Always Tech News: June 2014

Build your own premium Garmin nav, one in-app purchase at a time

Garmin's new smartphone allows users to build their own premium navigation experience one in-app purchase at a time.

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Yahoo brings 'Community' back to life with 6th season

The popular TV series, which was canceled by NBC in May, is resurrected with 13 new episodes exclusively on the tech giant's video platform.

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Here's what it's like to plummet down the world's tallest water slide

This snowflake zoomed in 50,000 times looks like a mutant alien virus

This is not your typical electron microscope snowflake photo, usually delicate and beautiful. It's a capped column snowflake zoomed in 50,000 times. Those intriguing and sightly gross flabby little hair thingies on both ends of the flake are rime ice.

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'Reading Rainbow' is the most popular Kickstarter to date

As it turns out, there are a lot of people who want LeVar Burton teaching kids how to read. The Reading Rainbow remake has just become the most popular Kickstarter project, ever -- it broke the record with over 91,600 backers on June 30th. That puts...

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Apple to discuss Q3 2014 financial results on July 22

Earnings conference call will mark Luca Maestri's first appearance in his new role as chief financial officer.

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LG's Xpression 2 gets the blues (pictures)

As a feature handset for AT&T, the LG Xpression 2 is equipped with a 3-inch display, 2-megapixel camera, and a slide-out keyboard.

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All of Apple's 2014 Mac updates, tested and reviewed

We rate the latest spec changes and price cuts for the MacBook Air and iMac lines.

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Nokia's best Android phone, but not good enough

Despite having the best specs of Nokia's Android phones, the XL's poor performance and confusing OS denies users Android's' full potential and a true Windows Phone experience.

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Print from any Android phone or tablet

With an easy setup, you can send docs, photos, and Web pages from your Android device to any printer.

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NSA chief downplays damage caused by Snowden leaks

While former NSA head General Keith Alexander lambasted Edward Snowden for putting US security at risk, Vice Admiral Michael S. Rogers says the leaks don't mean "the sky is falling."

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Yoga's winning hybrid design, now available for less

It's a modest, but good update to the original, but this convertible laptop is facing steep competition from others including Lenovo's own Yoga 2 Pro.

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Leftovers: Stream the First Episode of HBO's New Show About the Rapture

Remember Left Behind? It was cheesy and had way too much Kirk Cameron. Anyway, now HBO has a new J.J. Abrams-directed show called Leftovers, which tells the tale of people left on Earth, post-rapture. And you can stream the first episode for free on Yahoo.

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Honda's first personal jet is a tiny flying wonder

Screw flying cars—I just want the flying. The first production unit of Honda's first ever airplane has taken to the skies for the first time in Greensboro, North Carolina. This flight is a major milestone towards its certification—and a great excuse to post a gallery of HondaJet F3 porn. The cockpit is great.

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What's on your HDTV this week: World Cup, Drunk History, Under the Dome

The USA has survived Group Play and now it's knockout time at the World Cup in Brazil. A record number of people were streaming during the USMNT's last game, and we'll be watching to see if that number is broken tomorrow afternoon as the squad takes...

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Foster the People's New Video Is Psychedelically Delicious

Finally, three years after the release of their hit debut album, Foster the People is back on our Hi-Fis with a new record and this wild music video—a trippy, Princess Mononoke-esque battle between opposing forces of nature. Just watch out for the gun-fish toting shorebirds!

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Monday, June 30, 2014