December 20, 2012

Relive Your Tweet History With New Twitter Archive Feature

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Twitter are rolling out a new feature that will give users access to every single tweet (and retweet) that they made since they joined the social media microblogging platform.

The new archive feature has an interface that allows users to access the archive by months or search using keywords, hashtags, usernames or phrases. It is scheduled to be operational within the next few weeks.

Users who are interested in reliving their tweet history have been told to go to setting and check the option requesting their Twitter archive. If it is there, click the button and an email with instructions on how to access the archive will be sent out once it is ready for downloading. Continue Reading

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December 19, 2012

Introducing Basse Anderson – The Most Easily Scared Guy In The Whole World

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Norwegian Basse Anderson has become a little bit of a celebrity in his home country of late after his coworkers discovered how easily startled he was and started posting videos of their pranks on to YouTube.

The prank videos soon picked up notoriety, for not only did Basse startle easily, he also supplied viewers with some incredibly animated and humorous reactions.

He works at a company called Oestereng & Benestad, in the town of Arendal and everyone in the company likes getting involved in the Basse-startling extravaganza! Continue Reading

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December 19, 2012

Toddler Swiping Golden Eagle Video Is A Hoax

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There is a lot of mysticism surrounding eagles, especially those of the golden variety. In the story books giant eagles carry young adventurous children on fantastical adventures and we all remember what they did for Frodo and Samwise in LOTRs. We all know that they are beautiful, powerful creatures with massive wingspans and that their talons have amazing strength. In fact, the talons of golden eagle can exert up to 750 pounds of pressure per square inch when they are grasping at their prey. That’s about 15 times the pressure that a human hand can exert!

So when this video of a golden eagle swooping in trying to nab a toddler and make off with it starting doing the social media rounds, it wasn’t inconceivable that it could be actual footage. Continue Reading

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December 19, 2012

Fruit Ninja – IRL With Dubstep!

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Those of you have frantically swiped away at your smartphone screens for hours upon end in the quest to become the mightiest fruit ninja ever will appreciate this short video created by filmmaker Scott Winn.

The video imagines what it would be like to become a fruit ninja in real life – accompanied by your own personal dubstep soundtrack.

Watch as our fearless hero slices and dices his way through pineapples, bananas, apples and all sorts of other evil fruit being careful to dodge those problematic bombs that pop up every now and again. Continue Reading

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December 19, 2012

LUMO Body Tech Anti-Slouch Sensor Raises $5m In Funding

The LUMO Body Tech posture sensor that vibrates when you slouch has just got a huge vote of confidence, managing successfully to raise $5m in funding during its Series A round.

This comes off the back of a hugely successful Kickstarter campaign whereby the $100,000 target was reached within the first week and the final figure raised was more than double it. The $149 device started shipping to the 1,600 Kickstarter backers last month!
The Series A round was led by Madrona Venture Partners, Eric Schmidt’s Innovation Endeavors and Jerry Yang. Continue Reading

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December 19, 2012

Apple Releases IOS 6.0.2 Update That Combats Wi-Fi Bug But It’s Just For iPad Mini & iPhone 5

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Apple’s IOS6 users that have been frustrated by what’s been called the “Wi-Fi Bug” will be pleased to know that they have released an update to the software that allegedly combats this issue.

But before you get all excited, the update is only available for Apple’s newest devices, the iPhone 5 and the iPad Mini.

The update doesn’t contain any dramatic new features, so if you use an older device and you haven’t been affected by the Wi-Fi bug, then there’s no real reason to be overly bothered that you can’t get it. Continue Reading

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December 19, 2012

Cute Bengal Cat in Magical Reindeer Costume

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Santa’s cutest and most magical Bengal reindeer.

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December 19, 2012

1,400-year-old Kofun Warrior Discovered At “Pompeii Of Japan”

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Archaeologists have unearthed a 1,400-year-old Kofun warrior still wearing his armor at Japan’s Kanai Higashiura site – the place that is often called the “Pompeii of Japan.”

Historians and archeologists believe that the Kanai Higashiura site was buried by the eruption of the Harunayama Futatsudake volcano in the early 500s. Nearby sites at Kuroimine and Nakasuji were also struck and this has led to them being dubbed the “Pompeii of Japan.”

This latest find of the ancient warrior, who was discovered with a nearby infant were covered in a layer of volcanic ash that dates back to the early 6th century. The warrior was found lying face down in the direction of the volcano, archaeologists believe that it is likely that he fell forward from a kneeling position. Continue Reading

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December 19, 2012

Amazon & The Two-For-One Replacement Scam

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Htmlist’s Chris Cardinal has written a detailed account of what he believes to be a “replacement order scam” striking Amazon.
Cardinal is, by his own admission a regular Amazon user and first released that something fishy was going on with his account after receiving emails regarding online chats with customer service reps.

After some investigation, Cardinal discovered that he was a victim of what he has dubbed the “two-for-one Amazon.com’s socially engineered replacement order scam.”

By gaining access to his order numbers, some sneaky person managed to order “replacement” products of things he had ordered and received successfully, including some incredibly expensive camera equipment. Continue Reading

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December 19, 2012

Instagram Clarify Policy Changes – They’re Not Going To Sell Your Photos!

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Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom has released a statement via the company blog that seeks to clarify some of the policy changes that have caused such uproar amongst the Instagram community in the last few days.

In the post, entitled “Thank you, and we’re listening” Systrom explains that the company appreciate the concerns raised by users over the amendments to the terms of use and are doing all that they can to try and address these issues.

On the issue of advertising, the part of the clause that everyone took to mean that Instagram would have the right to sell your photos without notification or compensation, Systrom says that this is not the case. Blaming “confusing” legal language, Systrom states that the company merely intends to “experiment with innovative advertising that feels appropriate on Instagram…To be clear: It is not our intention to sell your photos”. Continue Reading

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