Microsoft unveiled the Xbox One Tuesday, showing off its vision for the future of gaming and home entertainment to the public. Of course, when the Xbox One debuts later this year, it won’t be alone. It will face stiff competition from Sony and its upcoming PlayStation 4. And while Nintendo has had a rocky start [...]
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The barrier to entry for the Unity game rendering engine for developers on iOS, Android and BlackBerry 10 has gotten lower, as use of Unity tech is now free on both mobile platforms. Unity CEO David Helgason announced the changed terms today during the Unite Nordic trade conference, according to Pocket Gamer’s Keith Andrew. The [...]
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A category 4 tornado swept through Oklahoma City and its suburbs Monday, overflowing social media accounts with images and videos of the overwhelming destruction But University of Central Oklahoma student Levont’e D. Douglas managed to vine a moment of calming and reassuring beauty after the storm — a rainbow SEE ALSO: Woman Finds Missing Dog [...]
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Did you hear that YouTube has hit the impressive milestone of one billion visitors a month? What the video-sharing site didn’t reveal, however, is how many of those visitors are actually human We have found evidence of increasingly-addicted dogs turning to YouTube to watch footage of their fellow four-legged friends SEE ALSO: 10 Disappointing Dogs [...]
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Sofia Vergara, whose role as the passionate and funny Gloria on ABC’s Modern Family has earned her three Golden Globe nominations and three Emmy nods, wasn’t lost when she appeared at a rival network’s red carpet event this month. In fact, the carpet was blue and rolled out for her and other stars by USA [...]
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You’ve heard of 3D-printed clothes and 3D-printed buildings, but 3D-printed food? We are truly entering sci-fi territory. The Sugar Lab takes simple white sugar as its base material to print delicate 3D structures that can be eaten on their own, or used as a decorative topper for cakes and cupcakes The company, founded by married [...]
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You’ve heard of 3D-printed clothes and 3D-printed buildings, but 3D-printed food? We are truly entering sci-fi territory. The Sugar Lab takes simple white sugar as its base material to print delicate 3D structures that can be eaten on their own, or used as a decorative topper for cakes and cupcakes The company, founded by married [...]
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When my daughter begged me a few years ago to go on Tumblr so she could engage with Harry Potter fandom, I said no. I was worried about what else she might encounter on the vast blogging service You know what I’m talking about. I feared she’d stumble onto porn. Tumblr, which Yahoo is buying [...]
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CBS will hold off airing the scheduled May 20 finale of comedy Mike & Molly because of the massive tornado that wreaked havoc in Oklahoma on Monday, the network told Mashable. Mike & Molly stars Melissa McCarthy as a fourth-grade teacher and Billy Gardell as a cop. The final episode was set against the backdrop [...]
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Maluuba, the Waterloo, Canada-based Siri competitor and TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2012 Battlefield finalist, today announced that it has added two new features to its voice-powered personal assistant app for Android and Windows Phone: sports and TV schedules. With this, Maluuba users in the U.S. and Canada can now ask it for near real-time sports results [...]
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