Category Archives: Breaking News

Skype To Acquire Year-old Group Messaging Service GroupMe | TechCrunch

Skype will acquire group messaging service GroupMe, a service that was born at a hackathon at TechCrunch Disrupt in New York in 2010. GroupMe was founded by Jared Hecht and Steve Martocci.The terms of the deal, including price, aren’t being … Continue reading

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You Can Thank Human-Neanderthal Relations for Your Strong Immune System

Its already been well established that early humans had Bunga-Bunga parties with their closest semi-human relatives. But scientists are just now discovering what came from those relations—a pathogen-killing immune response that persists to this day.A recent study by the Stanford … Continue reading

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Dont Fire This IT Bro Or Hell Destroy All Your Servers from a McDonalds

Being fired sucks, and naturally everyone thirsts for revenge. With this in mind, Japanese pharma firm Shionogi maybe should have been more careful when it canned IT peon Jason Cornish. Like, maybe change your passwords? Cornish got his vengeance.IT World … Continue reading

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New Apple Store To Be Made Entirely Out of Glass

Forget about the Apple glass cube. This store has been presented today at the Santa Monica Planning Commission by some “ASB/Blatteis Promenade Holdings, LLC”. Who could be the actual retailer? There’s only two possibilities here: Apple or Apple. The renderings … Continue reading

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Why is LTE equipment being installed in an Apple Store? — Engadget

Well, this is certainly interesting. While rumors of an LTE-enabled iPhone had died down for a little while, they sprung back to life yesterday with a report that just such a device was being tested by carriers. Now we’ve received … Continue reading

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AT&T USBConnect Momentum 4G and Mobile Hotspot Elevate 4G scheduled for August 21st launch — Engadget

With it having been in the works for so long, its easy to forget that AT&T is ready to flip the switch on its sparkling-new LTE network virtually any second now. But Ma Bell is happy to remind us of … Continue reading

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IPhone 5 pre-orders said to begin September 30th ahead of October 7th launch

Apple will begin taking pre-orders for its new iPhone 5 smartphone on September 30th, with a launch set to occur one week later on October 7th. Apple watcher 9to5 Mac claims to have confirmed the dates with multiple sources, though … Continue reading

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Virus Warning (Skype for Windows users)

     Skype has learned that a computer virus called “w32/Ramex.A” is affecting users of Skype for Windows. Users whose computers are infected with this virus will send a chat message to other Skype users asking them to click on … Continue reading

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Inkling Reinvents Textbooks as Interactive, Multimedia Learning Tools on the Tablet | 7×7

A guided tour to the slave trade from Give Me Liberty! An American History by Eric Foner.When it comes to a legacy technology that badly needs to be disrupted, its hard to imagine a better example than the college textbook.Its … Continue reading

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Google acquiring Motorola Mobility — Engadget

Happy Monday to you, and happy Monday to Motorola Mobility, which Google has announced is about to become its next acquisition. This comes hot on the heels of a $56 million Q2 net loss for Moto — and CEO Sanjay … Continue reading

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