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Getting Perfect Photos with the New Blackberry 10 Camera

BlackBerry 10 Camera

When the BlackBerry 10 Camera snaps a photo of multiple people, it can compensate for the occasional blink or lookaway or smile failure.

Samsung Launches Galaxy S III

Samsung Galaxy S III

Samsung has launched their next generation Galaxy S III smartphone. After 15 months, it’s time to replace the Galaxy S II as the Korean phone maker’s flagship device.

Discovery Communications Acquires Revision3

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You probably know that GeekBeat.TV is part of the Revision3 family, but today that family got a lot bigger as we heard the news that Revision3 has been acquired by Discovery Communications

CosmoQuest MoonMappers Lets Citizen Scientists Do Real Science

Moon Mappers

Moon Mappers is a surprisingly addictive experience where you’re shown various photographs of the lunar surface, and you’re given a few simple marking tools. Any craters you see on the surface that are larger than 17 pixels can be marked with the tools.

Spotify for iPad Released!

Spotify for iPad

Today, Spotify finally updated their iOS application to include a beautiful new design for the iPad. It looks absolutely amazing, but still requires a Spotify subscription to use.

Portal 2′s Perpetual Testing Initiative Lets You Design with Portals

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Ready to create the most impossible test chamber ever conceived? Portal 2′s Perpetual Testing Initiative makes it easy!

One-Trip Grip Grocery Bag Holder Saves Your Fingers with Simplicity

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The One-Trip Grip grocery bag holder will take the load of multiple bags off your fingers, and maybe even give you a free hand to open the door.

Microsoft & Barnes and Noble Create Nook Partnership

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Microsoft isn’t going create a new eBook format like Apple iBooks or Google Play Books, but rather is investing $300 million to make the Nook their eBook of choice for Windows 8.

Cloud Storage: The Current Lay of the Land

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Google Drive, Microsoft SkyDrive, and DropBox are three big players in cloud storage. We take a look at how they compare.

GeekBeat Live #61

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Apple Posts Impressive Q2 2012 Results

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For those expecting the Apple juggernaut to slow down, it sure didn’t happen during the second fiscal quarter of 2012 representing January 1st-March 31st.

MIT Students Play Tetris with a Building!

Tetris on an MIT building

Students of MIT took over building 54 on campus (also called The “Green Building“) for the Earth and Planetary Sciences department last Friday to turn the building into a playable Tetris game. They even used a console with controls to be able to move, rotate, and drop blocks. An MIT blog called IHTFP said, “MIT [...]