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iPhone 5S camera to pack more punch?

Last week, Facebook announced video capabilities for Instagram, which nobody was surprised about. But I was a little surprised that the presentation ended with that. I was sure that the company would also announce its answer to Google Reader. Lo and behold, recent rumors suggest that Facebook still has a Reader of its own up its sleeve.

Google could be working its own version of Pinterest, called Google Mine. It would be integrated with Google+, and it could have its own Android app. Of course!

And finally, there’s that little gleaming unicorn that everyone is speculating about, the iPhone 5S. Recent rumors suggest that it’ll have a boosted camera, jumping 12 megapixels from the iPhone 5’s 8. What do you think of those specs? Does it sound likely? Leave a comment below, and don’t forget to vote in the poll!

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You can create some incredible footage using time-lapse photography but it’s not one a director has much control over. That’s why California hip-hop duo, G&E, melded it with stop motion photography to make this wild music video.

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I don’t like to involve myself in choosing dog or cat person sides. I happen to love almost all animals, and I do have a cat. Cats are definitely more independent , and unlike a dog they seem to spend a lot of time doing nothing at all. I like to try and find some things that might get old Max up and off the sofa.

Well, check out Undercover Mouse, an ingenious little faux mouse under a cloth that mimics the real deal. Undercover Mouse moves pretty quickly and his movements are actually random, he slows down and speeds up and he can even reverse direction just out of your kitty’s view, under his durable nylon cover. The movements look like they would peak any cats interest, and in my house they did.

Undercover Mouse was more than enough to get Max moving, and for almost an hour he pounced and swatted in an attempt to capture the elusive critter, even trying to pull a few “look at me, I’m walking away” moves, only to turn and pounce right back on the mouse.

Undercover Mouse uses AA batteries and be forewarned, they do get used up rather quickly so rechargeable ones may be your best bet, and depending on the “hunting” style of your cat it may not be as durable as I would like, but for around 30 bucks it made for some comedic entertainment, for the cat, and for any spectators who happened to be around! Undercover Mouse is available from amazon.com. Here, kitty kitty…
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Think small tablets and Apple’s iPad mini and Google’s Nexus 7 probably come to mind, but Acer is also hoping its Iconia W3 Windows 8 slate will make the grade. Running a full version of Windows 8 – and, soon enough, Windows 8.1 – on an 8.1-inch capacitive touchscreen, the compact tablet is designed to

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Everyone knows they should pull to the side of the road when an ambulance with its blaring siren approaches. But what if you’ve got the windows rolled up, the radio blaring, and can’t hear it coming? That’s not a problem in Guayaquil, Ecuador, where to increase emergency response times, the ambulances actually hijack nearby AM and FM signals to let drivers know they’re nearby.

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