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New York’s TechCrunch Disrupt
Emerging Technology at TechCrunch Disrupt This year, New York’s TechCrunch Disrupt moved from Pier 60 on the water to midtown’s Manhattan Center to allow more space for startup displays. The event...
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InBetweenJobs: Relevant Startup from TC Distrupt
New Startup ‘InBetweenJobs’ ‘ Like most people my age, I’ve frequently found myself “in between jobs”. As job security becomes a sweet old-fashioned concept like white gloves and monogrammed notepaper,...
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Video Startup Roundup: Glide, Magisto and CrowdFlik
Glide, the Video Walkie-Talkie I got the chance to talk with the Glide team here at TechCrunch Disrupt, just before they won Monday’s audience choice for best startup! Glide is a video-chat messaging...
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Startup Roundup: efemr and BitPonics
Gardening With BitPonics About two years ago, I got the chance to check out MoMA’s Talk To Me exhibit, a really interesting show playing with everyday objects and communication. The entire show was...
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Next Steps: Following Up On Geek Insider Posts
Steampunk MMO. Singing zombie puppets. Banging your friends. In today’s post, I’m following up with some of my previous Geek Insider posts/topics to see what’s happened next. I wrote in February about...
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‘Electronic Games’ From The 1980′s
I recently came across a collection of back issues of Electronic Games magazine from the early 1980′s. Electronic Games was founded by Bill Kunkel and Arnie Katz, and ran from 1981 to 1994. These...
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Treasure Seekers of Lady Luck
Treasure Seekers of Lady Luck is a new interactive fiction game from Christopher Brendel and Choice of Games. Treasure Seekers of Lady Luck follows Heroes Rise: The Prodigy, Choice of the Star Captain,...
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Candy Crush Saga: Admit It, You Play
Even if you’re one of the few people who hasn’t been sucked in, you’ve probably seen the cute Candy Crush icon all over your Facebook feed. Candy Crush Saga: Cute Matching Addiction King.com’s Candy...
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Geek Girl Pen Pals
International Geek Girl Pen Pal Club is a new organization dedicated to the awesome intersection of meeting new geek friends and the dying art of letter-writing. The amazing staff, four creative and...
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Back to the Future II DeLorean Model – Review
Entertainment Earth’s Back To The Future II Delorean Vehicle Entertainment Earth’s Back To The Future II Delorean Vehicle is a 1:15th scale model of Doc’s beloved time-traveling car. Enterntainment...
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Samurai How-To For this presentation at Animazement, four of the young men from stage-combat group The Jacabals demonstrated how to properly wear a hakama. A hakama is the wide-pants bottom worn over a...
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Q & A with Cookie Cosplay
I saw these amazing Link and Zelda costumes at last weekend’s Animazement, and as I got closer to compliment the cosplayers, I realized both outfits were totally handmade. Zelda (check out her photos...
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New Mobile CCG, ‘Star Trek: Rivals’
Just in time for the new movie Star Trek: Into Darkness, my friends at North Carolina game studio Elephant Mouse has released Star Trek: Rivals, a two-player card game available free on iOs. Elephant...
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Indie Games On Amazon!
Yeah, that’s right. Amazon.com is now selling indie games. Here’s what they had to say about this: Game development is an art, like any other. It can be personally rewarding, and like other forms of...
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Chinese Language Learning On The iPad
When I lived in Beijing, I used ChinesePod language lessons to work on my Mandarin. ChinesePod beat out Berlitz and other language tapes because it offered short, targeted lessons. I could practice a...
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MakerFaire North Carolina
This weekend is North Carolina’s MakerFaire, held at the state fairgrounds in Raleigh. MakerFaire is an amazing festival for DIY-everything, connected with the awesome Make magazine. I attended the New...
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Comic Book Superheroines, Wearing Pants
Michael Lee Lunsford is an artist who’s reimagined costumes for beloved superheroines like Wonder Woman and SuperGirl. He’s put our favorite super-powered ladies in pants and full coverage versions of...
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Avabel: A Rough Draft For Emerging Tablet MMORPGs
Avabel is billed as a free-to-play MMO for the tablet market, but a glance at the graphics separates it from the billions of other multiplayer adventure games. The game is just so pretty! Avabel: A...
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Tax Evaders!
Tax Evaders! A Space Invaders-themed Economy Game For Your Browser April in the United States is tax time! Whether you’re anticipating a nice refund, or you’re anxiously sorting your 1099s, if taxes...
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BookGorilla
BookGorilla: Free e-books in Your Favorite Literary Genres New site BookGorilla alerts readers to Amazon discounts and freebies for ebooks they’ll like. Users sign up for the type of books they read,...
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