Save $45 on this iPhone case that doubles as a Game Boy-style console

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If you’re into classic, handheld video games, then downloading them onto your smartphone just isn’t the same. We get it. They’re usually plagued with ads and “new features” that ruin the experience, and besides, there’s just something missing when you use a touch-screen to play a game that’s supposed to be played with buttons. 

If you want that classic game experience that reminds you of chilling with your buddies in your parents’ basement, then this awesome phone cover could make all your nostalgia-loving dreams come true. Read more…

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Somebody combined Furby with an Amazon Echo to make ‘Furlexa’

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The creative master minds of howchoo.com have engineered a ‘Furlexa‘—a Furby with the mind of Amazon Echo. The creator outfitted Furby with a small computer and rewired Furby’s hardware to sync Furby’s mouth with Alexa’s voice. 

Technology has never been cuter or more terrifying. Make your own by following this guideRead more…

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The best 20 songs turning 20 in 2018

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The big hit songs of 1998 still bump out of the speakers in 2018. That’s how classic the tunes were 20 years ago. 

Everything from R&B to indie rock shined, with iconic releases being pumped out by Destiny’s Child to Goo Goo Dolls, all while superstars like Britney Spears began to change the course of music history forever. 

It’s a year that served us legendary karaoke songs to sing along to today—and here are our favorite of those tracks that will be turning the big 2-0 in 2018.  Read more…

1. “The Boy Is Mine” by Brandy and Monica

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Here’s what Android looked like a decade ago

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Feeling old yet?

An entire decade ago, Google released the first public beta of the Android OS, two years after its 2005 acquisition of Android Inc.

In the demo above, you’ll see the beginnings of Android as an OS for basic BlackBerry style devices with keyboards and trackballs, as well as what it can achieve on a full touch screen device.

What’s interesting is that you’ll see Google establish right from the get-go its vision for Android — not to create a single “G Phone” as was rumoured, but to spread the open source OS to hardware makers. Read more…

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Nostalgic dude rebuilt his friends’ middle school conversations to plot out the origin of his sister’s first date

We all get nostalgic from time to time. Sometimes we look at old photos, cringe over old Facebook statuses, or listen to music that brings us back to different moments of our lives. If you cherish memories, you may even find old conversations wit…

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Nostalgic dude rebuilt his friends’ middle school conversations to plot out the origin of his sister’s first date

We all get nostalgic from time to time. Sometimes we look at old photos, cringe over old Facebook statuses, or listen to music that brings us back to different moments of our lives. If you cherish memories, you may even find old conversations wit…

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