Just came across this site that makes you play Daft Punk’s harder, better, faster, stronger using your keyboard. Just tap on the keys and that’s it.

YouTube is blocking all premium music videos to UK users after failing to reach a new licensing agreement with the Performing Right Society (PRS). Thousands of videos will be unavailable to YouTube users from later on Monday.

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Twitter liked the sound of $500 million but balked when Facebook said its stock was worth $8-9 billion. Twitter’s team knew that Facebook was letting employees sell stock on the secondary market at company $2-4 billion. “We said it’s not worth it,” the person says. “Don’t treat us like children.”

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Posted by mobile phone:
I just installed a plugin that allows me to update my blog using my phone. I installed it, activated it, and within two minutes this post was up. It’s pretty simple and very easy to use.It’s going to come in very handy as well, since I don’t need to be around a computer to update my blog. In relation to interface, pretty much everything has changed. You only get the basics: Post Title, Post content, Upload file and a Publish button. This is understandable however, as it’s a mobile so extras shouldn’t be expected. To be concise, it does the job. It’s just what you need when you’re on the go and you need to upload a quick post.

If you’re looking for something similar to what you get when using a computer, try logging into Wordpress (of which ever blog you use) on your mobile using your username and password. This will provide you with the normal contents you’re used to. You might find this useful at times since you have all the usual tools, and in return, more control over your post.

R2-D2 and Metal Mickey are cute but would you want to marry them? It’s not as barmy as it sounds, claims artificial intelligence expert David Levy. He predicts that by 2050 humans will be having long-term sexual and emotional relationships with robots.

Robots are becoming more sophisticated,’ he explains. ‘Technologies are being developed all the time, such as artificial skin, which will make robots more human-like. One Japanese company makes a doll that has electronic sensors in the nipples so if you stroke them, it makes approving sounds.’

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What do you do when you’re in the middle of a heist and you’re having trouble actually cracking the safe? If you have access to a computer with internet, you Google “How to Crack a Safe”.

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It was a late morning in the fall of 2006. Almost a year earlier, Steve Jobs had 200 of his top engineers working on the iPhone. Yet here, in Apple’s boardroom, it was clear that the prototype was still a disaster. It wasn’t just buggy, it flat-out didn’t work…

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Facebook has collected all the information members have submitted about themselves online and is set to use it for advertisement. Facebook will send relevant ads directly to social groups or individuals that advertisers see fit. Some of its members are against this - How will Facebook commercialise itself without alienating its members?

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