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Facebook Chat Heads finally come to OS X thanks to this free app

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by on January 15, 2015 at 8:25 pm
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Remember those crazy Facebook Chat Heads that let you reply to your friends outside the Messenger app? Thanks to this third party app, you can get them on your Mac now too. Aptly-named Chat Heads for OS X, is a little third-party app that brings the experience to your Mac. Now, you can reply directly to people by simply clicking on their face bubble that appears on the desktop. Chat Heads allows you to reply to people just like you do in Messenger, stickers and all. It feels more at home than normal chat apps, because you can move around people’s faces and…

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David Bowie’s hair styles through the years offer a unique view into his artistic personas

Jan15
by on January 15, 2015 at 8:01 pm
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Regardless of what you may think about David Bowie, his music or his other artistic pursuits — and that’s assuming you think of them at all — it’s hard to look away from this animated GIF showing his vast multiplicity of hairdos over the past 50 years. Spanning 1964 to 2014, artist Helen Green has produced a series of charming sketches that can be viewed either individually on paper or as a GIF. Bowie has had a varied career as a singer/singwriter, record producer, actor and painter. A number of Green’s sketches were timed to celebrate the singer’s 68th birthday on January 8.…

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Elon Musk confirms plans to build Hyperloop test track ‘most likely in Texas’

Jan15
by on January 15, 2015 at 7:20 pm
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It’s been a while since we last heard about Elon Musk’s ambitious Hyperloop project, a transit system that could theoretically take passengers on rides upward of 700 miles per hour. Today, Musk tweeted that Hyperloop’s next stage is forthcoming. A test track will be built for companies and student teams to test pods, “likely in Texas.” Will be building a Hyperloop test track for companies and student teams to test out their pods. Most likely in Texas. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 15, 2015 Musk also says he plans to use the Hyperloop test track to hold annual pod racer competitions akin to the…

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Lumia Denim is now rolling out to Windows Phone 8.1 devices

Jan15
by on January 15, 2015 at 7:12 pm
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Microsoft’s latest update to Windows Phone, Lumia Denim, is now rolling out to devices. The update includes a number of new features, such as voice activation for Cortana, live folders on your start screen, an enhanced glance screen and more. Those using Lumia Icon, 1520, 930 or 830 will also receive an improved Lumia Camera app, which the company says improves the shutter speed and comes with new features. Microsoft says that the update is rolling out to a limited number of devices and will arrive in waves depending on what device you own. You can find out more about…

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Qork helps you find out what’s going on near you

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by on January 15, 2015 at 6:25 pm
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A new app, Qork, which is like a location-based Reddit, launches today and hopes to create a place for people to share news, events and other content in their community. Qork was inspired by CEO Adam May’s experiences as a journalist at Inside New York, where he struggled to find a coherent place to get local news and events. May said he looked at Reddit and Twitter, which are great for interest-based discovery, but don’t help with finding local content. The app, which appears similar to Reddit at first, allows users to submit a post with images and text as well…

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