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Nintendo 3DS Sales Up 260% After Price Cut to $169.99
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The Nintendo 3DS hadn’t been selling that well since it launched. Many people are blaming the poor line up of video games for the consoles poor sales. The lineup is very sparse right now, but the bigger issue was the $250 price in many opinions. Nintendo recently cut the price… |
September 12th, 2011
(Another) Magic Mirror on the Wall Wants to Make You Over
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Having another one of those off days where you just want to throw on the first few things you can grab from your closet? You probably won’t be able to leave the bathroom dressed like a fashion disaster if you’ve got this cool mirror with an attached Kinect sensor hanging… |
September 6th, 2011
Amazon Wants to Turn 7-Eleven Stores into Post Offices?
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Amazon has always been a pioneer in the shopping world. They are the number one online shopping website and they didn’t attain that rank by standing still. They are constantly working to innovate and find new ways to make their customers lives easier.… |
September 5th, 2011
Netflix Lets Starz Walk, Streaming Deal to End
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OK, Netflix and Starz listen up – You’re killing me, Smalls! Seriously, the single best thing for me on Netflix is that when Starz has a movie or show I want to watch I know it will all be on Netflix. My kids watch the children’s films they have on… |
September 3rd, 2011
Man Gets Confidential Apple Files with His Repaired Time Capsule
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This is wild to me. Apparently, a guy had an Apple Time Capsule that stopped working. He carried the backup drive into his local Apple Store to let the Geniuses there work on the drive for him. When he went back to pick up his repaired Time Capsule they gave… |
September 2nd, 2011
Woman Buys Wooden iPad for $180
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You know the old saying, Don’t take any wooden nickels…? Well, you shouldn’t get suckered into buying a wooden iPad for $180 either. |
August 31st, 2011
Lawyer Suspended for Spending Too Much Time Playing His Video Games
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So we’ve seen and heard of people who were incapable of going about their everyday lives because of an addiction to something. For many, it’s alcohol. For some, it was drugs. But for this certain guy, it was video games.… |
August 29th, 2011
Restaurant Kicks Lady Out for Tweeting that Bartender was a Twerp
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I have been in a restaurant before when someone was generally making an ass of themselves complaining about everything. I have also been in a restaurant before when I have leaned over to my wife and noted that the waiter was a tool. A lady named Allison Matsu was at… |
August 18th, 2011
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle on the Run After Robbing Wendy’s
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You’d think this Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle would go pull a fast one on a Pizza Hut or something, but he defies everyone’s expectations by hitting on Wendy’s instead.… |
August 18th, 2011
Fake Apple Store in Kunming, China Changes Name, Keeps Apple Logo
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Last month we talked a bit about a fake Apple Store in Kunming, China that was so convincing that some of the employees even though they worked for Apple. It was later discovered that there were about 22 other fake Apple Stores in Kunming and the authorities moved to close… |
August 15th, 2011
