Pepper Dies in Superlative Flying Car Notification

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Pay $20,000 to have George RR Martin Kill You

Martin, author of the Song of Fire and Ice, asks people to donate to two charities and he will add them to his next book as a character that will die.

Pepper The Robot

A new ‘low price’ home robot helper is going on sale next year in Japan. The future is here, and it can understand your emotions?!?

New Products Product Hunt

Meet Product Hunt , a small experiment that is increasingly becoming the center of the conversations of product-oriented people working in tech. You can call it the Reddit of tech products, the Hacker News of product launches, but none of these descriptions really capture what Product Hunt is.

Where’s my flying car

Flying Cars: It’s our collective childhood dream that was promised allong side jet packs! Why don’t we have it yet?

Product: AIRTYPE

There’s no need to learn AirType, it will learn you.
AirType learns the finger movements you make to get the letters that you want. It’s no different from typing on a keyboard.

Product FUFFER

A cover that creates a virtual space around your iPhone.

US Secret Service and Sarcasm

The Secret Service wants developers to make software that can detect sarcasm, which is totally doable.

Fab.com Is Probably Dead This Year

There hasn’t been a single piece of good news from Fab.com in a very long time. Layoffs, mismanagement, plummeting morale, and executive reshuffles have erased Fab’s early rep as a cheery decor startup with tons of money in the bank. Now, the bad can’t get much worse: we’re hearing Fab is already starting to shut down.

Zappos Zaps Its Job Postings

Zappos, based in Las Vegas, plans to hire at least 450 people this year, but candidates won’t find out about those jobs on LinkedIn.com, Monster.com or the company website. Instead, they will have to join a social network, called Zappos Insiders, where they will network with current employees and demonstrate their passion for the company

iOS 8 Notifications

With iOS 8 Notifications become interactive. They

Fish Can Support 300 Times Its Weight With a Super Suction Cup

Absurd Creature of the Week: This Fish Can Support 300 Times Its Weight With a Super Suction Cup stuck fast to reefs and sea cliffs the world over is a critter with a suction cup far more impressive than yours. This is the clingfish, which sports a belly sucker that can support a staggering 300 times the fish