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iPhone 5? The 11 best uses for your old iPhone
Here are 11 good ideas for an 'obsolete' iPhone:
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40 iPhone tips and tricks everyone should know
With hundreds of iPhone features and 500,000 iOS apps, it's easy to miss some of Apple's best tricks. Here are 40 of our favorite.
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Technology 2012: Four tech trends to watch
Technological innovations lay at the heart of many of last year's biggest stories -- from citizen-recorded videos that fanned the flames of the Arab Spring to the social-media organized Occupy movement. So what new technologies – and unexpected uses of them – will change social habits and relationships this year? Here are four 2012 technology trends that are sure to play a role:
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The best online April Fools' pranks of 2011
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Angry Birds Friends squawks its way onto iOS, Android devices
Launched last year on Facebook, the social game Angry Birds Friends is finally bound for Android and iOS smart phones and tablets.
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Horizons Wikipad gaming tablet: Still alive, and coming in spring
The Wikipad, an Android tablet with a console-style gaming dock, was supposed to launch late last year. The company discovered some problems, but now the Wikipad is back with a 7-inch screen and a $249 price tag.
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Culture Cafe Kevin Bacon on subway: He isn't the only famous face to take public transportation (+video)
Kevin Bacon says he goes on the subway every day. Bacon said that when he is on the subway, he plays games like Angry Birds and backgammon.
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Z10 and BB10: Are BlackBerry's new launches worth your time?
BlackBerry 10 is here. How do the new operating system and the new BlackBerry phone, the Z10, stack up?
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Editor's Blog The interface is the message
The Internet needed a friendly face to become usher in the digital revolution. The browser, which launched 20 years ago this spring, was that face. Today's interface of choice, the app, has launched a second revolution.
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Not just 4 texting: 1 in 3 middle-schoolers uses smart phones for homework
A new survey by the Verizon Foundation finds that middle-schoolers, across income levels, are using mobile apps to learn math, do 'virtual' labs, and collaborate with peers on projects.
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iPad school: New media is altering teaching style, creates digital students
iPads and smartphones are two examples of new media forms changing how teachers design lesson plans and interact with students. Digital learning is being increasingly advocated in urban schools across the country.
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Facebook Gifts: Great for friends, bad for privacy?
Facebook’s 945 million users can now send actual gifts (not just virtual hugs and hearts) to their friends. But will this new feature lead people to over-share on Facebook?
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iPhone 5? The 11 best uses for your old iPhone
Here are 11 good ideas for an 'obsolete' iPhone:
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Ouya passes $3 million in pledges – and isn't slowing down
"Do you realize what you've done? You proved consoles aren't dead. You shocked the world. And us!" Ouya founder Julie Uhrman told supporters on funding site Kickstarter.
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Keep Calm Good Reads: on optimism, rise of a global middle class, and geek revivals
It may be easy to feel down in an election year, but between the rise of the global middle class and a geek resurgence, there are reasons for hope.
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Instagram and four other apps that hit it big
Instagram went from zero to a $1 billion acquisition in just 18 months. Here are four other iPhone and Android apps that struck gold fast.
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It's not just Instagram. The 'app economy' is taking off.
Facebook's $1 billion purchase of smartphone app Instagram is just the tip of the iceberg. Apps represent a $20 billion industry employing nearly 500,000 people.
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Horizons Microsoft still handing out checks for Windows Phone apps
The Windows Phone OS, which lags well behind Apple's iOS and Google's Android, has not proved particularly popular with app developers. That could soon change.
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Chapter & Verse Is Ann Patchett the female Jonathan Franzen?
In some respects, Jonathan Franzen and Ann Patchett seem separated at birth – except for all the ways in which they are polar opposites.
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Angry Birds Space: Should you download it?
Review: Released on Thursday, Angry Birds Space offers dazzling new physics.
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Angry Birds Space billed as an educational tool. Really?
Launched Thursday, Angry Birds Space, the latest installment to the wildly popular Angry Birds video game franchise, is being billed as a tool for educating people about physics. How scientifically accurate is the physics in the game?
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Horizons Angry Birds Space blasts off today (+video)
Angry Birds Space is the newest addition to the popular Angry Birds line of mobile games.
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Cover Story Video game nation: Why so many play
A journey through the world of video games, which 183 million Americans play – 25 percent over age 50. What's behind the fascination?
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WikiLeaks publishes Stratfor e-mails. What's in them?
An initial survey of the Stratfor e-mails published so far on the WikiLeaks website reveals not so much a corporate CIA as a geopolitical version of the comedy 'The Office.'
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The Monitor's View: Privacy for children who use mobile apps
App stores and developers are lapse in helping parents protect the privacy of a child using smart phones and tablets. From Google to Apple, finds an FTC report, clear information is needed.
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40 iPhone tips and tricks everyone should know
With hundreds of iPhone features and 500,000 iOS apps, it's easy to miss some of Apple's best tricks. Here are 40 of our favorite.
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Technology 2012: Four tech trends to watch
Technological innovations lay at the heart of many of last year's biggest stories -- from citizen-recorded videos that fanned the flames of the Arab Spring to the social-media organized Occupy movement. So what new technologies – and unexpected uses of them – will change social habits and relationships this year? Here are four 2012 technology trends that are sure to play a role:
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Gift ideas for everyone: 'Harry Potter,' Adele, 'Law & Order,' and 'Super Mario 3D'
Your gift list can get long with nieces and nephews, grandparents and friends all needing a present this holiday season. Try a few of these items that are sure to please like 'Winnie the Pooh,' 'Ken Burns: Prohibition,' and the video game 'Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception.'
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Top costumes for Halloween: Nicki Minaj, Angry Birds, Captain America top 2011 lists
Top costumes for Halloween: The best selling Halloween costumes for 2011 range from rapper Nicki Minaj to Angry Birds, depending on the source.
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