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Jammy’s electric guitar splits up for travel and never needs tuning

Oct11
by on October 11, 2018 at 10:30 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Music, Plugged


If you’ve ever tried to learn a musical instrument, you probably know that it’s more important to practice consistently every day than cram a marathon session before a lesson. Problem is, most instruments are bulky and loud, limiting the times and places you can practice. Jammy wants to be the solution for guitarists. It’s an electric guitar that can split apart into various pieces for easy transport. A Stratocaster or Les Paul is about 40 inches long, but Jammy is just 17-inches when split into its component pieces. That’s small enough to fit in a backpack or carry-on. Moreover, Jammy…

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Facebook now lets you post 3D photos that jump out of your Newsfeed

Oct11
by on October 11, 2018 at 9:53 pm
Posted In: Around the Web


Facebook is rolling out a feature today which will allow users to post photos with a 3D effect to their feed — essentially photos that show your subject in richer detail. Despite the name , the photos won’t be truly 3D, per se. You won’t be able to spin a photo of your dog around to view her from every adorable angle, for example. But the photos will have depth that lets you see things from different angles and tilts within the photo. Facebook describes it as being kind of like looking at your photography subject if they were standing…

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Facebook now lets you post 3D photos that jump out of your Newsfeed

Oct11
by on October 11, 2018 at 9:53 pm
Posted In: Around the Web


Facebook is rolling out a feature today which will allow users to post photos with a 3D effect to their feed — essentially photos that show your subject in richer detail. Despite the name , the photos won’t be truly 3D, per se. You won’t be able to spin a photo of your dog around to view her from every adorable angle, for example. But the photos will have depth that lets you see things from different angles and tilts within the photo. Facebook describes it as being kind of like looking at your photography subject if they were standing…

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Congress is fed up with Google after it hid major data breach for months

Oct11
by on October 11, 2018 at 7:27 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Google


Google’s childish approach to business ethics has landed it in hot water with Congress yet again. After discovering a software glitch earlier this year – persisting since 2015 — the company chose to hide it from consumers and regulators. That is, until The Washington Post exposed it earlier this week. The glitch, which has since been fixed, affected the company’s Google+ social network and exposed the personal data of nearly 500K users. Google has since shut Google+ down permanently. But questions remain over the timeline, and why the company chose not to disclose the glitch and potential breach. Senators John…

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Congress is fed up with Google after it hid major data breach for months

Oct11
by on October 11, 2018 at 7:27 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Google


Google’s childish approach to business ethics has landed it in hot water with Congress yet again. After discovering a software glitch earlier this year – persisting since 2015 — the company chose to hide it from consumers and regulators. That is, until The Washington Post exposed it earlier this week. The glitch, which has since been fixed, affected the company’s Google+ social network and exposed the personal data of nearly 500K users. Google has since shut Google+ down permanently. But questions remain over the timeline, and why the company chose not to disclose the glitch and potential breach. Senators John…

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