Apple iPad Air keyboard cases unveiled by Kensington

Kensington has been making accessories for a number of Apple gadgets and other devices for years. The company has announced a new line of keyboard cases for Apple’s iPad Air. The new accessories include the Kensington KeyFolio Pro for iPad Air, the Kensington KeyFolio Executive for iPad Air, the Kensington KeyCover Hard Case for iPad, […]

Gawker MTA Driver Bans 10-Year-Old Boy From Bus for Speaking Arabic | io9 BAD IDEA: Hotel from The S

Gawker MTA Driver Bans 10-Year-Old Boy From Bus for Speaking Arabic | io9 BAD IDEA: Hotel from The Shining Will Build on a Pet Cemetery | Jezebel Justin Bieber Learned About Poverty, Took His Shirt Off | Kotaku Of Course, People Are Dressing as Kim Jong-un for Halloween

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NASA says Orion test flight is on track for 2014

NASA has been targeting the first test flight for the Orion space capsule to happen in 2014 since July of 2012. Orion is a multipurpose crew vehicle that is designed to take astronauts to the ISS and possibly beyond. NASA has recently said that the Orion is on target for its inaugural test flight to […]

Apple retail store in Brazil tipped to open by March

The first rumblings we heard that Apple was looking to open its first retail store in South America surfaced in November of 2012. Those rumblings were about a year ago and this week rumblings have resurfaced with a tip from a source claiming to be familiar with Apple’s plans. That source claims that the Apple […]

Google could start mass production of its smartwatch within months, says WSJ

We’ve already had an inkling of a Google smartwatch, courtesy of some timely patents, company acquisitions and Wall Street Journal’s unnamed sources. The latest gossip points to a launch next year, if the WSJ’s contacts are correct, because development on the wearable has apparently reached the …

FCC rubber-stamps use of select AT&T LTE bands by smaller US carriers

Last month, AT&T agreed to let smaller US carriers use its 700MHz LTE spectrum, and now the Federal Communications Commission has rubber stamped the company’s interoperability plan. With the approval in place, the way is paved for punier providers — often in rural areas — to support 4G devices …

WSJ: Google’s Smartwatch Could Be “Ready Within Months”

WSJ: Google's Smartwatch Could Be "Ready Within Months"The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Google’s smart watch is "in late-stage development," and the company is in talks with suppliers to begin mass production of the device soon.

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Medion The Touch 10 notebook features AMD A4-1200 CPU

Computer manufacturer Medion has announced its first ultracompact notebook computer that features a HD multitouch display. The ultracompact notebook is called the Medion The Touch 10. The machine gets its name from its 10-inch multitouch HD resolution screen. The notebook computer uses Windows 8 and includes a free upgrade to Windows 8.1. The notebook will […]

How the Electric Guitar Was Invented

How the Electric Guitar Was Invented

For as far back as we are able to look into the prehistory of the human race, music has been a crucial part of the life of humans. Some scholars even speculate that human music may have come before language. From the beginning, people living in little groups sang and danced to self-made music. Drums and pipes were readily developed, and even today they can be found in use, still often hand-made, in every culture anywhere in the world where simple communities gather for group celebrations.

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Uber delivers adoptable kittens to your doorstep

Kittens on demand.

(Credit: Uber and Cheezburger)

Uber’s done it again. It finds a buzzworthy product and makes it available for on-demand delivery. This time it’s hit the meme motherload — cute and cuddly kittens.

Tuesday is National Cat Day, so Uber is promoting its service by partnering with popular meme site Cheezburger to deliver kitten-snuggling time. The service is available in New York, San Francisco, and Seattle.

If you open up your Uber app between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. local time, you’ll see a “KITTENS!” option. Uber warns that users should expect high demand, so you may have to try a few times to actually score some kitten time.

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