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Here’s the poo

The emoji symbol for poop is distinctive, but it can communicate all sorts of sentiments, ranging from “Aw, crap” to “I’m pooped.” It’s also a bit confusing, since it’s a pile of poo with a big grin. It has inspired shirts and dresses and cookie recipes, and now it’s also the key design feature of …

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Apple Watch gets 14 flag

Apple has cooked up a new way for you to show support for your national team at the upcoming Olympic games in Rio — by creating dedicated Apple Watch bands inspired by a selection of flags. But there’s a catch — they’re only available in Brazil. Set to go on sale at the Apple Store at VillageMall in Barra da …

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They’re creepy and they’re colorized, ‘The Addams Family’

No question, being shot in black and white fits “The Addams Family,” the spooky monstrous crew from the 1960s sitcom. But when Zach Smothers took to his computer to colorize a clip for his YouTube channel Pop Colorture, the newly brightened show just leapt off the screen. “‘The Addams Family’ was produced by the same company that made ‘Green Acres,’ …

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Top 5 solid

Featured Video The Transcend SSD370S is a sexy solid-state drive 2:22 / Jun 24, 2015 Playlist The Crucial MX200 SSD is packed with great features 2:58 Feb 19, 2015 The SanDisk Extreme Pro SSD is one sweet, sweet deal 2:58 Jul 3, 2014 Samsung SSD 850 Evo solid-state drive is a keeper 2:46 Dec 8, 2014 The Samsung SSD 850 …

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BT, Plusnet broadband still disrupted due to power failure

Some BT and Plusnet customers are facing their second day with disrupted internet services, following outages due to “power failures,” BT said. BT acknowledged the problem yesterday, but the issues are persisting today, with BT’s service tracker still listing the problems as “ongoing”. BT said in a statement “We apologise to those BT customers who had problems connecting to some …

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Group dates come to Tinder

Now playing: Watch this: Tinder Social makes group dating easy 1:27 Why go outside in the real world alone? Tinder’s new free Tinder Social feature lets you create a group of your friends and then find other groups of friends so you can all join up to form a Megazord or just hang out. Tinder Social is not enabled by …

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The RNC dominates Twitter (The 3:59, Ep. 82)

With the Republican National Convention reaching its crescendo Thursday with a major speech from Donald Trump, we discuss the event taking over Twitter this week. Check out our other RNC coverage, on defending the convention from potential cyberattacks and wireless carriers beefing up their networks for the conventions, too. Also on this podcast, we talk about the new Tinder Social …

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AT&T’s ‘thanks’ keeps existing phone customers happy, but doesn’t win new ones

Perhaps AT&T didn’t thank its customers hard enough. Fierce rivals AT&T and T-Mobile have battled on many fronts. In June, the latest was over how much appreciation each carrier could show its customers. AT&T fired the first volley in early June, unveiling “AT&T Thanks,” a program that offered perks like a buy-one-get-one-free offer on movie tickets (on Tuesdays) and a …

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