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Google’s Sexy Smart-watches Make Me Mad

This week, Google released a new platform for smartwatches, and I am livid. No, I’m not upset at Google.  The new platform, known as Android Wear, looks to be the best system yet for smartwatches. The first devices announced on the platform, the Moto 360 (from Motorola), and the LG G, both look absolutely beautiful. No, what I’m upset about, is that I just...

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Historical Perspective: How Far We’ve Come in 15 Years

Can you remember life 15 years ago? Odds are, if you’ve been alive that long, you remember life to be not much different than it is today. The two time periods may seem similar, but consider just how much technology has changed your life since 1999. Consider the impact of Wikipedia, and e-books, and the rest of the web on your access to information,...

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Will Apple Kill The Television this April? I certainly hope so

This April, Apple will reportedly release a killer new set-top box to replace the current Apple TV. Early reports suggest it may run “on top” of your current cable TV box, giving your TV a more functional interface, and offering access to services like Netflix directly on your TV. The fact is, Apple’s new device may do much more than those initial reports suggest....

Exclusive: Snapchat Hackers Friend 4 Million Users [And show their work to the CEO of Snapchat]

Young hackers Ash Bhat and Ankit Ranjan just hacked into Snapchat, and friended 4 million users. After getting their project up and running, they showed it to Evan Spiegel, CEO of Snapchat. We talked to Ranjan, who gave us the whole story. According to Ranjan, Bhat came into the HackTech hackathon at Caltech thinking “I want to piss off a company”, and because of the...

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Beginner’s Guide To 3D Scanning: What it is, and What it Can Do

This is the first article in our new series, Experts Explain. Read all about the series here, or check out other articles in the series here. In this article, 3D scanning expert Antoine El Daher will teach you what 3D scanning is, how it works, and how you can use it. So, what is 3D scanning exactly? 3D scanning turns physical objects into their...