Google, like Facebook, in talks to buy Waze for about $1 billion: report
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Google faces new federal antitrust probe: source

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Google Glass gets Aussie test run
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12 Tenets For Living An Outstanding Life

Being a geek is pretty much the best thing ever.

Never be ashamed to be passionate.

Source: caffeinedependent-nerd.tumblr.com

Because it's great to allow yourself to love stuff!

Source: livebyquotes.com

Fandom friends are the best insulation from haters.

Via: Donna Dickens/Buzzfeed

Because you have the same priorities.

Source: john-lockedinthetardis.tumblr.com

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The Most Useful Mac Keyboard Shortcuts
In architecting its latest operating system (OS) for Macs — OS X version 10.8, also known as Mountain Lion — Apple liberally mimicked iOS, the operating system that runs the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. Many functions and features in Mountain Lion are accessed and controlled by swiping, flicking, tapping and pinching on the surface of a trackpad (or on the top of Apple’s accessory Magic Mouse), as well as by pointing and clicking. But like operating systems of yesteryear, when trackpads and mice were far less integral, Mountain Lion also lets you use a keyboard alone to summon a feature or function. In fact, Mountain Lion contains so many “keyboard shortcuts” — combinations of key presses that invoke a command — that an Apple webpage lists hundreds of them. What follows here is our choice of the most useful keyboard shortcuts in Mountain Lion (and all OS X versions, starting with OS X 10.2 Jaguar), plus a selection of our favorite ways to control the Mac OS with trackpad swipes, flicks, taps and pinches. Keyboard Shortcuts Shortcuts for navigating among applications, open windows and the desktop Command Key + Tab – Move forward to the next most recently used application in a list of open applications Command Key + Q – Quit the frontmost application Command Key + W – Close the frontmost window F9 Key – Tile or un-tile all open windows (for quick selection and access) F10 Key – Tile or un-tile all open windows in the currently active (frontmost) application F11 Key – Hide or show all open windows F12 Key – Hide or display Dashboard (Note: Holding the F12 key when the computer is first starting up also ejects a removable disc — CD or DVD — from the drive) Shortcuts to use within open applications and windows Command Key + N – Create a new document in the frontmost application Command Key + P – Display the print dialog box Command Key + S – Saves the active document Command Key + Shift Key + S – Display the Save As dialog box Command Key + T – Opens

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Pixplit, the Instagram for social photo collages, now enables private and solo ‘splits’

Back in December we reported on Pixplit, which we noted was like an Instagram for social photo collages, adding that it’s a lot more fun than you might think. Since... Keep reading →

Back in December we reported on Pixplit, which we noted was like an Instagram for social photo collages, adding that it’s a lot more fun than you might think.

Since then, Pixplit has landed on Android, and this week both versions of the app have received a bit of a makeover.

Just to recap, Pixplit allows you to choose a split-frame layout, fill one of the slots with a photograph, add an optional filter and publish it to the ‘Playground’ section of the app.

Here, your Pixplit followers can add photos to other parts of the layout to make the picture complete, so to speak. It is actually a lot of fun and you can end up with something that looks a little bit like this – we wonder what Darwin would have to say about it.

Pixplit 2.0

Besides the usual bug fixes and performance tweaks, Pixplit 2.0 brings a handful of updates. Now, you can create private splits and instant-message (in private too, obviously) with friends and other chosen contacts.

Previously, everything was done in the open. Now, you can take things behind closed doors, and the new private feature doesn’t enable sharing across the social sphere.

As such, there’s a brand new inbox through which all your private chats are siloed. Also, Pixplit now lets users ‘go solo’, creating and completing their own split – so they no longer have to collaborate. Simply click ‘New Split’, your chosen frame layout and you’re good to go.

Additionally, the capture and edit screens have been redesigned to create more room for the split and clear access to filters and borders.

Pixplit is available to download for free now, on Android and iOS, and is localized for 15 different languages.

➤ Pixplit – Android | iOS

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