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Bravery Second Gets Official Artwork and Title
I never got into the first Bravely game, but I've always loved the artwork for the series. This makes me want to buy a 3DS all over again and try it out.
via raven777 on NeoGAF
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Sling TV adds AMC to It's Lineup
Dish announced that they are adding AMC to their Sling TV service "Soon".
Dish’s Sling TV, the low-cost cable-TV-on-the-Web experiment, just got a little more interesting: The service is adding the AMC network, the channel that delivers cable hits like “Mad Men” and the “Walking Dead.”
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More Great Zelda Artwork
Video Game Art continues to be a great Twitter account that all video game fans should be following.
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Photos for Mac
Apple unveiled the new Photos app for Mac today. It's built into the next point release of OS X, and is the replacement for iPhoto and Aperture.
There seems to be some trepidation about this, but I am bullish on the prospects of the app. To my eyes, the previews I've
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Subscribe to Good Music on Bandcamp
<a data-preserve-html-node="true" href="http://grmnygrmny.bandcamp.com/album/star-system">Star System by Germany Germany</a>
Bandcamp is one of my favorite places to discover new music. SoundCloud and The Hype Machine are great as well, but discovering a new artist on Bandcamp
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Apple is Building an Android App
9to5Mac reports that Apple is working on Beats Music, and intends to keep up Android comparability. And this isn't just keeping the old app around, they're building their own Android app in-house.
Apple engineers are currently working on an Android app for the new Apple-branded service. Contrasting with former
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Speed Testing an iPad vs a Mac
You don't often see speed tests between a Mac and an iPad, so I thought I would put together a little video. There's also some commentary on the state of mobile hardware.
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The PonoPlayer Just Sucks
I try to keep this site pretty positive. I want to believe in a world that embraces enthusiasm and joy over knee-jerk pessimism and Twitter one-liners, but it has to be said that the PonoPlayer looks like a crappy device.
David Pogue has my favorite review yet. In his review, he says this
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Inside Gaming Has Left Machinima
That's the last video Adam, Justin, Bruce, and Lawrence did for Machinima last week, and it's a bittersweet goodbye. I'm sad to see them leave the channel, but I'm super excited to see what they do together next. Good luck to all of them, and I hope
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This is Why I Love Sports
As usual, Jason Kottke wrote a great post about why he loves sports (within a post on why he hates the NFL).
Life is full of many greater, more fulfilling, and more genuine moments, but there's no feeling quite like the one when you realize your team has won, especially when that victory
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Samsung is Unbundling TouchWiz
Via SamMobile
It has been reported that Samsung is working on optimizing its software for the Galaxy S6 to near-Nexus levels, and we now have exclusive info that the company is removing every add-on feature that can be downloaded as an application, and slimming down the software by a wide margin in the
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Wil Wheaton on Being Wesley Crusher
Wil Wheaton has taken to answering questions on his Tumblr lately, and the question of do you actually regret being wesley crusher?? spurred a really great response. I'd ask you to follow the link to see his answer, but I will say here that I have come around on Wil Wheaton quite a
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Nothing That's Free Lasts
Matt Gammell on paying for what you enjoy
If we don’t support the things we love, with actual money, those things will go away. If we ignore the kickstarter campaigns, and block the ads, and read the content without supporting the author, and pirate the apps, sooner or later we’ll lose those things
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Night Photography Over New York (at 7,500 feet)
Photographer Vincent Laforet took a helicopter up to 7,500 feet one night over New York City, and took some amazing photographs. His photo essay is a delight to read, and there are a ton of awe-inspiring shots in there.
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It's Really Not That Hard to Sell Tech to Women
Belinda Lanks at Bloomberg Businessweek
Women are the early adopters of all kinds of technology. We talk on our phones and send more text messages than men, spend more time using location-based services, and own the vast majority of Internet-connected devices, including e-readers and health gadgets.
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Yet the tech industry continues to
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Statamic is Now Wilderborn
The guys behind Statamic, one of my favorite CMS's, separated their company name from their product. They announced the change in a blog post today. They're now Wilderborn.
Now, this is yet another name that I'm pretty sure isn't a word, but I'll let it