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How to make Twitter the ultimate news ticker

22 Votes Comment  Recent events, tragic and triumphant, emphasize the social web's role as a central source for disseminating breaking news. But getting the facts right continues to be a challenge, and a solution re...
gigaom.feedsportal.com |  2h ago 
 

A look back at Google I/O 2013 (gallery)

25 Votes Comment  Googles I/O developer conference is over, and weve learned quite a bit: Devs just cant get enough of Google Glass, design is a bigger focus for the company than ever before, and Larry Page is kind ...
venturebeat.feedsportal.com |  2h ago 
 

How to really, really make your naked Snapchat photos disappear

17 Votes Comment  App maker KS Mobile insists that its Clean Master can help all those who are concerned that their spontaneous naked Snapchat snaps might linger in some technological depths. At least it can help us...
news.cnet.com |  2h ago 
 

Gillmor Gang: Live from betaday

22 Votes Comment  gillmor-gang-test-pattern_excerptThis Gillmor Gang was recorded live at betaday, the betaworks annual gathering in New York. The Gillmor Gang included John Borthwick, Robert Scoble, Douglas Rushkof...
techcrunch.com |  2h ago 
 

In One Paragraph, Ben Bernanke Explains Why The Future Is Going To Be So Amazing

34 Votes Comment  ben bernankeBen Bernanke has delivered his commencement speech for this year's graduates of Simon's Rock, a quirky graduate school in Massachusetts.The whole thing is here. It might be the only com...
www.businessinsider.com |  2h ago 
 

Tumblr: 108M blogs and 51 billion posts are worth more than $1.1B

35 Votes Comment  Tumblr, which famously hates advertising and only started trying to make money after five years in existence, is in a bit of a pickle, as its $125 million in funding is running out, giving the serv...
venturebeat.feedsportal.com |  2h ago 
 

Is DirecTV Buying Hulu Soon?

6 Votes Comment  Hulu-newsfront-40-of-40Feed-twFeed-fbSatellite TV provider DirecTV reportedly is considering buying streaming video service Hulu, which would strip away some or all ownership from Comcast Corporati...
mashable.com |  2h ago 
 

NVIDIA Shield Up for Preorder May 20 for $349, Ships in June

7 Votes Comment  It has been a while since we last heard from NVIDIA about Project Shield. Today, NVIDIA is dropping "Project" from the name, making it formally just Shield, and simultaneously announcing pricing an...
www.anandtech.com |  1h ago 
 

The Nexus Experience Galaxy S 4 - What We Know

19 Votes Comment  Just two days ago, Google announced a variant of the Galaxy S 4 packing the "Nexus user experience." Although not an I/O giveaway, Google chose I/O to announce the new variant. I've spent a lot of ...
www.anandtech.com |  1h ago 
 

AMD Launches Radeon HD 8970M

13 Votes Comment  Earlier this week I noted that AMDs Radeon 8970M and Richland A10-5750M are both available in MSIs new GX70 3BE gaming notebook, but at the time I couldn't fully disclose the specs on the Radeon 89...
www.anandtech.com |  1h ago 
 

Choosing a Gaming CPU: Single + Multi-GPU at 1440p, April 2013

21 Votes Comment  One question when building or upgrading a gaming system is of which CPU to choose - does it matter if I have a quad core from Intel, or a quad module from AMD? Perhaps something simpler will do th...
www.anandtech.com |  1h ago 
 

Google Maps Gets A Major Upgrade, Promises Interstellar Accuracy

18 Votes Comment  Even without any new hardware announcements, Google's opening keynote at I/O '13 this morning was an absolute treat on the software front, and even more so for developers. Notwithstanding the enhan...
www.anandtech.com |  1h ago 
 

AMD Releases New Radeon Memory SKU: RG2133 Gamer Series

31 Votes Comment  After entering the PC memory market about a year and a half ago, things have for the most part been quiet for AMDs fledgling memory operations. With DDR3 enjoying a long, prosperous reign as the me...
www.anandtech.com |  1h ago 
 

Sea Sonic and Corsair Power Supplies Certified for Haswell

28 Votes Comment  The Haswell launch gets just a little more complicated each day, with the latest wrinkle being that standard ATX power supplies that conform to the ATX 2.3 standard may not actually be capable of s...
www.anandtech.com |  1h ago 
 

Best Business Laptops May 2013

29 Votes Comment  Its been a couple of weeks since our last best laptop article, mostly because I had concerns about recommending anything with AMDs Richland and Intels Haswell processors right around the corner. At...
www.anandtech.com |  1h ago 
 

AMD Expands Never Settle Reloaded Program Again: Launches Level Up Bundle

10 Votes Comment  Hot on the heels of last months expansion of AMDs Never Settle Reloaded game bundle, which saw Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon added across the board, AMD is back once again with another expansion of their ...
www.anandtech.com |  1h ago 
 

Toshiba KIRAbook Ultrabook Review

25 Votes Comment  Toshiba throws their hat into the high-end ultrabook ring with this 13.3" gem featuring a 2560x1440 IPS display.
www.anandtech.com |  1h ago 
 

Google Launches Google Play Music All Access

5 Votes Comment  Googles Chris Yerga took the stage this morning at the company's sixth annual I/O Conference to announce Google's own flavor of a subscription-based music service called Google Play Music All Acces...
www.anandtech.com |  1h ago 
 

MSI GX70 3BE: Richland A10 APU and Neptune 8970M Gaming Notebook

24 Votes Comment  This is one of the more interesting pieces of hardware to keep an eye on if you're looking at a reasonably priced gaming notebook. I've toyed around with MSI's GX60 notebook a bit, and while I won'...
www.anandtech.com |  1h ago 
 

Acer Aspire V Series: New AMD APUs and Other Upgrades

35 Votes Comment  The final piece of news out of Acer from today consists of updates to their Aspire V series of laptops targeted at value-conscious consumers. Weve previously reviewed the Aspire V3-571G and the Asp...
www.anandtech.com |  1h ago