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Mashable  just under two hours ago:

Google Glass Photographer Makes Picture-Taking Awkward -

With its efficient picture-taking capabilities, Google Glass could revolutionize photography — but not necessarily for the better, as one video shows

The nearly two-minute video follows a Google Glass photographer taking pictures that would be routine when using DSLR or point-and-shoot cameras.
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Mashable  3 hours ago:

Who Are the 3 Big Winners in the Smartphone Market? -

Benedict Evans, a consultant at UK-based research firm Enders Analysis, has a great post describing the market for smartphones (and phones more broadly) in three charts and about 600 words.
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Mashable  4 hours ago:

Yahoo's Design Chief Leaves Company -

It's been a big week for Yahoo. The company purchased Tumblr for $1.1 billion, rolled out a major update to Flickr and reportedly put in a bid for Hulu.
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TheNextWeb  4 hours ago:

British broadcaster Sky News has all of its Android apps hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army -

British broadcast company Sky News has had both of its Android apps hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army.
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TheNextWeb  4 hours ago:

Hipstamatic ends invite-only access for its photo-sharing app Oggl, opens it up to everyone -

Hipstamatic is giving everyone access to its Oggl photo-sharing application, ending its invite-only policy more than two weeks since it launched.
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Mashable  4 hours ago:

The Truth About Company-Owned Gadgets -

A 2011 study found that one in six mobile devices has fecal matter on it as a result of bringing them into the bathroom, but does that include company-owned gadgets, too?

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In this comic, Krishna Sadasivam of PC Weenies shows us that we should be wary of the communal gadgets at work.
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TechCrunch  5 hours ago:

Making Sense Of The Internet Of Things -

Editor's note: Matt Turck is a managing director of FirstMark Capital. The emerging Internet of Things is experiencing a burst of activity and creativity that is getting entrepreneurs, VCs and the press equally excited.
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Mashable  5 hours ago:

Wikileaks Documentary Attacks Assange, Excuses Manning -

Julian Assange is a villain, Bradley Manning is a hero: That is the message of We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks, a new documentary now showing in theaters nationwide.
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Mashable  6 hours ago:

Is This Kickstarter Project the Future of Blogging? -

Ghost, an open-source blogging platform that hopes to shake up the personal publishing space, is nearing the end of its Kickstarter journey.
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Mashable  7 hours ago:

10 Cool Parade Moments to Celebrate Memorial Day -

Per tradition, Memorial Day in America is often observed with parades. Large or small, elaborate or simple, their purposes are always the same: to commemorate U.
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Mashable  7 hours ago:

The Epic Journey Through Dieting -

To say that dieting is tough is quite the understatement. In fact, sometimes we go to great measures to overcome the temptation of deliciously unhealthy foods.
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TechCrunch  8 hours ago:

CrunchWeek: Yahoo's $1.1B Tumblr Purchase, Lyft's Big Raise, And Microsoft's Xbox One -

It’s that time of the week for CrunchWeek, the show where a few of us writers chat up the most interesting stories from the past seven days.
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TechCrunch  8 hours ago:

Misfit Wearables Drops Android Support For Its Shine Activity Tracker Ahead Of Summer Launch -

Heads up, Android fans. If you took the plunge and backed the rather sleek Shine wearable activity tracker from Misfit Wearables, you may want to get your money back.
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Mashable  8 hours ago:

Top 10 Tech This Week -

As we enjoy Memorial Weekend, we look back to another great week in the world of technology.
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Mashable  9 hours ago:

How Hackers Stole $45 Million in Two Days -

It was a bank heist for the digital era: No masks, no weapons, no standoffs with police — just a few keyboards and an elaborate hacking plan.
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Mashable  9 hours ago:

How the Facebook Developer Platform Has Changed How We Use the Web -

To say the Facebook Developer Platform changed the web as we know it would be a dramatic understatement.
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When Word of Mouth Fails -

Sometimes, word of mouth doesn't work.As much as personal testimony, first-person persuasion and even hands-on demonstration of products can be more effective than any advertising, there come times when others are impervious to such efforts.
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TechCrunch  9 hours ago:

Will The Xbox One Rule The Living Room? Price Will Determine The Size Of Its Kingdom -

Price and ship date are always the biggest concerns when new gadgets or hardware hits the market, but in the case of the Xbox One, it's likely to help determine whether the "home entertainment system," as Microsoft is characterizing it, becomes the category-busting, revolutionary multi-purpose living room command center it's being billed as, or ends up just another console with niche appeal that makes it a target of lust for core gamers, but few outside that circle.
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Somewhat Frank  9 hours ago:

Honor System (at Dock Square) -

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GigaOm  9 hours ago:

More sources say Intel Atom to power Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 3 -

Sources at VentureBeat have confirmed that Samsung has chosen Intel's Atom to power at least one Samsung Galaxy Tab device, giving the chip-maker a desperately needed design win in the Android tablet market.
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