Morgan Freeman Has a Hilarious Excuse for Dozing During Interview

mashable.com 2 hours ago

Well played, Morgan Freeman. Well played.

 
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Universal's Simpsons Land Theme Park Includes Krusty Burger and Moe's

gizmodo.com 2 hours ago

A few years ago Fox and Pepsi had a contest where the winner would get their own real-life version of The Simspons' house...

 
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Google Maps expands biking directions to rest of Europe

siliconrepublic.com 3 hours ago

Cyclists in Ireland, Germany, France, Poland, Luxembourg and Liechtenstein will be delighted to hear that they will finally be able to get biking directions on Google Maps from today.

 
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LEGO Voldemort and Gandalf Battle for Reigning Wizard

mashable.com 54 mins ago

Lord Voldemort and Gandalf the White (formerly Grey) are the two baddest wizards in town. After all, they've bypassed that whole death thing with Horcruxes and coming back from ...

 
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Dozens Of Top E-Commerce Retailers Find It Pays To Put Customers’ Instagram Photos On Their Sites

techcrunch.com 2 hours ago

The ROI of social media is something of a black box for many e-commerce companies, but New York-based startup Olapic is beginning to change that...

 
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Apple Rumored to Go Black, White and Flat for iOS 7

mashable.com 3 hours ago

The design for iOS 7 is rumored to be flatter less focused on textures, gradients and gloss.

 
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No, Instagram Isn't Randomly Deleting Accounts

mashable.com 2 hours ago

A minor glitch prompted rumors that Instagram was deleting user accounts.

 
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Amazon Launches App Engagement Reports, Allowing Appstore Developers To Track App Usage & Revenue

techcrunch.com 50 mins ago

Continuing to grow its suite of services aimed at mobile app developers, Amazon today announced App Engagement Reports, free app usage reports which are now a part of the company's Mobile App...

 
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Ron Paul Isn't Getting RonPaul.com

mashable.com 1 hour ago

Ron Paul has lost a United Nations dispute for control of RonPaul.com.

 
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Tumblr Proves That Even Billion Dollar Companies Can Screw Up Mass Emails

techcrunch.com 1 hour ago

TechCrunch is a leading technology media property, dedicated to obsessively profiling startups, reviewing new Internet products, and breaking tech news.

 
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Online Campaigns Aim to Help Kai the Hitchhiker Beat Murder Rap

mashable.com 2 hours ago

Viral hero Kai the Hitchhiker now faces murder charges in New Jersey, but some online campaigns aim to help set him free again.

 
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Disrupt SF 2013 Startup Battlefield Applications Are Open And Tickets Are On Sale Now

techcrunch.com 1 hour ago

TechCrunch Disrupt SF is back! We're very excited to announce tickets are on sale and stealth companies can now apply for Startup Battlefield. This September 7-11, we're bringing Disrupt back to...

 
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Mr. China Goes To San Francisco

techcrunch.com 2 hours ago

A block from the Mariposa on-ramp and in the eye-line of 90,000 cars whizzing by on 280 sits an old warehouse that was home to the San Francisco Bay Guardian, a local alt weekly, and Digg...

 
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Gigabyte introduces BRIX, a customizable mini PC powered by Ivy Bridge CPUs

engadget.com 2 hours ago

The mini PC market isn't exactly a crowded one, but it's never a bad thing to have options. Well, if you're into the idea of adding an ultra-compact to

 
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What Is Flat Design?

gizmodo.com 3 hours ago

With the release of iOS7 just around the corner, clamor over the changes Jony Ive will institute is growing...

 
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New Details on the Unroyal End of Richard III, 'King in the Car Park'

wired.com 2 hours ago

For two short years he was King of England, one of the most powerful men in the world...

 
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BBC suspends technology officer after Digital Media Initiative failure

guardian.co.uk 42 mins ago

Almost £100m written off by BBC as digital archive project is scrapped to avoid 'throwing good money after bad'

 
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Cubic Telecom to create 70 new jobs after landing US$5.2m investment

siliconrepublic.com 13 hours ago

Irish technology company Cubic Telecom is to create 70 new jobs after securing US$5.2m in funding from US telecoms tech giant Qualcomm, ACT Venture Capital, TPS Investments and Enterprise Ireland.

 
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Tinder App Update Helps You Find That Summer Fling

mashable.com 3 hours ago

Tinder's mobile-first dating app was updated with features that let you filter by age and set up your friends.

 
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Want to make money & change the world? An idiot's guide to 'social entrepreneurship'

venturebeat.com 1 hour ago

Silicon Valley's tech startups are increasingly using business process to drive positive social or environmental change. But what constitutes a "social entrepreneur?"

 
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WATCH: Teacher's Epic Resignation Video

huffingtonpost.com 19 hours ago

Ellie Rubenstein has had enough. Upon learning that she would be involuntarily transferred to another Illinois school, the former fourth-grade teacher submitted her resignation in the form of a video.

 
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This Incredible Full Scale Lego X-Wing Is the Largest Model In History

gizmodo.com 23 May

This is truly unbelievable: Lego has built a 1:1 scale model of the X-Wing fighter using an astounding 5,335,200 bricks! It's as big as the real thing, capable of fitting the real Luke Skywalker—and...

 
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Holder Should Demand Feds Get a Warrant to Read Our E-mail

wired.com 2 hours ago

Attorney General Eric Holder is on record the Department of Justice supports legislation that generally would require the government to get a probable-cause warrant to read your e-mail...

 
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Adidas labs unveils 99-gram adizero soccer boot and smart ball to help raise your game

engadget.com 3 hours ago

Adidas isn't shy about embracing technology. In fact, sometimes it takes that a little further than you might expect. Today, however, it's very much

 
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Yahoo! buys gaming infrastructure start-up PlayerScale

siliconrepublic.com 3 hours ago

Internet giant Yahoo! has bought another company, just days after acquiring blogging platform Tumblr for US$1.1bn.

 
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Gawker's bid to give $200,000 to Canadian drug dealers hits slight snag

guardian.co.uk 37 mins ago

Tom McCarthy: The owners of video allegedly showing Toronto's mayor smoking crack go missing in the middle of crowdfunding campaign

 
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Netflix hoping for memorable Memorial Day weekend

news.yahoo.com 2 hours ago

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Netflix is hoping this weekend's release of the resurrected TV series "Arrested Development" will lock up more subscribers to its Internet video service.

 
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Girl, 14, rocks Internet with cover of classic Van Halen guitar solo - TODAY.com

today.com 22 hours ago

Eddie Van Halen is regarded as one of the greatest guitarists of all time, and his solo on the 1978 song "Eruption" is second on Guitar...

 
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Facebook’s Head Of Brand Design Paul Adams Joins Customer Outreach Startup Intercom

techcrunch.com 4 hours ago

Paul Adams, who was previously Facebook's global head of brand design, has joined a startup called Intercom, where he will be serving as head of product design. Adams told me earlier that he wasn't...

 
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Amazon reveals fan fiction platform

bbc.co.uk 8 hours ago

Fan fiction authors will be able to publish and sell some titles in the US via new e-book platform Kindle Worlds

 
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Intel and Tyndall sign a new €1.5m three-year collaboration pact

siliconrepublic.com 3 hours ago

Chip giant Intel has renewed a three-year contract with the Cork-based Tyndall Institute worth around €1.5m...

 
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3D-Printed 'Bionic' Ear Can Hear Beyond Human Ability

mashable.com 13 hours ago

Princeton scientists developed a "bionic" ear that can hear radio frequencies human can't, by using 3D-printed materials combined with special electronics.

 
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Netflix looks to hook subscribers with 'Arrested'

news.yahoo.com 1 hour ago

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Netflix is hoping this weekend's release of the resurrected TV series "Arrested Development" will draw more subscribers to its Internet video service.

 
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The Fairphone, World’s First Ethically Sourced Smartphone, Opens Pre-Sales To General Public

techcrunch.com 7 hours ago

Netherlands-based hardware initiative Fairphone began around three years ago as a project designed to highlight the use of conflict minerals in the construction of consumer electronics, and then...

 
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Incredible Photos of a Melting Ice Hotel

gizmodo.com 2 hours ago

Every year, Lapland erects a hotel made of ice in Jukkasjärvi, Sweden. And every year, when the weather turns warmer, the IceHotel melts back into where it originated: the Torne River.

 
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