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The Echo is Amazon’s latest futuristic gadget experiment. It’s one part Bluetooth speaker and one part personal voice assistant. And it blew my mind. You control the Echo with your voice; you can tell it to do things like play … Continue reading →

Brean Cunningham and Douglas Seirup already knew they wanted to make a documentary about the connection between humans and animals when they came across Don’t Throw Us Away. The nonprofit organization that teaches prison inmates to train and rehabilitate abandoned … Continue reading →

As it gets more aggressive about growth, Twitter wants to be useful to just about everyone — including the media. Curator, a tool the company unveiled last week, makes it easier for media outlets to figure out which topics are … Continue reading →

Flipboard, the popular media-aggregating app, is no longer just for mobile. The company on Tuesday introduced Flipboard for the Web, a browser-based experience that takes Flipboard’s clean, slick look on tablets and smartphones and blows it out for the desktop. … Continue reading →

Hail Sony Thanks to a deal between Sony Pictures and Marvel announced Monday night, Spider-Man is now officially a part of the Marvel cinematic universe. See also: Spider-Man swings back to the Marvel movie universe, hallelujah The terms of the … Continue reading →

Who run the world? Beyoncé, obviously. But the Barden Bellas come a close second In the newest Pitch Perfect 2 trailer, the aca-awesome gals tackle the Queen B’s hit song “Run the World” to prove they still got it, even … Continue reading →

If the Grammys had an award for best cover artist, Anthony Vincent of Ten Second Songs would definitely win. Even Kanye can agree. Vincent is well-known on YouTube for performing live versions of popular cover songs, but he takes the … Continue reading →

Stargazers, set your cameras to shootNikon’s new D810A is a special variant of its D810 DSLR designed specifically for astrophotography Nikon says it tweaked the infrared cut filter on the camera to better capture the hydrogen alpha spectral wavelength. In … Continue reading →

People have been freaking out over the highly anticipated release of the book turned movie Fifty Shades of Grey. But what if Steve Buscemi played the dominating lead character of Christian Grey instead of Jamie Dornan? This mock trailer explores … Continue reading →

Everyone knows that Jabba the Hut, Star Wars: Return of the Jedi’s slug-like oligarch, was the real star of that movie. He was more imposing than all the leads, cinematically evil and dies in the first act. He was also … Continue reading →