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What Plato And Jay-Z Would Look Like If They Were Carved Out Of Wonderbread
2013-07-29

In her "Wonderbread" series, artist Milena Korolczuk imagines what artists, thinkers, and world-leaders look like in bread form. (...)

The Perfect Peanut Butter Jar Works Like A Push-Pop
2013-07-29

Begone, peanut butter knuckles! Aside from puberty, it’s the deepest childhood trauma. You open a delicious jar of peanut (...)

Visualizing 100 Years Of Climate Data
2013-07-29

This is what a century’s worth of climate data looks like when funneled into an interactive, color-coded map. What does (...)

Fast Food Workers Across The U.S. Stage A Walkout For Fair Wages
2013-07-29

From low pay to lax overtime rules, fast food workers are protesting for an end to unfair conditions. If you want fries with (...)

10 More Hidden Gems In iOS 7
2013-07-29

Dismissing Notifications Is Easy In the new multitasking area, to stop an app, you swipe up, so it only makes sense that to get rid (...)

The Nexus 7 Is Hiding Google’s Stroke Of Genius
2013-07-29

Android tablets have never quite grabbed us. While occasionally smaller Android devices come close to competing with the iPhone--in (...)

Look, No Grid! NYC Reimagined As A Circular Metropolis
2013-07-29

Mapmaker Max Roberts ditches New York’s linear grid for concentric circles in this new subway map. Max Roberts really (...)

What Really Happened At Monsanto’s Bee Conference
2013-07-29

Monsanto’s chemicals have been partially blamed for the massive bee die-off. So could the company really host an honest conversation (...)

Why it’s not easy to break into the Brazilian tech market – a chat with Boo-box’s Marco Gomes
2013-07-29

Marco Gomes is the founder of social media advertising company Boo-box, which reaches 60 million people in Brazil monthly with ads (...)

Citysocializer’s iOS app now plots social gatherings on a map to let you see local activities at a glance
2013-07-29

Citysocializer, the mobile and Web-based service that helps you tap into social scenes wherever you wander, has launched an update (...)

From Google Ventures: How To Hire The Best Designer For Your Team
2013-07-29

The key to recruiting for a startup is to craft a realistic job description. And stop looking for unicorns--they don’t exist, (...)

Could This Cardboard Furniture Replace Your IKEA Chairs And Bookshelves?
2013-07-29

Chairigami’s furniture is made from recycled cardboard and there’s no assembly required: They don’t use any glue (...)

External battery packs and in-car chargers tested: Anker versus Tylt
2013-07-29

Let’s discuss smartphone and tablet battery life. It is atrocious. Thankfully a few temporary solutions to this problem exist, as (...)

Apple confirms Bob Mansfield will work on special projects after leaving Senior VP of Tech role
2013-07-29

Apple has confirmed that Bob Mansfield, most recently its Senior VP of Technologies, is no longer among its senior leadership team, (...)

WeChat took Facebook’s mantle in China and now it’s going global
2013-07-27

It’s been a positive past few days for Facebook. The world’s most popular social networking site announced an impressive set of (...)

Pinterest Gets More Personal With Browser Tracking
2013-07-27

Pinterest announced on Friday that it is rolling out a few new features, including personalized pin and board recommendations based (...)

Twitter UK chief responds to abuse concerns after campaigner is deluged with rape threats
2013-07-27

The head of Twitter’s business in the UK has responded to concerns that the service is not doing enough to help users report abuse, (...)

Otherworldly Pics Of The Iridescent Universe Inside Meteorites
2013-07-26

If the sky is falling and meteorites mean an end to all of us, at least let them look like this. Meteorites--the chunks of debris (...)

Changing Frightening Economic Realities Into Opportunities
2013-07-26

The realities of scarcity--of food, of oil, of water--can be horrifying, but there are ways to turn that scarcity into advantage. (...)

Founder of Dutch software firm Sofa, Koen Bok and art director Jorn van Dijk leave Facebook after 2 years
2013-07-26

The founder of Dutch software firm Sofa and its former art director have left Facebook after two years. Founder Koen Bok and art director (...)

So much for launch dates: Google’s new Nexus 7 tablet has landed in the Google Play store
2013-07-26

Google’s newest tablet device, the Nexus 7, is now on sale on its Google Play store. As reported by several technology publications (...)

Pay As Little As $1 For More Than 30 Typefaces
2013-07-26

Will you want anything in this name-your-own price font collection? Maybe not. But for as little as $1, you can score a heck of (...)

Can The Advertising Industry Tame The Wild West Of Mobile Data Collection?
2013-07-26

When you use your phone, you’re giving away more information than you’re probably aware. The ad industry is trying (...)

Does anyone still use Twitter #Music? Why the Web and iOS app are quickly fading into obscurity
2013-07-26

It’s been a little over three months since Twitter #Music was launched on the Web and iOS. The release signalled Twitter’s desire (...)

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