PayPal must not have been content to let you add pre-paid gift cards to your digital wallet, because now it’s selling them directly. The online-payment juggernaut is kicking off this new program — dubbed PayPal Digital Gifts — with none other than iTunes, whose digital gift certificates come in $15, $25, $50 and $100 denominations. With this, the firm hopes to streamline online gift-card giving while adding its trademark layer of security for good measure. The company admits the digital storefront is a bit sparse at the moment, but says it will be announcing more partners soon. Unfortunately, the offer is only available in the US — space tourists will have to shop elsewhere. Comments Via: The Next Web Source: PayPal (1) , (2)

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That Kindle Paperwhite is pretty thin and light already, but future e-readers could be even skinnier thanks to a new screen technology from E Ink known as Fina. The tech uses a super thin glass substrate that’ll supposedly result in displays that measure less than 50 percent in both thickness and weight when compared to “an equivalent glass-based TFT.” According to a released statement, this makes Fina ideal for large tablets that also need to be lightweight, which is exactly why it was implemented in the PocketBook CAD Reader, a new 13.3-inch device that’s also the first to use Fina. The slate has a dual-core 1GHz processor, 2GB of RAM, 16GB of storage space and it runs Android 4.0.4. Of course, we wouldn’t expect to pick this up at Best Buy any time soon, as it’s primarily meant for displaying drawings from Autocad. Indeed, PocketBook even said it’s made to be used on construction sites, not by everyday consumers. Still, we wonder if Fina’s arrival means we’ll see larger format e-readers in the future, especially for all those DX lovers out there. In the meantime, check out the source link below for more details on E Ink’s latest innovation. Comments Source: E Ink

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Ahh, News Feed , the lifeblood of Facebook, a river rife with baby and puppy pictures, plus countless status updates and shared articles. Today, Facebook has updated the Feed once again to percolate more (and more relevant) news article in your feed. Why the change? As usual, you, the users have informed the Social Network of the need to do so through your clicks — which told FB that most folks would rather see content about current events and favorite sports teams than the latest third party meme photo making the rounds. And, your Feed will also start showing up to three related articles to ones that are shared to make it easier to dive deeper into article topics you enjoy. Lastly, Facebook will uprank articles that garner a lot of comments, so that you’ll know exactly what stories are so hot right now. You dig? There’s more about Facebooks News Feed decision making process at the source below. Filed under: Internet , Facebook Comments Source: Facebook

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4K is here to stay, what with a vast number of companies ramping up production on all types of different panels . Today, Dell is the latest one ready to join the frenzy in full force, announcing availability details for some new, super high-res monitors as part of its UltraSharp lineup. Naturally, the main feature here is the 3, 840 x 2, 160 resolution on them, although there are other highlights worth mentioning. For its part, the newcomer UltraSharp 24 (you know, the one we caught earlier ) has an IPS LED screen with Dell’s PremierColor tech, which translates to being able to support 99 percent of AdobeRGB colors, and offers access to HDMI, DisplayPort, USB 3.0 and a 6-in-1 card reader. The UltraSharp 32 , meanwhile, boasts the majority of the same specs as its smaller 24-inch sibling, save for the fact it’s sporting a 32-inch, IGZO LCD panel. Furthermore, Dell also took the time to reveal it plans to release a 28-inch model sometime in the near future, noting that this “will be the most affordable Ultra HD monitor in the industry when it is launched.” Speaking of which, The UltraSharp 32 is now up for grabs worldwide for $3, 499, while the $1, 399 UltraSharp 24 is only available in South and North America to begin with and elsewhere on December 16th. No word yet on how much exactly the UltraSharp 28 will cost, but Dell did say we can expect it to be under $1, 000 when it hits shelves in “early 2014.” Filed under: Displays , Misc , Peripherals , Dell Comments Source: Dell (1) , (2)

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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos took to 60 Minutes to reveal the company’s latest delivery method: drones . In what is likely a cunning reminder of the e-tailer’s upcoming Cyber Monday sales, these bots will apparently be capable of delivering packages up to five pounds (86 percent of orders are apparently under that), with the aim of getting them to your house in under half an hour. The system is called Prime Air and the octo-copter drones, which wait, ready to deliver, at the end of conveyor belts, have a range of 10 miles. As Amazon puts, “Putting Prime Air into commercial use will take some number of years as we advance the technology and wait for the necessary FAA rules and regulations” and Bezos himself added in the segment that it won’t be before 2015 at the very earliest. While it sounds like they”ll take their time to get here (if they ever do), we’ve at least got a video of the drones in action — it’s right after the break. Filed under: Internet , Amazon Comments Source: Lance Ulanoff (Twitter) , Amazon

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Some shipwrecks are too costly or dangerous for humans to explore, but many underwater robots are too disruptive and unwieldy to serve as substitutes. The Tallinn Institute of Technology’s new U-CAT mapping robot solves that dilemma by imitating one of the ocean’s more graceful creatures: the sea turtle . The small machine uses flippers to get around instead of propellers, preventing it from kicking up silt (which would obscure its camera) and letting it turn on a dime. It’s also autonomous, which helps it venture deep into a wreck without worrying about cables. You’ll only likely see U-CAT in person if you swing by the London Science Museum between November 28th and December 1st. However, it’s likely to have a big impact on underwater archaeology. It will eventually map shipwrecks in the Baltic and Mediterranean Seas as part of the EU’s ARROWS Project , providing more detail than any diver could manage. [Image credit: Tallin University of Technology, Flickr ] Filed under: Robots , Science Comments Gizmag Source: Tallinn University of Technology , ARROWS Project

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