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Sometimes you need a quick way to tell the world, all of it, everyone, "there is no mode of escape from the current situation other than to persevere." For those times, CNC Design offer you the universal totem: The Deal With It Sunglasses.
Google announced last night on Google+ that they have removed their naming restrictions, preventing you from using nicknames and pseudonyms.
So if you wanted to use the name “rustybrick” because you didn’t want to use your real name, for privacy reasons…
If someone gaining an athletic visa to play StarCraft 2 or the staggering amount of hours spent watching pro gamers duke it out virtually wasn’t enough to prove that competitive gaming is a real thing, maybe some mainstream support is. This weekend’s massive $10 million-plus Dota 2 tournament, The International, will air live on ESPN 3. What’s more, prior to ESPN 2’s broadcast of the final match late Sunday evening, the network will host a preview show with expert analysis and even an interview with Dota 2-developer Valve’s Gabe Newell. That the Worldwide Leader in Sports is giving the same kind of love to eSports that it does, say, basketball or even skateboarding is surely a sign of big things to come. The fans have been into it for awhile — tickets for the event, held at Seattle’s 17,000-seat Key Arena, sold out in an hour.
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If you’re an impulse buyer trying to reform your ways, Facebook and Twitter are not on your side.
Both companies said Thursday they were working on new services to let their users either make purchases directly from their feeds or gain instant access to deals and promotions that can be redeemed in stores. It’s the latest display of competition heating up between the companies as they seek to add digital storefront real estate to their sites.
Why waste clicks getting to Amazon or eBay when you can have all your fun in between retweets or “likes”? Naturally, you might also retweet the advertiser’s promotion, which would make Twitter happy.
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Facebook doesn’t want you to ever leave Facebook — not to look at photos, read the news or chat with friends — and now you don’t even have to leave to buy a product. The social giant’s new Buy button (and associated e-commerce infrastructure) lets…