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August 28, 2014
Would You Wear This Dorky Headphone Necklace By Samsung?
The Gear Circle is built with magnetic clasps that keep it from falling off your neck.
On Wednesday night, Samsung quietly lifted the curtains off another set of wearable electronics, the curved-glass Gear S smartwatch and the Gear Circle headphones. Smartwatches blah blah blah… but look at the Gear Circle!
Was This August Actually The Worst Month Ever?
War, disease, riot gear: This August has felt terrible. Fast Company consults the data.
This month, the United States authorized airstrikes in Iraq. Video footage of a journalist's brutal execution circulated through social media networks. War raged between government forces and pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine, and the death toll in Gaza escalated. A policeman fatally shot an unarmed black teenager named Michael Brown, whose death incited protests and more violence. About 1,500 people died in one of the largest Ebola outbreaks in history. Robin Williams, who usually makes us laugh, took his own life.
Microsoft Is Fusing The Consumer And Business Versions of OneDrive--Starting With Android
More evidence that this is a new Redmond we're dealing with.
Microsoft's OneDrive online storage service is available in two versions. There's the 
What Does Google's "Don't Be Evil" Actually Mean After Snowden?
"It hasn't changed anything."
When Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page famously penned the "Don't Be Evil" manifesto prior to their 2004 IPO, they probably couldn't have anticipated how many times that same phrase would be trotted out and used to criticize Google's data-collection methods and outsized influence online. But increasing scrutiny, especially after Edward Snowden's NSA disclosures, doesn't change the fact that Google rarely has to answer the question, "Hey, are you evil?" from the public.
Why Top Tech CEOs Want Employees With Liberal Arts Degrees
As colleges across the country begin revving back up, you might want to reconsider your major.
Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen once said that the average English degree holder is fated to become a shoe salesman, hawking wares to former classmates who were lucky enough to have majored in math. Meanwhile, PayPal cofounder Peter Thiel, who studied philosophy at Stanford, refers to degrees like his as "antiquated debt-fueled luxury goods." Faced with such attacks on the liberal arts, it's no wonder that interest in the humanities is waning. As the college year begins, many students are likely to take President Obama's advice and forgo an art history degree for a certificate in skilled manufacturing or some other trade.
August 27, 2014
Jon Stewart Nails Fox News Over Michael Brown Coverage
The Daily Show FTW.
In a Daily Show rant for the ages, Jon Stewart has summed up the outrage and frustration so many have been feeling toward the media coverage following Michael Brown's murder at the hands of a Ferguson, Mo. police officer.
Watch Two Good Samaritans Rescue A Fat Prairie Dog
Just swap Winnie the Pooh with a prairie dog and a honey pot with a hole.
It feels good to do good--even when it involves an obese prairie dog having the most embarrassing day of its life.
Sanrio: Hello Kitty Is Not A Cat
"She's a cartoon character. She is a little girl. She is a friend. "
Oh, hi there. Did you have a nice childhood full of warm and pleasant memories? If so, you should probably avert your eyes and go read something else.
With Google Glass App, Pandora Puts Music Controls On Users' Faces
The app originated as a hackathon project built over three days.
Pandora released an app for Google Glass on Wednesday that lets users control their music with voice commands and touch gestures.
What Happens When 3-D Printing Outgrows Plastics?
The food world is about to be disrupted.
This story contains interviews with 3D Systems creative director of food products Liz Von Hasseln; Structur3D CTO Andrew Finkle; Shapeways VP of supply chain Justine Trubey.
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