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Carrot’s new calorie counting app wants to insult you into losing weight

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by on January 8, 2015 at 10:03 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

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You might have heard of Carrot before; the company’s known for its app that tries to insult you into going for a run. Today the company has released its newest app, Carrot Hunger, which is a fun spin on the ever-troublesome task of getting you to count your calories. As you set up Carrot Hunger, it’ll call you endearing terms like “meat bag” and “carcass” to make you feel bad about your weight in order to provide motivation. To set up the app, it’ll ask questions like your height, weight and gender. When Carrot is asking your gender, you can choose squirrel if…

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3 of the coolest uses for Intel’s RealSense 3D camera at CES 2015

Jan08
by on January 8, 2015 at 9:28 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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3D is here to stay. Well, probably not with TV’s, but instead with a number of technologies that can better interact with three-dimensional space, such as 3D printing and depth-sensing cameras. In fact, Intel’s RealSense camera has easily been the company’s greatest bullet point this CES, instead of a fancy new processor or chipset. Needless to say, we spent some time checking the technology out; here are some of the coolest uses we saw for RealSense. Motion Capture When strolling around Intel’s booth, I spotted an animated character contorting its face into a variety realistic facial expressions – I assumed it…

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Tiffen’s new Stedicams for GoPro and smartphones will make your videos smooooth

Jan08
by on January 8, 2015 at 8:46 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Insider, Mobile, Product Launches

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Shooting steady handheld video with a smartphone or GoPro even without filling yourself with caffeine is difficult. Tiffen wants to help you make your videos smooth as butter. The Tiffen Stedicam Curve for GoPro and Smoothee for smartphones bring the awesome power of a Steadicam to your hand-held video footage. Both rigs have a handle that acts independent to the weighted mount. You make tiny adjustments with your index finder and thumb. It takes a little practice, but soon you’ll be shooting video like a pro without the tell-tale signs of footage bobbing up and down associated with hand held…

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Reddit now has its own official podcast

Jan08
by on January 8, 2015 at 8:42 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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If you were sad about Serial, now there’s something else to fill that podcast-shaped void; Reddit has launched its own official podcast. The new Reddit podcast aims to tell the story behind the things on its homepage, with the company saying it’ll follow up on interesting stories to get the real scoop. Alexis Ohanian, Executive Chair at Reddit, described it as “30 for 30 meets This American Life with a spoonful of orangered.” The first episode covers the story of a Reddit user, Dante Orpilla’s life, who eventually became an employee at the company. ➤ Upvoted: a Reddit podcast for all the stories behind the…

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Hands on with North Korea’s homegrown operating system, Red Star

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by on January 8, 2015 at 7:57 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Asia, Product Reviews

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North Korea has its own national desktop operating system and the very latest version, called Red Star 3.0, has leaked online, giving us a rare glimpse into what happens when you build something like an entire operating system in isolation. Red Star 2.0 resembled Windows, but this new version has a whole new inspiration: Apple. Red Star booting North Korea Tech says that Red Star was developed by the Korea Computer Center in Pyongyang and is based on Linux, which can be openly modified. We saw Red Star 3.0 for the first time last year when Will Scott, an American graduate who taught Computer…

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