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New Xbox Console to be Announced by Microsoft on Tuesday, May 21, 2013
The global computer gaming industry is an amazing $65 billion a year industry and with great anticipation for the new PlayStation and Xbox gaming consoles, the industry will certainly continue to grow this year. With Sony in the works to release their newest installment to the PlayStation franchise with the PS4 at the end of this year, all eyes turned to rival Microsoft too see what they have planned...
Gmail to Allow Money Transfers by Email via Google Wallet
Google is rolling out a new feature in Gmail to allow users to attach money within an email via Google Wallet.
A new button ($) the dollar sign, in the Gmail compose box will allow you to easily send money to whom ever you need or want.
After clicking on the money symbol, all you have to do is enter in an amount and select the source from which the money will come from, can be a credit or debit card....
Mother’s Day Gift Ideas: Tablets on Sale by Barnes and Noble and Amazon
Barnes and Noble announced the Nook HD and Nook HD+ tablets are going on sale this week for Mother’s Day.
The 7-inch Nook HD will be on sale for $149 for the 8GB model, which normally costs $199. The 9-inch Nook HD+ which usually runs at $179 for the 16GB model, will be marked down to $169.
Both tablets offer expandable memory via a micro SD card slot. The sale prices will be available online...
Google Now Takes Over Siri: Comes to iPhone and iPad iOS Users
One of the more popular features on the newer iPhones is undoubtedly “Siri” because let’s face it, we all like telling someone what to do right?
It appears that the popular feature may have a little bit of a competition brewing in its atmosphere. Google announced earlier this week that they have released their own personal assistant service for the iPhone and iPad called Google Now,...
India Man Sells Daughter’s Newborn Baby on Facebook for $830
There are a lot of weird, questionable and insane news stories that happen around the world every day, some go unnoticed while others make several headlines. Millions of people use Facebook to reconnect with old friends, update their current status, chat with some friends and stalk Facebook profiles. For some reason, a grandfather in India wanted to use Facebook for a whole new and bizarre reason,...
FlipperBot: Robot that Mimics Baby Sea Turtle Movements
Scientists have created a robot that mimics the way a baby sea turtle can dig itself out of the sand and crawl to the ocean.
A team of physicists and engineers out of Georgia Tech and Northwestern University analyzed 25 baby loggerhead sea turtles at night from nests on Jekyll Island. They investigated how the turtles crawled on beach sand, that was housed in a truck parked near the beach. The turtles...
AP Twitter Hack Prompts the Question: How Can we Prevent Hackers?
Uncle Sam is calling on you to display your patriotism, but it’s in a different way than you may imagine. A new kind of draft is calling on students to counter the growing threat of cyber terrorism.
In 2010, the United States needed 20,000 cyber security experts, but we only had about a thousand. That just won’t cut it—and it puts the entire country at great peril. The Department of Homeland...
Pizza Hut Delivery App Available For Xbox 360
If you are a true video gamer you are most likely on a gaming console for hours and all that playing you’re doing usually builds up quite an appetite right? A nice hot and fresh delivery pizza is such a great addition to your gaming, right?
It just so happens that Microsoft and Pizza Hut has officially teamed up to provide a very unique and creative app for Xbox Live. The app will allow users...
AP Twitter Hacked with Tweet ‘Two Explosions in the White house and Barack Obama is injured’
With nearly two million followers, AP twitter account was hacked and tweeted the message: “Breaking: Two Explosions in the White house and Barack Obama is injured.”
‘AP Twitter’ began to trend on Twitter.
No other media outlet’s reported on this attack and injury to the President.
“The president is fine,” said spokesman Jay Carney. “I was just with him.”
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Iceland App Tells If You Hook Up with a Relative
An app created in Iceland will tell you if you are trying to hook up with a relative.
“Everyone has heard the story of going to a family event and running into a girl you hooked up with some time ago,” said Einar Magnusson, a graphic designer in Iceland’s capital, Reykjavik. “It’s not a good feeling when you realize that girl is a second cousin. People may think it’s...