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This is great news for Spotify users, I being one of them. I thought the quality  was really good before, but now it's doubled, and, they have not increased the price. I became a Spotify member when it first came to America, and love it to death. Spotify is the future of music for the masses in my opinion. The days of "ownership" are fast coming to an end, much the same as the cd, cassettes, 8 track, and even vinyl. Try it for free on their site...it was great and now it's even better.

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These aren’t just any glasses. These are ‘Terminator’ vision computers for your face. And a Google source says there is now a prototype of the Google Glasses.

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A change in privacy policy now has the Google search engine tracking your web visits.
Google is changing its privacy policy to allow it to track users across services.

The company says beginning March 1, it is turning its more than 60 different privacy policies into one policy that will cover multiple products and features to a create a “simple and intuitive” experience

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Soon you’ll likely turn to your smart phone for medical tests instead of the hospital. Scientist in Korea are in the process of developing an app to do medical tests.

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Throughout his career, George Harrison played a variety of guitars, among them a psychedelic-looking Fender Stratocaster, a “fireglo” Rickenbacker 360 12-string and a black Gretsch Duo Jet (which he considered to be his first real decent guitar).

Those particular instruments — and many more — are part of a new Harrison guitar app for the iPad that will be available via the Apple iTunes store starting Feb. 23.

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Have you checked out the new radioPup 2.0? The same mobile app that lets you listen to KOOL 101.7 anywhere you go now includes the latest posts, videos, and pictures from our website; up-to-date weather forecasts; and commenting with Facebook.

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If you've ever had a craving for some classic Hall and Oates and you're not sure how to get your fix, fear not! California communications company Twilio Cloud Communications has set up a hotline that offers just what you're yearning for.

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In what may be the perfect summation of the crazy year that was, Rebecca Black, the internet sensation who sang the notorious song ‘Friday,’ was the top Google search term for 2011. Granted, Google doesn’t take into account searches that were made ironically and/or while inebriated. 

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It turns out suffers from alcohol dependency might be able to kick the habit by doing what comes natural… texting. Yup, a new study has found actual evidence that there may be a health benefit to text messaging.

Research with young problem drinkers found those who sent and received weekly text messages tracking their alcohol consumption drank less at the end of the 12-week program than they did at the beginning.

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Four-year-old Kanden Jones may not know the difference between taking a nap and blacking out, but he sure knows how to use an iPhone.

It was a guys’ day for the kid and his grandfather Carl Jones when the two were out deer hunting in the woods. When the worst happened — thankfully not a hunting disaster — Kanden was left with an unconscious grandpa.

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A brand new Twitter account called @EveryTweet_Ever is offering up a steady stream of messages in 140 characters or less that mock the banality of the typical Twitter user.

You know, tweets like ‘I don’t want to go to the gym today,” or ‘Sleep is the best‘ or messages to a favorite celebrity that is more or less the same message that everybody sends to that celebrity.  

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Why did the average American go online? For no particular reason (Ba-dum-bum).

Although this may not become the newest joke anytime soon, it’s actually a true statement. According to a new report from the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project, 53 percent of 18- to 29-year-old Americans go online just for fun or to waste time. With 2,260 participating adults, it turns out that 58 percent of all adults go online for the same reason.

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