Facebook’s graph search and its useful discomfort
The feature throws users under a light they may not be ready for.
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we can print it
You can 3D-print your own case if you have a Nokia Lumia 820
Nokia releases 3D print files for custom smartphone cases.
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you have 15 seconds to comply
On Facebook, users can no longer hide from search results
All profiles must contribute to the greater good of socially-fueled search.
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Beyond Buttons
How Google will let you control your Google Glass
A new patent solves the problems of buttonless, touchscreen-less smart glasses.
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New Facebook Graph Search gives users power to slice and dice info from friends
Acquaintances who are single? Sushi fans who watch Dexter? Find 'em all.
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pimp my space station
International Space Station set to receive blow-up extension
NASA funds an inflatable expansion from a commercial space startup.
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Here’s what you will look like in smart glasses
Looking at that tiny screen, you'll try not to go cross-eyed. You might fail.
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Whatever happened to 4K? The rise of “Ultra HD” TV
Companies seem averse to calling their latest TVs 4K.
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coming this summer...
New quad-core Snapdragon supports 55-megapixel images, Ultra HD
Qualcomm's new processor pushes graphical limits.
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Google TV set-top box for $129 coming from Netgear
Access to Google Play apps and streaming services are among its charms.
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Google Glass gets some Android-powered competition
Vuzix's M100 smart glasses—augmented reality at the price of visible nerdiness.
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Samsung drifts away from Android; will Motorola rise to replace it?
If Samsung adopts the Tizen OS, Motorola may be next up for the Android throne.
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why so expensive?
Sprint is set to unleash pay-as-you-go service at $70 per month
Service and handsets are pricier than other services that use Sprint's network.
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out with the old
Nokia plots an aluminum Windows Phone handset for 2013
Polycarbonate shells feel nice, but the chunkiness is holding Nokia back.
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Finding the neuron that makes your sweater itch
New evidence suggests that pain and itching are distinct sensations.
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Through the grapevine
Quad-core Sony smartphone with 1080p display rumored for CES
To compete with the Nexus 4 and Droid DNA, Sony needs to move quickly.
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cash money
The Netflix lobby in Washington spent $1 million in two years
Making social media integration for Netflix legal is a costly endeavor.
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how rude!
Facebook privacy violations: blame the settings or the etiquette?
A former Facebook director gets burned by opaque privacy settings.
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The checkered, slow history of Android handset updates
We look at which OEMs and cell carriers might leave your handset an orphaned brick.
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A big evolutionary step for a mystifyingly arcane device
Why the TI-80 series graphing calculators took 22 years to go color.
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i can tell by the pixels
Intelligent design think tank's “institute” is a Shutterstock image
A green screen plus a stock image of a lab equals instant credibility.
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sepia-tone smear campaign
Sext Instagram account incites riot
Teens attempted to take down the curator of the account with angsty force.
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show me the way
Desperate iOS users download Google Maps 10 million times in 2 days
It seems iPhone users missed Google, huh?
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Anon 2, WBC 0.
Anonymous continues its hack offensive against Westboro Baptist Church
Anonymous's wrath may have extended to DDoS attacks and obtaining WBC SSNs.
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#abouttime
Nielsen will supplement its TV ratings system with Twitter
Don't worry, though—snail-mail viewing diaries aren't going anywhere.