Moto X for Verizon officially available online August 29th, at stores in the coming weeks

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/08/26/moto-x-verizon/

If you've been eyeing a Motorola device on Verizon without the Droid branding, the Moto X is ultimately your best (and only) choice -- but when exactly will it be available to the masses? According to Verizon's official Twitter account, this Thursday, August 29th will be the day you can grab it online for $200 on-contract. As for stores, the company isn't willing to give a specific date just yet, so all we've been told is that we can expect it in the coming weeks. Still, this will come as good news for Big Red fans who have been patiently awaiting their turn, even if it means early adopters have to settle for a black or white option.

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Intel's 3D camera technology detects emotions and eyes, gives Kinect some competition

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/08/26/intel-3d-camera-technology-detects-your-emotions-and-eyes/

We know that Intel sees 3D cameras as the future of computing, and the company's Anil Nanduri just provided a few hints of what that future may involve. He tells Network World that the depth-sensing technology can recognize emotions, such as happy smiles. It can also track your gaze; a camera can detect when readers are stumped by unfamiliar words in a book, for example. The technology's shape detection is accurate enough that it can even scan objects for 3D printing. We won't get a true sample of the technology's potential until Creative ships its Senz3D camera before the end of the current quarter. Nonetheless, it's already evident that Microsoft's next-generation Kinect for Windows will have some real competition on its hands.

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MAP OF THE DAY: Here's Where America's Craft Breweries Are

Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/map-of-the-day-heres-where-americas-craft-breweries-are-2013-8

From IBISWorld, a map showing the percentage of craft brewery establishments belonging to each state.

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New Nexus 7 arrives in Japan this week, SIM-unlocked 32GB LTE model coming this September

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/08/25/new-nexus-7-arrives-in-japan-this-week-sim-unlocked-32gb-lte-mo/

Google often takes its time bringing its Nexus variety of tablets and smartphones across the Pacific, but it's getting faster. Today, it announced that the refreshed Nexus 7 (with a new 1,900 x 1,200 resolution screen and 5MP camera) will land in Japan on Wednesday 28th August. The 16GB model is priced up at 27,800 yen, while double the storage will cost 33,800 yen.

For Japanese readers hoping for that LTE model, there's news on that front too. It'll arrive SIM-unlocked in the middle of September, the 32GB LTE model will cost just shy of 40,000 yen, notably off-contract -- Google says it'll work on all three of Japan's major carriers (DoCoMo, Softbank and KDDI's au). Barring the original 7-inch tablet, Nexus models have typically been in short supply in Japan; the Nexus 4 is yet to visit the Land of the Rising Sun.

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Surprise: NSA Agents Use All-Seeing Power to Spy on Their Crushes

Source: http://gizmodo.com/surprise-nsa-agents-use-all-seeing-power-to-spy-on-the-1193464964

It's only reasonable to assume that men or women with near unbounded power to spy on the public would eventually use that power to peek at people they are sexually interested in. Well, now you don't have to assume it, because the NSA is admitting it.

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