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Mars Rover game hits Xbox Live, tasks you with safely landing the Curiosity with Kinect
Posted On 16 Jul 2012 By Sarah Silbert. Under: Uncategorized.
NASA has already made it clear that the Curiosity's touchdown on Mars is a nerve-wracking experience, what with the seven minutes of radio silence, zero margin of error and all. To drive that point home, the organization partnered with Microsoft to o...
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Ambitious To Be The Next Online-Only Uniqlo, India’s Freecultr Gets $9M From Ru-Net, Sequoia
Posted On 16 Jul 2012 By Ingrid Lunden. Under: Uncategorized.
A lot of global clothing brands turn to India these days to manufacture their products. But today comes news of a $9 million funding round for an online clothing brand based in India that has big ambitions to go global. Freecultr -- which CEO and co-founder Sujal Shah likens to an "online-only Uniqlo" (read: competitive price points on trendy, casual apparel) -- has added Russian VC ru-Net as an investor, with participation also from existing investor Sequoia in this Series B round. Total funding in the company is now $13 million.
Freecultr, which opened its virtual doors for business in December 2011, has been something of a trailblazer in its home market, offering India's connected middle classes a wide, westernized selection of clothing and accessories online, with a nationwide delivery network that was put in place within a month of launch -- no mean feat in a still-developing country. It now gets more than 1 million visitors to its site every month, and is seeing double-digit revenue growth.No Comments
Armstar BodyGuard: What Batman Would Use to Hold His iPhone
Posted On 16 Jul 2012 By TecheBlog Staff. Under: Uncategorized.
If Batman needed to use his iPhone in the line of duty, this is where he'd store it. It's called the Armstar BodyGuard, and has a "built-in stun gun, laser and HD camera," in addition to the iPhone dock / holder and electro-gauntlet technology. C...
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Canon announces printing and scanning app for BlackBerry and iOS, makes Android devices lonely
Posted On 16 Jul 2012 By Billy Steele. Under: Uncategorized.
If you snagged a Canon imageRUNNER or imageRUNNER Advance multi-function system for your printing needs, you're in luck. You can now perform the aforementioned tasks along with scanning functionality from your BlackBerry or iOS device. Thanks to the C...
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7 Awesome Pokemon Mashups
Posted On 16 Jul 2012 By TecheBlog Staff. Under: Uncategorized.
If you're not familiar with this popular media franchise owned by Nintendo, Pokemon "has become the second-most successful and lucrative video game-based media franchise in the world, behind only Nintendo's own Mario franchise." So, it's no surpr...
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Intel pumps SSD 330 capacity up to 240GB, trims other drives’ prices to match
Posted On 16 Jul 2012 By Jon Fingas. Under: Uncategorized.
If you haven't already dropped a solid-state drive into your computer, Intel just gave you a not-so-subtle nudge in that direction. Its entry-level SSD 320 has jumped in capacity from 180GB to 240GB, saving a few diñeiros for anyone who would ...
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Intel pumps SSD 330 capacity up to 240GB, trims other drives’ prices to match
Posted On 16 Jul 2012 By Jon Fingas. Under: Uncategorized.
If you haven't already dropped a solid-state drive into your computer, Intel just gave you a not-so-subtle nudge in that direction. Its entry-level SSD 320 has jumped in capacity from 180GB to 240GB, saving a few diñeiros for anyone who would ...
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Samsung reduces EX2F point-and-shoot price to $499 before August arrival
Posted On 16 Jul 2012 By Zachary Lutz. Under: Uncategorized.
Samsung's EX2F camera isn't even on the market yet, but it has a brand new feature that you're bound to appreciate: a lower price. If you'll recall, we recently went hands-on with Sammy's kit, which features an f/1.4-2.7, 24-79mm lens, a 12.4-megapix...
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Samsung reduces EX2F point-and-shoot price to $499 before August arrival
Posted On 16 Jul 2012 By Zachary Lutz. Under: Uncategorized.
Samsung's EX2F camera isn't even on the market yet, but it has a brand new feature that you're bound to appreciate: a lower price. If you'll recall, we recently went hands-on with Sammy's kit, which features an f/1.4-2.7, 24-79mm lens, a 12.4-megapix...
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PR Done Right: Facebook Engineer Apologizes On Reddit For Blocking Imgur Links
Posted On 16 Jul 2012 By Billy Gallagher. Under: Uncategorized.
Facebook software engineer Matt Jones has taken to Reddit to apologize to users for accidentally blocking popular image hosting site Imgur while working to catch malicious URLs. The image below was posted by Redditer “AmericanDerp” and was upvoted 2,469 times with 663 comments in the past five hours.No Comments
