Monthly Archives: June 2011

Google+ Hangouts Is the Best Free Group Video Chat Weve Seen

Adam Pash — Team Lifehacker has been playing around with Google+ all morning, and so far the coolest innovation weve seen—particularly from a productivity standpoint—is the Hangouts feature, which creates rooms for you to hang out with your friends, coworkers, … Continue reading

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Apple iPhone 3GS to be free on contract following iPhone 5 launch, analyst says

    Apple is set to finally hit the $0 on-contract mark with its entry-level iPhone 3GS once it launches the next-generation iPhone 5 later this year. In a note to investors on Wednesday, RBC Capital Markets General Manager Mike … Continue reading

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“No es un gasoducto, es vía verde”- Primerahora.com

Si alguien pensó que lo que construirá el Gobierno para trasportar gas natural desde la región sur hasta la zona norte de la Isla es un gasoducto, sepa usted que se equivocó. El secretario de Transportación y Obras Públicas, Rubén … Continue reading

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Gasoducto pipeline plan in Puerto Rico draws heated response – New York Daily News

  A controversial plan to build a 93-mile natural gas pipeline that will cross Puerto Rico from south to north has energized the Caribbean islands environmental movement – all the way to New York.Officially called by the government Va Verde … Continue reading

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MediaPost Publications Hispanic Audience Turning Up On E-Readers, Tablets 06/27/2011

Tablets may have more glamour — but e-readers are proving more popular so far this year, according to a new survey by the Pew Research Centers Internet & American Life Project. The number of U.S. adults owning an e-reader has … Continue reading

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Google Launches Its Answer to Facebook: Introducing Google+ [PICS]

  Google has finally unveiled Google+, the company’s top secret social layer that turns all of Google into one giant social network.Google+, which begins rolling out a very limited field test on Tuesday, is the culmination of a year-long project … Continue reading

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Rare Snap of a 19th Century Killer Becomes Fourth Priciest Photo Ever

Of course, it’s not just any old 19th century killer, pictured in this ferrotype—it’s the one and only Billy the Kid, the wild west outlaw who killed between four and 21 men. Selling for $2.3 million in an auction on … Continue reading

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Teenage girl in China offers to sell virginity for iPhone 4

  A teenage girl in China has offered up her virginity in exchange for an iPhone 4, Chinese news site Biznewschina reports. The young girl recently took to Weibo, a Chinese microblogging service similar to Twitter, to seek out someone … Continue reading

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Apple will release iPhone 5 and second prepaid iPhone model in September, analyst claims

  Apple will release not one, but two new iPhone models this September, Deutsche Bank analyst Chris Whitmore wrote in a note to investors on Monday. The Cupertino-based tech giant has a new iPhone 5 model lined up to replace … Continue reading

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Eyes Forward, Asshole! Quit Looking at My Screen

On my flight Tuesday, the dude sitting next to me was staring at my laptop the entire time. Look, I know the middle seat sucks. And true, Gullivers Travels is a great flick. But knock it off!People looking over your … Continue reading

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