If Tumblr isn’t satiating your GIF needs, Pinterest might become your new favorite stomping ground — the company has announced on its blog new support for GIFs, adding an element … Continue reading
You haven’t made Valentine’s Day plans yet. That’s okay! Who needs ’em? Manufactured holiday, singlehood empowerment, overpriced prix fixe menus. But if you must make a romantic gesture next month, let it be this card. It sums up modern relationships pretty much perfectly.
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At NAMM 2013, we were able to get cozy with Korg’s MS-20 mini analog synth. This year, the company is putting the wrenches in your hands with its DIY MS-20 kit. For $1,400, synthesizer enthusiasts can nab the collection of parts needed to construct a …
Leaked from today’s 404 episode:
– How a math genius hacked OKCupid to find true love.
– Did the mathematician who hacked OKCupid violate federal computer laws?
– This is the most awkward feature on the Internet — so why is it still around?
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Rome ranks as the most photographed city in Europe.
(Credit: fotocommunity/Dominik Parr)
Panoramio is a Google-owned photo-sharing site powered by Google Earth and Google Maps, sort of like a crowdsourced and much more beautiful take on Google Street View for places you actually want to see. Estonian software engineer Tanel Tammet took Panoramio data to create his own Google Maps layer called Sightsmap — a heat map showing the most photographed places in the world. The most-photographed cities and places are also ranked worldwide and by visible sections of the map.
So it’s possible to see what the most photographed place in your city or state is by simply zooming in on it. For example, here in Taos, N.M., it’s the historic Taos Inn, a popular hotel, bar, restaurant, and music venue right in the center o… [Read more]
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If keeping your smartphones, tablets, and other gear running all day long is more important to you than keeping your backpack light, the latest addition to Limefuel’s lineup of backup batteries—this 24,000mAh monstrosity—should be part of your daily kit.
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Chrome for mobile features voice search by default. All users have to do when they want to use the search engine is say “OK Google,” and the browser beings to listen. It then runs the query and displays results effortlessly. In November last year, Google released the “Google Voice Search Hotword Beta” Chrome extension, which brought the same feature over to Chrome for desktop. It works exactly the same way, though users are first required to install this extension. Some users would definitely appreciate it if voice search was baked into Chrome, and it looks like that might happen soon.
Chrome Could Soon Offer Voice Search By Default original content from Ubergizmo. 
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But not if you hack from the comfort of your own home. Instead, you’ll have to travel to the CanSecWest security conference in Vancouver this March to showcase your skills at Google’s Pwnium 4 competition. For those who aren’t familiar, Google’s been …
There’s an update for the app called Cinemagraph out there this week that allows the user to export the media created by the app through the camera of the mobile … Continue reading
It’s annoying when you have to measure something and can’t find a long-enough rule or measuring tape in sight. For example, I was buying shoes online recently and wanted to check their sizing versus the current size I wear. I only had a 6-inch ruler so I improvised and used a piece of ribbon to measure my shoe’s sole. I then used the ruler to measure the mark I had made on the piece of ribbon.
I ordered the shoes and even with that much effort, the measurements were still off.
Carrying a foot-long ruler or measuring tape in my bag at all times is out of the question, because the former will end up sticking out of my bag while the latter is pretty heavy.
One solution? The Q Ruler, which is as handy as rulers and measuring tapes can get. With conventional measuring devices, you’ll often need at least two hands to ensure that you get a good measurement. But with Q, you only need one. It’s essentially a digital ruler of sorts which you’re supposed to roll along the length of whatever it is you want to measure. The measurement is then displayed on the Q Ruler’s digital display. Pretty neat, huh?
It was designed by Sangun Lee and is, unfortunately, just a concept design for now. In the mean time, you can find similar devices which are designed primarily for measuring maps, but could probably be used in much the same way.
[via Yanko Design]
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