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Yahoo, Wii U, and iTunes - 90 Seconds on The Verge

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Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday, dear Danny. Happy birthday to you.

Google's music plans, BlackBerry, and 'Cosmos' - 90 Seconds on The Verge

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Google is readying its own subscription music service... BlackBerry Messenger is coming to Android and iOS... Neil deGrasse Tyson is bringing 'Cosmos' to Fox in 2014

Google Wallet, Lumia 928, and Stormtroopers - 90 Seconds on The Verge

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Google reportedly cancels the Google Wallet credit card launch... Nokia announces the Lumia 928 for Verizon... Put your face on a 3D-printed Stormtrooper.

Wiretapping, 'Diablo III,' and Caesars Palace - 90 Seconds on The Verge

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The White House considers backing an FBI wiretapping proposal... 'Diablo III' has its virtual economy hit by complain after a bug hurts its virtual economy... Caesars Palace says no to Google Glass

Adobe, Xbox, and Star Wars games - 90 Seconds on The Verge

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Adobe talks hardware while going cloud-only... The new Xbox may not need an always-on connection... Star Wars games get a home at EA

Microsoft Surface, NYC taxi apps, and Instagram - 90 Seconds on The Verge

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Microsoft is reportedly planning smaller Surface tablets for a June announcement... a judge stops taxi-hailing apps in New York... Instagram adds photo-tagging

The first website, Path, and an archaeological mystery - 90 Seconds on The Verge

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Are you excited? Enthused? Enthralled? Excitedly echoing everyone's earnest energy? Yes you are! And do you know what that means?

It's showtime.

LivingSocial, Tim Cook, and @SummerBreak - 90 Seconds on The Verge

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"So, I went to the show, and the band was up there on stage. But they didn't actually play anything."

"Was the PA broken?"

"No, they were just standing there. Gazing down at their shoes. Doing that kind of moody shoulder shrug thing."

"So how was it?"

"It was pretty good."

WWDC, Xbox, and Amazon's media streamer - 90 Seconds on The Verge

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"Your flight is now boarding. Please form an orderly line at the gate. Standby passengers, if you hear your name please report to the check-in desk. No pushing, no shoving, please."

Futurama, Reddit, Homeland, and This American Life - 90 Seconds on The Verge

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Reddit apologizes for 'online witch hunts,' asks community to be 'sensitive of its own power'... 'Futurama' cancelled yet again, final 13-episode run begins June 19th... Fox's lawyers want 'Homeland' novel off Google despite no relation to TV show... From WVRG New York, it's 90 Seconds on The Verge distributed by Vox Media International and presented by Virgin Mobile. Today... three stories in a minute and a half. Stay with us.

Twitter #Music, CISPA, and 'Dexter' - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Thursday, April 18th, 2013

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Dessert. Delight. Deplane. Define. Delay. Delete. Deny. Defame. Defog. Deploy. Detour. Demur. Degree. Disgust. De-lovely. Delicious.

Facebook, Google Glass, and Mars One - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Tuesday, April 16th, 2013

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Type-type-type. Pop! Tap. Type-type-type. Send.

Button press. Change apps. Swipe. Ding, notification! Double-click. Tap. Tap again. Type-type-type.

Facebook Home, CISPA, and 'The Overlook Hotel' - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Friday, April 12th, 2013

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"Hi, is this Jack?"

"No."

"Are you sure? This sounds like Jack."

"Pretty sure."

"Oh. Sorry. Wrong number."

Google Fiber, Sony 4K, and Mega Man FPS - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Tuesday, April 9th, 2013

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Kroger, Starbucks, Hudson Grille: you're gonna have French Toast. Duane Reade, Schnipper's, Taproom: you're gonna have two eggs on a croissant with ketchup and avocado. SFO airport, Exploratorium, Blue Bottle: you're gonna order lots of bacon.




FourSquare Meals: you're gonna eat it — we already know.

Google Fiber, WebKit vs. Blink, and Xbox - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Friday, April 5th, 2013

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Everything was red.

I opened my eyes slowly, wincing as the world slowly came into focus. The emergency lights were flashing; sparks sputtered from a broken panel to my right. Then I remembered. The impact.

I pulled myself up. Somewhere in the background the computer was warning about a hull breach, spouting the emergency quarantine protocol. It was a Delta Three priority — but to be honest I didn't really care at the moment.

Bang. At the door. Whatever had gotten onto the ship was outside, right now. At least the lockdown would buy me some time.

The computer chimed. "Override authentication accepted. Have a nice day."

I always hated machines.

Apple's new iPhone, Amazon's new hire, and Prince - 90 Seconds on The Verge:Tuesday, April 2nd, 2013

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The initial scans weren't that promising — just an array of corridors and storage hangers, once busied with the citizenry but long since abandoned. It looked like the operation was going to be a bust after all, but then I noticed it: a blip. Nothing more than a shimmer, really; a tiny artifact in the digital latticework. It was minor enough that most wouldn't even notice it — and I imagine that was the idea. You're never going to cloak something from a phase scan completely. The trick's in masking what traces you do leave behind, making them seem as innocuous as possible. Whoever was behind this one was good. They were very, very good. But then again, so was I.

I dialed in the settings and the snow fell away. There, on the edges of the station was the last remaining escape pod. And there was something inside. Something alive.

Google Glass, PlayStation 4, and more - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Wednesday, March 27th, 2013

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The head of a lion. The wings of a very large eagle. The body of a Boeing 747. The tail engine of a Concorde. This, my friends, is the future.

Apple's security, a new Pepsi bottle, and more - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Friday, March 22nd, 2013

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"Mostly I saw myself looking back. A gelatinous version of me, anyway, full of rage and empty calories. I was hiding in the car as they marched by. He looked up at me, as if he knew. As if he had my memories and recognized the car. We looked eyes - or what I at least think were his eyes, it's kind of hard to tell, he was admittedly a bit deformed and didn't come out as 1-to-1 as I had maybe thought. He never let on to his troops. He just kept marching. As soon as the coast was clear, I turned on the ignition and sped away."

Google Keep, Samsung's 4K TV, and more - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Wednesday, March 20th, 2013

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Squeak, squeak.
The bell rings.
The crowd sings.
My human waves his hand in the air.
Squeak. Click. Click. Squeak.
A fish.
One fish.
My body is a barrel racing, breaking the thin line between my aquatic home and the fresh air of human.
Whooooooooooosh.
A hope, my equilibrium. A flip. I remember my mouth agape, grabbing the fish from my human's hand with the precision only months of repetition can accomplish.
Splash.
The crowd sings
The bell rings.
One more time.

EA, Google Keep, and 'Explain Like I'm Five' - 90 Seconds on the Verge: Monday, March 18th, 2013

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Cannot connect. Timeout. Error. Attempting to re-establish communication. Commencing with uplink in 3... 2... 1... Transmission failure. Activating security sequence. Protocol 34-729 Delta. Engaged. Awaiting results. Processing. Processing. Processing.

Galaxy S4, Google Reader, and Netflix 4K - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Thursday, March 14th, 2013

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I can see the future. A land where taps have been exiled, swipes outlawed, and the best way to control is to simply see. Or to move one's hand in the air — a pantomime of interactivity — while the all-knowing, all-controlling Great Big Brain recognizes sheer human will. The gifts of days yet to come? The technological bounty of new millennia? Perhaps... or maybe it's just Thursday.

Andy Rubin, 'Veronica Mars,' and more - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Wednesday, March 13th, 2013

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All good things must come to an end. All good things must come to an end. All good things must come to an end. All good things must come to an end. All good things must— wait, what?

SXSW 2013, Tesla Model X, and 'The Clone Wars' - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Monday, March 11th, 2013

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A traveller through space and time, careening from epoch to era. Future, past; they're all the same. Everything's just one cosmic blink away. What could be? What will be? What would be? What was? They're all the same! Just close your eyes, turn around, pick a direction — and go!

Facebook's new Feed, Apple's delay, and more - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Thursday, March 7th, 2013

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Milk chocolate (Sugar. Milk. Chocolate. Cocoa. Butter. Milk fat. Nonfat milk. Soy Lecithin). Sugar. Corn syrup. High-fructose corn syrup. Yellow #6. Calcium chloride. Egg whites.

Brooklyn drone, NCAA Twitter limits, and more - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Tuesday, March 5th, 2013

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Dextrose. Corn syrup. Hydrogenated coconut oil. Calcium stearate. Malic acid. Maltodextrin. Egg albumen. Carnauba wax. Confectioner's glaze. Monoglycerides. Diglycerides. Carmine color. Blue #1. Blue #1 lake. Blue #2. Blue #2 lake. Green #3. Red #3. Red #40. Red #40 lake. Yellow #5. Yellow #5 lake. Yellow #6. Yellow #6 lake.

Apple v. Samsung, SpaceX, and Dafoe - 90 Seconds on The Verge: March 1st, 2013

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Run. Run as fast as you can. Run like there's no time, like there's no tomorrow, like the devil's at your heels with the full weight of cyber-land hellfury just three seconds in the rearview. Keep your eyes fixed ahead, now, and don't stop. There, right ahead — that's the goal. That's safety. That's the place to get to, where everything will be alright. You're almost there, just a few more steps and...

Stop!

90 Seconds on The Verge: Wednesday, February 27th, 2013

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"At first I was afraid, I was petrified. I kept thinking I could never live without you by my side," and then we stopped singing since it was actually to our smartphones, and really, why lie to ourselves? It's an addiction.

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webOS, Mobile World Congress, and more - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Monday, February 25th, 2013

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January 2009: Palm announced webOS and the Pre smartphone... June 2009: Palm Pre launches... April 2010: HP acquires Palm... July 2011: HP TouchPad Launches... August 2011: HP kills TouchPad and webOS phones... HP TouchPad fire sale! Price dropped to just $99 for 16GB model... December 2011: HP says webOS will become open source... September 2012: Open webOS reaches version 1.0... October 2012: LG rumored to be working on Open webOS-powered TV... Now: HP sells off webOS to LG

Chromebook Pixel, PlayStation 4, and more - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Thursday, February 21st, 2013

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Now you see me. Now you don't. Now you see me. Now you don't. Now you see me. Now you don't. Now you see me. Now you don't. Now you see me. Now yo—

Asteroids, meteorites, and Star Wars - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Friday, February 15th, 2013

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Only you could be so bold. I'll leave you as you left me. Yeah, it's all wrong, man. We shouldn't even be up here. I've still got the greatest enthusiasm and confidence in the mission. Good morning, Sam. Everybody remember where we parked.

HP, Valve, and more - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Wednesday, February 13th, 2013

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Animalia. Chordata. Mammalia. Carnivora. Mustelidae. Lutrinae. Lontra. Canadensis.

New internet meme: Animalia. Chordata. Vertebrata. Mammalia. Carnivora. Mustelidae. Lutrinae. Enhydra Lutris. Holding hands. Graphics Interchange Format.

Curiosity on Mars, Apple smartwatch, and more - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Monday, February 11th, 2013

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Baader-Meinhof. Babel. Babies. Battery. Backpack. Bacon. Badger. Ballad. Bane. Barracuda. Barrage. Because. Beefsteak. Bela Lugosi. Beowulf. Blame. Blaster. Blazer. Bleach. Blob. Board game. Bonanza. Bookcase. Botany. Bow tie. Breakfast. Byzantium.

Mailbox for iPhone, Playstation 4, and Community - 90 Seconds on The Verge: February 7th, 2013

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"The Jovial Man asks for our dreams, what we want to do should we ever escape this hell — knowing full well that the four of us may not survive long enough to miserably miss that dream (and knowing two of us definitely will miss that opportunity in about fifteen minutes' time).

"The Temple Games. Ahead of us were silly prefaces and falsified tales of lore by the Big Face. Long, elastic strings stretching out from an unforeseen pipe above, tethering us to a little square. Up we jump, higher than we ever have before. Up to that makeshift ceiling where we reach in, blindly, hoping for treats and no tricks of malfeasance. All we ever got was 60 seconds. Blind faith grabbing trinkets, back down into a bucket, back up again.

"One down, two to go. I am two games from knowing my short-term fate, and what felt like eons to knowing where my life would lead from there.

"Why is my partner in a boat... that has wheels?"

Dell, a spinoff 'Star Wars,' and more - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Tuesday, February 5th, 2013

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"'Tell them how they'll have to do it today...' The Big Face speaks but his bass words are muffled by the euphonic woodwinds and my own fears.

"If there is a bottom to the moat, I have never seen it. As hard as I try to peer, to gaze, to focus, all I can see is fog below. Dipped into the fog like donuts to steaming hot coffee, a row of rings - 'ancient rings,' the Big Face calls it - hanging by a vine."

"'When Kirk gives the signal...' the five most horrifyingly scary words, six syllables. The Jovial Hosts asks Big Face if he's ready. 'Yessssssss,' he lazily draws out, in a manner that suggests his bloodlust would fit well only among the most sadistic of mortal souls.

"'On your mark, get set,...' I don't hear 'go,' but I do see the splashes. My companion goes first, followed soon by me. As I wait, though, I see a Silver Snake struggle, trapped in a harness of three rings, his arms sifting wildly through the mist. I never saw him make the other ring. In fact, I never saw him again in all the years since the event - though admittedly, I haven't been actively looking to recount my experience or seek painful reminders."

PlayStation 4, 'House of Cards,' and monkeys - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Friday, February 1st, 2013

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The next PlayStation has three touch screens, six processors, 17 cores, and five Bluetooths. It supports six controllers each with three touch screens (totaling 18 touch screens in all), three clouds (in case two clouds break down), four cameras and five-dimensional gameplay across eight TVs (but just two planes of existence in eight-screen mode).

BlackBerry 10, Netflix vs. HBO, and more - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Wednesday, January 30th, 2013

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Tell me where is fanboy bred.
Or in the heart or in the head?
How begot, how trollishèd?

It is engendered in replies,
With hazing fed, and comment dies
In the charging cradle where it lies.
Let us all ring fancy's knell
I'll begin it.-Ding, dong, notification alert.

#pornvine, and 'Star Wars' prequels - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Monday, January 28th, 2013

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A new wave of reactions from around the world as we go face to face with the discovery that Daft Punk was never, in fact, human after all. Is robot rock's hope for digital love from the Grammys still alive? What da funk can these Short Circuit Superheroes to keep rollin' & scratching' alive for one more night?

Star Wars, Steve jOBS, and more - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Thursday, January 24, 2013

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I shall leave you as you left me; as you left Padmé... Marooned for all time at the center of a franchise filled with lava fights and midi-chlorians.

Buried alive! Buried alive!

Surface Pro, 500px, and more - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Tuesday, January 22, 2013

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It's an unending battle, passed down from generation to generation. The only thing that truly changes is the name. The quickening? The reckoning? Does it matter? When pitted against destiny, we can only stop, look high to the horizon, and let it be known: this is 90 Seconds on The Verge.

Fast internet, faster lasers, and more - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Friday, January 18, 2013

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Lasers, you know? It's like every time you turn around, they're beaming your priceless cultural artifacts to the moon. Then as soon as you get them to stop, they're taking naked pictures of you and showing everyone at the TSA. What's next? Lasers that kick the girl next to you in class and then disappear, so you get blamed for it? Lasers that steal your keys, and beam them to space? And here we thought lasers were just good for being the best gun in Goldeneye for Nintendo 64. Ugh.

Media violence, Facebook, and more - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Wednesday, January 16, 2013

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Tobacco. Habanero chili powder. Nutmeg. Cinnamon. Oregano. Coal. Napalm. Ethynol. Salt. Pepper.

Edible comments are going to be awesome!

Aaron Swartz, CNET, and more - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Monday, January 14, 2013

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S01E01: Where no Han has gone before (Director: Zack Snyder)

After the Millenium Falcon attempts to cross the Great Barrier at the edge of the galaxy, C-3PO and R2-D2 develop "godlike" psychic powers which threaten the safety of the crew.

S01E02: The Carbonite Maneuver (Director: Zack Snyder)

The Millenium Falcon is menaced by a gigantic ship whose Bounty Hunter commander condemns the crew to being sealed by carbonite. Han employs an unorthodox strategy to save the ship.

S01E03: Operation: Exterminate! (Director: Zack Snyder)

The Millenium Falcon arrives at Skaro — the home of Han Solo's brother, Lan — and discovers that the entire planet has been infested with large cyborgs that have plunger-like things for weapons, because really at this point, why not make this a Doctor Who crossover, as well?

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90 Seconds on The Verge: Tuesday, January 8, 2013

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Gather 'round, gather 'round. 90 seconds of news and your goal is found. Not once, not twice, but four — no, five! That the way we stay alive. In one final showing, your news day is done — but starts again tomorrow, one by one.

This is 90 Seconds on The Verge.

Zipcar, Eric Schmidt in North Korea, and more - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Wednesday, January 2, 2013

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We're not going to be weird today. We're definitely going to be totally normal and accessible. Broadly appealing. Acceptable to the mainstream. Safe. Calm. Collected. Zany but not wacky because that's just too out there. Completely normal. Everything is A-OK.

90 Seconds on The Verge: Thursday, December 20, 2012

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(PS - Barring any cataclysmic occurrences, we'll be back after the holidays!)

Apple, Samsung, Foursquare, and more - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Tuesday, December 18, 2012

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THIS IS SERIOUS. BUT NOT SERIOUS. BUT TOTALLY SERIOUS.

Google Sync, Bilbo Baggins, and more - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Friday, December 14, 2012

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Hey dol! merry dol! ring a dong dillo! Ring a dong! hop along! fal lal the willow! Tom Bom, jolly Tom, Tom Bombadillo!

EU patents, Office for iOS, and more - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Tuesday, December 11, 2012

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No matter how hard we tried to persuade him, David would not deliver tonight's episode in his trademark reindeer antler headband. But come out to The Verge's holiday party in NYC tomorrow night, and you might just be able to get a peek.

Samsung vs. Apple, Wii U restrictions, and more - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Friday, December 7, 2012

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Happy birthday to Tom Waits, a great American actor known for his role as Doc Heller in Mystery Men, Radio DJ Silva in Bear Skin: An Urban Fairytale, and an uncredited drunken bar owner in the 1981 classic Wolfen. He's also reportedly a musician, known famously for contributing to the Shrek II soundtrack.

* Just kidding, we love Tom Waits and really hope he has a sense of humor but whatever he probably will never see this anyway.

** It's also the 40th anniversary of The Blue Marble, which is also a role we're pretty sure that Tom Waits made famous.

*** It's also Friday and we're tired, give us a break on this one.

Instagram, Mars, and more - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Wednesday, December 5, 2012

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I would say there about two moments in my childhood (I guess you could say "my formative years," but it's not as if I could describe what was actually formed in the process) that I can point to a specific moment that changed my tastes in music. "Change" maybe isn't the right phrasing. Perhaps "dramatically expanded into new territory." Whatever, "change" is catchier to say. Anyway. The first would be early on when my dad drove me around blasting Nirvana's "Nevermind" and Eric Clapton's "Unplugged" on cassette over and over again until I learned there was more to life than my mom's affinity for country music (she, too, has since expanded her tastes). It was a long car ride but absolutely worth it. There was some raw emotion... but I don't want to get too poetic here, that isn't the point.

The second moment was Dave Brubeck. I was dating a girl in high school whose father was the sort who could make a suburban apartment something a few steps fancier than you'd expect. Glass tables, red wine, an assortment of decorations more sentimental in nature. For my birthday that year, he bought me two CDs — Miles Davis' "Kind of Blue" and The Dave Brubeck Quartet's "Time Out." That first track, "Take Five," the 5/4 rhythm... the extra beat every measure. Complex time signatures is something I knew from artists like Soundgarden and Frank Zappa but somehow never really stopped to think about, and then it became all I thought about. It changed how I listened to music, the instrumentation I could appreciate. An intensity without distortion. Chords with more than three notes. It changed how I played music, personally affected my taste in a huge way.

Dave Brubeck passed away today — just one day shy of his 92nd birthday. He will be missed.

The Daily, Tumblr, and more - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Monday, December 3, 2012

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Hy ther sup? U wan c vrge newz? Dats cool. C u soon!

iTunes 11, Surface Pro, and more - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Thursday, November 29, 2012

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Brandom. Russell Brandom. (B)random. Noun. "The state of being okay with the following nonsensical description associated with a first-time 90 Seconds on The Verge appearance: 4 8 15 16 23 24... 4 8 15 16 23 24... 4 8 15 16 23 24... and so on."

Wii Mini, more Apple Maps fallout, and more - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Tuesday, November 27, 2012

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What do the numbers mean? Why every 108 minutes? Where does Vincent the dog always run to? Is Vincent alive? What languages does Jin really speak? Does two flashbacks and a flashforward cause a flashfireball? Is Locke a smoke monster? Is Lincoln a smoke monster? Is Vincent the dog the smoke monster? Why didn't Charlie just close the door from the outside? Is Vincent a god dog or a ghost dog?

90 Seconds on The Verge will be back on November 26

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And in the end
The love you take
Is equal to
The love you make

See you on the 26th!

Spotify, 'Punch Quest,' and more - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Thursday, November 15, 2012

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The offices of Nilay Patel, Esquire, would like you to be aware that the statements bookending this episode are merely quotes from a Belle and Sebastian song, and that Mr. Patel is in no way suggesting you should enter into his place of business in any matter that would suggest flirtation. Furthermore, there is no actual opportunity for overtime at either his place of business nor at his personal residence, so please do not visit either at nine o'clock Post meridiem.

Sinofsky out, Nexus 4 in, and more - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Tuesday, November 13, 2012

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We've made it, people. All the hard work has paid off. Blood, sweat, and tears for one hundred episodes of daily news, delivered by the dashing staff of The Verge, and it's brought us here. To syndication.

Just think about it for a minute. The Samsung vs. Apple case in reruns for the next ten years. The Huawei spy probe every night at 5:30, 6:00, and 6:30. IKEA's LED bulbs right between The King of Queens and Everybody Loves Raymond. These will be our golden years.

Of course, there will be compromises. Cable wants us to cut it down for length, so reruns will air under the title "83 Seconds on The Verge." And because of a minor typo in the contract, episodes will run in reverse chronological order, skipping Fridays altogether. But the spirit of the first run will still be there, and hey, now we can leave Nilay's rants unedited.

But don't worry. We'll be back for more. The royalty checks and mass market distribution will only renew our dedication and strengthen our hunger for perfection. On to 101.

Apple vs. Samsung, Medal of Honor, and Lunar bases - 90 Seconds on The Verge

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Gang of Four, Five for Fighting, Electric Six, Avenged Sevenfold, Four, 2 x (4 Non Blondes)*, Nine Inch Nails, El Ten Eleven, D12**

* Because we felt like "The 5.6.7.8s" was cheating

** We would've also accepted "Dirty Dozen Brass Band"

Obama, Wii U, Microsoft Office... and Polygon - 90 Seconds on The Verge

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"Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Triangles, Squares, Pentagons, Hexagons, and other figures, instead of remaining fixed in their places, move freely about, on or in the surface, but without the power of rising above or sinking below it, very much like shadows — only hard and with luminous edges — and you will then have a pretty correct notion of my country and countrymen."

90 Seconds on The Verge: Monday, November 5, 2012

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Last year, I quit my job at AOL and Engadget to join a small internet publishing startup and help build what would become The Verge and Vox Media.

But then my aspirations grew into something more. Something special and spiritual in nature. Some would call it a higher power. Some might even call it a high. What was I saying? Man, I'm hungry.

My name is Ross Miller and I'm asking you to write me in as your next President of the United States of America.

Middle class? Gone. High class and low class, too. Or is it top and bottom classes? It doesn't matter. Who likes classes? Not students, that's for sure — or as I'd like to say, future Ross Miller voters. Which brings me to my point about eliminating school altogether... but that's for another time.

Foreign policy. I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. Hell, I've even seen nine versions of Blade Runner — and I've read the unabridged "Good and Bad Parts" version of S. Morgenstern's The Princess Bride. No one else can say those things. No one, that's who.

Global warming? Sounds awesome, this sweater is itchy. Gravity? If NASA can't upgrade it from theory to fact, how can we trust what it says about the moon?

Then there's net neutrality. Which is a thing, apparently.

Friends, we live in uncertain times. And only I can promise you complete uncertainty — but hey, at least that's a sure thing.

Adi Robertson can come. And Nilay Patel. And sure, Paul Miller, too. Hi.

My name is Ross Miller, and damnit, I approve this message and thirty thousand more. #RossMiller2012

Apple's 'untrue' apology, Google's antitrust concerns, and more - 90 Seconds on The Verge

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A road requires brick and lumber. A settlement requires brick, lumber, wool, & grain. A city requires three ore and two grain. A development requires ore, wool, and grain. To upgrade to the bronze age requires three wool and two brick. A sentry gun requires one wool, two grain, and ore. A McDonald's requires three brick and two lumber. A nuclear deterrent requires four wool. An archipelago requires three one brick, one lumber, one wool, and four grain. If you have 17 wool in your hand, you may shout "sheep kang" and win the game.

Windows 8 figures, Disney buys Lucasfilm, and more - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Tuesday, October 30th

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News today swirled like hurricane Sandy, starting with announcements from Microsoft's Build developers conference, new details surrounding Apple's executive shakeup, and arguably today's biggest bombshell: Disney's acquisition of Lucasfilm. But fret not, while you may have to wait until 2015 for Star Wars: Episode 7, 90 Seconds on The Verge starring Billy Disney is here for you today.

Surface, SmartGlass, Apple 'apologies,' and more - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Friday, October 26, 2012

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Windows 8. Gang of Eight. Eight-ball. Eighth Avenue. Eight Immortals. Big Eight Conference. Crazy Eights. "Eight Days a Week." Section 8. Figure Eight.

Windows Phone Verizon, Barnes & Noble, and Galaxy Note II - 90 Seconds on The Verge

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"Fantasy sports ball? Back in my day I used to hat trick all the hoops with my sportstick and one time I even tackled a guy and got an orange card for using my ankle in a fight. They threw me in the penalty corner for the fifth period and I had to miss the pseudofinal round of Pretzel Bowl XIVIV."

But seriously... you should check out Isaac's role as The Weather Man in SB Nation's Fantasy Football show Keepers — trust us, you physically can't miss him.

Windows 8 apps, LG Nexus 4, and AMC TV - 90 Seconds on The Verge

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Noted Rush fan extraordinaire (and expert photographer) Michael Shane wanted to write the description for today, but then remembered he had tickets to see Geddy Lee wailing at the Barclays Center. It's a shame, really, but it's just as well — he probably would've just pasted the lyrics to "Subdivisions" twice over, and clearly the "90 Seconds..." descriptions are not the place for random prose and poetry.

Android Event, Chromebook, and more - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Thursday, October 18, 2012

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Not all horseface bipeds have murderous intent. There is a softer, gentler side to the group. Then again, sometimes that side is all a ruse, a way to catch humans off guard and strike when the moment arises. That's the thing with horsefaces: you can never be sure what they're feeling. They have no "tell," so to speak. Thus, never look a biped horseface in the mouth — it won't do you any good.

90 Seconds on The Verge: Tuesday, October 16, 2012

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"The North Wind and Marty Moe were disputing which was the stronger, when a traveler came along wrapped in a warm cloak. They agreed that the one who first succeeded in making the traveler take his cloak off should be considered stronger than the other.

"Then the North Wind blew as hard as he could, but the more he blew the more closely did the traveler fold his cloak around him; and at last the North Wind gave up the attempt. Then Marty Moe shined out warmly, and immediately the traveler took off his cloak.

"And so the North Wind was obliged to confess that Marty Moe was the stronger of the two. But none were a match for ol' Horseface Killah and his kin.

The End"

90 Seconds on The Verge: Friday, October 12, 2012

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"Did you hear the what Bernice was told? Her brother's girlfriend's cousin's boyfriend's father knows someone at the coffee shop by his work whose mother's best friend's nephew's schoolmate has exclusive, percent-100 accurate proof that the Apple hologram machine is real and has been in double-secret alpha testing with select members of the public thrice-removed from Apple staff for the last 11-to-34 months or so, give or take. It'll definitely launch December 11th for $379.99 with the ad campaign 'seeing is unbelieving.' At least that's what Apple told my brother's girlfriend's cousin's... "

Microsoft, SpaceX, LG Nexus, and more - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Wednesday, October 10, 2012

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Do you know what fear is? It isn't something to take lightly. Look up — what do you see? Nothing; the sky is dark. But it isn't empty, oh, no. Somewhere (far beyond what your feeble eyes can perceive) waits a dragon, its jagged legs slicing the vacuum of space. You have lived for decades on that blistered rock you call a home, the product of millions of years of evolution. It has existed for only a few years, sprung forth ex nihilo like Athena from Zeus' brow. And yet it is greater than you, and it will see things you will never see. And someday, soon, it is coming home. Know that, dear reader, and know fear — or wonder.

Yes, we also have tablets.

Huawei, ZTE, Angry Birds Star Wars, and more - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Monday, October 8, 2012

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Stay tuned for the Angry Birds re-release where the birds shoot first, the cast of Angry Birds Space appear in all the level backgrounds, and Jesse Eisenberg (as Blu from Rio) narrates all the cutscenes. Coming soon in 4K 3D to your Google Glass headset and Apple television sets.

Facebook's 1 billion, Windows 8's launch party, and CliffyB's goodbye - 90 Seconds on The Verge

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"If we shadows have offended, / Think but this, and all is mended, / That you have but slumber'd here / While these visions did appear. / And this weak and idle theme, / No more yielding but a dream, / Gentles, do not reprehend: / if you pardon, we will mend: / And, as I am an honest Puck, / If we have unearned luck / Now to 'scape the serpent's tongue, / We will make amends ere long; / Else the Puck a liar call;"

HTC One X+, NASA's 'earth sounds,' and more - 90 Seconds on The Verge

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"Hist! Romeo, hist! O, for a falconer's voice, / To lure this tassel-gentle back again! / Bondage is hoarse, and may not speak aloud; / Else would I tear the cave where Echo lies, / And make her airy tongue more hoarse than mine, / With repetition of my Romeo's name."

Spoiler: Romeo and Juliet die

Apple's apology, Facebook's gifts, and more - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Friday, September 28, 2012

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Two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions — all on a sesame seed bun. Two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions — all on a sesame seed bun. Two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions — all on a sesame seed bun.

New Nook Tablets, Bad Piggies, and more - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Wednesday, September 26, 2012

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Fun fact: in the Wikipedia article for "Mobile phone form factor," the third entry (behind brick and bar) is "taco" — as in, the Nokia N-Gage looks like a taco. Think about that for a second: the "taco" phone form factor has more prominence than flip, slide, swivel, and watch. This is the N-Gage's legacy.

iPhone 5 sales, Facebook privacy scares, and Galaxy S III upgrades - 90 Seconds on The Verge

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If you make a GIF based on 90 Seconds on The Verge, we can't promise you a car. We can't even promise you 1/40th a car, despite being 1/40th of an episode of On The Verge, roughly speaking. But our rules are more flexible: submit any GIF, and you might win a recommendation from your peers. Five or more will win you a star by your comment. The most recommends wins... a hug. Offer not valid outside the US. Offer also not valid inside the US.

Apple's maps, Walmart vs. Amazon, and more - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Thursday, September 20, 2012

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It's always disappointing that we don't have more options to show off the beating heart of The Verge. The support staff. The unsung heroes. The ones who dress up way better than anyone else despite never having to be on the front lines. This all feels like a shame — so for all those reasons, here's our wonderful product database manager William Savona filling in as today's host!

Twitter for iPad, Bioware, and more - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Tuesday, September 18, 2012

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It's arbitrary milestone day! 90 Seconds on The Verge hit the big six-zero, which by our calculations means we're about 90 minutes old. 90 minutes of 90 Seconds feels like something nice and even — plus we're now officially a feature-length film! Sure, it's a rather repetitive film that borrows rather obviously from a few other cinematic masterpieces (The Princess Bride, Star Wars), but hey, at least we hatched SB Nation's Dan Rubenstein out of an egg during our halcyon minutes.

HP smartphone, Black Mesa, and more - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Friday, September 14, 2012

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Futurama, Season 03, Episode 12. "Insane in the Mainframe." Fry sits down at a table in the cafeteria of the HAL Institute for Criminally Insane Robots — uncomfortably between Abe Lincolnbot and a Pay 'n' Chew vending machine. At the head of the table, the Mad Hatterbot — with a 5/3 label on its hat that's clearly way more efficient than the Mad Hatter's "10/3 hat" from the original Alice in Wonderland. "Change places!" he screams over a cup of spilled oil and they do, all except Fry. The frustration and sense of hopelessness bubbling up — his fingernails going blunt digging into the plastic tray — before the Hatterbot repeats his decree and all machinery follows suit.

That's kind of what happened today, with Ross Miller controlling the cameras and The Verge producer Creighton DeSimone hosting. "Change places!" Happy Friday.

iPhone 5, new iPods, and more - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Wednesday, September 12, 2012

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From WVRG in New York, it's 90 Seconds on The Verge, distributed by Vox Media. I'm Ross Miller. Today on our program, we have the story of a certain large technology company who this week announced the latest updates to its handheld computer business. Act One, the iPhone Growth Spurt. In Act Two, the Less Connected, we'll focus on the iPod and how it's evolved over the hours today. Finally, Act Three, And Now For Something Completely Different, where we visit Sony and its completely unrelated announcement of new cameras. It's 90 Seconds on The Verge. I'm Ross Miller. And let's just get to it. Here's David Pierce.

New iPhone, Kindle Fire ads, and more - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Monday, September 10, 2012

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Last week's gathering of The Verge staff from around the globe brought together many things. Ideas, friendships... diseases. Mostly the latter, in fact — think of it as a cross between Outbreak, Contagion, and "Genesis" from season seven of Star Trek: The Next Generation.

And as we each continue to fight our own battles for the betterment of our respective upper respiratory tracts, the show, as they say, must go on.

90 Seconds on The Verge: Thursday, September 6, 2012

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It is a typical summer day in New York City. One man stops in a midtown Manhattan crosswalk, staring down an endless avenue. All around him, human beings lope along the sidewalks, passing in and out of each other's interpersonal orbits. They flow down the outstretched canyon of concrete and steel, a constantly evolving protoplasm of collective consciousness — and yet, individuality. The whole scene springs forth and hits him, a spontaneous choreograph sitting precariously amid infinite and uncaring entropy. In this moment, he is happy — more awake than the world around him. "What a beautiful, terrifying, spectacular thing," he thinks.

And yet, at the very moment he articulates this feeling in his mind, the magic vanishes. The scattered colors before him congeal into the familiar patterns of ergonomic contemporary life. He pulls out his smartphone, snaps an incredible high-resolution, optically-stabilized photo, and uploads it to Instagram. All is lost in translation.

New iPhone, Bad Piggies, and more - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Tuesday, September 4, 2012

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We're halfway to our centennial. Episode 50 of 90 Seconds on The Verge. This isn't the only milestone we'll be celebrating soon, but it definitely warranted flying in a few very important guests for an all-star week! (That's right, absolutely no other reason they're all here in New York but to stand in front of our cameras and look pretty.) We couldn't help but start with our Elder Statesman (and current Amsterdam resident) Thomas Ricker. Okay. Let's make history.

New Kindle Fire, Apple vs. Google, and more - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Thursday, August 30, 2012

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It's that time of year again — can you smell it in the air? It's laptop season! The world is gathered in Berlin for the glorious release of one hundred and forty million new laptops (all numbers approximate). We've welcomed Paul from off the internet, and shared with him all of this week's new wares. And oh, what wares! In addition to the slew of laptops, today brought word that Google and Apple are engaged in some very high-level discussions about patents. We also got a look at what Bezos and co. have been up to when they're not watching episodes of Parks and Rec on Amazon Instant. All that and more, from your internet-free pal Paul Miller. And all in 90 seconds! He's so efficient, that Paul.

Reddit, Bitcoin's woes, and more - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Tuesday, August 28, 2012

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Longing. That best sums up my emotions right now. Trapped in a pastel room with hardwood floor some thousands of miles away from my precious 90 Seconds on The Verge — a child less than 70 minutes old that I cannot look directly upon from here at IFA. Oh sure, I write to often — as I have been wont to do from the start, a letter that's always 90 seconds in length (or so my editor likes to let me pretend). And of course, the child has many daddies that are all there taking care of him. And even more so, having David Pierce as a surrogate daddy is all well and good... but I just miss the little guy so much. Maybe he'll fly in for a daytrip in Berlin. That'd be nice. He looks so good today without me there. I'm so proud. But oh, oh, the longing.

Apple v. Samsung, Amazon, and more - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Friday, August 24, 2012

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This week was either the calm before the storm, or the eye of the hurricane, or that moment when you're just about to jump out of the plane and you're only about 46 percent sure you packed your parachute right. Next week brings IFA, followed by events from Nokia, Amazon, and Motorola. Then, rumor has it we'll be seeing a new iPhone. But that's not to say this week wasn't packed with news. Even on this summery Friday, Samsung vs. Apple took a new international turn, Amazon gave Prime members to watch this weekend, and Microsoft teased its tablet caveman-style. So take a minute and a half to soak it all in during this week's final 90 Seconds on The Verge.

FaceTime, T-Mobile Unthrottled, and more - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Wednesday, August 22, 2012

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Dan! Hey, Dan! Hey, new guy! How are you doing? Enjoying your first week? We're glad to hear... what's that? Hazing? No, we don't do hazing. That's uncouth. We're a civilized organization. But hey, since you're here, could you just stand on the 'x' for us. Yep, that's great. Actually, a little bit to the left. Perfect. Now stand up straight. Smile a little more, it makes you sound better. Happier. Act like you want to be here. (Hey Robbie, can we move that light a bit? There we go.) Okay, give us just one second... just focusing... okay, great! Alright, look at camera one and start with "Hey this is Dan..."

OnLive's woes, Apple vs. Motorola, James Franco, and the Galaxy Note 10.1 - 90 Seconds on The Verge

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This episode is dedicated to James Edward Franco. Born April 19th, 1978, the multihyphenate first came to prominence with the 1999 cult classic Freaks and Geeks. He has since been credited over 75 roles as an actor while simultaneously trying his hand at writing and directing. Expressing a strong interest in continuing education, Franco has at various times enrolled at UCLA, Columbia University, New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, Brooklyn College, North Carolina's Warren Wilson College, and Rhode Island School of Design. He recently re-teamed with Spider-Man director Sam Raimi for Oz: The Great and Powerful, which is due in theater next year.

Needless to say, Franco has led an incredibly interesting and accomplished life. None of this, however, makes up for that awful Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 video.

New Instagram, Apple's smoking crack, and more - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Thursday, August 16, 2012

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Little known fact about Josh Topolsky: he's really, really tall. Okay, that might not the best way of introducing an episode, but we thought the world at large would like to know that all tripods required extra platforms to film today's episode. And the camera operators, too. Very well known fact about Ross Miller: I'm clearly filling up random nonsense in these descriptions and this has been going on for some time now. The good news is, if you want actual news, knowledge, and entertainment, we have just the episode for you!

Google buys Frommers, Pebble interface, and more - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Tuesday, August 14, 2012

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Few people in this world know there is a dark, dark side to Ellis Hamburger. What began as any other pre-taping rehearsal soon took a bleak turn.

As with any of the prep work we do, host and writer lock themselves in a sound proof room and go through the topics and script, tweak to match the host's needs and personality. Everything was going so cheery until one segment caught his eye. One topic. One newsbrief that he just could not believe would pass before him.

Filled with what could only be described with pure, unadulterated rage and vitriol, Ellis flipped a table so hard that the legs pierced the ceiling, a position in which the unfortunate piece of furniture remains to this day. Needless to say, we cut the Story-That-Must-Not-Be-Named, but you can still hear all about Google and Frommer's, Sony's new "BOGO" initiative for the PS Vita, and the evolution of the Pebble smartwatch — all in 90 seconds flat.

Google cracks down, Facebook settles, and more - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Friday, August 10, 2012

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Oh hey, it's the famous Dan Rubenstein (check him out at http://youtube.com/sbnation) making his first appearance as host on our humble little show! Couldn't be happier that he let us film him in a professional setting like that. Real trooper, that Dan. Turns out he knows everything there is about Google, the FTC, Facebook, and Nikon's lineup of professional DSLRs commonly used at fast-paced events. On with the show!

Square meets Starbucks, Steam apps, and more - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Wednesday, August 8, 2012

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Fun fact: in an effort to stay three steps ahead of the curve, we filmed an episode of 90 Seconds on The Verge in 96 frames per second. Symptoms of watching the rough cut included nausea, headaches, temporary loss of vision and / or hearing, obsessive twitching, more nausea, and the urge to look upon reality as an illusion and the display itself a glimpse into a more real parallel dimension. Needless to say, it was powerful stuff.

In the end, we cut the framerate to 24fps and used motion blur to fix some of the choppiness. We won't say which episode it was — if you can't figure it out yourself, it's probably for the best.

Mars, iOS drops YouTube, and more - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Monday, August 6, 2012

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Guys, remember that time when we landed on Mars? That was pretty awesome, right? You stayed up until 3 AM watching it, right? Since you did, and subsequently slept through this balmy Monday, we've tracked down all the news (on this world and every other) and boiled it down to just 90 seconds. You slept through a big day, too: the war between Apple and Google took a new turn, Wikipedia went down and took all the world's knowledge with it, and Samsung showed off the new Galaxy Note 10.1 (again), which will finally be available for purchase this month. Oh, and remember how we WENT TO MARS?

Aereo pricing, Facebook Stories, and more - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Thursday, August 2, 2012

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Page 176, paragraph two of the Internet's Guide to Offline Paul Miller (paperback version) explains that you can, in fact, give Paul a newsbit that was reported initially online provided it's less than 100 words per individual news item. According to the piece, "you cannot, however, answer any follow-up questions — should the initial text-based newsbrief not provide all the relevant information, Paul will have to just be confused. Don't forget to have fun."

Nexus Q, Zynga, and the new Hotmail - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Tuesday, July 31, 2012

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Some say brevity is the soul of wit. Others prefer to think of it as a "sole of wit." Those people either have an odd sense of humor or legitimately need to be corrected. We'll just leave it at that — take it away, David Pierce.

Apple prototypes, Xbox dashboard, and more - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Friday, July 27, 2012

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The spectacle! The showmanship! The awe-inspiring display of fireworks! None of these words or phrases have ever been used to describe 90 Seconds on The Verge. But this episode does have Nilay Patel, who at various points in his career been known as spectacular, showy, and combustible. There isn't a better day to have him host, though, given all the Apple v. Samsung evidence that came out last night. It won't rile him up as much as, say, net neutrality, but it puts him in a good state of mind.