­ing a parade of sorts: a… Being More Human | Next |…

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  • Rustic eco chic in the Facebook cafeteria

    Facebook’s Cafeteria, By The Masters Of Rustic Chic By Mark Wilson, fastcodesign.com Roman & Williams has created nostalgic interiors that most others can only emulate. Here’s the lunchroom they created with Facebook. Google ruined every­thing. Microsoft gave out free soft drinks, but Google let employ­ees eat gourmet food for… RT @FastCoDesign: Facebook’s Cafeteria, By The…

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  • Demographics and info-graphics: how to understand America

    Infographic: Animated Maps Of America’s Shifting Demographics By Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan, fastcodesign.com At what rate are Americans coming, going, living, and dying? These animated maps tell a fascinating visual story. Most of this elec­tion sea­son’s post­mortems have focused on demo­graph­ics, a vague phrase that refers to the chang­ing face of t… RT @FastCoDesign: Infographic: Animated Maps…

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  • Transit apps and commuter happiness

    Study: Transit Apps Make Us Happier Commuters By Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan, fastcodesign.com A study of two crowdsourcing apps suggests that a better digital infrastructure for commuters could improve urban transit overall. We know that we tend to be hap­pi­est when we’re com­mu­ni­cat­ing with and help­ing those around us. But could th… RT @FastCoDesign: Study: Transit Apps…

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  • Vietnamese architect designs $4000 houses for low income families

    For Less Than $4,000, A Permanent Home For Low-Income Families By Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan, fastcodesign.com A young Vietnamese architect works to solve a growing problem for families along the Mekong Delta. Design­ing low-cost hous­ing is a series of com­pro­mis­es between dig­ni­ty and prag­ma­tism, a dance between what a fam­i­ly needs and what it c… RT @FastCoDesign:…

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  • Big data is making social science truly predictive

    Mind reading is possible! – Salon.com By Kathleen Taylor, salon.com Advances in neuroimaging suggest telepathy could be on the horizon. It’s time to consider how we’d use it “If you have some­thing that you don’t want any­one to know, maybe you shouldn’t be doing it in the first place.” Eric Schmidt, CE… RT @Salon: Neuroimaging…

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  • Why the iPad is becoming the best mobile phone and how to do it

      howtowired: With the recent addition of iMessage to non-cellular devices in the Apple family, many have been happily adapting their iPad as their new go-to communicative device. Unfortunately, because the iPad isn’t tied to a mobile number, the user’s email address associated with their Apple account is the… http://flip.it/eu6IY Wired.com How-To: Micro Edition: How…

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  • Get a good Gmail Username

    How to Get the Gmail Address You Want Chelsea Stark, mashable.com 1. Display Density 2. Button Labels 3. No Markers 4. Stars 5. Move Icons 6. Labels 7. Circles 8. High Contrast 9. Google Docs Gadget 10. Right-Side Chat 11. Undo Send http://flip.it/MSOYV Related articles Infographic: The Evolution of Google’s Gmail (moneymakingblog101.wordpress.com) Latest Google service…

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  • Google designers tasked to revamp search experience

    How Google’s Designers Are Quietly Overhauling Search By Sarah Kessler, fastcodesign.com Google Search’s designers are treating what was once just an ugly list of links like a software application. On the same day that Larry Page became Google’s CEO for the sec­ond time, he ordered a redesign of all its prod­ucts. Which came as a……

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  • Dashcam: iPhone black box app for car

    (via DashCam: The iPhone BlackBox App For Your Car – Mobile Magazine) Related articles 30 Best iPhone and iPad apps this week (guardian.co.uk)

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  • Compact cameras with pro features

    (via Roundup: Enthusiast Zoom Compact Cameras: Digital Photography Review) Related articles Ricoh GR Camera (gadget.com) Five Best MIrrorless Interchangeable Lens Cameras (lifehacker.com) Adding some sense to camera types (patrickfinney13.wordpress.com)

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