In Denmark, it’s someone’s job to monitor and maintain a replica of the country in megapopular exploration game Minecraft. If you take away one thing from this piece, make it that. Now that we’ve gotten that out of the way, apparently the…
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Sony built the PlayStation 4’s controller with VR in mind
You may think that Sony built its Project Morpheus virtual reality headset to accommodate the PlayStation 4’s DualShock 4 controller, but it turns out that the opposite is true — the gamepad was designed for VR from the start. The company’s Jed…
Scientifically proven email techniques to make you look more professional
Email marketing continues to be an effective medium for reaching audiences. In order to keep your email campaigns looking professional, consider the following tips and strategies.
5 steps to living a Jetsons-style, automated life
Never before now has it been easier to control your environment and delegate mundane tasks to electronics, apps and other remote options.
Can’t I help you? Shoppers are shunning store assistants in favor of smartphones
Although it often feels like you’re stealing, being able to walk into an store, pay for a product with your phone and leave without any employee interaction can be liberating. It’s an experience that an increasing number of consumers are starting to…
LinkedIn and Evernote partner to make business cards useful again
Fact: everyone likes doing business with the guy who remembers them. With that in mind, LinkedIn and Evernote just announced a new partnership to bring the Rolodex into the 21st century, and it all starts with a photo of a standard business card….
How to use Google Adsense for site analysis
Google Analytics is a great free tool to track site performance, and analyze visitors and their behaviors. It provides robust data to gauge traffic and audience.
CleverPet makes every dog Pavlov’s dog
Psychologist Ivan Pavlov conditioned dogs to salivate by ringing a bell, but maybe he should have made them play Simon instead. That’s the idea behind CleverPet, a device that plans to train your dog to solve simple problems while you’re at work….
Google Stars leak reveals a new way to share and search your bookmarks
Google+ expert Florian Kiersch recently revealed that Google’s testing a bookmarking app called “Stars,” and he’s just posted a video (embedded below) showing how it might work. The initial leak exposed how you could star web pages from Chrome’s…
Crowdfunding: Nonprofit’s newest, sharpest financial weapon [Infographic]
Nonprofits adopting the latest social crowdfunding techniques are thriving. And tomorrow, May 6, is expected to be the largest, one-day, charitable, online crowdfunding event to date.
Iran censors move to block WhatsApp because it’s run by ‘zionist’ Zuckerberg
There’s a tug of war going on between political factions in Iran, and once again it’s internet users who are likely to bear the brunt of it. According to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, Iranian censors have suddenly decided to ban citizens from using…
Scientists reverse aging in mice by giving them young blood
Plots from The Simpsons are rarely prophetic, but it appears as if, just as it did for Mr. Burns, the blood of the young could help to stave off the signs of aging. Competing teams at Harvard, Cambridge and the University of California have found…
These fresh Twitter features will boost your ROI
50 Cent’s Star Wars-themed headphones launch on the light side of the 4th
That great disturbance you just felt? It’s likely the bass from SMS Audio’s Star Wars-themed headphones. We heard they were coming back in Vegas. In fact, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson joined us in person to tell us as much. Today, excuse us if we don’t…
Google Drive to lose document editing, prompt downloads of Docs and Sheets apps
Looks like the new Docs and Sheets apps were harbingers of changes for Google Drive. The good folks at Android Police parsed Drive’s new, currently unreleased version and discovered that it no longer has document or sheet editing capabilities. Should…