Saturday, October 22, 2011

Spend the night in the world’s deepest underground hotel in Sweden (Yahoo! News)

Spend the night in the world’s deepest underground hotel in Sweden (Yahoo! News)

Spend the night in the world’s deepest underground hotel in Sweden (Yahoo! News)

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 07:29 PM PDT

Yahoo! News - In the next few years, extreme travelers could spend the night floating around in a space hotel. For now, what the Earth can offer will have to suffice. Thankfully, some options have the potential to satiate even the most adventurous …

Meet the Newest Angry Bird [VIDEO] (Mashable)

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 12:55 PM PDT

Mashable - Rovio has introduced a Halloween treat for Angry Birds fans: A new Angry Bird. The orange bird doesn't have a name, but does have the ability to blow up several times his size. The bird, which is introduced in the video above, is part of Angry Birds Ham'O'Ween, a new collection of 30 Halloween-themed levels.

Google, PE firms mull bid for Yahoo: WSJ (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Oct 2011 12:35 PM PDT

Reuters - Google Inc has spoken to at least two private equity firms about possibly helping them finance a deal to buy Yahoo Inc's core business, The Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday, citing a person familiar with the matter.

Android 4.0: Ice Cream Sandwich Core Improvements (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 22 Oct 2011 02:58 PM PDT

ContributorNetwork - The newest Android OS release, Ice Cream Sandwich, finally fulfills something that Android users everywhere were craving, according to Android User Experience Director Matias Duarte. That something is an Android OS that users could "love using" instead of simply needing to use it. With this in mind, let us look at what Ice Cream Sandwich is in addition to the core differences between this and the earlier Android smartphone and tablet PC operating systems.

20 percent of women would give up sex for Facebook (Digital Trends)

Posted: 22 Oct 2011 01:14 PM PDT

Digital Trends - In a survey of over 2,000 women conducted by Cosmopolitan magazine, one in five women would rather give up sex for a week than giving up all the time spent on Facebook checking up on the lives of friends. Adding to that figure, about 57 percent of the female respondents would rather hang onto their computer than give it up for a week just to have sex and 50 percent would do the same with their mobile smartphone. However, 80 percent of the group would easily give up their favorite television shows for a week and 70 percent would stop texting over a mobile phone for a week to continue having sex. 

Android Tablets Not Selling as Well as Claimed (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 22 Oct 2011 07:58 AM PDT

ContributorNetwork - A report by Strategy Analytics claimed that "Android captured 27 percent of global tablet shipments" in the third quarter. This statement, while sensational, was misleading.

Why developers are beginning to embrace HTML5 (Appolicious)

Posted: 22 Oct 2011 06:00 AM PDT

Appolicious - While developers continue to embrace iOS and Android platforms for mobile applications, HTML5 and innovations in browser-based technologies are catching up quickly.

Opinion: Android-iPhone war leaves the door open for Mango (Digital Trends)

Posted: 22 Oct 2011 05:45 AM PDT

Digital Trends - On paper, the Droid Razr is the first phone that has come out, that I can recall, on top of an iPhone launch that is more advanced in nearly every way. It is thinner, it is lighter, faster, has longer battery life, and it is a 4G rather than a 3G phone. Based on specs alone, the Droid Razr obliterates the iPhone 4S, but I doubt many Apple folks will switch.

Big-budget Avengers movie uses iPhone for some shots (Digital Trends)

Posted: 21 Oct 2011 10:18 PM PDT

Digital Trends - Even with all of the cutting-edge movie tech today’s top cinematographers have at their disposal, there are still a few that like to experiment with some of the cheaper options available.
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