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Steak Specialists Discover a New Cut of Beef

From Gizmodo:

Turns out that what happens in Vegas no longer stays in Vegas—and that’s a good thing. A self-proclaimed Meat Geek has teamed up with Oklahoma State University to devise the first new style of steak in years.

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Fast Facebook Brings a Speedier, Ice Cream Sandwich-Inspired Facebook Experience to Android

From Lifehacker:

Android: If you’ve used Android’s Facebook app recently, you know how slow and bloated its become. If you’re tired of staring at the Facebook loading screen, Fast Facebook is a cool, customizable, blazing fast Facebook client for Android.

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Use Springpad as Your New Personal Assistant: Get Organized, Save Money, and Have Fun Being Productive

From Lifehacker:

Few people actually love organizing their calendars and projects—there’s nothing terribly exciting or sexy about most productivity tools once you actually sit down and start using them. Except for the new Springpad, that is! It’s a fantastic, easy-to-use webapp that helps you organize your life, your ideas, and your projects, and once you get started, it’s also a lot of fun to use. Unlike most tools of its ilk, Springpad thinks for you, working like a personal assistant to cut down on the time you spend on the less enjoyable aspects of organizing information—meaning you’ll spend less time organizing things and more time doing them.

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Live-Stream Old Concerts for Nostalgias Sake

From Gizmodo:

Netflix this week added just under 100 music documentaries and filmed concerts to its streamable content catalog.

The Beatles, Queen, Nirvana, The Sex Pistols, Jay-Z, Alicia Keys, the Wu Tang Clan, Marvin Gay and ZZ Top are just some of the artists whose performances and behind the scene footage are available to watch from the comfort of not a sticky concert venue.

It’ll be like live-streaming Coachella, without having to see all your friends’ Facebook photos from actual Coachella popping up to make you jealous. [GigaOm]

Dolphin Browser for Android Adds Voice Search

From Lifehacker:

Android: Voice control seems to be spreading to just about every app these days and Dolphin—our favorite web browser for Android—wasn’t about to be left out of the party. The latest release adds a feature called Sonar, allowing you to search the web with the power of your voice.

Sonar works like most voice-activated features: you tape the microphone and speak a command. What you can say to Dolphin is pretty interesting. Aside from initiating basic search commands, you can specify specific sites (like Facebook and eBay) to search within them directly. Voice commands can also be used to access browser functionality like bookmarks and basic navigation. This update is currently available for download in the Android Marketplace, free as usual.

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