Monthly Archives: October 2013

First Auto-HDR, Auto-Action, Auto-Tag, Auto-Erase Experiment Fails

As the hand of the photographer is still faintly visible. With the newly announced G+ updates this will be corrected… Can we get an Auto-Hide for our future streams as we will get Auto-Everything home-videos as well… #AutoFail #NoActualGoogleProcessingWasInvolvedInTheMakingOfThisPost #Tech … Continue reading

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US Senate: Security State is okay; classic spying should be banned

After eavesdropping on 80 Million Germans, 70 Million French, 60 Million Spanish and tens of millions of Americans, the US senate concluded that the NSA should just stop listening to the phone of German chancellor Angela Merkel. A remarkable conclusion … Continue reading

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No Angela, I won't look at your phone

No Angela, I won't look at your phone…. #politics  

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Apple iPad lost 2 mm, Mini weighs 10% more, 2013 iPad's price up

See what I did there?() Marketing is the (re-)writing of headlines or at least that's the way Apple approaches it. Everything is always better, bigger smaller with revolutionary features. It resembles the old car industry 'new model' hype. Just a … Continue reading

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#tcsummit2013 #tcsummit +Ayoub Khote +John Skeats

The plebs rebel: the 99% wonder where G+ is heading #SocMed Originally shared by +Paddy Hoolahan #tcsummit2013 #tcsummit +Ayoub Khote +John Skeats This is an open letter to the Top Contributors summit. This is not a letter of anger, this … Continue reading

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Somalia proved once again too difficult for US special forces

According to reports US Seals tried to storm a house in Somalia to 'target' an alleged member of the Shabab militants. The group which recently attacked the shopping mall in Kenya. After a silent approach from the sea the Seals … Continue reading

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High-grade Crystal Meth: no longer online as Silk Road is closed

Today the FBI seized the Tor site which was known as the Amazon of illegal drugs, weapons and forged passports. The most amazing part is the estimated turn-over: 1.2 billion dollar (yes, $1,200,000,000) According to the court documents the so-called … Continue reading

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Bench marketing by Samsung all Android manufacturers shows mobile industry is mature by now UPDATED

Samsung has been found out: the Galaxy Note 3 recognizes benchmark programs and adjusts the clock speeds to show artificial performance. A stupid contempt of consumers, but also a sign the mobile industry is now where the graphic cards makers … Continue reading

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