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How to keep the Honan disaster from happening to you
Mat Honan is a guy who, because his accounts were linked together, got his accounts wiped by a bunch of teenage trolls. Honan wants to blame customer service and bad design, and it’s true that Apple is aware of a few security flaws.
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Perfectly Clear won’t make you a better photographer; will clean up your photos
As somebody who knows a little bit about photography, I hate Instagram and its knockoffs. Seriously. Stop using it. It doesn’t make your photos any more interesting, and it certainly doesn’t make them better.
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Amazon brings Instant Video to iPad
One of the more annoying things about the Kindle Fire is how tight-assed Amazon has been about content. I have Amazon Prime, like most people who live in a city, and I buy a lot of stuff off of Amazon Instant Video.
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Google Wallet will finally work with any credit card
I’ve been and remain skeptical about mobile payments. I simply don’t think people want to pay for their stuff with their phones. Yes, the Japanese do it, but the Japanese also listen to J-pop.
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Hulu Plus now comes baked into the Apple TV
The Apple TV is not a good media streamer. For one thing, it sticks you with the iTunes store for rentals and purchases, something that is far from amenable. But it's slowly getting caught up with other streaming boxes and today made a major leap forward: It finally has Hulu Plus.
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No more paying Verizon to use your cellphone as a modem
One of the stupidest, and most annoying, things about owning a cell phone is that you can’t use it as a modem without paying for it. There is absolutely no reason whatsoever, technologically speaking, that this cannot be the case.
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BeerText is a new texting service that offers beer advice
If you’ve ever been staring at a beer list wondering what the hell half of them are, you aren’t alone. That problem is a thing of the past though with a new service called BeerText.US.
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Why you should care about the new Census API
The United States Census is seemingly really freaking boring. And that’s because, individually, it is. In aggregate, though, it’s actually pretty fascinating: a snapshot of what Americans are doing, making, living, and thinking every ten years.
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The 10 most innovative hackers of all time
Hackers, whether they be white hat or black hat, push the envelopes of security and software design. These are 10 hackers who innovated new approaches to cyberspace.
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Google Wallet hacked for Verizon phones
Verizon has blocked Google Wallet from being used on its phones because it has a new payments scheme coming too. And, of course, the free market is built on preventing other people from fairly competing. But until Verizon is sued into oblivion over this, hackers have filled the gap.
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Unfollowing.net: An app that lets you start over on Twitter
Unfollowing somebody on any social network is a pain in the ass. Go on, try it now, unfriend somebody, anybody. It can be your parents or some ass you met at a party five years ago and haven’t spoken to since.