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Bouncers Using Facebook as Form of Identification

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It used to be when you wanted to go to the bar or a club, you just needed a drivers license or other ID that you could show them to make sure you aren’t under age. Well, now a new form of identification is being used at some clubs. Apparently…

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May 7th, 2012 by: Conner Flynn

Social Media Shoes: Like and Tweet on Your Feet

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Social media is everywhere these days. You can’t watch a TV program, enter a store or pass a billboard without being asked to “Like” or “Follow” these entities on Facebook, Twitter or other social networking websites. So what’s next? Social media wearables, I suppose. We’ve already seen some concepts for…

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May 6th, 2012 by: Technabob

Tweet Mug Wants Hold Coffee, Hashtags

Tweet Mug

Whenever something particularly interesting happens online, you can expect it to start trending on-blogging site Twitter. So there’s no reason why this incredibly adorable Tweet Mug shouldn’t get some mentions on the very site where it drew inspiration.…

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April 4th, 2012 by: Hazel Chua

Creepy “Girls Around Me” App Pulled from the App Store

Girls Around Me

People have been concerned with Facebook’s privacy settings for a long time, but a creepy app called Girls Around Me… might force those involved in the industry to take heed of these concerns.

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April 3rd, 2012 by: Hazel Chua

Instaprint Will Make Your Parties the #Coolest #Ever

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Instagram is one of the few apps on the market that revolutionized how people captured photos and shared images. What I love about the app are the effects and filters that give my images a unique look and feel when I’m ready to share them.…

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March 7th, 2012 by: Hazel Chua

Chumkee Social App Helps You Get Chummy with People from All Over the World

Chumkee App

Test messaging makes it quicker and easier to communicate, but it’s also highly impersonal. Most people I know don’t take text apologies seriously, and breaking up through text? Now that’s just sad. But meeting up in person or talking on the phone all the time just isn’t possible either.…

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February 22nd, 2012 by: Hazel Chua

Olly and Molly: Smell and Taste Your Tweets

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People are always trying to figure out ways to make the internet more tangible, and one of the more common ways to do this is to build devices that interact with Twitter or Facebook in some way. In this case, we have a pair of devices which let you smell…

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February 1st, 2012 by: Technabob

LikeBelt: Thrust to Like

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If you see a guy with a thick belt around his waist making some weird hip movements and thrusting in random directions, don’t immediately dismiss him as being some weird pervert who has nothing better to do with his life just yet. Because you never know, he might just be…

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January 27th, 2012 by: Hazel Chua

Tweeting Sensor: Posts Temperature, Humidity and Radiation, Eventually

Tweeting Sensor

People use Twitter for various reasons. Some users tweet senseless stuff everyday (like “I just farted” or “My cat is sleeping.”…) Some re-tweet quotes that they find meaningful, while some just post jokes, rants, and anything that they feel like posting about.

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January 25th, 2012 by: Hazel Chua

“If I Die” Facebook App Lets You Post One Last Message From Your Grave

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Some families contact Facebook to have the accounts of their loved ones closed when they pass away. Others just leave them be so contacts can leave comments remembering the life they led and the impact they made on the lives of others.…

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January 16th, 2012 by: Hazel Chua

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