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They say a picture is worth a thousand words — and boy did Instragram’s servers have a colossal amount of words to deal with yesterday. Via its blog, the Facebook-owned picture sharing service announced that, on Thanksgiving Day, more than 10 million holiday-related images were shared on the social network, which saw peak hour come in at around 12:00pm Pacific time with over 200 filter-packed (no filter, in some cases) images per second being Instagrammed. Moreover, Thanksgiving marked one of the app’s most active days in its short history, with Instagram saying that yesterday “broke all records as we saw the number of shared photos more than double from the day before, making it our busiest day so far.” Now bring on the #leftovers.

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Via: TechCrunch

Source: Instagram Blog

WASHINGTON — First lady Michelle Obama is kicking off the holiday season by welcoming the White House Christmas tree.

Mrs. Obama, daughters Malia and Sasha and first dog Bo greeted the arrival of a 19-foot Fraser fir from Peak Farms in Jefferson, N.C.

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After Google ran out of stock with Nexus 4 units after just minutes of becoming available, customers’ only hope was to wait until T-Mobile started offering it online and in their stores. However, after just hours of Google quietly posting up the link to T-Mobile’s website in the Google Play store, online stock of T-Mobile Nexus 4s are now gone.

While most users probably wanted a Nexus 4 off-contract, it seems the daunting thought of a two-year contract wasn’t holding people back from buying a subsidized Nexus 4. We’re not sure how many units T-Mobile received exactly for online orders, but you may have better luck at your local carrier store, where they still might have a few left in stock if you’re really desperate.

Buying a Nexus 4 at T-Mobile will cost $199 for the 16GB version after you sign a two-year contract. Of course, coughing up only $100 more could have gotten you an 8GB unlocked and off-contract Nexus 4, while $150 more would have you sealing the deal on an off-contract 16GB model. However, it seems a lot of Nexus fans are willing to sacrifice two years of their life in order to get the latest and greatest Google phone.

The Nexus 4 has a 4.7-inch 1280×768 IPS display with a pixel density of 320ppi. On the inside, there’s a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro CPU with 2GB of RAM. It comes with an 8MP rear camera and a 1.3MP VGA cam on the front. It comes running Android 4.2 Jelly Bean, as well as NFC and wireless charging capabilities, but no LTE.

[via Android Police]

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You might want to think twice before downloading anything illegally in the near future.

Following the untimely demise of proposed anti-piracy laws SOPA and PIPA, five Internet service providers (specifically AT&T, Cablevision Systems, Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Verizon) worked with the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and the Obama administration to create another set of protocols to stop digital pirates in their tracks.

The result was the “Six Strikes” initiative, a program that allows Internet service providers (ISPs) to directly penalize users who downloaded pirated content. How ISPs planned to punish the users, though, was left largely unsaid in the initiative’s actual text, leading to months of information vacuum filled only by the Center for Copyright Information’s vague promises that penalties could include anything from the following, according to the CCI’s official description of the Copyright Alert System:

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Short Version

What do you get the person who already has everything? Sifteo Cubes might be the answer. These innovative little gaming devices work together to create interactive gaming experiences with very tactile, imaginative elements you just can’t get on a standard mobile device.

Long Version

Features:

• Modal design, additional cubes lead to different gaming experiences
• Computer-free design
• Blends traditional tabletop gaming with mobile computing

Info:

• Touch sensitive screen
• 128 x 128 pixel TFT LCD displays (per cube)
• Available: Ships in 7 business days
• MSRP: $129.95 for the starter set with 3 cubes and base, $29.95 for each additional cube
• Product page

Sifteo Cubes Are…

… totally unique mobile gaming gadgets, made up of individual squares each with their own LED display, that communicate with each other and a controller base to build changing game boards, world maps and more. This generation of Sifteo Cubes is an upgrade from last year’s model, bringing improved graphics and computer independent play. The cubes now work with a very portable base, meaning you can take these on car trips to keep the kids occupied, or wherever you want to go.

Buy Sifteo Cubes For…

… the playfully experimental people in your lives. Because they offer a wide range of content, Sifteo Cubes are actually suitable for a broad audience. If you want to get your kids playing with something a little more exploratory, challenging and engaging than your average iPad app, Sifteo Cubes fit the bill. And if you’re an adult who grew up loving tabletop gaming and want something that builds on that experience with unique digital elements, these are a good option, too.

Because…

… while mobile gaming continues to be an innovative space on platforms like smartphones and tablets, Sifteo is trying something completely different. The titles that are currently available all offer a slightly different take on the modular mechanics, and there’s bound to be many more on the way from talented developers. Plus, adding relatively inexpensive additional cubes to the three that ship in the starter set also adds more depth to game play. Basically  Sifteo Cubes are never boring, and in a world of uninspired Call of Duty sequels, that’s reason enough to gift these things.