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30 second ad for a 90 second video? And the same one that always plays?

1 day ago on 90 Seconds on The Verge: Hulu, Xbox One, and a Lego X-Wing 1 reply 2 recommends

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please do this

1 day ago on NYC Mayor Bloomberg reportedly threatens to 'fucking destroy' the taxi industry 1 recommend

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I guess it might make them care less about not having stock phones, but still, I don’t know if I would put myself through that just on principle.

2 days ago on HTC One 'Google Edition' with stock Android reportedly in the works

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No offense to the Verge team, but why don’t they ever unlock the bootloader and install an AOSP ROM? It’s so easy on most of the models, and takes less than an hour for the entire process.

2 days ago on HTC One 'Google Edition' with stock Android reportedly in the works 4 replies

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I’d totally be into that, would be a great way to find stuff to do when you’re bored.

3 days ago on Best New Apps: Google Hangouts

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I would expect if this was implemented, they would have an option to turn that feature off to prevent unsolicited messages.

3 days ago on Best New Apps: Google Hangouts

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Because Verizon

3 days ago on Samsung Galaxy S4 hits 10 million units shipped, new colors coming this summer

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But it does beat the other screens in terms of resolution, and Google beat Apple to a music service. They didn’t say Google’s music service beat Apple’s, as in, defeated/is better than it, they just were quicker to make one.

6 days ago on Samsung beats Chromebook Pixel and Retina MacBook with new high-res laptop display

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But apple said

Indeed

6 days ago on Samsung beats Chromebook Pixel and Retina MacBook with new high-res laptop display 12 recommends

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So by 2080 people won’t have figured out to carry water with them, or go inside?

6 days ago on Heat-related deaths in Manhattan projected to rise 20 percent by the 2020s 1 reply 3 recommends

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I hear a Tesla coil in the background at the end!

8 days ago on How two Valve engineers walked away with the company's augmented reality glasses

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Says Ellsworth: “Gabe was completely behind it… I talked to Gabe, and he talked to the lawyers, and he’s like, ’It’s theirs, make it happen,’ because he could see we were passionate about it.”

I think they did, and realized they could devote all of their time to this project rather than being sidetracked by internal Valve projects. It might not make Valve any money now, but they probably would rather pay new employees to work on their projects than paying Jeri and the other people to do something else.

8 days ago on How two Valve engineers walked away with the company's augmented reality glasses 1 reply 52 recommends

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“But officer, there weren’t any lights on his camera!”

turn on setting “Yes there are, see?”

“o ok”

9 days ago on Google on Glass privacy: 'If I'm recording you, I have to stare at you'

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People don’t seem to realize that Glass is probably one of the most blatant ways to record somebody. It’s so easy to hide a button camera or something without anybody ever knowing it’s there. If someone wants to record you, they can do it. Not to mention security cameras everywhere, many of which are probably very well hidden. Google Glass should be the least of your privacy concerns, if you have any.

9 days ago on Google on Glass privacy: 'If I'm recording you, I have to stare at you' 4 replies 14 recommends

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Seems a lot more cost-effective to unlock/root/ROM a carrier-subsidized S4

10 days ago on This is the new Nexus: a first look at Samsung's Galaxy S4 with stock Android 3 replies 2 recommends

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Google is doing far more interesting things than Microsoft, and most of the time Facebook, but when they do have something worth reporting on, they are reported on.

11 days ago on Can fancy photos and lavish linking help Google+ take off? 5 recommends

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It’s a plasma, and they generally have a higher base level of quality than LCDs. I can’t imagine any $400 LCD would come close to this one.

11 days ago on Good Deal: Panasonic 42-inch plasma smart TV for $399.99 3 replies 1 recommend

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I feel like Newt was that one guy in the office without a computer

14 days ago on Newt Gingrich is 'really puzzled' by cellphones that take pictures and needs your help 1 reply 10 recommends

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Yeah I don’t really see the point of this. If you’re in a really high-interference area then I guess it’s useful, but then why not just run a cable?

16 days ago on Beamcaster blasts the internet along lasers through the open air 2 replies 2 recommends

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According to the press release, the vibrate function can also cause small earthquakes.

16 days ago on Nokia Lumia 928 for Verizon announced, available May 16th for $99.99 1 reply 21 recommends

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140dB seems incredibly unlikely. The only way I can think it would be able to do that is if it exploded.

edit: The actual Nokia post says the microphones can record 140dB sound, not play it back through the speaker.

16 days ago on Nokia Lumia 928 for Verizon announced, available May 16th for $99.99 3 replies 8 recommends