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Conference at a Glance:

If you don’t have a chance to watch Conference, check the Cliff’s Notes

From Jon Bois at SBNation, The Worst Internet Things bracket. Some of the worst things and their seedings include:

(16) Person who types "wow" in front of retweet
(9) Atheists who love to argue
(7) All internet discourse about bacon
(8) People who complain about BuzzFeed
(2) iTunes
(5) Kickstarters for weddings

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After launching the first Android apps on Chrome late in 2014, Google is now making the feature available to all developers.

Google’s App Runtime for Chrome (ARC) can now be used by anyone to get Android apps up and running on Chrome, whether that’s the Chrome browser or Chrome OS. To do so, you’ll need the ARC Welder app from the Chrome Web Store. You then load your Android APK into the ARC Welder and choose the app’s orientation, form, factor, and clipboard access. Google recommends your orientation be set at Landscape and your form factor at either Tablet or Maximized. Google also suggests that you make sure your app plays nicely with touch and non-touch hardware.

You can also enabled Google Play services on your Android app for Chrome, but not all services work yet since ARC is still in beta. Some of the Google Play services APIs that do work include Auth, Google+ sign-in, Maps, Locaiton, and Ads.

Once you’re done testing, you can download the ZIP file of your working ARC app and then upload that ZIP to the Chrome Web Store. While not every Android app is going to work well on Chrome since they’re designed for phones and tablets, having ARC Welder available to all means that many devs could easily expand their user base by making their Android app available to Chrome users. And hey, I’m sure that Chrome users will appreciate having more apps readily available.

Drinking and gaming what else could you ask for?

Exclusive: Read a 9-Year-Old’s Letter to Obama About Putting a Woman on U.S. Currency — and His Response:

I noticed she suggested the First Lady. Kind of sucking up there, isn’t she?

Hey peeps! For those of you who don’t know, We Go Forward is that semi-long pixel comic I made, that made everyone go “WHO IS THIS OWLTURD.COM GUY” and then be check out the rest of my work and be disappointed.

But, anyhow, We Go Forward is now being published by NinjaKnight Comics on Kickstarter!! No, really, go see for yourself. I made a pretty sick cover for it:

And also this shirt design, which I think can even stand alone:

If you’re a fan of that particular comic, you may wanna take a lil peek at that particular project. That’s all. :]

Also, dear readers, my apologies for spamming you with all of this comics-related-but-not-comics stuff lately. It just so happened that I a lot of projects came to fruition around this time, but from here on out it’ll just be comics humor and overall smooth sailing for a while.

Anyway, have a great day!

After reinventing Gmail with Google Inbox, Google is about to release a new invite-only service that will change the way you manage your mail. It's called Google Spam and it shows the most popular spam messages sent to Gmail users. That's right, Google Spam will go beyond your inbox and show what you've been missing all this time: the spam messages received by other people.

To protect user privacy, Google Spam will only show messages received by at least 10,000 Gmail users. You'll be able to star your favorite spam messages, label them, forward them to your friends and even find their true meaning.

Gmail will highlight important spam messages, so the next time you receive messages from "the office of the US Ambassador to Nigeria", "Mr. Lee Kun-hee of Samsung Group chief and the Hyundai chaebol" or from Gmail Security Maintenance, you'll know if they're featured in Google Spam.

CERN researchers confirm existence of the Force | CERN:

CERN researchers confirm existence of the Force

Microsoft Announces Its Own Linux OS:

Microsoft has shocked the entire tech world by announcing a new Linux OS ahead of Windows 10 release. Few months back when Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said that Microsoft loves Linux, it created qu…

Google Japan’s new Keyless Keyboard

April Fools' Day On The Web : 2015

One day, when The Incredibly Bashful Hulk gets enough courage, he's going to ask the Black Widow to be his girlfriend. That's just how the Marvel Cinematic Universe works!



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April Fools' Day is here, so it's time to list all the pranks, hoaxes and funny Google features that make this day so special.

Google Japan announces Google Panda (translation), a cute toy that answers your questions using the power of Google Search.

There's also a "keyless" keyboard for Japanese (translation). Piropiro uses a party horn and measures your breath to convert it into words.



Google Maps lets you play Pac-Man. "Play the classic arcade game PAC-MAN in Google Maps with streets as your maze. Avoid Blinky, Pinky, Inky, (and Clyde!) as you swerve the streets of some famous places around the world."


You can also play Pac-Man in the real word using Ingress, Google's augmented reality game.


Google Australia found that Australia is at risk of becoming a Northern Hemisphere country by 2055. "Over the past two months, Google Maps engineers in Sydney have discovered that the Earth's equator is slipping south at rate of 25km per year — much faster than previously thought."


Gmail launched Smartbox by Inbox, "a better, smarter mailbox that fuses physical mail with everything you love about the electronic kind".


Chrome for mobile added a new feature that lets you share reactions about the pages you visit. "With #ChromeSelfie you can share sites with your family and friends on social media and via instant messages, along with a handsome selfie instead of cumbersome text."


There's a self-browsing extension for Chromebooks. "With just one click, you're off surfing the web — no input needed. Just lean back, and we'll take you there - quickly, simply, and securely." The extension also writes emails automatically, sends roses to your significant other on Valentine's Day, buys and sells stocks and plans your vacations. "This new functionality has been tested for weeks, browsing the whole web from classifieds to news, music to cat photos - and now, these Chromebooks are responsible for the majority of ALL CAPS comments on the web," says François Beaufort.


Google launched a new domain: com.google, which is just like google.com in the mirror. Similar to elgooG, the entire content of the page is flipped around. "We're always thinking about what's ahead, but sometimes it's important to look backwards. In that spirit, we're proud to introduce http://com.google, available today. Made possible by new gTLDs," informs Google.



YouTube's player has a new button you can use to play some music. Just click "add music" and YouTube starts to play Darude's Sandstorm for a few seconds. Click again for more.


If you enable "Auto-Darude" in the settings, the AutoPlay feature will only play Sandstorm.



YouTube search results also include suggestions like this one: "Did you mean: Darude - Sandstorm by Darude".


Google Fiber added the dial-up mode, just in case you want to go back in time. "As we've rolled out Google Fiber in Kansas City, Provo and Austin, we've learned that Fiber has been impacting our subscribers in ways that we didn't expect. Loading bars used to give people an opportunity to pause and take care of the little things — like making a cup of coffee, taking a bathroom break or playing with the dog. We've been told that Fiber’s seemingly instant connections have taken away that precious time."


Google Italy made an experiment (translation): "50 gamers, comedians, designers, beauty experts and many others have exchanged their respective channels, working together to bring the spirit of April Fool's on YouTube."


Google Actual Cloud Platform is "the world's first public cloud running on servers in the troposphere. Drawing on charges from electrical fields during thunderstorms, we're able to supercharge read/write performance on all persistent disks and offer 50% higher IOPS."

Google Maps has a cool Easter Egg for April Fools' Day: a Pac-Man mode. Just click the Pac-Man icon at the bottom of the Google Maps window if you're using a computer. You can also search for a place you think Pac-Man might be, especially if you use a mobile device. Google offers some hints like: "Chomp your way to independence down seven lanes of July" or "Previous PAC-MAN lives don't get to rest in a white marble mausoleum".

"You can now play the classic arcade game PAC-MAN in Google Maps with streets as your maze. Avoid Blinky, Pinky, Inky, (and Clyde!) as you swerve the streets of some famous places around the world. But eat the pac-dots fast, because this game will only be around for a little while," explains Google.





{ Thanks, Ken Drori. }

Now that I’ve got a portable keyboard for my phone, I can play this classic more easily on the go. Thanks, Mom and Dad! #Ultima4 http://ift.tt/1GDPmVz

Personally, I hate when I have to contact the cable company about troubleshooting an Internet outage and the automated response suggestions that you visit their website for additional information. Thanks. I will do that. Just as soon as I get back on the Internet.



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Will Forte: “An Ode to a Beard”

Iowa’s governor doesn’t seem to understand what a smartphone is or how e-mail works:

The governor of Iowa uses his smartphone to receive emails, although he insists he has no smartphone and doesn’t use email. He doesn’t know what either of those things are. “I just get these documents using an app on my phone.”

Redditor Mneneon has a birthmark on his hand an arm that resembles a map of a world that doesn’t exist. He traced the edges in black to highlight the continents (a tattoo would be awesome) and he plans to name them at some point—preferably with the help of a linguist or a cartographer. I can definitely see an entire story unfolding based on this imaginary world.

See more pictures in the gallery after the break.

(Reddit via io9)

If you aren't into chopping and dicing, but find yourself using a pencil every now and then, you can still incorporate an ornamental piece of Sparta into your life. Missing Digit previously blessed us with the Sparta Knife Block. Now the company has increased those blessings tenfold with the Office Spartan (officially: Bad Ass Office Spartan, or BAOS. Take that, King Leonidas!) If you have a good working relationship with your desk, Missing Digit suggests you give it "the honor of hosting one of the finest pen and pencil holders to ever defeat the wrath of so many armies."

Available in Natural, Red, Blue, Yellow, or Black, the Office Spartan's shield protects its face from your writing implements, and your writing implements from rolling off your desk and falling behind file cabinets. The warrior is also perpetually On guard! with a letter-opening spear. The BAOS set includes 10 slots for various cylindrical-shaped weapons of corporate conquer, 6 arrow fletchings for capping them, and a base large enough to hold Post-Its or display business cards. It stands around 7" tall.

Since tomorrow I’ll be only two years away from being old enough to run, I decided now is a good time to announce my candidacy for president. #DanJones2020 http://ift.tt/1HZBraD

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