Monday, June 30, 2014

How to Install the Xposed Framework on Your Nexus 5 for Max Customization





If you've been keeping up with anything Android these days, you've no doubt heard about a little dandy called Xposed Framework kicking around. Xposed, by XDA developer rovo89, is a framework for Android devices that lets you easily modify your stock or custom ROM.



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The Blues Brothers Gnome Edition





Let Jake and Elwood Blues decorate and protect your garden with The Blues Brothers Gnome Edition. They look just like the real pair, only smaller, with pointy hats. This pair is hand painted with authentic Blues Brothers details. Of course, they have a little extra facial hair.



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Around Azeroth: Trust me, I'm a healer





"So I arrived too late to kill the Sha of Doubt," writes submitter Demonmoose of The Outcast on The Maelstrom (EU-A). "No big deal. I'm here now to ... err ... 'heal' your injuries. If you could ignore the wings, that would be great." No, no, healing is supposed to hurt a little bit.



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Dracula's Grave Has Been Found and Researchers Plan to Open It. Bad Plan!





You read that headline right. Researchers believe they have found the grave of Vlad Tepes III, better known as Vlad the Impaler, aka the guy who was probably a real vampire if there ever was one. And, of course, they plan on popping that baby open.



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Google to pull QuickOffice from App Store





Have you been using QuickOffice to edit those Google Docs and Sheets on your iOS device? Put on your sad face -- Google has announced that it will remove the QuickOffice app from the App Store in the next few weeks.



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Facebook: The Meeting Place of Idiots (36 pics)









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Daily Picdump (92 pics)





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Pangu untethered jailbreak still works with iOS 7.1.2





Apple today seeded iOS 7.1.2, and we’ve confirmed that the recently-released Pangu jailbreak does indeed work perfectly fine with the new build. While Pangu was released after Apple seeded 7.1.



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How iOS8 extensions could help college students dump their laptops and rely on their iPads — Tech News and Analysis





Every year around this time I start composing an article about how to get by in college with just an iPad.



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Sunday, June 29, 2014

Shovel Knight: The Kotaku Review





Shovel Knight is a video game about a knight who carries a shovel. It's an NES game released 25 years too late. It's the type of platformer that a whole lot of people have been craving for a very long time.



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​Watch Us Play Shovel Knight





Shovel Knight is out today! And if you saw Jason's excellent review of it, you'll know it's definitely worth your time. But how does it play? What does it look like? Shovel Knight is a video game about a knight who carries a shovel. It's an NES game released… Read moreRead on



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Saturday, June 28, 2014

Serious Android crypto key theft vulnerability affects 86% of devices





Researchers have warned of a vulnerability present on an estimated 86 percent of Android phones that may allow attackers to obtain highly sensitive credentials, including cryptographic keys for some banking services and virtual private networks, and PINs or patterns used to unlock vulnerable d



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Curse of Naxxramas coming to Hearthstone in July





Though we've known Hearthstone's Curse of Naxxramas expansion was coming out some time this summer, we haven't yet had a date to pin our card-playing hopes on. But now CM Aratil has announced on the Hearthstone forums that the expansion is headed our way this July.



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If Einstein Had Never Been Born, Would We Still Have Nuclear Weapons?





Albert Einstein and his equation E=mc² are famously connected to the modern atomic age. But as nuclear historian Alex Wellerstein writes in this counterfactual account of history, the great physicist mattered than you'd think in the invention of the nuclear bomb.



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'The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz' review





In the months after Aaron Swartz’s suicide in January 2013, members of the media spent hundreds of hours meditating on how a 26-year-old programmer, hacker, and political organizer could have accomplished so much so quickly, and then suddenly and unexpectedly taken his own life.



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Apple stopping development of Aperture and iPhoto for OS X





Back at WWDC, Apple showed off a preview of a new Photos app for OS X — and now it seems that new app will replace Apple's longstanding iPhoto and Aperture software for photo editing on the desktop.



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Friday, June 27, 2014

Facebook is fighting Manhattan's district attorney over user privacy





Newly-unsealed legal documents have unearthed a "bitter fight" between the social networking giant and the New York district attorney, reports The New York Times.



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Android L preview: Notifications and lockscreen





Android L takes the design of this operating system in a different direction, and nowhere is that more apparent right when you start using it than in the lockscreen and notification area.



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Thursday, June 26, 2014

How to install Android 4.4.3 on your Nexus 5, Nexus 4 and Nexus 7





Google has just started rolling out the Android 4.4.3 update for the Nexus 5 and its other Nexus branded siblings. While the company has already uploaded the factory images and binaries on its website, the OTA update is yet to go live. The Android 4.4.



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How to install the Android L developer preview on Nexus 5 and Nexus 7





Android blog for expert tips, news, reviews, Android Phones, Android Apps, Rooting & How tos. Google has just released the developer preview images of Android L for the Nexus 5 and Nexus 7 (2013), triggering a reaction from many clueless Android lovers on how they could install it on their device.



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How to Unroot Nexus 5! - Complete Stock [Windows/Mac/Linux/Ubuntu]





Friday, November 15, 2013 how to, linux, mac, nexus 5, ubuntu, unroot, windows Check Out the Guides Below! Windows Video Guide: Mac Video Guide: Here's a complete guide to show you how to unroot/unbrick the Nexus 5 and restore it to complete stock, like the day you first bought it on you



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Five more must craft neutral Hearthstone cards





It turns out that people get oddly passionate about card lists, which is honestly a pretty great sign for Hearthstone. The first list we dropped two weeks ago was met with agreement, and also a lot of 'where is this card?!', despite warnings that there would be more to come.



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Pushbullet





Pushbullet lets you send push notifications to yourself and to your friends!Why send push notifications with Pushbullet? Because it's the easiest and fastest way to send almost anything to your phone or to your friends.What can you push with Pushbullet? Send links, pictures, files, notes, and more right into your phone's notification tray, to your computer, or to a friend, really fast.What makes Pushbullet so useful?Simple! It's the easiest way to get things from your computer onto your phone or from your phone onto your computer. It's also great for sending things from one device to another, or even to friends!- By sending a file with Pushbullet, it's automatically downloaded and waiting for you as a notification. Tapping on the notification instantly opens the file so you'll never have to go dig for the file in your email or Dropbox folders ever again.- With Pushbullet, you can also push links right into your phone's notification tray. Just tap the notification to go to the link.- Instead of having to look up an address all over again on your phone after having found it on your computer, you can just push the address to your phone. It will open the maps application right from the notification, making getting to navigation a breeze.- And that's just the beginning, you can also send checklists, notes, reminders, and more.



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Cyanogen Hires Execs From HTC, Amazon and Broadcom





Cyanogen has been steadily making the transition from a niche Android mod to a full fledged mobile business, but with several new hires the company says it’s paving the way for rapid expansion in the coming years.



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iOS 7.1.1 compatible jailbreak tweaks





It has been a few days since the Chinese team Pangu surprised us with an iOS 7.1.1 untethered jailbreak, and the dust is finally starting to settle. After learning that the jailbreak is safe to use, we’ve gone ahead and shared video guides on how to jailbreak iOS 7.1.



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Android TV: It’s what Google TV should have been, but is that enough?





The people tasked with developing Google’s new Android TV product think that this time, time is on their side. Four years ago, the company made its first big foray into the living room.



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Moto 360 Hands-On: This Is the Smartwatch To Beat





The smartwatch everyone has been waiting for didn’t have much of a presence at Google I/O this week. It made a few quick cameo appearances on some executive wrists.



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We just played with Android's L Developer Preview





By releasing a Developer Preview of the next version of Android (only known as "L" for now), Google is walking new ground -- and it's blazing a glorious path that will greatly benefit the platform going forward.



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Cellphones, Then and Now





Sometimes, just sometimes, it's fair to wonder if technological advancement is really an advance at all. [Truth Facts]



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Negotiate Each Element of Your Salary, Not the Total Sum





Career coach Dilip Saraf says that when you are discussing your salary, you should inspect and negotiate each element of it instead of a larger total sum.



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'OK Google' voice commands are coming to your Android lockscreen





"OK Google." That phrase is slowly working its way across Google's mobile and web services, but the touchless control is about to get even better for many Android users. Previously limited to just the homescreen on Android 4.



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The Long-Neglected 16GB iPod Touch Gets a Camera And a Price Cut





While it might surprise some that the iPod touch is still trundling along, the entire lineup has gotten a significant price cut today—and the lowest-end version picked up a fancy new camera and a color spectrum.



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Old Photos Reinvigorated with Color (53 pics)









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Android "L" Preview Builds For Nexus 5 / 7 (2013) Go Live Tomorrow - 5000 New APIs, Including USB Audio, BT 4.1, Burst Photo





Just a couple quick tidbits from the I/O keynote in case you missed them: Google will be publishing factory image previews of the "L" release of Android for the Nexus 5 and Nexus 7 (presumably 2013 only) tomorrow morning, that being June 26th.



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Wednesday, June 25, 2014

WoW Moviewatch: Stuff WoW Elitists Say





I guess I was actually somewhat surprised it took this long for someone to make this kind of parody video. But the inestimable Slightly Impressive has finally tackled the subject with Stuff WoW Elitists Say.



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iPhone 6 Release Date Revealed In New Report, Will Come In 32GB, 64GB Variants





The Apple iPhone 6 is arguably the hottest topic in tech space right now, and given the purported redesign and significant size increases in store, it’s no wonder smartphone fans are firmly gripped by another dose of iPhone Fever.



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Deadlines Extended! To Apply to the Startup Battlefield Google I/O June 25 - 26, 2014



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Android L Release Preview: Everything You Need to Know (Updating)





It's been years since Google has given its Android platform as fresh a face as this. But today we got our first look at Android's next big shakeup. It doesn't have a name yet (lollipop?) but it's here to tie things together. What we're seeing today are mostly the design highlights from Android L.



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Google's Android One program will set minimum standards for bargain-basement smartphones





For every HTC and Samsung, there are tens of Android hardware makers who have to redesign their smartphones to hit a certain low price.



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Google Unveils New Cross Platform Design Language “Material Design”





Google announced a new universal design language, called Material Design, as part of the forthcoming “L” release of Google’s Android mobile operating system.



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Aereo faces shutdown after Supreme Court ruling favors broadcasters





Aereo has lost its battle against broadcasters, after the US Supreme Court ruled against the start-up.



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Everything You Need to Know About Google’s I/O Keynote





Google’s Sundar Pichai started things off with a preview of the upcoming “L” (Android 5.0) release today. It’s the first time that Google has offered an advanced look at its next generation operating system, and developers will be able to download it.



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Google Blurs The Line Between Web And Native Apps On Android





Today at Google I/O, Chrome Director of Product Management Avni Shah introduced the new version of Chrome coming in the next Android update dubbed Android L. As expected, we got a couple of feature updates. But it isn’t just a better version of Chrome.



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Here's what Google's Android Wear can do





Google says that we glance at our smartphones 125 times per day, but it wants Android Wear devices to take on much of that burden. During an I/O 2014 demo, it showed how smartwatches like LG's G Watch -- paired with Android 4.



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Why I started WoW, why I continued with it, and why I'm still at it





My journey in the World of Warcraft started much like everyone else -- I picked up the game shortly after release, having heard that it was turning out to be a good MMO.



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LG's G Watch has a smartphone processor inside and goes on preorder today





Google thinks it's finally time for smartwatches. Its Android Wear collaboration with LG goes on preorder today in 12 countries, including the US, Canada, UK, Germany, South Korea and Japan. The G Watch might only be a wearable, but inside beats the heart of a smartphone... processor. Behind the 1.



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This is what Plex looks like on Android TV





Hot on the heels of all the Google I/O announcements today, the good people at Plex have let us know that a new version of is on the way for the newly launched Android TV. Plex for Android TV isn't a rehash of the Google TV app, but a whole new creature built for the new system.



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Samsung Gear Live Hands-On: Turns Out Smartwatches Could Be Great





We got a surprise announcement at I/O today with Samsung unveiling its first Android Wear watch in the Gear Live. We just slapped it onto our wrist and got to play with it for a few minutes, and while it was in its demo mode so we couldn't dive in too deeply, we were impressed.



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Tuesday, June 24, 2014

The Sixteen Most Expensive Substances In The World





This is a list of the sixteen most expensive substances in the world (above, LSD). Is it accurate? No clue, do I look like a fact-checker to you? I still believe in f***ing chemtrails. I'm joking, and I judge anybody who does.



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