Posts Tagged ‘This’
This Video Game Is Destroying Feminism
Author: Markus Smith
Winning is easy, you just have to be the hottest girl around.
This is It Girl, a Facebook game with over 1.7 million users.
Source: crowdstar.com
Basically girls can shop, party, and date to become “the hottest girl in town.”
Yes, this game actually exists.
Source: crowdstar.com
The problem is you have to be popular to shop.
But no worries, you can always BUY more friends.
Source: howinternet.tumblr.com
Having a boyfriend is a big part of the game.
Source: borderhouseblog.com
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Amtrak boosts WiFi on select trains, more upgrades coming this summer
Author: Stefanie Jenkins
There are plenty of wonderful things about train travel: the leg room, the scenery, the lack of security pat-downs. The WiFi, on the other hand, has long been the slowest thing about Amtrak. The company announced today that it’s finally doing something about its frustratingly sluggish service, upgrading wireless on select trains, including the Acela express between Boston and Washington DC and a few California lines like the Capitol Corridor, Pacific Surfliner and San Joaquin. Travelers to other destinations will have to wait a bit longer for quicker load times — Amtrak has promised that the rest of its WiFi-equipped trains will be upgraded by “late summer.”
Via: Slashdot
Source: The New York Times
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Dell’s Project Ophelia will turn any HDTV into an Android computer this May
Author: Buck Howard
Dell introduced Project Ophelia to the world at CES back in January, and now it’s revealed shipping timeframes for the Android-powered MHL stick. Ophelia will ship in May to developers, with cable providers and telecoms able to buy it in July. A consumer release will follow shortly thereafter. When it does ship, the tiny device (about the same size as a portable USB stick) will convert any HDMI-ready display into an Android computer. Naturally Google Play is built right in, so you’ll have access to your entire library of Android software. Essentially, Project Ophelia is what you make of it; it can act as a portable gaming console much in the same vein as Ouya. Or you can go the set-top box route and stream content from Netflix, Hulu, and…
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This Week On The TechCrunch Gadgets Podcast: All Google I/O, All The Time
Author: Melissa Shroeder
Google’s major developer conference, Google I/O, went down this week. Was it a bit of a letdown? Probably. Did cool stuff still come out of the event? Eh? Maybe? We discuss these topics and more this week on the TC Gadgets podcast. In fact, we even had Frederic Lardinois join as a guest, along with John Biggs, Matt Burns, Jordan Crook (that’s me!), Romain Dillet, and Darrell Etherington as Bob McKenzie.
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This is the Modem World: Digital junk food
Author: Jack Schmidt
Each week Joshua Fruhlinger contributes This is the Modem World, a column dedicated to exploring the culture of consumer technology.
I’m hanging out in Atlanta right now, getting ready to speak at Digital Summit 2013 about things you’re probably not terribly interested in. Most importantly, I’m sitting at a bar and just ordered what looks to be a monster of a burger called the “Hot Mess” at a place called Park Bar near my hotel. Despite my disdain for online review sites, it was either this via Yelp or the hotel bar and, well, I find hotel bars depressing.
It’s also pretty clear that the only reason I ordered the Hot Mess is because my wife isn’t here to give me a hard time about it. No, I’m not a kept man, but I respect her knowledge of health and try to let her guide me most of the time. But when I’m on the road, I sometimes let all bets fall to the floor so that daddy can dig into a burger uninterrupted.
Filed under: Misc
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‘This is Spinal Tap’ album reissued on vinyl for the first time in 30 years
Author: Angela Stephens
It’s a fine line between clever and stupid, but the 1984 faux-documentary This is Spinal Tap walked it perfectly, and Spinal Tap’s self-titled album is coming back in its original black vinyl. While it’s obviously been available in modern formats, this is the first time in decades that record aficionados can get their hands on a new copy. The album will come with the original liner notes, with an all-black color scheme. Naturally, it’s launching on June 11th — though you can pre-order it from Amazon or The Control Group — and includes 11 tracks, including the classics “Tonight I’m Gonna Rock You Tonight,” “Stonehenge,” and “Hell Hole.” If you can’t wait until June, of course, you can always go ahead and laser-cut your own copy on…
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Does anyone remember this cartoon show with a robot and 3 teens?
Author: Gabe Hall
Question by Carlos: Does anyone remember this cartoon show with a robot and 3 teens?
Does anyone remember a cartoon about 3 teens with a robot? The teens were a girl with red hair, a fat guy who looked like a trucker, and a skinny emo guy who wore a blue beanie. The robot was blue and had flame designs on it. Here’s what they look like. http://puu.sh/hhuI. Anyone know the name of this toon?
Best answer:
Answer by Silver
My Life as a Teenage Robot
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Life_as_a_Teenage_Robot
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Asus to release smaller, lower priced Windows 8 tablets this year
Author: Matthew Wilson
After months of rumors that smaller, cheaper Windows 8 tablets are on the way, Asus will reportedly release such a tablet later this year. Jerry Shen, Asus’ CEO, also told the Wall Street Journal that he believes prices for Windows 8 tablets will drop to an average of $ 300 before the year’s end. Currently, most Windows 8 tablets are priced around $ 400 to $ 500, with displays of about 10-inches, so a cheaper option would give Windows a chance to compete more directly with the likes of Apple’s iPad Mini and Google’s Nexus 7.
Microsoft knows all this, and knows that it needs to get into the mini tablet game. So far, Asus appears to only be joined by Acer with plans to create a smaller Windows 8 tablet. On Friday, we saw an an 8.1-inch Acer…
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Asus to release smaller, lower priced Windows 8 tablets this year
Author: Matthew Wilson
After months of rumors that smaller, cheaper Windows 8 tablets are on the way, Asus will reportedly release such a tablet later this year. Jerry Shen, Asus’ CEO, also told the Wall Street Journal that he believes prices for Windows 8 tablets will drop to an average of $ 300 before the year’s end. Currently, most Windows 8 tablets are priced around $ 400 to $ 500, with displays of about 10-inches, so a cheaper option would give Windows a chance to compete more directly with the likes of Apple’s iPad Mini and Google’s Nexus 7.
Microsoft knows all this, and knows that it needs to get into the mini tablet game. So far, Asus appears to only be joined by Acer with plans to create a smaller Windows 8 tablet. On Friday, we saw an an 8.1-inch Acer…
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Asus to release smaller, lower priced Windows 8 tablets this year
Author: Matthew Wilson
After months of rumors that smaller, cheaper Windows 8 tablets are on the way, Asus will reportedly release such a tablet later this year. Jerry Shen, Asus’ CEO, also told the Wall Street Journal that he believes prices for Windows 8 tablets will drop to an average of $ 300 before the year’s end. Currently, most Windows 8 tablets are priced around $ 400 to $ 500, with displays of about 10-inches, so a cheaper option would give Windows a chance to compete more directly with the likes of Apple’s iPad Mini and Google’s Nexus 7.
Microsoft knows all this, and knows that it needs to get into the mini tablet game. So far, Asus appears to only be joined by Acer with plans to create a smaller Windows 8 tablet. On Friday, we saw an an 8.1-inch Acer…
