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Netflix wants to pay someone to sit down and watch Netflix all day

Is your life goal to basically do nothing? Do you sit around and pass the time by sitting on the couch? Maybe every now and then you see what’s on...

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Rolocule wants to turn your Chromecast into a bootleg Wii

Chromecast's new mirroring feature lets users pull up an Android phone screen onto a TV. And why would you want to put your little screen on your bigger screen? If...

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Facebook is defending its controversial “experiment”

If you have been following the news, you might have heard how Facebook had conducted a secret experiment on its users. The experiment, for those who are hearing about this...

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A new tool from Microsoft helps identify what drains the most battery

Microsoft this week detailed an obscure command line tool for Connected Standby-based PCs and devices that will help identify which applications are causing battery drain while the machine is sleeping....

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The Amazon Appstore is offering 30 free apps for the next two days

Amazon is offering a number of premium Android applications worth $100 for free for two days via the Amazon Appstore for Android. This promotional offer is valid for June 27...

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This robot’s sole purpose is to bake flatbread

Now, getting a robot into the baking game might not sound likely, despite the fact that some of them are now able to receive simple natural language commands and scoop...

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Specs for Nikon’s new D810 camera have been leaked online

Are you looking forward to the Nikon D810? For those unfamiliar, the Nikon D810 is the successor to the Nikon D800 that was launched a couple of years ago. According...

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Google is about to show off the new “L” version of Android

The way Google has gone about naming their Android builds is usually after a dessert. We’ve seen names like Eclair, Donut, KitKat, Ice Cream Sandwich, Honeycomb, and etc., which is...

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This smartwatch delivers real-time sports scores through analog dials

The crowdfunding campaign for Hotblack, the new luxury sports watch from designer Richard Hoptroff, is now live on the popular crowdfunding platform Kickstarter. Hotblack displays the scores from any football...

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Globalstar Sat-Fi lets you connect to the internet anywhere in the world

I am quite sure that many of us are familiar with the existence of satellite phones, which are touted to be able to offer you a signal regardless of where...

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Official music charts in the UK will soon take streaming into account

Back in the day, we’d buy music by going to the record store, browsing the CDs, trying them out before making our decision. The process is much simpler these days...

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Lamp posts in Chicago could soon be used to track people and pollution

Apparently, Chicago is becoming even more like its Watch Dogs doppelganger than wefirst thought. Researchers are deploying networked, sensor-equipped lamp posts from this July onward to learn how they could...

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