Elon Musk engineers the most elaborte ‘Ice Bucket Challenge’ contraption we’ve yet seen
Given his engineering chops, we shouldn’t be surprised that Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk concocted the most elaborate contraption we’ve yet seen for an “Ice Bucket Challenge” video.
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Here’s how to turn any YouTube video into a GIF
Last Friday, we featured one graphic designer’s incredible X-ray GIFs, focusing on the process by which he converted segments of video into the short, repeated clips we see so often online. The software he used to create the GIFs can be fairly expensive, but as Hacker News demonstrates, there’s an easy way to convert a section of any YouTube video into a GIF straight from your browser.
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Ingenious mom comes up with an app that locks her kids’ phones until they call her back
Sharon Standifird is a mom from Houston, Texas, who had a problem: Her children would not return her calls and texts on time. Frustrated and worried, she decided to take the matter into her own hands and create an app to specifically deal with teenagers who do not answer calls from parents on their smartphones, even though she didn’t actually know how to code.
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Yet another company is practically begging for an Apple lawsuit
Xiaomi is making the job of former Googler Hugo Barra more and more difficult when it comes to denying copycat claims that say Xiaomi products look too much like their Apple-made alter egos. After launching the Mi iPad a few months ago, which is basically a nearly identical iPad mini clone, Xiaomi is now releasing MIUI 6, its latest Android-based operating system that looks very much like iOS 7, TechCrunch reveals.
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This might be the perfect obituary for Windows 8
We know from well-connected Microsoft reporters and even directly from Microsoft employees that Microsoft knows it stumbled badly with Windows 8. Indeed, the Windows 8 brand has become so toxic that the company’s employees have reportedly dubbed it “the new Vista.”
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Long-suffering Comcast customer gets his problem fixed only after his story goes viral on Reddit
Comcast has racked up an impressive tally of customer service horror stories that have gone viral on social media over just the last month. The latest such story involves a customer who tried in vain for 6 months to get assorted problems fixed and only really got Comcast’s attention once his story hit the front page of Reddit.
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Incredible trade-in deal could net you $350 to spend on the iPhone 6
Looking to get an iPhone 6 off-contract but don’t have much money saved up for it? No problem — just head over to Gazelle and you could get up to $350 for trading in your old iPhone. AppleInsider notes that Gazelle “has just launched its most aggressive price-lock promotion yet: up to $350 for your old iPhone if you lock in a price quote today.”
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SERIOUSLY, APPLE? Here’s an iPhone 6 leak that will leave you disappointed
A new iPhone 6 leak originating from China seems to reveal a critical detail about the upcoming iPhone 6’s on-board memory. According to Chinese Apple repair firm GeekBar, which posted an image on Weibo, the iPhone 6 will feature just 1GB of RAM, which may be seen as too low compared to current competitors that already pack 2GB and even 3GB of RAM for some phablets.
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This awesome battery brings quick on-the-go wireless charging to your smartphone
Revocharge is the name of a new iPhone and Android accessory that wants to let users wirelessly and efficiently recharge their devices on the go. To become a reality, Revocharge is currently raising money on Kickstarter and has already collected almost $7,000 of its $15,000 goal with 39 days left in the campaign.
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Incredibly cool iPhone 6 feature seemingly confirmed by new leak
Last week we started seeing evidence that Apple’s iPhone 6 Lightning cables would feature reversible USB, marking the first time that an Apple smartphone would come with this particular feature. Now uSwitch, in conjunction with iPhone leaker Sonny Dickson, has published some pictures of the iPhone 6 USB cable’s retail box that it says clearly shows the new cable will feature reversible USB.
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