Barista's edition for Thu 26 September 2013
Twitter launches emergency alert system
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Twitter has become an indispensable real-time news and information system for many people, and now the service has added a new element: authorized agencies - including the police, fire department and other emergency workers - can use the company's new "Alerts" service to send critical messages to users who have signed up to receive them....
Samsung counters iPhone 5S with a golden Galaxy S4
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Two weeks after Apple's September 10th reveal of a champagne-colored iPhone, Samsung is launching its own golden phone in the shape of a new Gold Edition Galaxy S4. There are two options, Gold...
And so it begins: T-Mobile no longer stocking BlackBerry in stores
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T-Mobile customers hoping to pick up a BlackBerry won't be doing so from a retail store. On Wednesday, the carrier said it would no longer stock BlackBerry handsets in its retail stores. Instead, customers can order them for delivery. The news came by way of Reuters who spoke with David Carey, T-Mobile's executive vice...
Commissioner Gordon is getting his own television series with 'Gotham'
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Sure, most of the attention has been on Ben Affleck being cast as Batman in Zack Snyder's sequel to Man of Steel , but what about the rest of the Batman universe? Deadline reports that Fox has closed a deal for a television series centered around none other than the Dark Knight's ally Commissioner Gordon.
Interstellar 8-Track: How Voyager's Vintage Tech Keeps Running
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NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft has gone interstellar. Launched in 1977, the probe is vintage space hardware. At more than 36 years old, or roughly a millennium in computer years, it's an impressive feat to have the spacecraft drifting through the material between stars.
Of Course Samsung Is Now Making A Gold GS4
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I'm going to try to write this without mentioning the gold iPhone 5s. Samsung just took the wraps off of two gold-themed Galaxy S4 smartphones: Gold Pink and Gold Brown. Both options are seemingly cosmetic updates to Samsung's Android flagship. I can't do it.