Hungary’s Daniel Gyurta set a new world record in the 200m breaststroke with a time of 2:07:28, just holding off Michael Jamieson, local British hero. American Nathan Adrian edged out Aussie James Magnusson ever so slightly to add to Team American Rebecca Soni went ahead and set a new 200m …
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Windows 8 is complete, Digg is reborn, and more – 90 Seconds on The Verge: Wednesday, August 1, 2012
“More like Polygone.” Alas, we bid adieu to the little gaming summit in Vox studios. All that remains are piles of breadcrumbs, dozens of half-finished Diet Coke cans, and four interns that didn’t get the memo to go home. They’ll be missed, but in their honor, we will march on …
Read More »Team USA Basketball: After Trouncing Tunisia, USA Preps For Nigeria on Thursday
As expected, the Americans easily dismissed Tunisia in their second of five group play games. Despite off nights from Chris Paul and LeBron James, not to mention a sluggish start at the outset, USA ran away from Tunisia for the 110-67 win. Ben Golliver breaks down the win, highlights the …
Read More »AR Drone 2.0 Review & Unboxing (Parrot AR.Drone 2.0)
PRICING & AVAILABILITY Buy one here – http://amzn.to/NUmkEQ Extended Battery – http://amzn.to/OEKR3i This is a unboxing and review of the Parrot AR Drone 2.0 (AR.Drone 2.0). The Parrot AR. Drone 2.0 is a quadricopter controlled by your smart phone. The AR Drone 2.0 is compatible with both the iPhone (iOS) …
Read More »Olympic Medal Count: China Edges USA for Most Overall
On a day when “badminton match-fixing” was an actual thing, Team USA and China continued their dominance at the 2012 Summer Olympics while everybody else plays for third. For the U.S. on Wednesday, it was “One if by land, two if sea” — the Americans added a gold medal in …
Read More »$13,238.86 left in a NYC taxi
like me on https://www.facebook.com/cneistat this is a New York Times OpDoc by Casey Neistat, see the original posting here — http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/25/opinion/taxi-lost-and-found.html a love letter to New York City, totally true story. before you call me an asshole for forgetting my stuff in a cab consider i’d been traveling for 10 …
Read More »MLB Trade Deadline Ends; Shane Victorino to the L.A. Dodgers
The 2012 MLB Trade Deadline has come to an end. Some teams were winners and some teams were losers. SB Nation’s Amy K. Nelson and Steven Goldman take a look at two such teams, the Philadelphia Phillies and the Los Angeles Dodgers. Phillies are losing their clout as a dominant …
Read More »MLB Trade Deadline: Xfinity Twitter Tales
The 2012 MLB Trade Deadline has come to an end. Xfinity’s Austin Schindel dives headlong into the twittershpere to determine the winners and losers from around the league. Subscribe to our channel for more sports videos! Click here: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=sbnation Check us out on Facebook (Facebook.com/SBNation) and follow us on Twitter …
Read More »The new Digg: behind the 6-week transformation
On July 12th, 2012, Betaworks announced its acquisition of Digg.com. Six weeks later, an entirely new team launched Digg v1. Read the full story here: http://www.theverge.com/2012/8/1/3212627/digg-relaunch-betaworks-video More from The Verge: Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=theverge Check out our full video catalog: http://www.youtube.com/theverge/videos Visit our playlists: http://www.youtube.com/theverge/playlists Like The Verge on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/verge Follow …
Read More »The Verge Mobile Show 010 – July 31st, 2012
The Verge Mobile Show celebrates its 10th video birthday today! And after a few weeks of musical chairs, the original troika we know and love is back together at last. And it feels so good — almost as good as a perfectly designed phone. Or does such a thing even …
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