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Technology Tuesday- Smart Mirror

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all?  You!  Have you ever been without a mirror and need to make those last minute touch ups? Well, if you have an iPhone, iPad or even an iPod Touch, fear no more.*  The Smart Mirror App makes putting on your makeup, or checking...

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Cover Up Those Embarrassing Toilet Sounds With Even More Terrifying Ones

We've all been there, you're at a house filled with people and you gotta handle your business (the poop kind) Well, where you once might have made your friends promise "not to listen," or run the water on full blast or maybe just held it in, now there's a solution. The Eco-Otome, the newest import...

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Pro-Tip: Stop Saving Up For That iPad And Just Sell Your Kidneys

Here at the SUMOskinny, we sure do love our Apple products something fierce. But there is a fine line beween love and just being a downright moron and this dude from China crossed it a long time ago. A 17-year-old high school student apparently traded his kidney for money to buy an iPhone and an...

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BREAKING NEWS: Facebook Buys Instagram

Mark Zuckerberg has just announced that Facebook will acquire Instagram, the fan-favorite app that allows creative photo-sharing, for $1 billion in cash and shares. Zuckerberg has promised that Instagram would stay an independent company and that such a large purchase will not become a habit for...

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Playa Case For Your iPhone Keeps You All Kinds Of Protected With Its Condom Pocket

I know what you're thinking right now: what the fruit loops is up with Australian mailboxes?  But let's not even go there because I have no idea. So at first I saw this and was like, "Whaaaat?  Genius."  But then our certified Sexy-Time experts were all like "nooo, keeping condoms...

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Technology Tuesday: Word Lens

Happy Technology Tuesday! Remember the days of taking a language in high school (where you probably used Google Translate to "help" you with your homework)? Or have you ever studied abroad and not known what a single street sign said? Here’s an app that could have really helped, or for some of us,...

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Video Game Meets Farming And Then Meets Dubstep

Never been much for computer video games (is that even a thing, computer video games?  Or are they just computer games at that point...I don't really know), they just never really struck a note with me (except for Oregon Trail and Nanosaurus cuz those games were the poo).  But...

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Technology Tuesday: The Swivl

This weekend I learned about a really cool new piece of technology. It’s called “Swivl,” and with the video I posted below, I think you can understand why.  This little gadget is your new personal cameraperson. Simply attach your iPhone, hold the green marker and leave the rest to Swivl....

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Adobe Photoshop CS6 Is Upon Us

Over the last 20 years, Adobe has dominated the market with its Photoshop image editing software. Other softwares like GIMP attempt to do what Adobe does, but they fall short. No other software comes close to matching the quality of image editing you get with Photoshop. Last week, Adobe released a...

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Angry Birds Meets Outer Space

Angry Birds Meets Outer Space. I don’t know about you, but I jumped on the Angry Birds train long ago. Today the developers at Rovio, the creators of Angry Birds, released Angry Birds Space! I couldn’t help but to download it as soon as I woke up this morning, as I have beaten all of the other...

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