Bonnie Burton

This iPhone 11 case is completely edible

An iPhone case design often reflects your personality. Glittery phone cases mean you like to show off. Subtle leather covers suggest an air of sophistication. But all this DIY iPhone case does is show that its creator cares a lot more about eating than protecting his phone.  View this post on Instagram Introducing to you, …

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Spider

Learning to read and write can be daunting for kids, but with the new Marvel Hero Tales mobile app from Kuato Studios, little ones hopefully can get some help from Spider-Man, Captain Marvel, Ms. Marvel and other Marvel greats. The free app, available on iOS and Android, encourages kids from 7 to 11 to write their own Marvel stories while …

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Sesame Street Muppets want you to put away your phones during dinner

When was the last time you ate dinner and didn’t check social media? If you can’t stop looking at Instagram between courses, maybe you should listen to some wise advice from a few Muppets.  In a video from Sesame Street and advocacy organization Common Sense posted on Tuesday, everyone’s favorite Muppets want to remind us of our unhealthy addiction to …

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In Super Bowl ad, Mint Mobile tries to win customers with chunky milk

This year’s Super Bowl 2019 commercials creeped viewers out or inspired them but this Super Bowl ad from Mint Mobile turned  stomachs.  Because Mint Mobile wants to attract more customers one glass of chunky-style milk at a time.  In a new commercial — which ran during Sunday’s Super Bowl  — Mint Mobile advertises a deal for wireless internet for $20 a …

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Double check your Amazon order to avoid crazy shipping costs

Amazon has a way of making shopping for necessities easy, but that doesn’t mean you should blindly click away without carefully checking the total before hitting that Place Your Order button. Learn from the unfortunate Georgia woman who ordered $88 (roughly £66, AU$117) worth of toilet paper from Amazon and ended up being charged more than $7,000 (roughly £5,258, AU$9,299) …

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Garbage Pail Kids cards from the ’80s to return as a mobile game

Remember Junky Jeff, Meltin’ Milton and Methane Max? These characters from the retro Garbage Pail Kids collectible cards could get a newfound fan base thanks to an upcoming mobile game from Jago Studios. The game studio announced Tuesday that it will partner with the Topps Company to develop the mobile game based on the trading cards. The new role-playing game …

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Waffle, sloth and Saturn could become new emojis

If you’ve ever sent a text and lamented the lack of emojis depicting waffles, sloths, otters and the planet Saturn, you could be in luck.  Unicode — the consortium that governs the standard that includes emojis — has 104 proposed Emoji Candidates  (60 characters plus variants) that have advanced to Draft Candidate status for a possible release date in 2019.  This means …

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LumiWatch smartwatch turns your arm into a touchscreen

Like the idea of a device that doesn’t need to be picked up or carried around?  You might be impressed by the prototype for the LumiWatch, a new smartwatch from Carnegie Mellon University researchers that turns your arm or hand into a touchscreen.  The fully functional and self-contained LumiWatch uses a bright, 15-lumen projection module and touch sensor to give you …

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New smart umbrella forecasts weather and finds itself

A new umbrella may be just the answer for those of us who constantly forget or misplace our rainy-day gear. The Weatherman umbrella, which debuted Thursday, uses an app paired with a Bluetooth tracker to follow weather forecasts.  More high-tech umbrellas This smart umbrella tells you when you need an umbrella At last! A vibrating umbrella that tells you it’s about …

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Watch public payphones frustrate tech

Nothing will make you feel older than talking to someone who has never used, or even heard of, a public phone. In the latest “Kids React” video by Fine Brothers Entertainment, kids are challenged to use a traditional pay phone with hilarious results.  More kids confused by old tech Kids attempt to use rotary phone, confusion ensues ‘Kids React’ drags out …

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