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Here’s the real story of a fake logo in HBO’s ‘Silicon Valley’

Jul08
by on July 8, 2015 at 12:40 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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If you haven’t caught it yet, HBO’s ‘Silicon Valley‘ is a fantastic satirical take on the state of San Francisco’s startup culture. One of the show’s fictitious companies, Hooli, is a sprawling giant that resembles Google. Now the designer that updated its logo for the newest season, Dan Petty, has published the concept decks he sent to ‘Silicon Valley’ creator Mike Judge, back in August 2014. My personal favorites are the mockups of Hooli’s search engine, which looks a lot like Bing. It even features alternatives to the Hooli XYZ logo, which is a fun prod at Google’s top-secret moonshot lab, Google…

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Is this the end for apps?

Jul08
by on July 8, 2015 at 12:22 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web

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Contextual information is changing the world. We have more data available to us than ever before, and much of it is being generated and consumed by the mobile devices in our pockets. Right now, businesses are creating systems and apps that will enable us to act on that data to automate our lives. Apple and Google, as the two most important entities in the mobile industry, are leading the way and opening up new, exciting possibilities for app creators. But questions have recently been raised about what the future holds for custom apps, as mobile operating systems become more intelligent.…

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Take to the skies with 28% off the SKEYE Nano Drone

Jul08
by on July 8, 2015 at 12:05 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Offers, TNWDeals, TNWDrones

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The SKEYE Nano Drone is perfect for pocket-sized fun anytime, anywhere! This tiny flying machine is easy to control and perform stunts with, for a barrel of fun that you can take with you wherever you go. Last month this deal sold out within a matter of days, but now it’s back and available for US and international shipping! The SKEYE Nano Drone features a six-axis flight control system with three modes, for everyone from beginners to advanced pilots to experts, so you can execute simple maneuvers right out of the box and master complex ones like figure-of-eights and 360-flips…

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Amazon is now 3D printing customizable video game characters

Jul08
by on July 8, 2015 at 11:22 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Amazon has a nifty new trick: you can 3D print your favorite character from a number of video games and customize them to your heart’s content. Right now, the site lets you interactively customize 35 characters from Smite, Primal Carnage and Infinity Blade. Once you customize your character Amazon will print it on-demand and deliver it directly to the buyer. The customization is done inside Sandboxr’s tool, which allows you to interact with a 360-degree model of the action figure. You can customize everything from the weapon it holds to the way it stands. Prices start at $29.99 for the smaller action figures and larger models can cost right…

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Google is facing a fight over Americans’ ‘right to be forgotten’

Jul08
by on July 8, 2015 at 10:46 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Google, Insider, Right to be forgotten

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After Europe, it might be America’s turn to enjoy the ‘right to be forgotten‘. A consumer advocacy group in the US is urging the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate why Google hasn’t extended this option to users in the country. Consumer Watchdog’s privacy project director John Simpson wrote to the FTC yesterday, complaining that though Google claims to be dedicated to user privacy, its reluctance to allow Americans to remove ‘irrelevant’ search results is “unfair and deceptive.” Following a ruling passed in the European Union last year, Google began honoring users’ requests to remove irrelevant, outdated or inflammatory search results…

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