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Apple reportedly has started planning production on a new iPhone this year, but there’s still plenty of time to stock up on cool cases for your iPhone 4′s and 5′s SEE ALSO: 7 Super-Slim iPhone Cases We’ve found eight accessories … Continue reading →

A bill allowing states to collect sales tax from online retailers that lack a physical presence in their borders appears primed to pass the Senate this week. The Marketplace Fairness Act passed a procedural vote 74-20 Monday as the White … Continue reading →

Volkswagen illustrates its DSG Tiptronic Transmission’s automatic transmission with a YouTube ad that automatically skips itself. The ad, aimed at Brazilian consumers and supporting the VW Fusca, lasts for 5 seconds — the standard for a YouTube preroll — and … Continue reading →

Celebrities love to share their deep thoughts in 140 characters on Twitter. That’s not to say though that these tweets feature profound words of wisdom. In fact, most of the time, celebrity Twitter streams are more head-scratching than enlightening. YouTuber … Continue reading →

Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, who currently lives on board the International Space Station, shows off his photography skills from space. SEE ALSO: What Happens When You Wring Out a Washcloth in Space Homepage image courtesy of NASA/CSA/NowThisNews Read more… More … Continue reading →

Like the idea of syncing files but don’t trust the cloud? You’re a prime candidate for BitTorrent Sync, the peer-to-peer service’s app that copies and syncs files between computers. Introduced in January, the app comes out of private beta with … Continue reading →

Only on Twitter, folks. Seriously, you can’t make this stuff up Luis Suarez, our antagonistic protagonist here, is something of a bad boy in the soccer world — that is, not necessarily known for his sportsmanship or sense of fair … Continue reading →

In an attempt to beef up its online video viewership, The New York Times announced Tuesday that its videos are now available in full for free to everyone, including those without a subscription to the newspaper or its digital editions. … Continue reading →

A new prosthetic hand lets wearers have better control — thanks to an app. Users of Touch Bionics’ next generation “i-limb ultra revolution” prosthetic device can configure parts of the hand using the companion iOS app, as shown in the … Continue reading →

The first official trailer for the upcoming Thor 2: The Dark World is now online This full-length trailer shows Jane Foster in Asgard and reveals more about the plot, which includes a new, ominous threat and, perhaps, an unlikely new … Continue reading →