Israeli donkeys get WiFi-equipped for historical theme park

It's WiFi for your ass - the animal kind - and it's only available in Israel. Yes, as unreal and inappropriate as that proposition may seem, an historical amusement park located in the Middle Eastern country will offer tourists the opportunity to tweet, email and upload photos on-the-fly from the back of a burro. Known as Kfar Kedem, or Village of Yore (sounds exciting!), the unique attraction attempts to reenact life from the Common Era's First and Second centuries, albeit with a healthy dose of wireless internet.

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Mark Zuckerberg talks iGrill on Facebook, brings iGrill site down with redirected traffic

The power of social networks – and the guru of social networks itself, recently married Mark Zuckerberg, was talking about iGrill on his Facebook account before all the redirected traffic to iGrill's site caused an overload and subsequently, a shut down for a couple of hours. Zuckerberg said, "I updated my grilling app, iGrill, today and it now has Facebook integration that lets you see what other people are grilling right now around the world. Awesome. I'm making a Fred's steak.".
Chris Allen, CEO, iDevices said of the situation, "We were caught totally off guard by Mark Zuckerberg's post and the immediate influx of traffic.

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Trade-in site guarantees $277 for 16GB iPhone 4S even after iPhone 5 is released

. Apple (AAPL) fans worried about trading in their iPhone 4S before the next-generation iPhone is even announced can rest easy: trade-in site Gazelle has their backs. CNET reports that Gazelle is now letting users lock in a $277 price for trading in 16GB iPhone 4S models deemed to be in “good condition” if they sign up by the end of August.

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New Samsung Chat S3570 QWERTY phone spotted

Samsung is readying the launch of a new QWERTY phone that's going to be part of the Ch@t series (without being a smartphone, like the Galaxy B5330). Called Samsung Ch@t S357 (or Samsung GT-S3570), the handset will be an affordable one. It doesn't have 3G connectivity, but it comes with Wi-Fi.

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Motorola Mobility's employees in China protest against layoffs

About 200 of Motorola Mobility's employees gathered in front of the company's Chinese headquarters in Beijing on Friday morning, and protested against the layoffs that Google has set in motion last week. After finally being able to close the deal through which it acquired Motorola Mobility, Google has presented a plan that will see 20% of that company's workforce laid off in the near future. This move will help focus Motorola on fewer, higher-quality mobile devices each year, according to the Mountain View giant.

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TextGenie will convert “text speak” into understandable English

While some of us might take the time to craft out a well written text message, others might prefer using short hand, or "text speak" which basically words into shorter versions of themselves (i.e. you = u, you're = ure, forget = 4get, talk to you later = ttyl and etc.). While this might be a perfectly acceptable way for two people to communicate with each other, it might get frustrating when the other party has no idea what you're talking about. After all text messages are meant to convey information, not force you to decipher words.

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Chiba University's Graduate School of Engineering developped a Guitar designed for hemiplegics

The Guitarion, being developed at Chiba University's Graduate School of Engineering, is a guitar that can be played by hemiplegics. People with unilateral paralysis, as a result of a stroke or other reason, can play the Guitarion using only their unaffected side. “The guitar is held in place by the non-disabled hand, and to play it, there's a solenoid in this part. The solenoid works with a foot switch.

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