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President Obama Sends Message to Kid President

Posted on February 22, 2013 by StevenTorresRamos

We already know that Kid President can deliver one heck of a pep talk, but can he help President Obama with a serious issue like national security?You bet he can.The President calls upon the mini POTUS to help spread the word about an important upcoming event at the White House that kids will not want to miss. And Kid President makes sure to get the message out while remaining his inspirational self.

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The Webs Best iMadeFace Self-Portraits

Posted on February 21, 2013 by StevenTorresRamos

iMadeFace is one of the hottest new apps, enabling anyone with an iPhone to turn their social avatars into cartoonish versions of their self.Last week, we asked you to submit your best iMadeFace self-portraits. You sent us some amazing submissions, and we loved seeing the creative interpretations of your photos.In a matter of minutes, anyone can use iMadeFace to draw an animated doppleganger. What do you think of the efforts above? Let us know your favorites and feel free to leave a link to your own work of art in the comments.

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This Hilarious Prank Will Make You Want to Ride the Bus [VIDEO]

Posted on February 21, 2013 by StevenTorresRamos

Lets face it, public transportation is far from glamorous and the bus falls on the lowest rung of commuting. But mobile company Qualcomm decided they were going to give these lucky bus riders quite the treat.They posted signs by the bus stop encouraging bus patrons to visit a website if they were bored or in a hurry genius marketing ploy since their traffic mustve rocketed.SEE ALSO: 10 Awesome Pranks to Play On Your Facebook FriendsOf course, several travelers obliged, and received some, lets just say, curious things as rewards. Needless to say, Qualcomm officially made taking the bus cool again.Video courtesy of YouTube, QUALCOMMVlog. Image courtesy of Flickr, OregonDOT.

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How to switch to voice only while on a FaceTime call | iMore.com

Posted on February 21, 2013 by StevenTorresRamos

While FaceTime calls are much more interactive and personal than regular old voice calls, you may find a time that you need to pause a video feed but continue talking to the person on the other end. Whether its kids running around or you need to tend to something around the house, you can easily convert a FaceTime call into an audio only call with one simple tap. When youre ready to restart the video stream, you can do that just as easily.

Heres how. via How to switch to voice only while on a FaceTime call | iMore.com.

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10 iPhone Email and Texting Tricks You Probably Don’t Know | Apartment Therapy

Posted on February 14, 2013 by StevenTorresRamos

The really cool thing about smartphones is how updates can happen right under your nose. Sure, you notice the big stuff, like when iOS 6 replaced Google Maps with Apple Maps. But there’s always little changes happening underneath, too.

Here’s a list of 10 minor features that have been built in to the iPhone text and email user experience; some we’ve seen, some we’ve read and some we’ve noticed on our own.

• iPhone notoriously auocorrects certain words and contractions once you hit the spacebar. When the iPhone autocorrects a word that you didn’t want it to, hit the backspace button once to remove the space at the end of the word. It will give you the option to change back to the originally typed word.

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Get Pregnant Today, Get a Free Ikea Crib in 9 Months

Posted on February 14, 2013 by StevenTorresRamos

Cheap people of Australia: run! Dont walk! To the nearest location where you can get pregnant. Ikea is doling out free cribs to babies born nine months from today.The baby must come into the world on November 14, 2013. If thats your due date or if you get knocked up today or sometime in the next month, hold onto this coupon! Or convince your doctor to induce you on the 14th of November. Or eat a lot of spicy food that day. Whatever it takes. Unfortunately for Americans who are planning on a baby, this deal is only good in Australia. And unfortunately for any parent, Ikea cribs are only as secure as your assembling skills allow, which is to say they could be pretty hazardous. But hey, free crib! [Reddit via SlickDeals]

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U.S. State of the Union highlights Apple manufacturing coming back to America | iMore.com

Posted on February 13, 2013 by StevenTorresRamos

During his annual State of the Union speech last night, U.S. president Barack Obama highlighted Apples intent to bring some Mac computer manufacturing back to America.After shedding jobs for more than ten years, our manufacturers have added about 500,000 jobs back over the past three. Caterpillar is bringing jobs back from Japan. Ford is bringing jobs back from Mexico. After locating plants in other countries, like China, Intel is opening its most advanced plant right here at home, and this year, Apple will start making Macs in America again.In December of 2012, Apple announced plans to invest over $100 million to bring production of one of its Mac lines to the U.S. Speculation has included both the Mac mini and a rumored next-generation Mac Pro. This followed increased media attention over their, and the industrys, use of Chinese manufacturing facilities and labor.

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How To Get 50GB of Free Cloud Storage Right Now

Posted on February 12, 2013 by StevenTorresRamos

Need a place to squirrel away your digital stash? Box is giving 50GB of online storage free to new users.Box will let you sync across both Mac and PC, and it has apps for Android, iOS, Outlook, BlackBerry PlayBook, and a bunch of other platforms listed here. To get yours, just head over to Box here, sign up for an account, and enjoy.This is basically free space for any system you could conceivably use. The only disadvantage is Box has an upload size limit of 250MB. But 50GB is a ton of space for zero money, and most competitors like Dropbox, for example, only gives you 2GB gratis. And who doesnt like free stuff? [Box via SlickDeals]

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List of Puerto Ricans – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Posted on January 30, 2013 by StevenTorresRamos

This is a list of notable Puerto Ricans[a] which includes people who were born in Puerto Rico, people who are of full or partial Puerto Rican ancestry, and many long-term residents and/or immigrants of other ethnic heritages who have made Puerto Rico their home, and who are recognized for their life and/or work.The list is divided into categories and in some cases sub-categories which best describe the field for which the subject is most noted. Some categories such as “Actors, actresses, comedians and directors” are relative since a subject who is a comedian may also be an actor or director. In some cases a subject may be notable in more than one field such as “Luis A. Ferré” who is notable as a former “governor” and as an “industrialist”. However, the custom is to place the subjects name under the field for which he/she is most noted.

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Why Star Trek Phasers Don’t Exist Yet

Posted on January 29, 2013 by StevenTorresRamos

The 21st century has been a real disappointment so far. Our robot servants top out at mediocre vaccums, self-driving cars are years away (and won’t be able to fly even when they do arrive), and we’re closer to inventing tricorders than phasers. A tricorder. Who wants a goddamn medical scanner when you could be blasting baddies with awesome handheld lasers?

It turns out that weaponized lasers, also known as Directed Energy Weapons (DEWs), aren’t all that different from the non-lethal variety you use to amuse your cat. Just like conventional models, a DEW produces a single synchronized wavelength of tightly focused, intense light that can travel exceptionally long distances. In fact, many lasers today—even cheap, handheld pointers—are still pretty dangerous in certain circumstances. Most notably, they can cause temporary to permanent blindness, though this usage is banned under the Protocol on Blinding Laser Weapons. Yes, that’s a thing.

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