Category Archives: GEEKY OR TECHIE GADGET STUFF

Mikhail Kalashnikov, Creator of AK-47, Dies at 94

Posted on December 23, 2013 by ivanmconsiglio

Lt. Gen. Mikhail T. Kalashnikov, the inventor of the AK-47, holding a prototype of his famous assault rifle in 2007. The arms designer credited by the Soviet Union with creating the AK-47, the first in a series of rifles and … Continue reading →

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Facebook self-censorship: What happens to the posts you don’t publish?

Posted on December 20, 2013 by ivanmconsiglio

Facebook wants to know why you didn’t publish that status update you started writing. Continue reading →

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Facebook Self-Censorship: Posts You Write But Don’t Publish Tracked | TIME.com

Posted on December 16, 2013 by ivanmconsiglio

The social network monitors what you say — and what you don’t say.

Read more: Facebook Self-Censorship: Posts You Write But Don’t Publish Tracked | TIME.com http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/12/16/facebook-is-keeping-track-of-every-post-you-write-and-dont-publish/#ixzz2nfnmJczW Continue reading →

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Internet: Bots Responsible for More than 60% of All Web Traffic | TIME.com

Posted on December 13, 2013 by ivanmconsiglio

Online traffic from bots in 2013 — automated softwarethat include everything from hacking tools to spammers to search engine catalogers — is up 21 percent from 2012, when 51 percent of website visits already came from bots. Thirty-one percent of bots are malicious, according to a recent study, but spam bots decreased from two percent of traffic last year to half-a-percent in 2013. Continue reading →

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Facebook Admits Organic Reach Is Falling Short, Urges Marketers to Buy Ads

Posted on December 12, 2013 by ivanmconsiglio

Facebook is being more blunt about the fact that marketers are going to have to pay for reach. By Cotton Delo (cdelo@adage.com) originally published on Thu, 05 Dec 2013 07:00:00 -0500 If they haven’t already, many marketers will soon see … Continue reading →

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The “Miniatur Wunderland” model railway attraction in Hamburg, Germany

Posted on December 12, 2013 by ivanmconsiglio

MINIATUR WUNDERLAND HAMBURG
The largest model railway in the world, and one of the most successful permanent exhibitions in Northern Germany Continue reading →

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An Artist Counted Every Atomic Explosion On Earth And Shows Them All In A Matter Of Seconds

Posted on December 10, 2013 by ivanmconsiglio

http://youtu.be/9U8CZAKSsNA Japanese artist Isao Hashimoto decided to visualize all the nuclear detonations in the history of time, and has created a beautiful, undeniably scary time-lapse map of the 2053 nuclear explosions which have taken place between 1945 and 1998, beginning … Continue reading →

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Watch “300: Rise of An Empire Official Trailer 3 – Sullivan Stapleton, Eva Green” on YouTube

Posted on December 6, 2013 by ivanmconsiglio

This movie promises to be as good as its predecessor, “300”, …. Any volunteers for a boys’ flic night out for it? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrE1YHdJDtg&feature=youtube_gdata_player Posted from WordPress for Android

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Android torch app with over 50m downloads silently sent user location and device data to advertisers

Posted on December 6, 2013 by ivanmconsiglio

Brightest Flashlight app on Android was deceptive in sending user data to advertisers, says US FTC. Photograph: /public domain US Federal Trade Commission charges ‘deception’ over app which turned on lights on Android smartphones – but also told advertisers about … Continue reading →

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Forget flying cars, check out these cool flying robots

Posted on December 5, 2013 by ivanmconsiglio

These awesome flying robots are taking unmanned flight in new directions. Watch them hover like a bee, flap like a bird and bounce like a ball, at the Institute for Dynamic Systems and Control. Via CNN.com Click here to view … Continue reading →

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