A restaurant in Los Angeles is offering a sweet deal: give up your phone before being seated and you’ll receive a 5% discount on your bill.
While we highly discourage folks from wasting away their dinners playing Angry Birds, we admit we’ve been guilty of catching up on emails at the table every now and then.
(OK, maybe a little more than “every now and then.”)
Would you be able to disconnect yourself for an hour or two … to enjoy a meal?
Here’s the future of vending machines: tweeting for your selection.
Yep, a South African beverage company, BOS Ice Tea, launched a new promotion this month.
It installed a vending machine/robot named “BEV” in Cape Town’s Wembley Square that basically dispenses a free drink when you send a tweet while standing in front of it.
The system works by looking out for a specific hashtag and then comparing it to the machine’s geographical location. If a tweet matches up, it then dispenses a drink.
We can’t wait for this to catch on, especially with the vending machines here at Glittarazzi HQ — because we’re pretty sure that all our tweets would then consist of #dietcoke, #funyuns and #dorritoscoolranch.
Celebrities at this year’s “MTV Movie Awards” were given swag bags full of some amazing goodies.
The stars were also able to mess around with “The Cube,” a cool new 3D printer “for the home” from Cubify — and got to watch it create shoes, iPhone cases and jewelry.
Klik, a new app for your iPhone, uses facial recognition software to “quickly tag your Facebook friends in real-time.”
The concept is cool — but, also, kind of creepy.
We don’t want the robots to know what we look like when they decide to take over. We’ve been talking way too much smack about them.
#creeptown
If you’re in the market for new cases for your gadgets — or, just looking for a way to do some good — we’ve found exactly what you need.
The folks over at Mashable rounded up these 10 iPhone cases.
And, proceeds from each case benefits a different cause.
Facebook has unveiled its newest feature to the excitement of many: the chance to declare your status as an organ donor.
Richard Branson keeps trying to break sailing records as he flirts with going into space; Bill Gates is trying to save the world; and Clive Palmer is building an updated replica of the Titanic.
So, who exactly is Clive Palmer?
He’s an Australian mining magnate who’s running for public office — and, in his spare time, he’s been working on an exact modern replica of the infamous cruise ship, “Titanic,” which he is calling “Titanic II.”
We really don’t think we need to explain why we love “Peanuts.”
And, if you feel the same way, you’re definitely going to love these new Apple accessories brought to you by iLuv, which are inspired by Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and all of their friends. There are cases for every generation of iPhone, cases for your Macbook, earbuds — and even some amazing headphones.
We can’t wait to deck out all of our gear in pictures of the whole gang!
Thousands of spectators cane out to see the space shuttle, “Discovery,” given to the National Air and Space Museum by NASA at a ceremony in Chantilly, Va.
Sen. John Glenn — who is also the oldest man to ever go into space — was there to witness the signing of the transfer of ownership document.
The Discovery now sits permanently on the rear pavilion of the museum to inspire awe in the minds of young and old alike.
