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Blizzard is starting a limited-time offer that is designed to generate interest in StarCraft – and to financially support StarCraft II eSports. StarCraft War Chest has three phases that will unlock on separate dates. Phase I unlocks on July 19, 2017. Phase II unlocks on August 16, 2017. Phase III unlocks on September 23, 2017. Starting on October 4, 2017,
The OxyLED T35 Desk Lamp is a small silver grey LED desk light powered by USB. It's a neat idea given the availability of USB ports and reduces the need for mains power sockets, which are always in short supply. Let's take look and see if the T35 can replace my Anglepoise. The T35 has three main parts - a
Continuing their mission to make waiting a little more comfortable, Sitpack have announced version two of their portable compact seat. At first glance, the new model looks exactly like the old one but there are two important improvements which will be covered shortly. I reviewed the original Sitpack back in May and as most of the review still stands, this
Amazon is out to rule the world and they will be targeting our stomachs next with home delivery of meals that just need a little prep. I get you caught up on what has been happening including my trip to the east coast. My New Personal YouTube Channel Geek News Central Facebook Page. Download the Audio Show File Show Notes:
Apple popularized the "it just works" slogan many years ago, when it was promoting its Macintosh computer line as the easy-to-use solution compared to Windows PCs. Apple has internalized the "it just works" concept to the point where its products are shipped with skimpy manuals that contain little more than a brief overview and basic user guide. While Apple products
World Emoji Day is celebrated on July 17. Apple celebrated by sharing some of its new emoji that will be coming to iOS, macOS, and watchOS later this year. In addition, the App Store highlighted apps that create or do fun things with emoji, and iTunes Movies featured emoji in place of select movie titles. Love them or hate them,
Niantic released some additional information about the Pokémon GO Fest that will take place in Chicago, Illinois. It turns out that Pokémon GO Trainers everywhere can participate in a global challenge with Trainers who are at the Pokémon GO Fest in Chicago. You can help them unlock special rewards worldwide. The Pokémon GO Fest in Chicago will take place starting
FIRST Global organizes a yearly international robotics challenge to ignite a passion for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) among more than two-billion youths across the world. The all-girls team from Afghanistan has now been granted entry to the United States after the team's initial visa applications were denied. The FIRST Global Challenge is an annual robotics game that addresses
Spooler was created by Darius Kazemi. (@tinysubversions). He makes all kinds of interesting stuff, and you can find links to it all at Tiny Subversions. Spooler turns Twitter threads into blog posts. It is currently in early beta, and, as such, Darius Kazemi says “expect bugs”. I decided to give Spooler a try because I was curious about it. I'm
Activision Blizzard has announced the sale of the first Overwatch League teams for major global cities to seven entrepreneurs and leaders from traditional sports and esports. The Overwatch League is the first major global esports league with city-based teams. The new team owners include: Robert Kraft, Chairman and CEO of the Kraft Group and the New England Patriots (Boston) Jeff
Seven people have filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump after he blocked them from seeing or interacting with his Twitter account. Trump blocked these Twitter users from seeing or interacting with his @realDonaldTrump account – not the @POTUS account. This case presents a unique situation and it will be interesting to see what the outcome will be. In addition
With the layoff of 40% of its workforce, SoundCloud is in real trouble and you can almost see the folks bailing out. Lots of rumors about a team that is out of control with no vision. There are literally several thousand podcasters that are facing an extinction level event. I'll be out next week if you want to guest host
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