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1 hr ago | Ubergizmo

Google Rumored To Be Interested In Waze As Well

A couple of weeks ago word on the street was that Facebook was interested in acquiring mapping company, Waze .

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Related Topix: Google, Startups, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Social Software, Facebook

5 hrs ago | Gizmag

iPhone biosensor does the work of a $50,000 lab-based machine

We already know that smartphones can perform many of the same features as more expensive computers, cameras and other devices.

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Related Topix: iPhone, Cameras, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

7 hrs ago | Engadget

Editor's Letter: One more Xbox

Can you believe we've had the Xbox 360 since 2005? As a child of the two- or three-year console cycle, a system still going strong after eight seems inconceivable.

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Related Topix: The, Kinect, Microsoft Game Studios, Video Games, Deep Silver, X360, Microsoft Xbox, Microsoft, Startups

8 hrs ago | Gizmag

Seal system aims to keep kids from drowning

The Seal system consists of neckbands worn by swimmers, designed to sound an alarm if anyone is in danger of drowning It can't be easy, being a lifeguard at a pool full of children.

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Related Topix: Sports, Swimming

8 hrs ago | Gizmag

Samsung packs more pixels into tablet and notebook displays

Samsung Display has chosen Vancouver's Display Week Exhibition hosted by the Society for Information Display to unveil two new Retina-beating display panels.

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Related Topix: Laptops/Notebooks

8 hrs ago | Gizmag

Like the Galaxy S4, HTC One is getting its own "Google Edition"

Last week at Google I/O, some had been expecting a brand new Nexus phone or tablet.

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12 hrs ago | Engadget

Adidas labs unveils 99-gram adizero soccer boot and smart ball to help raise your game

Adidas isn't shy about embracing technology . In fact, sometimes it takes that a little further than you might expect.

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13 hrs ago | CRN

25 Cool Gadgets For A Hot Summer

Maybe the most anticipated season of them all, summer is finally here. Whether you are most looking forward to time spent by the pool, grilling out in the yard or an out-of-town hiatus, CRN has found the cool tech gadgets to help enhance any summer experience.

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13 hrs ago | Gizmag

Solar Impulse breaks own record for farthest solar-powered flight

The Solar Impulse has broken its own record for the longest distance flight of a solar-powered aircraft following the second leg of its journey across the USA .

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16 hrs ago | Engadget

Bing news search now shows related topics and personalities

Microsoft's Bing may be a boy among men in the search-engine wars, but that's not stopping it from piling on new features .

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16 hrs ago | Gizmag

World's largest outdoor swimming pool to be built in Japanese canal

Plans are afoot to build an 800-m swimming pool in the Dotonbori Canal in Osaka, Japan, according to a report in the Japan Times on Wednesday.

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17 hrs ago | Gizmag

Emergency shelter prototype assembles like an Ikea cupboard

Australian architecture firm BVN Donovan Hill made an appearance at Melbourne's recent Emergency Shelter Exhibition in order to demonstrate its new emergency shelter concept.

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18 hrs ago | Engadget

Samsung GT-i8800 smartphone makes an appearance running Tizen 2.1

Samsung's relationship with Google seems solid enough for now, but the company is still hedging its bets with Tizen should things turn sour.

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Related Topix: Google, Startups, Science / Technology, Open Source Software, Linux

19 hrs ago | Gizmag

Mataerial 3D printer builds gravity-defying structures directly onto walls

The Mataerial printer uses a robotic arm and quick-solidifying material to form rigid, free-flowing structures on almost any surface Earlier this year, we covered the 3Doodler , a pen that lets users sketch 3D objects with plastic filament, almost like a 3D printer.

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19 hrs ago | Gizmag

Toxic shock syndrome can't hide from fluorescent medical dressing

The new infection-indicating dressing on a healthy skin sample and on an infected skin sample .

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Related Topix: Chemistry, Science

19 hrs ago | Gizmag

McLaren celebrates 50th anniversary with limited edition 12C

Only one hundred of the limited edition 12C and 12C Spiders will be available ... 50 12C Coupes and 50 12C Spiders McLaren is looking to make the wanting and the owning of a 12C even more enticing as part of its ongoing 50th Anniversary celebrations.

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Related Topix: McLaren 12C Spider, Convertible

20 hrs ago | International Business Times

Buying an iPhone or iPad? Get AppleCare for Maximum Savings and Protection

The cost was higher than the price of purchasing a brand new unit, which is $US199 for most network providers in the United States.

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Related Topix: iPhone, Apple, Startups

23 hrs ago | Gizmag

Garage-built Bailey Blade XTR sports car coming to SEMA

Developing a high-performance sports car is a project that takes many years inside a well-established auto company.

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Thu May 23, 2013

Engadget

US Cellular getting ready to launch Home Phone service

Keen to capitalize on the ever-growing segment of landline cutters, US Cellular appears to be launching a home phone service similar to the Home Connect offerings by Verizon and Sprint .

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Gizmag

Amazon's Kindle Worlds will pay royalties to fan fiction writers

Fan fiction writers, take notice. Amazon Publishing is launching a new platform to allow budding writers in the genre to indulge in their hobby and even make some money out of it.

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Related Topix: Television, Media, Warner Bros Television