Hasta La Gadget!

Nope, it’s not your picture of “the best duck confit I’ve ever had” that’s causing that Twitter post to error out — the service is down for “some users,” according to a Twitter status page update. It’s unknown what’s causing the issue (again, probably not your photweet), but we’re assured “engineers are currently working on this issue.” We’re experiencing some snags ourselves, usually resulting in tweets timing out before publishing. Hang tight!

But maybe don’t try to while away your time on the iTunes Store or by backing up your phone to iCloud, as those services are also experiencing some downtime issues this morning. An Apple support page lists both as seeing “some users affected;” we’ll just have to assume engineers are also hard at work on fixing that. As always, we’ll let you know when things get better.

Update: Looks like Twitter is all back to normal, and the company says, “this issue has been resolved.” Apple, on the other hand, is still having issues with Apple ID and Game Center login.

Update 2: Apple is now all back to normal as well, according to the company’s support page. But do let us know if you’re experiencing any issues!

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Imagine our surprise when, upon firing up Sprint’s Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 earlier today for some routine app updates, we saw the 4G logo light up (!) for the first time ever. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, it appears that sometime in the past few days, Sprint’s finally deigned to flick the LTE switch in a significant market — namely beautiful San Francisco. We immediately grabbed our Optimus G and EVO 4G LTE review units and hopped in the car for some quick nearby tests. The verdict? We found pockets of LTE in Potrero Hill and SoMa, and nothing but CDMA in the Mission District — that’s two out of the three neighborhoods we checked. Speeds reached peaks of 16.7Mbps down and 9.4Mbps up with full signal but performance varied wildly, even block to block. Sprint had already enabled LTE in parts of Silicon Valley and had marked the city by the bay for one of its upcoming rollouts. Do you use Sprint and live in SF? Hit the comments and let us know if you’re enjoying the sweet nectar of LTE in your area.

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IFC’s Portlandia is currently airing its third season with its latest episode hitting the hearts of nerds around the world.

The latest episode contained a segment where the show addressed the concept of what a nerd is. It starts off with a woman rambling at a bar saying how much she is a nerd because she wears glasses, is into video games and reads comic books “and stuff.”

The segment turns into somewhat of a Nerd PSA that has an actual nerd named Brian P. discuss what it’s really like to be a nerd. Brian P.’s glasses are to actually see, he watches Star Trek: The Next Generation and plays Skyrim.

Brian P. goes on from there to discuss how nerds feel when they see non-nerds say they’re one of them, and expectedly, it’s not in a positive way. Seeing how we cover a lot in the world of tech, gaming and science, we think it’s safe to say you would enjoy this clip from Portlandia just as much as we did.

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