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Posted on 20111225

Swype gets a new beta, adopts Dragon Dictation for speech to text (video)

via Engadget

Look, either you love or hate Swype — there’s just no two ways about it. Those that can’t imagine life without the … Read More >>

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Posted on 20111224

A Christmas Miracle! Facebook Chat (Kind Of) Supports Extended Rage Faces

via TechCrunch

First, if you want to get right down to it, here are the codes you type into Facebook chat to get various faces:

Poker face … Read More >>

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Posted on 20111224

2011’s official secrecy outrages

via Boing Boing

The Electronic Frontier Foundation rounds up “the year in secrecy,” a year’s worth of shame and excuses in the realm of … Read More >>

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Posted on 20111224

Beautiful "fire-breather" mask

via Boing Boing

DeviantArt member Tom Banwell made this “fire breather” mask; it’s just one example of the many wonderful pieces in his … Read More >>

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Posted on 20111224

How To Recalibrate iPhone Home Button To Make It More Responsive

via Redmond Pie

The iPhone is great. When it was launched in 2007 it had a similar impact on the smartphone industry that the iPod had on the … Read More >>

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Posted on 20111223

Pigeons match primates in number sense

via Ars Technica

By now, we all know that being called a “birdbrain” isn’t really an insult; … Read More >>

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Posted on 20111221

RIM said to have spurned Amazon’s acquisition advances

via VentureBeat

Research in Motion, the mobile device company in desperate need of a hit, apparently shunned the summer acquisition advances of … Read More >>

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Posted on 20111221

Happiness Is On The Decline, Says Twitter Study

via SAI

The average happiness of English-speaking Twitter users peaked in April 2009 and has been on a downward slide ever since … Read More >>

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Posted on 20111221

3 Ways Google’s Majel May Out-Chat Apple’s Siri (And 1 Big Way It Could Remain Speechless)

via Fast Company

Siri is amazing. Let’s not pull any punches–ignore the critcs, as it’s probably the best mobile voice recognition device … Read More >>

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Posted on 20111221

How Does P90X Make So Much Money Selling Age-Old Fitness Advice?

via Fast Company

Fitness phenom P90X
has sold more than 3 million
DVDs since its 2004
debut–and this December, sales will surely rise
with … Read More >>

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