Month: June 2013

Instagram up to 130M users shooting photos and, soon, video

Posted by | Jun 20, 2013 | |

Facebook brings video to Instagram Photo- (and now video-)posting social network Instagram is growing like a weed, its CEO said today. While introducing the new video feature, which lets users record quick 15-second clips, co-founder and CEO Kevin Systrom noted that the company was up to 130 million users on the service. To put that number in perspective, Instagram announced it had hit 100 million users just 3 months ago, making that about 10 million extra users a month.

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TechTool Pro goes 64-bit, offering enhanced RAM testing

Posted by | Jun 20, 2013 | |

Software company Micromat, maker of the popular TechTool Pro diagnostics and repair utility, has come out with a new version of the program. TechTool Pro 7 has been rewritten in 64-bit code, which among general enhancements to the software makes it possible to better test memory on modern Mac systems.

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Help! My town is trapped in the 1980s!

Posted by | Jun 20, 2013 | |

Parts of Taos are centuries old, and now a major wireless and Internet outage has temporarily taken life in the town back in time. (Credit: Taos.org/Lenny Foster) Call me inverse Marty McFly, for today I’m writing from the faraway world of the 1980s

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Samsung goes big with Windows 8-powered Ativ line

Posted by | Jun 20, 2013 | |

Samsung unveiled the Samsung Ativ Tab 3 at an event in London on Thursday. (Credit: Andrew Hoyle/CNET) The Ativ name may be silly, but Samsung Electronics is betting heavily on it as the namesake for anything related to Windows. In a showcase Thursday that featured a slew of products, Samsung’s Ativ line played a central role

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Everybody loves a sharp-dressed kettle

Posted by | Jun 20, 2013 | |

The Panasonic NC-ZK1V Kettle with High Quality Stainless Steel and Violet Finish is a high-end countertop appliance suitable for everyday use. (Credit: Panasonic) Hot water has a way of transforming things; coffee, tea, and soup would all be very different without it. Like any transformative technology, it all has to start somewhere

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