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Infographic: A Map Of Racial Segregation In America 27 Aug 2013 | 08:30 pm
A pointillism map of every person in the country makes U.S. Census data look like a watercolor painting. This map has exactly 308,745,538 dots. It’s a painstakingly specific number, taken from the 20...
Six Ways to Automate Photo Backup From Phone To Cloud 27 Aug 2013 | 08:24 pm
Take a lot of pictures with your mobile phone? We do, too, and it's not easy backing them all up to a safe place. ICloud's okay for syncing photos across devices, but you can't (freely) save all of yo...
Have You Ever Considered That You're Pooping Wrong? 27 Aug 2013 | 08:14 pm
It turns out that Western civilization has been pooping wrong for generations. According to scientists at the Stanford University Pelvic Floor Clinic, we're meant to squat, not sit (which makes sense ...
Developing For iOS 7: The Good, The Bad, The Flat And The Ugly 27 Aug 2013 | 08:11 pm
In probably just a few short weeks, the biggest change to iOS will be rolling out across iPhones, iPads, and iPods all over the world. Whether or not you're a fan of the new visual design, iOS 7 is sh...
Inside The Brilliant, Oddball Engineering Team Behind FunnyOrDie 27 Aug 2013 | 07:54 pm
From left to right: Patrick Starzan, Ken Scott–Hlebek, and Mitch Galbraith (VP of Marketing, VP of Engineering, and GM of Digital Assets respectively) in the Silicon Valley offices of FunnyOrDie. It ...
Photog Captures The Ghostly Architecture Of Paris’s Swimming Pools 27 Aug 2013 | 07:30 pm
Everyone out of the pool! Photographer Franck Bohbot documents the architecture of empty public pools to cinematic effect. Public swimming pools are not typically places of solace. There’s a built-in...
Confirmed: Samsung's Galaxy Gear Smartwatch To Launch September 4 27 Aug 2013 | 07:18 pm
Samsung has confirmed a September 4 launch date for its Galaxy Gear smartwatch, which the company will unveil at its own event in Berlin ahead of the Galaxy Note 3 launch at the IFA consumer electroni...
Welcome to GIF Hell, Where You'll Find All The Trending GIFs 27 Aug 2013 | 07:10 pm
Want up–to–the–minute knowledge of which GIFs are trending on Twitter? Welcome to .GIF Hell, a site that aggregates and posts the quickie clips as they are retweeted. The tool was created by developer...
First Look: The 9 Winners Of Fab’s Latest Design Competition 27 Aug 2013 | 06:30 pm
Could you be next? A stool that folds up and doubles as a bag. Candles that look like skateboard wheels. A table that changes height on a whim. These are just some of the winners of Fab’s second crow...
How The UN Uses Crowdsourcing To Get Refugees What They Need 27 Aug 2013 | 06:19 pm
When the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) wanted to help Syrian war victims and the other 10.4 million refugees the agency serves get better access to their services, they did what many large bur...
