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Curioos augmented reality art market lets you view prospective purchases on your own wall

Feb06
by on February 6, 2015 at 10:31 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Product Launches, Product Updates

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Unless you’re really committed to decorating your home with museum posters, acquiring and hanging original art can be a risky and expensive undertaking. It’s hard to know exactly how a print or painting will look once it’s hanging on your wall, and sometimes you find out you don’t like something only after you’ve made a big mistake. Several companies, such as Pixels.com and Saatchi Art are seeking to alleviate such uncertainty with technologies like augmented reality — letting you choose an art work and see what it looks like on your wall. The newest entrant into this arena is Curioos, a marketplace where curated artists…

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Madonna the Millennial tries Snapchat: A review

Feb06
by on February 6, 2015 at 10:17 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Opinion, Social Media

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Pep Rosenfeld is co-founder of comedy theater Boom Chicago and Boom Chicago Creative in Amsterdam. He loves both nerd chic and chic nerds, and can be seen hosting events where they meet — like #TNW2015. Madonna premiered her new video, Living for Love, on Snapchat this week. And you’ve got to hand it to her: No middle aged lady can pretend to be a millennial quite like Madonna. She has reinvented herself more often than Apple has disrupted markets by releasing a new iProduct. In fact, I quite the latest incarnation of Madonna, “Lady Gaga.” But I find the video release a bit confusing. First of all, if…

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Netflix is reportedly making a live-action ‘The Legend of Zelda’ show

Feb06
by on February 6, 2015 at 9:49 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Nintendo fans, rejoice! While the dream of a ‘The Legend of Zelda’ film adaptation may not yet come to fruition, a new Netflix original show based on the video game series could be coming to a computer near you. The Wall Street Journal reports the show is in the early development stages. WSJ says Netflix is working closely with Nintendo as it looks for writers, its source describing the show as “Game of Thrones for a family audience.” In case you’ve never picked up a video game controller in your life, the games are typically set in fictional land called Hyrule, and follow…

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Everything I own fits in one bag. Here’s how (and why)

Feb06
by on February 6, 2015 at 7:20 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, LifeHacks

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This post originally appeared on the Buffer blog. About two to three years ago, I decided I wanted to start to declutter my life gradually. I went from one backpack and a carry-on bag to just one backpack. I count the following things as my belongings at this point: 6 T-shirts 2 sweaters, 2 hoodies 1 coat 2 pairs of dress-pant sweat-pants 6 pairs of socks and boxer shorts 1 backpack An iPhone, a Kindle, 1 notepad and a MacBook Air (+ keyboard and mouse) Gym shoes and gym shorts Various toiletries like toothbrush, contact lenses, etc. When I say “things…

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Google will use Hangouts to live-chat customers into buying Androids and Chromebooks

Feb06
by on February 6, 2015 at 6:54 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Google, Insider

When it comes to shopping for Google products, some people need help deciding what to buy. Google is reportedly testing a service that would allow customers to talk Android and Chromebook choices with a salesperson straight via Hangouts. TechCrunch reports that this new feature will team up potential buyers with Google sales associates via Hangouts. According to TechCrunch, the associates will tell you all about Android and Chromebook devices but oddly, not Nest products including Dropcam and Nest Protect. You can actually try out the service by navigating to the Devices section of Google Play, clicking on the help icon and…

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