Apple says it added three million Music users since September, bringing its total subscriber count to 20 million. Furthermore, VP Eddy Cue tells Billboard that 60 percent of those are new customers who haven't purchased an iTunes song in th…
Lees meerAnyone who’s dealt with the complexities of passport photo requirements would probably jump at the chance to have their pics checked online, but automated systems can have their own complications, as a New Zealand man recently learned.Read more...
Lees meerLeave it to the Harlem Globetrotters to come up with new ways to nail trick shots. Though it’s not the tallest basketball shot ever made (that award goes to this 593-foot shot off a dam), the Harlem Globetrotters version might be even more unique be…
Lees meerFrom Snow White and the Seven Dwarves all the way back in 1937 to Zootopia which was released this year, this video features clips from over 45 Disney animated movies and shows how Disney’s style has changed over the years. But what’s probably most …
Lees meerHillary Clinton will not be the 45th president of the United States. She did, however, have the most shared political tweet this year.Read more...
Lees meerMeet SALTO: a powerful new wall-jumping robot built by researchers at UC Berkeley. According to SALTO's makers, the diminutive, one-legged hopper not only has the "highest robotic vertical jumping agility ever recorded," but also the abilit…
Lees meerLast week, thousands of snow geese died in Montana after landing on “the acidic, metal-laden waters of an old open pit mine” to escape a snowstorm, the AP reported. Montana Resources, the mining company in charge of the toxic water, told the Billin…
Lees meerAccording to Bloomberg, Fitbit is close to buying up Pebble for less than $40 million, which aligns with what we reported when info on the acquisition first came out. Since the fitness tracker maker is only interested in Pebble's software a…
Lees meerAccording to a new New York Times report, Michael G. Flynn, the son of Donald Trump’s national security advisor, has been booted from the President-elect’s transition team for tweeting about Pizzagate, the idiotic online conspiracy theory that led a…
Lees meerThe Square Cash service added a "virtual debit card" feature back in September, and tonight during the Code Commerce event, CEO Jack Dorsey announced that it's integrating with Apple Pay. The virtual Visa debit card lets Square Cash users s…
Lees meerCineFix takes a deep look into the art of opening titles and analyzes the different types that appear in movies, ranking the best of each kind. From simple text title cards, to the foreshadowing teasers that you don’t realize spoil the movie until y…
Lees meerHave one of Martian's voice-powered smartwatches? Cool, because now mVoice models and certain Guess timepieces will work with Amazon's Alexa technology. "We're excited to work with Martian Watches to bring Alexa to mVoice timepieces so cust…
Lees meerThe Weather Channel has been known to publish rubbish articles like “Woman Hit By Waves During Selfie” and “Before the Bikini: Vintage Beach Photos.” But even the channels’s thirsty editors can brutally own the internet’s bullshit vendors. A brand n…
Lees meerWow, Rogue One! Not even out yet and you’re spilling out neat little Easter eggs already. Sneaky.Read more...
Lees meerThe Super Nintendo is best remembered as defining the 16-bit era of video gaming, although many of us spent countless hours playing with Mario Paint instead. But that pales in comparison to the over four months Mike Matei spent recreating the openin…
Lees meerOn Tuesday, the two feuding parties of the CRISPR gene editing patent fight entered the boxing ring: attorneys for each side made oral arguments before three-judge panel, in a case that not only puts billions of potential dollars at stake, but could…
Lees meerFor Cassian Andor, fighting for the Rebellion is a way of life. It is “the only choice,” actor Diego Luna told io9 at the Rogue One: A Star Wars Story press event this weekend. As the character becomes wrapped up in the mission to steal the Death St…
Lees meerIt's no secret that Flickr is popular with phone-toting photographers, but it's now reaching a tipping point. The Yahoo-owned image service has posted its year in review, and it notes that 48 percent of photo uploads now come from smartpho…
Lees meerPhilip Morris, maker of Marlboro cigarettes, submitted an application to the FDA on Tuesday seeking approval for its new tobacco vaporizer. The iQOS device, as it's currently called, works on the same principle as the Pax, wherein the groun…
Lees meerAllstar Marketing Group—makers of the Snuggie (you know, the blanket with sleeves!)—is suing Amazon over trademark infringement because of all the Snuggie counterfeits that litter the online marketplace.Read more...
Lees meerThe British Antarctic Survey has a problem in the form of an enormous crack in the East Antarctic ice sheet. Dormant for about 35 years, The Crack began to grow in 2012. Today, it threatens to cleave off the entire ice shelf supporting the Halley VI…
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