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Instagram confirms that its service is down for some people due to a ‘server issue’ [Update: now back]

Jun07
by on June 7, 2014 at 2:59 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web

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UPDATE: About two hours after what appeared to be a worldwide outage, it looks like Instagram’s service has been gradually restored, at least in many areas of the US. At about 8:58 pm PT, images started to move through the stalled servers. There’s still no official word yet from Instagram, but the photo app has removed a tweet announcing problems on its service (as seen below), which should mean that the issues have been fixed. Our original story follows. If you had ideas about sharing your Friday evening or weekend pictures on Instagram with your friends, you were likely disappointed. The…

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The first Vine from space is a thing of wonder

Jun07
by on June 7, 2014 at 1:15 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Shareables, Videos

Here’s one small step for man and one giant leap for social media: Astronaut Reid Wiseman has posted the first Vine video from space. As you’d expect from an out-of-this-world Vine, the clip is truly epic. Wiseman, who apparently deserves the name, time-lapsed a single orbit around the Earth from the International Space Station while riding parallel to the terminator line, which separates day and night on our beautiful planet. The result is mesmerizing. I could watch this for days, which is fitting because, after all, you’re really just watching the earth rotate around the sun. In case you’re wondering, the first human tweet…

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This quadcopter is made out of chocolate

Jun06
by on June 6, 2014 at 9:21 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Insider, Shareables

A quadcopter (also known as a quadrotor helicopter or quadrotor) is a helicopter propelled by four rotors. Chocolate is a (typically) sweet food made of cacao seeds. Put the two together, and you’ve got a chocolate quadcopter: Yes, it can fly. Yes, you can eat it when you’re done. What more do you want? See also – Here’s what a quadcopter and GoPro camera captured on video in San Francisco this Christmas and Check this slick aerial flick of New York, filmed with DJI’s Drone Quadcopter

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This Chrome extension kills website overlay popups

Jun06
by on June 6, 2014 at 9:01 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Google, Insider, LifeHacks

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Have you ever wished you could just get rid of the annoying popup message on a site that is blocking the actual content? BehindTheOverlay is a Chrome extension that does exactly that. You can grab it directly from the Chrome Web Store. If you’ve ever been bothered by a website that hides its content while trying to get you to register, fill out a survey, or some other nonsense, I highly recommend giving BehindTheOverlay a shot. Some sites may let you close the overlay popup, others force you to wait, but most simply don’t let you proceed. With BehindTheOverlay, you…

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This guy built a 3D printer for under €100

Jun06
by on June 6, 2014 at 8:20 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Shareables

Many believe a 3D printer will be in everyone’s home one day. If you’re okay with building one yourself, you can join the revolution today, and it won’t even cost you that much. Instructables member Gelstronic decided to build a 3D printer for less than €100 (about $136). He had to buy a few parts, but most of them are from old PCs. Here is the result: Since the 3D printer is limited by the length of DVD trays, the build area is quite small (40x40x40 mm), but nevertheless the goal has been achieved. Since all the parts are available…

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