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TechCrunch: Makerbot Updates Their Design Software And Firmware To Make 3D Printing Easier
Makerbot, besides making a darn nice printer, offers some amazing software for laying out and printing objects. Their product, Makerware, is free to download and use and supports some other 3D printers including the FlashForge. The new software adds some ...
Dateline: 2013-06-13 9:01pm -07:00T (239 words)
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Ars Technica: The Trajectory of Television—starting with a big history of the small screen
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Though it's a relatively recent invention, television is a pillar of Western—and even global—culture. Even if you're that one guy who makes it a point to mention that you don't watch or even...
Dateline: 2013-06-12 8:46am -07:00T (237 words)
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TechCrunch: Online Banking Startup Simple Finally Makes It Easier To Move Money Into Your Account
Simple has made some serious strides since it opened up to the public last year, but there’s one thing the service has just never been that great at: transferring money from one bank account to another. According to a post on the official Simple blo...
Dateline: 2013-06-13 9:01pm -07:00T (601 words)
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Ars Technica: How we feel can change how we taste fat
The child on the right will be both depressed and unable to taste fat once the ice cream falls out of his cone.
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We’ve all done it: after a rough day, you come home and open a bag of M&Ms or potat...
Dateline: 2013-06-14 9:31am -07:00T (286 words)
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Om Malik: Facebook reaches agreement to disclose national security-related data requests
Facebook announced late Friday evening that it has come to an agreement with national security authorities that will allow the company to provide more information about government requests for user data in a transparency report. The company will now be ab...
Dateline: 2013-06-14 7:31pm -07:00T (554 words)
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TechCrunch: Iterations: Man Vs. (The Government) Machine
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In 2013, we have seen a reincarnation of “man vs. machine,” except this time, the machines aren’t algorithms — the machine is government. ...
Dateline: 2013-06-16 10:46am -07:00T (883 words)
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The Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF): International Broadband Quality: How's that Policy Working?
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The United States and Europe have chosen different policy models for broadband: While the U. S. emphasizes "facilities-based competition" and mobile technology freedom for ...
Dateline: 2013-06-11 3:35pm -07:00T (227 words)
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TechCrunch: Ex-Tandberg and Cisco Executives Join The Quest To Conquer Old School Video Conferencing
A group of ex-Tandberg and Cisco executives have launched a software-based video conferencing service that works across traditional hardware systems, the browser and mobile devices.
Pexip Infinity is an all-software, pay-as-you-go, virtualized platform th...
Dateline: 2013-06-12 7:31am -07:00T (405 words)
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TechCrunch: Orbeus Launches Visual Recognition (But Not Creepy Facial Recognition) APIs For Google Glass
Google took swift action to ban Google Glass applications with facial recognition capabilities recently, following the launch of an API which would have allowed developers to build apps that could identify the faces of people who a Glass wearer encounte...
Dateline: 2013-06-12 1:46pm -07:00T (652 words)
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TechCrunch: The Twitter #Music Website Fills Out Its Artist Profiles With Tweeted Tracks And Similar Artists
It looks like Twitter #Music has gotten a couple of improvements on the web — specifically to its individual artist profiles.
Previously, the artist page just pointed to the other artists that they were following. So the profile page for Fun., for examp...
Dateline: 2013-06-12 5:31pm -07:00T (270 words)
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Techdirt: State Senator's Wife Threatens Likely Fake Facebook Profiles With Fame For Hitting On Her Man
We give our lawmakers a lot of grief in this glorious country, which is so glorious specifically because we can do that, but there's got to be hardship that goes along with public service of that sort. I mean, it can't all be lobbying money here, grands...
Dateline: 2013-06-12 8:01pm -07:00T (495 words)
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TechCrunch: Social Commerce Service Fancy Goes International, Now Ships Worldwide
Fancy, the one-time Pinterest competitor which has long since set its sights on social e-commerce, is expanding its reach today with the launch of its internationalization efforts. The company is now making its service available in 30 languages and is shi...
Dateline: 2013-06-13 8:31am -07:00T (555 words)
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TechCrunch: VigLink's Affiliate Links Get More Up-To-Date (And Lucrative) With A New Link Optimizer
VigLink is announcing an update its VigLink Convert product that should help affiliate links stay up-to-date.
The company promises to make publishers more money through affiliate links, i.e., links to online merchants that can earn a commission if they l...
Dateline: 2013-06-13 12:16pm -07:00T (244 words)
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TechCrunch: Google X Announces Project Loon: Balloon-Powered Internet For Rural, Remote And Underserved Areas
Google X, the secretive lab behind projects like Google Glass and Google’s self-driving cars, announced its latest project today: balloon-powered Internet access for those areas of the earth where regular terrestrial Internet isn’t a good opti...
Dateline: 2013-06-14 11:16pm -07:00T (313 words)
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Slashdot: POTI, Creators of the Songbird Media Player, Call It Quits
ilikenwf writes "Pioneers of the Inevitable has announced on their blog that they will be folding on June 28. Started in 2007, the company went on to create the Songbird Desktop and mobile players, as well as the Songbird.me Facebook app. Their legacy liv...
Dateline: 2013-06-15 4:16am -07:00T (107 words)
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