I'm a sucker for a lot of the geeky items they have at ThinkGeek. Some of my most favorite are the little collectible items that go along with video games such as Portal 2. Specifically, I've been rather enamored on several occasions by the replica turrets you can purchase from the game. If you're going to be on hand at the PAX East 2013 conference, you will have a chance to buy a couple conference exclusive geeky bits from ThinkGeek.
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If you're a cat person, you'll think this is great and if you aren't, you'll probably think this is really weird. Purina Friskies cat food has issued a challenge for game developers to create the next great game for cats. Seriously, Purina is looking for developers to build game apps specifically aimed at cats.
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Millennials spend 14% more time with mobile devices that generational peers
Millennials is a term given to the generation of 18 to 34-year-old people. A recent survey performed by Experian looked into the digital usage of this particular generation of people within the United States. The study was called the 2013 Digital Marketer Report and looked at multiple segments including the millennial generation.
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Analyst tips Amazon Prime could have 10 million subscribers
Amazon has had its Prime subscription service for quite a while now. Prime gives Amazon customers some very nice extras for a $79 annual fee. One of the best features of Amazon Prime is the included streaming video service. That service has some popular TV shows and movies offering a Netflix-style streaming service that also includes some extras no one else offers.
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Microsoft Hotmail and Outlook.com outage continues
If you're a user of Hotmail or Outlook.com who is waiting for an important e-mail message, we have some bad news for you. Microsoft currently lists both Hotmail and Outlook.com as being down. That means that users of both of those services won't be able to log into accounts.
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ARGTV platform will let you touch and inspect objects from your favorite TV shows
Augmented reality isn't anything new. There've been a number of augmented reality applications available for smartphones and other devices for a long time. Typically, these augmented reality applications are things that overlay some sort of gaming content over the real-world environment around you.
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Stitcher launches plug-ins for Firefox and Chrome browsers
For a lot of people, it's impossible to make it through the day without having music playing constantly. There's no shortage of Internet radio stations or digital audio content to purchase or stream from a variety of services online. If you're a fan of Stitcher, the company has announced a couple new browser plug-ins.
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Madden NFL 25 cover vote kicks off
There are hordes of sports video games available for the major game consoles on the market. Of all the sports video games out there, one of the most popular is the EA Sports Madden NFL franchise. This game is routinely one of the most popular titles of the year each and every year when new versions launch.
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StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm Expansion Pack Now Available
If you're a big fan of the StarCraft franchise, a new expansion pack for StarCraft II is now available to purchase. The expansion pack is called StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm. This expansion pack launches the global zerg invasion and pits Kerrigan and her brood against Arcturus Mengsk.
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Literary associations oppose Amazon’s attempts to gain control over new web domains
We're all familiar with the portions of web addresses that come after the dot, such as .com and .net. Those suffixes are a basic component of the Internet as we all know and love it today. As the Internet grows and we run out of addresses using the original suffixes, new offerings are crafted by the agency to oversee top-level domains around the world.
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Reevu shows off the world’s first rear vision motorcycle helmet system
While helmets aren't required in many states to ride a motorcycle on the streets, a huge number of riders do choose to wear a helmet to help protect them in the event of an accident. One of the complaints of wearing a helmet is that it limits some of your vision and makes it more difficult to see what's going on behind you. A company called Reevu has a helmet that has the world's first rear view imaging system built right in.
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3Doodler pen continues to annihilate Kickstarter goal
We talked about the really cool 3Doodler pen a few times in the past. This is a pen that allows users to draw in the air using a plastic material. This device reminds me of a 3-D printer distilled down to its most basic elements and crossed with a hot glue gun.
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