CrunchGear Week in Review: Egg Timer Edition

Here are some of last week’s stories on CrunchGear: Weekend Giveaway: One Of Two Swatch New Gent Watches Just In Time For Breakfast: The Egg Cuber Sony Announces HandyCam NXCAM, An E-Mount Super-35 Sensor Camcorder The Boxee Box: Sizing Up The Competition This Is Something You Put On Your iPhone

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Real-time discovery of Twitter images with Hashalbum

One of Twitter's greatest strengths is the sheer wealth of data that it produces. Like the Internet itself, though, without search engines, that data is all but inaccessible. Few would argue that Google defined the Internet that we use today, and likewise it is only through ingenious indexing that the Twitter fire hose will ultimately become useful. Which brings me neatly onto Hashalbum, a site that simply searches Twitter for a hashtag (like #tsa), and shows you all of the images contained in that data set.

It's a stupidly simple idea that instantly exposes a treasure trove of funny, poignant and timely images. Supposedly the albums update in real-time, but I can't confirm that -- and I also don't know how much of the Twitter fire hose Hashalbum actually parses. Other than letting you search by hashtag, the site does nothing else.

Of course, because the results are unfiltered and the engine is completely 'dumb' (there's no analysis of the images themselves), the quality of the searches isn't very high. Just like Twitter, Hashalbum produces a stream of random, stream-of-consciousness images -- it's still down to you to pick out the interesting bits, but hey, that's Twitter!

Real-time discovery of Twitter images with Hashalbum originally appeared on Download Squad on Mon, 29 Nov 2010 06:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Technology Cured My Bad Case of Shopaphobia

With Black Friday fast approaching, I've been thinking a lot about how various forms of technology have become ingrained into our everyday lives. You may be wondering exactly what the busiest shopping day of the year has to do with the spread of new technology. That's a fair question. The answer -- at least for me -- is everything.

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50 Years After His Election, J.F.K. Goes Digital [Jfk]

When John F. Kennedy was elected president 50 years ago, life—and technology—was much different. This brief look, found over at the Big Picture, is part of a massive $10 million effort to digitize the JFK Library photo archives. More »

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Tokyoflash brings RPM LED wristwatch concept to reality (video)

Tokyoflash, purveyor of all things awesome when it comes to watches, has just unveiled its latest addition. If you're of the eagle-eyed variety, you've probably spotted it just to the right (or after the break in video form). The difference between this fellow and most of the timepieces found here is pretty simple: the RPM LED watch started as a fan render. Over the months, the company took this grand idea and made it a reality, now offering it to anyone with more money than sense. The operation is semi-simple -- the inner ring shows the hour, while the outer ring shows the minutes. There's a group of five LEDs at the top that further explains the latter, and we're hearing that the band itself pushes the IQ of the wearer higher by 12 to 15 points. Even if confirmed by a respected panel of mad scientists, we still say it's not worth the $208.42 asking price, but you're obviously free to disagree vehemently.

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Have It Your Way: Sparkbuy Helps You Hone In On Your Ideal Laptop

Head over to Amazon's computer section right now and you'll notice that you have quite a few choices. Thousands of them, in fact. And honing in on the one that best suits your needs can be quite a chore ? especially when the data you need to make a good comparison is scattered across blogs, review sites, and electronics databases. Sparkbuy thinks there's a better way. The site, which recently closed a $1 million funding round, has set out to build a 'Kayak for consumer electronics', and it's starting with laptop computers. The gist of it: enter which criteria are important to you, and the site will give a listing of laptops that it thinks you'll like best. Sparkbuy is entering private beta tonight, and the first 500 TechCrunch readers to enter the invite code 'TCRUNCH-VIP' will gain access (make sure to click the 'Sign Up' link on the site).

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The week in Android News

Well this week sure has flown right by us, and we all sure hope you stuffed your faces full on Thanksgiving and then went and bought some new Android related stuff on Black Friday. Many of us were busy preparing and indulging this week, and may have missed some of the news that took place, so let's take a look at what we may have missed.

General News

• Verizon flipping LTE switch in December
• Samsung to integrate Google TV, announcement in January?
• T-Mobile adds 8 cities to HSPA+ roster
• Skyfire 3.0 released -- social networking browser for Android

Hardware News

• HTC Merge user-agent string appears, confirms our hands-on info
• Hey, look, it's the Nexus S again
• Is this the Motorola Olympus?
• Acer to bring a 4.8-inch Android phone in Q2 2011
• European Motorola Defy to get upgrade to Android 2.2 in Q2 2011
• More Nexus S Gingerbread pics and specs leak
• Sanyo Zio review

Tablet News

• Get voice calling on your AT&T, Rogers and Bell Galaxy Tab
• NTT DOCOMO selling Samsung Galaxy Tab on November 26
• Acer announces 7- and 10-inch Android tablets in Q2 2011
• Review: The Viewsonic 10-inch gTablet

The week in Android News posted originally by Android Central

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