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Will we see Nokia’s “Catwalk” at their May 14th event?
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The Emotionally Powerful ‘Cargo’ is a Must See Short Film
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Facebook Launcher? Someone please say this is an April Fool’s gag.
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Windows Phone 7.8 is Actually Pretty Okay
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It finally happened, the iPhone goes Magenta
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Will we see Nokia’s “Catwalk” at their May 14th event?
There have been plenty rumors of a new Lumia handset making its way to consumers in the coming months. The general consensus seems to be a change in design language, opting for an aluminum case instead of the now signature polycarbonate unibody design. According to a report from The Verge, the rumored phone, (pictured at [...]
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The Emotionally Powerful ‘Cargo’ is a Must See Short Film
The ability to tell a story in film without words is almost a lost art, though, there are moments that carry-on the traditions of the original great directors like Charlie Chaplin, Paperman, which recently won an Oscar for Best Animated Short film in 2013, and Cargo, which is a finalist in this year’s Australian Tropfest [...]
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Facebook Launcher? Someone please say this is an April Fool’s gag.
For the last few weeks, Facebook had been rumored to be making a big April announcement. Now with just a few days before the big reveal, the good folks at AndroidPolice seem to have gotten their hands on the APK of the upcoming Facebook phone. The short version of this story goes something like this – [...]
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Windows Phone 7.8 is Actually Pretty Okay
Early in 2012 Microsoft broke many hearts when they announced that current Windows Phone 7 users would not be able to upgrade to the new hotness, Windows Phone 8. As a consolation prize, the Windows Phone faithful would get an update, version 7.8, that would bring some of Windows Phone 8′s features like the new [...]
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It finally happened, the iPhone goes Magenta
Today T-Mobile got their fowl-mouthed CEO on stage and they hoped he would bring the heat. Though I’m not exactly sure if it constitutes bringing that aforementioned “heat,” but T-Mobile has officially announced when you might be able to officially get an iPhone on America’s 4th carrier. T-Mobile is betting you’d be willing to pay [...]
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Fuck you, Motorola.
Posted March 8, 2011 @ 12:25 am CST by Michael Pitts
Done. I’m done fucking around with Motorola. I’ll be the first to admit that I was one of the people that loved the Razr V3. I put that little aluminum clamshell through a lot and it kept working. As much as I loved that thing, everyone else hated it. I still don’t know why, [...]
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Please pardon our dust
Posted April 1, 2011 @ 12:32 am CST by Steven Callas
Hey everyone, thanks for bearing with us. The Noisecast has gone through a lot of changes this last month and we’re showing no signs of slowing down! One of the biggest complaints about our site was that it was clunky, slow, and was terrible to use on a mobile device, in particular the iPad. Ron [...]
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[UPDATED] EXCLUSIVE: Spotify Will Launch Mid-July, Cost $10/mo, Possibly Be Invite-Only To Start
Posted June 24, 2011 @ 8:00 am CST by Eric Ravenscraft
The Noisecast breaks exclusive news on the Spotify launch date and pricing for the U.S.
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Ditch your water cooler for the WilliamsWarn Personal Brewery
Posted April 9, 2011 @ 12:25 pm CST by Steven Callas
It is said in the Old Testament that the earth was created in seven days. That’s a pretty awesome thing to accomplish in a week, regardless of whether or not you believe it, right? It’s not every day that someone wakes up on Monday and says, “man I’m bored, I think I’m going to create [...]
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Change BootCamp partition size without losing Windows
Posted March 22, 2011 @ 7:30 am CST by ottermann
Many people who use a Mac also have a need to run programs that only work in a Windows environment. While there are a few virtual machine solutions for this, you’ll get the best performance when you install Windows using Apples BootCamp software. If you’re like me, you’ll eventually find you need to alter the [...]
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On Redesign, Community Exodus, and Nick Denton
Posted April 6, 2011 @ 11:00 am CST by Steven Callas
Welcome to the very first Noisecast Video Editorial! This is only an experiment but who knows what the future will bring! You can either watch the editorial above or read the editorial after the jump. In essence, the article version is a transcript of the video with some pictures added to reduce the wall of [...]
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Custom Firmware to blame for PSN shutdown
Posted April 25, 2011 @ 3:24 pm CST by Alberto Lima
Ready for some good news/bad news? Well the good news is that we may be closer to finding out what’s really going on with Sony’s PSN, the bad news, we may not be out of the woods yet. The following excerpt comes from Reddit user, chesh420: Ok, I’ve seen a bunch of speculation of why [...]
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Photoshop Contest: Create A New Species [UPDATED!] (ACTUALLY WIN SOMETHING)
Posted July 15, 2011 @ 11:00 am CST by Ron Cassel
We all saw Napoleon Dynamite right? Well then you remember the Liger. Half Tiger, half Lion, as magical as an Apple product, and 101% bad ass. Now it’s your turn.
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EXCLUSIVE: Motorola Mobility moves to California
Posted March 14, 2011 @ 10:48 pm CST by Steven Callas
For over a year now the rumor mill has been churning away about whether or not Motorola Mobility CEO Sanjay Jha will move the company from Libertyville, IL to San Diego, California. Motorola has not officially announced anything and speculation has remained speculation. The only nugget of info to add fuel to the rumor fire [...]
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All The New iOS and iCloud Features, And Where Apple Borrowed The Ideas From
Posted June 7, 2011 @ 10:18 am CST by Eric Ravenscraft
Another year, another iOS. As in times past, Apple uses their annual developers’ conference to unveil a slew of new toys, apps, and services for their mobile platform. And, if history is any indication, most of them will get their influence from other players in the industry. We’re all for improvements, and even if some [...]
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