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This week Apple has quietly announced an add-on to the Apple TV models out in stores right this minute. With the addition of a $25 iTunes card for the Apple … Continue reading

There comes a time in everyone’s lives where you feel like you are the key master. There are keys for old apartments, your parents house, pad locks, car keys, and much, much more. While we don’t want to be without a key we need, they can get to be a bit on the loud side in your bag or pocket. Likely because it’s a piece of metal dangling on a ring next to a bunch of other pieces of metal.

While keys are likely going to continue to be made of this same material for some time, you can lessen the amount of it that you have to carry around with you. The Keybrid is not only a key, but also a functioning keyring all-in-one. While you will need to have these cut to fit your specific needs, it would take out a big chunk of the jingle-jangle in your pockets.

It’s a very simple idea, but one that could bring on its own problems. We’re all too familiar with forgetting which key is which, and fumbling around in front of the door at night, wishing there was an easier way to do things. As this would essentially be removing the head of the key, you’d have to find a new way to categorize which is what. There are two blanks available for SC1 and KW1 keys/locks, and either will cost around $9 a piece. If you’d like to get a bundle that has one of each, it will cost around $17. Either of these should fit around 95% of the locks in the US should you be concerned about where it will and won’t be relevant.

Available for purchase on Keybrid, found via thisiswhyimbroke
[ The Keybrid will make your keys a little less jingly copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]

It’s a goddamn beautiful thing when internet memes and nature collide into one glorious split-screen of a squirrel eating out of a Horse Head feeder. It just doesn’t get much better than this, people.

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So, plenty has happened at Mt. Gox recently, so much so that the Bitcoin exchange had actually signed for bankruptcy protection already. This would certainly see Bitcoin investors get all jittery, wondering whether their Bitcoins would see a dramatic drop in value in the days ahead. Well, you know what they say – if you have the stomach for a fight, go with it all the way and ride it out. Only invest in money that you have and can afford to lose, so to speak. Having said that, here is a lighthearted look at the Bitcoin situation, which is aptly known as BitSoaps.

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BitSoaps Lets You Wash Away Your Bitcoin Worries original content from Ubergizmo.

An Intel intern from 2012 from the group's "Call Me Maybe" video.

(Credit: Video screenshot by Amanda Kooser/CNET)

If you had to hazard a guess as to which company pays its interns the most, which would you pick? Google perhaps? Close. Maybe Twitter? Very close.

Twitter is in the Top 3, but the No. 1 company is probably not one you’ll guess. It’s Palantir Technologies, a Palo Alto, Calif.-based software and services company that largely works on government contracts.

According to a report released Friday by Glassdoor, an online jobs and career company, Palantir’s average monthly base pay for an intern is $7,012. It’s enough to make you think you’ve gone into the wrong field of work. Glassdoor’s report was gathered from anonymous information provided by the site’s users and is based on companies with at least 20 intern salary reports shared over the last two years.

Hot on the heels of Palantir comes VMware with an average salary of $6,966, followed by Twitter at $6,791, LinkedIn with $6,230, and Facebook at $6,213. Microsoft, Ebay, Google, Apple, Amazon, and Nvidia aren’t too far behind. Intel might sound relatively stingy at $4,648 down in the 23rd spot — until you compare it to Gla… [Read more]

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