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Why Is iPad Head Girl Stalking Around New York City?

Posted on August 11, 2011 by StevenTorresRamos

If I saw this girl walking by on the street, Id be perplexed, too. I like it. But turns out its all part of a viral marketing campaign by Hearst Corporation to get you to buy… Cosmo for Guys? Ugh!The whole idea is, if youre a guy brave enough to touch her iPad head, youll be able to get inside it. To read articles on how to tell if she cheats. Right. Is anyone else uncomfortable about that? Continue reading →

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Harley-Davidson Night Rod Special Motorcycle | Uncrate

Posted on August 10, 2011 by StevenTorresRamos

Embrace the night aboard the dark-as-can-be Harley-Davidson Night Rod Special Motorcycle ($15,300 and up). This special edition sport bike features a blacked-out 1250cc V-Twin Revolution engine good for 125 hp, blacked-out cast aluminum wheels, a double-barrel exhaust with brushed-finish dual mufflers, blacked-out end caps and exhaust shields, Brembo brakes, a blacked-out low-rise handlebar, an ultra-fat 240mm rear tire, a slimmed down fastback tail section with LED tail lamp, a — what else — matte black paint finish, and blacked out forks, triple clamps, and swingarm. Great for discrete cruising after dark, not so great for avoiding attention at the beach.

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“Facebook Messenger” launched: dedicated messaging app | It’s All Tech

Posted on August 10, 2011 by StevenTorresRamos

Earlier today, Facebook announced Facebook Messenger, an Android and iOS app that allows users to send messages and texts using the social network. The app is focused around real-time communication and simplifying sending messages to groups of people.

The app grabs contacts from both your phone and your Facebook friends list. It is considered an “extension of Facebook messages,” meaning all of your conversations are in one place. Facebook Messenger allows you to send messages to groups of people and add your location if you’d like.

The app is available on both the iOS App Store and the Android Market beginning today.

Are you planning to at least try this app? itunes link, android marketplace link

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Facebook’s New Messenger App Aims to Kill SMS, BBM, and Everything Else

Posted on August 10, 2011 by StevenTorresRamos

AIM’s downfall owes largely to the ubiquity of Facebook chat. And now, the company’s going after the mobile crown—texting. Facebook Messenger will do text conversations, privately share your location, and beam around photos. To all of your friends.

Full sizeThe dedicated Messenger app will be separate from the main Facebook app for iOS and Android, offering a one-click jump into group or individual messaging. If your pal’s on Facebook (which they almost certainly are), they’ll get your message in their FB inbox. If they’re not, or don’t have Messenger installed, you can send your missive via SMS instead, without either of you noticing a difference. Chat room-style conversations will be available, a la BBM, with room topics for easy sorting. If you want to sling your coordinates to a pal, you’ll be able to send them a drop pin of your location on a map. Enjoying the pizza you’re eating at that location? Share a photo too. All of this will be push notification-enabled as well—meaning you’ve got a hell of a powerful, consolidated communications toolkit in your pocket, and an actual reason to consider replacing your phone’s default messaging app.

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Portraits of Dogs as They Shake Off Water

Posted on August 10, 2011 by StevenTorresRamos

For her series “Shake“, pet photographer Carli Davidson photographed curious portraits of dogs shaking off water. Use a fast shutter speed and you can capture all kinds of strange expressions on your dog’s face.

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Pegatron to ship iPhone 5 in September

Posted on August 4, 2011 by StevenTorresRamos

Apple manufacturing partner Pegatron will begin shipping the iPhone 5 in September, DigiTimes reported on Wednesday. Pegatron will join Foxconn as a manufacturer for the phone and has secured an order for 10 million units, according to the report. In July, Taiwan Economic News also reported that Pegatron had inked a deal with Apple to manufacture the iPad 3, although that device may be delayed due to component shortages. The most recent rumors around the iPhone 5 speculate that the update is bigger than initially expected and the phone will be thinner, lighter and more powerful. Early rumors had suggested that Apple was launching an “iPhone 4S” that would offer a minor update to the current iPhone 4 model.

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Juegan baloncesto en ropa interior – El Nuevo Día

Posted on August 3, 2011 by StevenTorresRamos

Los Angeles es la casa de la nueva liga de baloncesto femenino en Estados Unidos. La Lingerie Basketball League se caracterizará porque el uniforme de sus jugadoras será en ropa interior. Los cuatro equipos que competirán son: Divas, Beauties, Glams y Starlets. Las reglas del juego son diferentes a la del baloncesto tradicional. Se jugan dos tiempos de 20 minutos y tienen 35 segundos de posesión del balón. La línea de 3 está más cerca del tablero. Además, tiene la posibilidad de anotar puntos de bono.

La liga, que cuenta con página de internet, comenzó el pasado 23 de julio y se extenderá hasta el 2 de septiembre. Se juegan dos partidos los viernes y sábado.

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Police Now Trying to Defuse Bomb Strapped to Teenage Girl’s Neck [Updated]

Posted on August 3, 2011 by StevenTorresRamos

These three worried men are members of the Australian police’s bomb squad. Right now, they are trying to defuse a bomb that an intruder strapped to the neck of an 18 year old girl in Mosman, a district of Sydney.

The girl, who belongs to a very rich family in Sydney, can’t move and can’t remove the collar bomb in any way. If she does, the device can go off.

According to the latest report, the police are not confirming the rumor that the teenage girl is the victim of some extortion attempt. The only thing they know is that the girl is “extremely calm” after the intruder broke into her house and strapped the bomb to her neck.

NSW Assistant Police Commissioner Mark Murdoch says that the situation is a “”very serious and sensitive matter” and they are “still treating the suspicious package as live.” [Herald Sun, Telegraph via Atlantic Wire; Photo credit: Ryan Pierse/Getty]

Update: Australian police are now reporting that the bomb squad has successfully freed the girl, and that she is safe and unharmed.

Less certain at this time, though, is what exactly had been strapped to her neck—experts are examining the contraption now—and who put it there. The ordeal lasted eight hours in all; hopefully a full resolution won’t take much longer. [Herald Sun, Telegraph via Atlantic Wire; Globe and Mail; Photo credit: Ryan Pierse/Getty]

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Apple rumored to be prepping imminent iTunes Replay launch

Posted on August 3, 2011 by StevenTorresRamos

Apple is preparing to launch a new service that will allow iTunes users to re-download previously purchased music, movies and TV shows for free, AppAdvice reports. The service may also support some streaming functionality according to the report, though such functionality may be limited. Currently, iTunes users who lose content from their libraries are forced to either purchase the content again or essentially beg and plead with Apple customer service until they agree to assist with free content restoration. This ridiculous practice may soon come to an end, should the report be accurate. AppAdvice claims to have confirmed the imminent launch of the iTunes Reply service with multiple sources, and such an offering has rumored to have been in the works from Apple for quite some time. According to the report, we can expect iTunes Replay to “go public in the coming weeks.”

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Get in touch with algebra with Algebra Touch for iPhone, iPad | TiPb

Posted on August 3, 2011 by StevenTorresRamos

Algebra Touch, by Regular Berry, is an iPhone and iPad educational math app.

Have you forgotten most of your algebra? Algebra Touch refreshes your skills using techniques only possible on your iOS device.

Say you have x + 3 = 5. You can drag the 3 to the other side of the equation.

Enjoy the wonderful conceptual leaps of algebra, without getting bogged down by the tedium of traditional methods.

Drag to rearrange, tap to simplify, and draw lines to eliminate identical terms.

Distribute by sliding terms across the sum, and Factor them back out by dragging them together.

Easily switch between lessons and randomly-generated practice problems.

Create your own problems or edit current ones.

Current material covers: Simplification, Like Terms, Commutativity, Order of Operations, Factorization, Prime Numbers, Elimination, Isolation, Variables, Basic Equations, Distribution, Factoring Out, Substitution, and ‘More Advanced’ mode.

As a math educator, this app makes me very excited. One of the challenges of teaching algebra is finding effective teaching techniques geared towards visual learners. Algebra Touch is not only a great visual tool, but a very physical and hands-on one.

Algebra Touch is available on the iPhone and iPad for $2.99. Screenshots after the break.

[iTunes link]

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