iOS: Apple’s Reminders is an okay app, but its location-based reminders aren’t exactly quick to create. Checkmark is much better, making it a snap to create reminders at any spot, and it’s free today (down from $4.99). We’ve talked about Checkmark quite a few times, and it really is a great app. You just set
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Ray Manzarek, the legendary keyboardist who founded The Doors in 1965 with fellow UCLA film school alum Jim Morrison, died of cancer Monday at age 74. Manzarek had fought a long battle with bile duct cancer.”I was deeply saddened to hear about the passing of my friend and bandmate Ray Manzarek today,” Doors guitarist Robby
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On the eve of Microsoft’s planned Xbox reveal, the company has finally ended its long silent streak to say that the new console will actually be unveiled in two stages.Speaking on the latest Major Nelson podcast, Microsoft’s interactive entertainment chief of staff Aaron Greenberg said that his company will roll out its next-generation video game
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Mac: Minbox is a new file sharing service that’s fast, free, and lets you upload files of any size and any type so you can send them to friends. Best of all, it does it all without forcing you to wait for the upload to finish before you can share the file and get back
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Google co-founder and chief executive Larry Page — speaking quietly and hoarsely because of his paralyzed vocal cords — was philosophical and reflective Tuesday as he described himself as a “nerdy curmudgeon” who is fed up with the “zero-sum” game being played by competitors.Page, 40, in a rare appearance, not only spoke, but took questions
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The ChargeCard is a tiny, credit-card sized USB charging card that slips into a pocket or fits into your wallet, and makes sure you’re never without a USB cable for data or power to keep your phone or other mobile devices juiced up. If you’ve ever wished you had a USB cable handy, or ever
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We’ve talked before about the things every computer user should know how to do, but we geeks are special: we want to go above and beyond, to explore every nook and cranny of our system and make everything easier. Here are ten ways to do just that. Read more… from Lifehacker
This is the AK-47 that guitar maker Jimmy DiResta turned into a fully functional guitar for Wycleaf Jean. It carries a powerful message. One about…Haiti? Okay so maybe I don’t know what the message is, or if there even is one. Not everything has to make some sort of social or political statement you know.
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Writing for the Time 100: What the competitors don’t seem to understand is you cannot get people this smart to work this hard just for money. Jony is Obi-Wan. His team are Jedi whose nobility depends on the pursuit of greatness over profit, believing the latter will always follow the former, stubbornly passing up near-term
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Infogr.am is a free webapp that ingests spreadsheets and .csv files, and spits out gorgeous, interactive infographics. More » from Lifehacker
