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Carve out some time to watch TNT LIVE: http://live.twit.tv

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Every time I hear TNT Live...

I remember the old Late Night Newscasts on Turner TV from the late 70's.  I was in Mississippi at my duty station, it was the best thing on the air after midnight.
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Five years ago today, then Google CEO +Eric Schmidt predicted what the Internet would look like in five years

He predicted five years ago that today: 

* the internet will be dominated by Chinese-language content

* distribution distinctions between TV, radio and the web will go away

And other things. How did he do?

http://www.nytimes.com/external/readwriteweb/2009/10/27/27readwriteweb-googles-eric-schmidt-on-what-the-web-will-l-68067.html
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Enjoyed !!! Thanks !!!
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Wait, is the Droid Turbo the best Android phone now?

Verizon and Motorola today officially announced the heavily rumored and leaked Droid Turbo, a huge phone with a big battery that's supposed to get about 48 hours of usage.

The phone was teased this week in a weird, amateurish video featuring actor James Franco.

The phone has a 5.2-inch Quad HD display protected by Gorilla Glass 3. It's got a Kevlar back .And it's powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 chip. It's got a 21-megapixel camera that shoots 4k video.

The phone will be exclusive to Verizon, for some reason, shipping Thursday for $199 with a two year contract or $25 per month with Verizon's Edge early upgrade program. 

What's not to love? 

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nope. Moto X, Nexus 6, Droid Turbo. IMO
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A bike for the zombie apocalypse

An insurance company called ETA has come up with this zombie survival bicycle, for some reason. 

https://www.eta.co.uk/2014/10/24/zombie-proof-bicycle/
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I need one of these
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Yeesh!
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I don't have the option in my Google plus photo
Edit: I found the spooky and fun effect after putting my phone language to English us, my phone was on French Canada so it's another us only Google feature
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New Amazon service to crowd-source the discovery of book-writing talent

Amazon today launched a crowdsourced publishing site called Kindle Scout. Visitors to the site can read unpublished submissions and nominate the ones they like. If a book gets enough nominations, Amazon will publish it via Kindle Press and give the authors advance, a 50 percent eBook royalty and get free marketing on the Kindle store. 

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+green tree1682 Hello.
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The Hungarian government wants to tax people for each gigabyte of Internet data they 'consume'

Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets in Hungary yesterday to protest a proposed tax on Internet usage. The Register reporter Jennifer Baker fills us in from Europe. 

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+Tamás Mester Where there is money to be made you can bet that someone will try to control it. 
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Chinese smog survival hits the catwalk in Beijing fashion show

Or: How to avoid dying from the air you breathe... in style!

http://www.businessinsider.com/smog-masks-at-beijing-fashion-show-2014-10
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Ebola fashion.....🎈😷
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New deets on Magic Leap's (possibly) amazing augmented reality technology

We've been telling you about the secretive augmented reality startup Magic Leap, which Google recently invested in. Now, TechCrunch's +Steve O'Hear has discovered some interesting information based on the company's job openings. 

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Jajajaja que mentira 
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I can't tell. Is T-Mobile winning or losing?

T-Mobile shattered expectations for subscriber growth. But Wall Street was unimpressed.

Reuters telecom specialist Marina Lopes sorts it all out for us:

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+Jim Littlefield that's a question that you have to answer for yourself. 
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Scary-good Tech News Today now live! (It's being broadcast from INSIDE THE HOUSE!)

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+Mike Elgan too much teeth :))
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So I was sitting at the Genius Bar...

At the Santa Rosa, California, Apple Store, and a woman sitting next to me had an interesting problem: Her iPhone 6 was bent.

Makes me wonder if the problem is under-reported. 
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Of course, when Apple said they had only seen nine reports after twenty four hours, obviously what they actually meant to say was "now and until forever the number shall not exceed nine". At least that's the logic of sites like one of the nine and a bunch of comments even here.
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After 10 years of blogging with conventional blogging sites and services, I abandoned that approach a year ago and started blogging on Google+. Why? Because Google+ is by far the best blogging platform. As Tim O'Reily said, it's like Tumblr 2.0, but more social. 

I also cancelled my account with a leading photo-sharing and management site, and now use Google+ for that exclusively. 

I've replaced more than half my email communication with Google+ communication. If you don't know me, the only way to reach me is via Google+. 

I use Google+ to automatically publish my email newsletter!

I use Google+ instead of Skype to communicate with my family while I'm living abroad. 

I use Google+ to write first drafts of my stories, to crowdsource, to take polls, to get feedback and to drive traffic to the articles I write. It has dramatically improved my work as a writer. 

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I'm ranked #1 on the Google Plus Score list, which is based on user engagement.

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But wait! Who the $#@! is Mike Elgan? 

I write about technology and innovation for a living. My work appears all over the place, most frequently Computerworld, Datamation, Cult of Mac, Houzz, PC World, InfoWorld, MacWorld, CIO Magazine, the San Francisco Chronicle and The CMO Site.

I don't do reporting or reviews anymore. I'm all opinion, all the time. And I don't do "access journalism." I am not in the industry, I'm not an investor or entrepreneur, but instead an independent, disinterested observer. (I have nothing against access journalism, it's just not what I do.)
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New York, USA - Florence, Italy - Madrid, Spain - Marrakesh, Morocco - Sparta, Greece - Kusadasi, Turkey - Istanbul, Turkey - Nairobi, Kenya - Barcelona, Spain - Valencia, Spain
Shirley rules!
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This is a really good restaurant. The food is very flavorful without being fatty and heavy. Great service.
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reviewed 2 months ago
Awesome. Simply awesome.
Public - 9 months ago
reviewed 9 months ago
OK, I'm going to say something VERY controversial here. But it's my opinion that Pizzateca has the world's best pizza. As the author of the book _American Pie_ says, the world's best pizza is usually the one you grew up with. However, I have eaten at Bianco's Pizzeria in Phoenix, all the highest rated pizza places in New York, Los Angeles and elsewhere, and this is the best I've had. Most of the best places in America nail the toppings but fail on crust. They tend to use yeast-based leavening, which can only get you so far. Pizzateca, on the other hand, is doing something magical with the crust that involves 3 days of fermentation, according to the owner. Specifically, Pizzateca's muchroom and garlic pizza is truly mind-blowing. Please, do NOT fail to eat at this tiny joint if you're anywhere near Madrid, Spain.
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Everything we tried at this restaurant was incredible. What a gem.
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reviewed 2 months ago
Awesome location and great coffee completely ruined by freezing room temperature and mind-bogglingly slow Internet connect (it took me three minutes to load this page before I could write a review).
Public - 11 months ago
reviewed 11 months ago
Best place for breakfast in the State of California. I'm not kidding. This place rocks. It's mostly a French cafe, but with Moroccan and Mexican influences. The food is as good as food gets, and the owner is an awesome guy, too. Do NOT leave L.A. without eating here. You're welcome.
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