Google Glass fan treated for severe addiction, experienced painful withdrawal symptoms
It’s official: Too much Google Glass is very bad for you. The Guardian notices that a new article published in the journal Addictive Behaviours details treatment for one man’s severe addiction to Google Glass, which led him to experience painful withdrawal symptoms that were likened to withdrawal from alcoholism.
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Watch this man relive your childhood as he speeds though Goldeneye, Mario 64 and more
In an experiment to make us all feel like we’re way past our prime, a man decided to do speed runs of “classic games” on the Nintendo 64. To make matters worse, he managed to obliterate Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Super Mario 64 and Goldeneye 007 — three full games — in under an hour.
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Apple ousts the competition as it prepares to take on fitness with the Apple Watch
Leading up the launch of the Apple Watch next year, Apple will stop selling Fitbit devices at its retail stores, Re/code has learned. The sources were not clear about why Apple will be cutting off its partnership with Fitbit, but Re/code notes that this news comes just one week after Fitbit confirmed it has no plans to integrate with Apple’s HealthKit software any time soon.
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New report claims Samsung may make a mistake of epic proportions
Things haven’t been going great for Samsung lately, but things surely can’t be this bad for the company… can they? SamMobile points us to a new report in The Korea Herald that claims Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is meeting with Samsung executives in Seoul this week to discuss whether Samsung is interested in building the next “Facebook Phone.”
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The most hilarious thing you’ll see today: Conan invents amazing new emoji
It seems like people in their mid-20s and younger can no longer communicate using conventional methods such as… typing words. Instead, they string together surprisingly complex thoughts using only emoji, the tiny ideograms that first became popular in Japan and then spread across the globe like wildfire. There are already hundreds of tiny faces, people, animals, objects and more in the ever-growing emoji library, but what happens when you need to express more specific emotions with emoji?
As it turns out, Conan O’Brien has the perfect solution.
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It looks like Apple finally isn’t ‘doomed’ anymore
The iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are a huge success for Apple, with unofficial estimates claiming the company sold over 21 million units in the first two weeks of sales (not including China) and over 20 millions units in China alone during the first three days of preorder availability. The phone is still hard to find in many markets in retail stores, with online stores showing a wait time from a few days to a few weeks depending on the model. Apparently, the iPhone 6 is finally the product some people have been clamoring for years that Apple needed to save itself from “impending doom.”
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BEHOLD: The world’s first Nexus 6 unboxing video
The Nexus 6 was finally unveiled on Wednesday and it marks several firsts for Google. It’s the first time the company will launch a Nexus phablet, the first time Motorola designed a Nexus phone, the first time a Nexus handset will feature bleeding-edge specs, and the first time every top U.S. wireless carrier will sell a Nexus phone. To help Android fans celebrate all of those firsts, we’ve dug up the world’s first Nexus 6 unboxing video for your viewing pleasure.
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Nexus 6 is the first Nexus phone that no U.S. carrier could resist
Google has had a tough time partnering with major U.S. carriers to sell Nexus devices, but things are about to change, at least for the upcoming Nexus 6 smartphone. The gigantic handset will be available for preorder beginning in late October from the Google Play Store, but also from all the major U.S. mobile operators, Google confirmed on Wednesday.
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Mystery solved: This video explains how Google landed on Lollipop
It’s official: the next version of Android will carry the name Lollipop. After months of speculation, the most popular answer turned out to be the correct one as Google unveiled Android 5.0 alongside a new range of Nexus devices. We’re sure to hear plenty more about the update in the coming weeks as Lollipop begins rolling out to select Android devices, but how exactly did Google land on the name in the first place? We were given a hint yesterday, but now the truth has been revealed.
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Android 5.0 Lollipop is coming soon to the Nexus 5 and other Nexus devices
Google on Wednesday quietly took the wraps off a variety of new products, including the Nexus 6, Nexus 9, Nexus Player and most importantly, Android 5.0 Lollipop. The company’s next-gen mobile operating system brings a new design language and a variety of features that should further improve your Android experience, assuming your device will get the Android 5.0 build eventually. Interestingly, it looks like older Nexus devices will also be making the jump to Lollipop, including the Nexus 4 and the 2012 Nexus 7 version, which have not been left out of the Android 5.0 party.
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