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Is Playing StarCraft a Sport?
The legitimacy of electronic sports (e-sports) as an actual sport is a topic that has been debated in various circles for many years. Some actually would argue that playing video games competitively has been a legitimate sporting activity since the late ’80s. Early multiplayer gaming competitions formed during the early ’90s when Doom and Doom [...]
Can Is It Old Really Help You Share Links Better?
If you’ve ever been caught sharing a link to an old blog post on Twitter or Facebook, you know how embarrassing the resulting comments and feedback can be. To alleviate this possible humiliation, a new Web site called Is It Old promises to allow users to check the link to any blog post, news article [...]
How to Control Location Tracking on the iPhone / iOS
Location tracking is a double-edged sword for many users of popular smart phones running apps through advanced operating systems including iOS, Android, and Windows Phone 7. This allows your system and third-party apps to use your current location in order to expand upon the software’s available features. For example, a photo can be tagged with [...]
Turning Your Facebook Profile Picture Purple Won’t Stop Bullying
It’s a trend Facebook users seem to love: changing a profile picture to support the hottest movement of the month to draw “awareness” to a specific cause or political campaign. It’s been done before with breast cancer and child abuse, just to name a few, and Facebook users have even created memes in order to [...]
MotoACTV Vs. iPod nano
Recently, the MotoACTV has received a lot of heat for looking an awful lot like an iPod nano. While these two devices look very much the same on the surface, how far do the similarities actually go? Is the MotoACTV set to compete head-to-head with the iPod nano, or is it another copycat destined to [...]
Good News! Cell Phones Not Linked to Cancer
For all of those who have been worried that talking on your cell phone — or even just carrying it around in your purse or pocket — could end up giving you cancer in the future, you can keep talking. Danish researchers have released a study on the British Medical Journal’s Web site that shows [...]
New Startup Wahooly Wants to Help You Invest in Other Startups
If you’re like me, you don’t have a lot of extra cash laying around. Between everyday bills, debt and atrocious student loans, I’m not exactly the type that could even think about investing in startups. But Wahooly — a startup itself — wants to help make investing startups accessible to the average, everyday person. But [...]
Windows 8 App Store: What You Need to Know
When I first heard rumors that Microsoft was going to provide a Windows app store, I got really excited — until I learned the full details. Boy, was I disappointed! Here’s the deal: When Microsoft releases the version of Windows that follows Windows 7 (currently code named “Windows 8″), it will include a Windows app [...]
New World of Warcraft Race: Pandaren
The Pandaren will be a new playable race created for the Mists of Pandaria expansion of World of Warcraft. It is a neutral class that can be played as either Alliance or Horde, an allegiance formed at level 10. The Pandaren are from a serene and considerably tranquil land known as Pandaria, which itself is [...]
Roamz App for iPhone Helps You Find Things You Like
Most hyper local geolocation apps are based upon the concept of checking in. Gowalla and Foursquare are two examples of this mechanic, as checking in helps businesses identify who is visiting their restaurant or store, but also provides rewards as incentive for users to keep using the app. This type of gamification for consumer activity [...]
