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So, I went to work without the intention of telling anyone it's my birthday. My mouth slipped and they threw me an impromptu party! Lol. My coworkers are better than yours lol! #birthday #forgottolightthecandles #picoftheday!

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Went running... scenery was nice. Gotta do this more often #instadaily #picoftheday #scenery #ga #georgia #nosnow

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Finally!! iOS 7.1 is Available for Download!

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At last. Seriously, get it immediately, it’s so much less buggy than iOS 7.0 (according to sources familiar with the matter, of course). It’s still not perfect, but it’s the version of iOS 7 that should have been released.

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(via Is hydrogen fuel cell the next best alternative to fossil fuel?) 

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Experiments with fuel cell technology goes back as far as the 1800s but it was not until recent that the technology reached an economically feasible level to power automobiles.

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#allwhite morning in #ga #snow #snowing in the #south no shoveling for me. #picoftheday #photooftheday #igdaily #instadaily #iwakeuplikethis lol #iwokeuplikethis

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A conversation with Elon Musk

The World Post talks to Elon Musk. Topic: the Future (of course). He thinks there are five innovations that will change our lives in the next decades:

Internet

Transition to sustainable production and consumption of energy

Space: Extension of human life to other planets

Genomics: Reading and writing genetic code

AI - Artificial Intelligence

Find the rest of the Interview on the The World Post Youtube Channel or read the Huff Post article. 

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These ducks own #gpc #random #photooftheday #picoftheday #bored #mothernature I'm a fan #instagram #igdaily #instadaily #birds (at Georgia Perimeter College (GPC))

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It's not #magic, it's #mathematics. Who wants to help me with these problems? #college life sucks when the end of semester is drawing near. #instagood #instagram #instadaily #picoftheday #pictureoftheday #summer semester #cramming #sleepy

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The little house dog. His name is #Blue. He looks like a #teddy #bear no? Lol #Yorkie #yorky #Yorkshire #terrier #dog #doggy #instadaily #Instagram #instagood #picoftheday #pictureoftheday #pet

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Hold up for a minute #pause so this #restaurant serves #food poisoning on the side maybe? #Odd choice to put on the menu #instadaily #photooftheday #picoftheday #igdaily #google #now #local data #bad #idea #hungry

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Newly announced iPhone 5. image credit: technobuffalo.com

Apple has named its sixth-generation smartphone the iPhone 5 and Phil Schiller has detailed its full set of features, specs, and release details. Measuring 7.6mm in thickness and 112 grams in weight, this is the thinnest and lightest iPhone that Apple has ever made, and is constructed “entirely” out of glass and aluminum. The new iPhone looks pretty much identical to all the leaks and mockups we’ve seen in the past few weeks — evidently Apple wasn’t able to keep a lid on its most anticipated product, after all.

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What is going here? Sexual optical illusion:

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What is the whole purpose of technology? It is to make life easier, right? Unintentionally, it makes us lazy and fat too. Since the invention of the TV remote and before, we have found ways to keep sitting down. Here a few technologies that makes us a bit lazy:

TV Remote

When it was announced that you no longer have to get off the couch to switch the TV, Radio channel etc, it was a dream come true. People fell in love with this technology so much that when the remote control itself was out-of-reach, a hunt would ensue just to find the darn thing, before the channel can be switched.

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*Awwwww* I hereby declareth Facebook your guardian angel. Seriously though, Facebook has been monitoring conversations, scouting for criminals. It is not just Facebook; other social networks have been doing this as well. Participating social networks are tasked with scrubbing conversations and providing cops with information on suspicious participants.

Facebook uses a software that scans conversations for certain words or phrases. These keys would deemed questionable by authorities . The words or phrases may include but are not limited to personal contact information and vulgar dialogue. The software would also learn from previous experiences. It keeps certain words or phrases in its memory that were previously used by criminals.

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Research In Motion (RIM) continues on its losing streak, losing a patent fight and to pay damages of over $147 million dollars. The Blackberry maker was sued by a New Jersey based company, Mformation, which claimed RIM infringed on one of its core technology.

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f you hadn’t noticed then you should check it out. Facebook went ahead and changed your default email address to one it provides. So if you had [email protected] as your default email address, the company changed that to your “Facebook username”@facebook.com. Outraged?