IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Digital Trends) 4/29/2015

Tuesday, April 28, 2015

IT News Head Lines (Digital Trends) 4/29/2015

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Best Buy will start accepting Apple Pay in stores later this year
Inadvertently making that expensive Apple Watch slightly more useful, Best Buy has decided to start accepting Apple Pay in all stores within the United States before the end of 2015.
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Goodbye Skype? Facebook adds free video calling to Messenger
Ideal for anyone that's a power user of the Facebook Messenger application, the social network has launched support for a new video calling feature that works on mobile devices as well as desktop computers.
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Super Troopers 2 scores $4.4 Million on Indiegogo
After the second most-funded campaign for a film ever, it looks like the cult-classic movie Super Troopers is getting a sequel. Broken Lizard will start work on the film this summer.
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Backup Memory is Samsung’s way of helping Alzheimer’s patients dealing with memory loss
For those afflicted with Alzheimer's, Samsung developed an app that helps with their short-term memory loss. Called Backup Memory, this app acts as a memory stimulator for early-onset patients.
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mThrow smart sleeve helps prevent arm injuries before they happen
mThrow works with the Motus Sleeve smart sensor, using a 3D database to figure out if athletes are overdoing it. This smart sleeve could lead to a significant reduction in UCL injuries among baseball players in particular.
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How could they?! The 10 most shocking recent TV character deaths
A trend these days is to kill off main characters. But in today's TV, there have been some particularly shocking character deaths, both for the fact that the person is killed as well as how.
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Valve pulls the plug on paid mod program, says it ‘missed the mark pretty badly’
In response to user feedback, Valve has turned off paid mods for Skyrim after just a few days, and is issuing refunds to anyone who purchased a mod.
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10 Best concept cars of 2015
We've got the best concept cars from the 2014-2015 auto show season right here. From an electric SUV to plug-in hybrid sports cars and a self-driving Mercedes, see what the future holds for cars.
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Madman cuts open Surface 3 Pro to install new 1TB solid state drive
Jose Malagon is a man who knows what he wants, and knows how to get it. When the Surface Pro 3 didn't have enough space, he broke out the drill and gave an upgrade most people thought impossible.
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Calm down! Like dogs, the first Intel RealSense games can sense your fear
Intel's RealSense system not only senses gestures like Kinect, it can detect your pulse to read your emotions, opening the door for games that know when you're scared -- and respond accordingly.
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Lenovo’s new ThinkCentre Chromebox will have you hotswapping all day
Lenovo's new ThinkCentre Chromebox is sure to turn heads with its small form-factor, lightning quick specs, and modular design which enables it to easily pop into any of Lenovo's new Tiny-in-One base stations.
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Apple kills it again in Q2, exceeds earnings expectations
Apple reported its Q2 earnings late Monday and the news was better than expected. Apple beat the market expectations on both iPhone units sold, as well as profit per share.
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Avengers: Age of Ultron may get extended cut, alternate ending for home release
Avengers: Age of Ultron is getting an extended cut and an alternate ending, if a pre-order from Amazon is to be believed. The upcoming superhero movie looks to offer a version that's a little bit longer and slightly different for its home release.
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Wine-less? Never again with a wine rack that will automatically order bottles from Amazon
Quirky's Poppy products use Amazon Dash Replacement Service to order staples before you run out. Now a refillable wine rack is under development, thanks to Quirky's inventor community.
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Want to know more about your Instagram followers? SocialRank provides the info
SocialRank is an app that lets people track and find out info about who's following them on Twitter, and now it's extended its service to Instagram. This helps brands better segment their followers and customers.
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Kahn Design gives the Defender the chop to make the Flying Huntsman Pickup
British Coach builder Kahn Design has revealed the pickup version of its Land Rover Defender-based Flying Huntsman vehicle. The car retains its original diesel engine, but receives many body modifications, not the least being a truck bed conversion.
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Watch this tiny robot drag a 45-pound weight across the floor like it’s nothing
A group of mechanical engineers from Stanford University has developed a set of tiny robots capable of lifting/pulling objects hundreds of times their own weight -- including one that can move objects over 1700 times its own weight. That's like you dragging around a blue whale.
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Three years after the announcement of Steam for Linux, the platform is still growing
After three years of working on Steam for Linux, there are over 1100 titles, and a whole lot of momentum, even if SteamOS isn't quite there yet.
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ESPN sues Verizon over FiOS custom TV plans
ESPN has decided to back its word from last week and sue Verizon over the latter's FiOS custom TV plan, which allows customers to pick and choose channels. ESPN said ESPN and ESPN 2 cannot be sold separately.
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Don’t have $13K to pony up for a Tesla home battery? It may lease them instead
There are a few rumors flying around about Tesla's upcoming April 30 announcement, when it's expected to reveal its home battery. The company could lease the battery rather than sell it, according to The Guardian.
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Thermaltake water-cooling radiators wipe the sweat off your computer’s brow
Moving heat from your watercooling loop to the radiator may be a bit easier than usual with Thermaltake's new ranges, which use a high quality brazing technique to improve uniform heat absorption.
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DT Daily: Teen solves Rubik’s Cube in five seconds
Today on DT Daily: Using your ear to keep your phone secure, we pick the DT Car of the Year, and watch this kid solve a Rubik's Cube way faster than you can.
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Is it Daenerys, or Daeneres? Microsoft Word knows, even if you don’t
Not sure how to spell the name of your favorite Game of Thrones character? That's no problem, as long as you use Microsoft Word. The popular word processor knows most of the series' major characters and locations.
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SoloShot2 tripod can be your robot film crew
It's a robot, and unless you hang out with professional cameramen, the SoloShot2 is a way better cameraman than any of your friends. It can track and pan without you available to operate it, and there's even a remote so you can be your own cameraman from a distance.
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Near-new 1970 Plymouth Hemi Cuda — with only 81 original miles — heads to auction
A 1970 Plymouth Hemi Barracuda with only 81 miles is set to go to auction this May. The car was special ordered for use in drag racing, but after the death of its original owner, saw little use under the care of subsequent collectors.
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Leaked table of Intel’s sixth-generation processors packs few surprises
While Intel Broadwell chips have barely found their way into the newest PCs, rumors are spreading about the release of their next major chip, Skylake.
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See the minimum system requirements for Call of Duty: Black Ops III
Call of Duty: Black Ops III looks set to be one of the biggest video game releases this year, and now its developers have revealed the official system requirements for its PC release.
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Brighter, ‘Colorized’ version of Man Of Steel is a sight for sore eyes (and sad fans)
A team of video editors and designers at VideoLab have "colorized" portions of Zack Snyder's recent Superman reboot Man Of Steel as a lesson in how color grading can affect the tone of a film.
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Sure we’ll have self-driving cars soon, but how will it work? Bosch gives us some insight
With autonomous driving comeing in some form in the very near future, Bosch has revealed its vision of how we will interface with this tech in our normal lives. The demonstration shows how responsibilities will be shared, and how safely it will be handed off.
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Android Lollipop updates: Samsung’s Galaxy Note 4 at T-Mobile gets Android 5.0
The latest version of Google's Android mobile OS, 5.0 Lollipop, could be coming to your smartphone very soon. Here's the latest news on which phones will be getting it, and when it's scheduled to arrive.
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