Show Notes February 10, 2014

https://thedaywefightback.org
Tomorrow February 11, 2014 is The Day We Fight BACK!

USA FREEDOM Act – http://www.leahy.senate.gov/download/usa-freedom-act_-introduced-10-29-131

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FISA Improvement Act – http://www.intelligence.senate.gov/pdfs113th/113fisa_improvements.pdf

The ACLU & The Day We Fight Back! https://www.aclu.org/support-usa-freedom-act

in support of the USA Freedom Act

 

From WSJ – NSA Collects 20% or Less of U.S. Call Data

NSA Collects 20% or Less of U.S. Call Data – http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304680904579368831632834004

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Show Notes January 27th, 2014

Rose Regina and I talk about how to choose a laptop.

http://splitwise.com/calculators/rent

 

In Tech News:

Google glitch flooded at least one poor guy’s inbox Users around the world dealt with Gmail woes earlier today, but at least one faced an even stranger Gmail problem. David Peck, a private banker from Fresno, California, has been receiving thousands and thousands of emails from strangers — all …
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Government set to declassify information requests, paves the way for more transparency Insight into the NSA’s surveillance activities is about to get a bit less murky for US citizens. Following President Obama’s speech on NSA reform this past month, comes news that the government will now allow for “more detailed disclosures” regarding …
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Sprint to Lay Off Unknown Number of Workers Sprint is prepared to lay off an unknown number of employees, according to filings the company made with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The cuts are part of a restructuring plan that the company announced today. Sprint employs about 39,000 people around the U.S. The Associated Press suggests the cuts might be significant based on the size of the charges Sprint expects to take on the workf
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Microsoft SkyDrive is now called OneDrive, after conceding to a trademark infringement dispute. Microsoft SkyDrive is now called OneDrive, after conceding to a trademark infringement dispute. Functionality remains the same. Read more on the OneDrive blog.
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Why Do Media Companies Block Movies, Music, and TV Based on Location? Dear Lifehacker, I’ve always wondered why Blu-rays have regions, or why a music service is available in one country but not another. The Internet is global, right? And why are videos that stream in one country blocked in another? Is there any rhyme or reason, or is it all just to be annoying?Sincerely, Blocked OutDear Blocked Out, It’s pretty annoying when a TV show you want to see airs, and then
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Code hints that Google may bake fitness sensor support into Android KitKat brought pedometer functions to Android, but that’s not necessarily enough for smartphone owners who want to track their fitness routines. Google may be aware of that desire for more athletic info, though. Google Operating System has discovered …
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Google is mapping the history of modern music It’s no surprise that Google has been tracking music uploads, but what’s unexpected is exactly what the search giant is doing with all of that info. Interactive maps of music’s ongoing journey are charted through Play Music’s users’ libraries, found …
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Google starts banning Chrome extensions bought by shady ad firms A brouhaha over adware-laced Chrome extensions has forced Google to remove two from its store and possibly exposed a wider issue. According to the original developer of “Add to Feedly,” the problems happened after he sold his plug-in — created in a …
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LogMeIn ditches free accounts, asks users to pay up or it’ll LogYouOut If you’ve been using LogMeIn’s free account, you might, nay will, need to find another option. The remote desktop service is no longer offering its gratis service, forcing existing users to either migrate to one of the paid accounts, or move over to …
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Pinterest recipe search makes the joy of cooking easy to pin down The next time you’re searching for that perfect recipe to please your finicky friends’ ever-evolving dietary needs (you know, the vegan today/paleo tomorrow types), you won’t have to go further than Pinterest. The service is folding in a new search …
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Verizon Debuts International Messaging Plan Verizon Wireless today unveiled the World Messaging Unlimited promotion, which promises to help reduce the cost of sending messages and making calls to numbers outside the U.S. The plan provides unlimited messaging from the U.S. to most other countries for $5 per month. The World Messaging Unlimited promotion also drops the per-minute rate for voice calls made to landlines or wireless numbers. Suc
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This headset uses sensors and psychology to control gamer rage Designer Sam Matson has a solution to gamer rage that doesn’t involve throwing things at your screen. Introducing Immersion, a headset that monitors your heart rate and increases a game’s difficulty the more frustrated you become. It may sound like …
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Gmail and other Google services go down (update 2: outage details) No, it’s not just you — Gmail, Google+ and a host of other Google services have gone down or otherwise broken. The company’s status board doesn’t show any issues, but Gmail users are seeing notices that their accounts are “temporarily unavailable.” …
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Stratasys’ new 3D printer creates multicolored flexible materials Stratasys’ has a new $330,000 3D printer, but this one has the potential to do a whole lot more than monochrome figurines. In fact, the company says it’s the first machine able to create objects in colored, flexible materials. The Objet500 Connex3 3D …
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Microsoft to Rebrand SkyDrive to OneDrive Microsoft today announced that it plans to rebrand its SkyDrive cloud-storage product. The new name will be OneDrive. Microsoft said SkyDrive users will see no change to their service other than the name itself. “We believe the new OneDrive name conveys the value we can deliver for you and best represents our vision for the future,” said Microsoft in a blog post. The official launch of O
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The Story Of Google: Algorithm and Functionality Updates It’s been fifteen years since Google made its debut in 1998, and it has gone on to be the most prominent search engine in history. Google released its very first algorithm update sixteen months after it went live, which was mostly undocumented. Most webmasters will tell you that Google algorithm updates are a big deal, so let’s take at how many the search engine behemoth has released over the year
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Hackers Steal Law Enforcement Documents From Microsoft wiredmikey writes “Microsoft on Friday said that attackers breached the email accounts of a “select number” of employees, and obtained access to documents associated with law enforcement inquiries. According to the company, a number of Microsoft employees were targeted with attacks aiming to compromise both email and social media accounts ‘..We have learned that there was unauthoriz
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Cellphone vs. Landline – Do You Need Both? How to Save on Your Phone Bills It’s hard to believe now, but up until about 20 years ago, a wireless phone was a luxury that only the wealthy could afford.Even in the early 1990s, the cellphone was considered to be a frivolous item, while the landline phone was a necessity.All that has changed drastically over the years, since now many of us rely on our smartphones for everything and have given up landlines altogether. Read mor
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7 Facts About The iPhone   On January 9 2007, Steve Jobs premiered the first ever iPhone. Seven years later, the iPhone and it’s numerous generations are still going strong, despite the expanding smartphone market and competition: due to the iPhone, Apple makes 50% of the revenue for smartphones globally. One of their newest models the iPhone 5S is 20% lighter than the original model and 40 times more powerful, evidence
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Google Glass wearer removed from AMC theater under suspicion of recording Despite the many uses for Google Glass, this new class of wearable devices is inevitably meeting some growing pains (pictured above is 7’3″ Indiana Pacers center Roy Hibbert, a Glass wearer who has experienced some growing pains) as the world gets …
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Google can now say if your internet connection is quick enough for YouTube Many are tempted to blame stuttering YouTube streams on our internet providers, but who’s really at fault? Google may shed some light on the subject now that it has launched a Video Quality Report. The tool tells surfers how well their providers …
   
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Rdio Goes Free After Spotify Drops Time Limits It’s a good time to be a streaming music fan at the moment, as each of the big players tries to grab the headlines from the other. The news at the moment is that Rdio is now completely free to users, after Spotify dropped all remaining time limits with regards to usage. Time to put on some tunes and celebrate. There are two catches to the Rdio offer – one, it is only available to US residents, and
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For Women: Look Good & Feel Confident With These 6 Subreddits We often use the new year as an excuse to take better care of our appearance, personal growth, and ultimately self-esteem. Today’s focus is all about looking great. And what better place to start than by finding advice online? Not too long ago, I compiled a list of Subreddits that all men should read. This article is the counterpart for women – a list of Subreddits for women of all ages who want t
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FCC Net Neutrality rules are dead, but they sucked anyway: time for some better ones Yesterday, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals invalidated the FCC’s Open Internet Rules. These were the closest thing to a set of Net Neutrality rules America had: rules that were supposed to ensure that ISPs fetched you the data you asked for without prejudice, rather than giving preference to the companies that had bribed them for faster access to you. But these rules sucked As David Isenberg p
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Use Mixed Entry to Increase Length-Capped Password Complexity When it comes to password security, longer is typically better and multi-word pass phrases are even better than that. If you find yourself with an annoying, capped-length password, though, try mixing up the characters in your password.As Reddit user GentleRhino reminds us, tacking on a few extra numbers to the end of some regular words is bad password form. However, mixing those numbers into the w
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Study claims NSA phone data collection is useless in preventing terrorist attacks Ahead of President Obama’s expected announcement of widespread NSA reform later this month, a new study brings the agency’s mass phone data collection operation under fire saying that it has had no positive impact on preventing acts of terrorism.
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Shed The Pounds: Subscribe To These 4 Weight Loss Subreddits My last 9-to-5 job came with the unusual perk of free lunch every day. We’d usually go out for Chinese food, or get a burger or a kebab or something. Despite not being paid for, it did come with a pretty high price. I put on a lot of weight. With 2014 having just arrived, I’ve made a resolution to lose a bit of weight. Reddit is a great resource for this, with its useful subreddits and even some f
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Insane (But True) Benefits of Eating Bugs You Need To Know If you’re someone with entomophobia (a fear of bugs) or you just don’t like them, the thought of eating bugs is sure to creep you out; you may even start to feel sick to your stomach. Depending on your culture, eating bugs may be as common as eating meat, or it may be a delicacy. Entomophagy is the practice of eating bugs, and surprisingly about 2 billion people eat them each day. For those of you
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How to Disable Gmail’s New Feature that Let Google+ Users Email You Last week, Google announced that Gmail users can email their Google+ connections without knowing their email address first. For some, it’s an easy way to stay in touch. For others, it’s a ticket to unwanted email. However you feel, here’s how to turn the feature off, or set it so only the people you want can use it.Now that the new feature has rolled out to Gmail users (although it hasn’t gotten t
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How Can I Stay Anonymous with Tor? Even with recent revelations that the NSA is listening, Tor is still probably the best way to anonymously surf the net. But to do it right, you’ve got to take some precautions. The experts at Information Security Stack Exchange provide guidance on the safe way to use Tor. It has been known in the security community that a tool as versatile as Tor is likely the target of intense interest from intel
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Show Notes, January 13th 2013

 

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Shed The Pounds: Subscribe To These 4 Weight Loss Subreddits My last 9-to-5 job came with the unusual perk of free lunch every day. We’d usually go out for Chinese food, or get a burger or a kebab or something. Despite not being paid for, it did come with a pretty high price. I put on a lot of weight. With 2014 having just arrived, I’ve made a resolution to lose a bit of weight. Reddit is a great resource for this, with its useful subreddits and even some f
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Insane (But True) Benefits of Eating Bugs You Need To Know If you’re someone with entomophobia (a fear of bugs) or you just don’t like them, the thought of eating bugs is sure to creep you out; you may even start to feel sick to your stomach. Depending on your culture, eating bugs may be as common as eating meat, or it may be a delicacy. Entomophagy is the practice of eating bugs, and surprisingly about 2 billion people eat them each day. For those of you
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How to Disable Gmail’s New Feature that Let Google+ Users Email You Last week, Google announced that Gmail users can email their Google+ connections without knowing their email address first. For some, it’s an easy way to stay in touch. For others, it’s a ticket to unwanted email. However you feel, here’s how to turn the feature off, or set it so only the people you want can use it.Now that the new feature has rolled out to Gmail users (although it hasn’t gotten t
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How Can I Stay Anonymous with Tor? Even with recent revelations that the NSA is listening, Tor is still probably the best way to anonymously surf the net. But to do it right, you’ve got to take some precautions. The experts at Information Security Stack Exchange provide guidance on the safe way to use Tor. It has been known in the security community that a tool as versatile as Tor is likely the target of intense interest from intel
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Sprint Announces “Framily” Plan, Provides Discounts for Sharing Plans Sprint just set up a landing page for its upcoming “Framily” plans (that is not a typo) that will allow anyone to set up a shared service plan together. Up to 10 lines can be shared and each new person on the line lowers everyone’s bill a bit. Read more here.
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Facial recognition mobile app A new mobile app called “Nametag” adds facial recognition to phone photos; take a pic of someone and feed it to the app and the app will search Facebook, Twitter, sex offender registries and (if you’d like) dating sites to try and put a name to the face. Kevin Alan Tussy, speaking for Facialnetwork (who make Nametag) promises that this won’t be a privacy problem, because “it’s abo
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Cheerful Study Examines Insane Cost Of Housing In Brooklyn We know a million times over how excruciatingly, head-clenchingly, teeth-grindingly expensive it is to live in Hip Brooklyn. (To say it’s pandemic through the entire borough would be unfair—look, it’s Kensington!) A new report commissioned by brokerage firm Aptsandlofts.com now allows us to peer into the unblinking eye of the tiger, the spleen of the hornet’s nest, the hematoma of the hurricane a
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Here are all of Valve’s Steam Machines from CES 2014, in specs Remember those Steam Machine partners we heard about? Gabe Newell just took the stage at Vavle’s CES 2014 event and made them official, doling out specs for gaming rigs from Alienware, CyberPower, Gigabyte, iBuyPower, Falcon Northwest, and more. …
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Intel outs smart earbuds that track your run and your heart rate We’re here at the opening CES keynoted by Intel CEO Brian Krzanich, and the parade of wearables has just begun. The firms’ head honcho has just unveiled a pair of smart earbuds that can track your heart rate (and display it on a companion app), keep …
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A Million Lines Of Code: Is It A Lot? Well, is it? What can you do with a million lines of code? How many lines of code are there in a your iOS Facebook app? How many lines of code did it take to program Windows 3.1? Click to enlarge. via David McCandlessRead the full article: A Million Lines Of Code: Is It A Lot?
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Internet Archive Lets You Play Retro Games With The “Console Living Room” The Internet Archive now lets you play all your favourite retro console games. It is expanding the Historical Software Collection to include a new section called the Console Living Room, which is a collection of console games that you can run in your browser, from the Atari 2600, Atari 7800 ProSystem, ColecoVision, Magnavox Odyssey, Astrocade, and the SG-1000 (Sega). 80s kids grew up in the era of
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NSA building quantum computer capable of cracking most forms of encryption The National Security Agency is building “a cryptologically useful quantum computer” designed to break nearly every kind of encryption, The Washington Post reported Thursday. According to the report, which cites leaked documents provided by Edward Snowden, the effort is a part of a $79.7 million research program code named Penetrating…
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Researchers hit the web to search for evidence of time travelers Researchers from Michigan Technological University recently hit the web to search for any traces of time travelers that may have come from the future to join our present-day world. Their findings are presented in a paper fittingly titled “Searching the Internet for evidence of time travelers.”
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World’s first connected toothbrush surfaces at CES, encourages better dental hygiene Connected home appliances are moving from the kitchen, living room and the laundry room into the bathroom. No, I’m not talking about a Wi-Fi enabled toilet (although I’m sure someone will market a connected commode at some point) but rather a connected electric toothbrush.
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NSA Refuses to Answer to Congress “We could tell you, but then we’d have to”
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CyberPowerPC announces customizable Steam Machines starting at $499 There will be no lack of Steam Machines at this years’ CES, but CyberPowerPC beat most of the other guys to the punch by announcing a pair of models today that start at $499. Both gaming PCs (consoles?) feature Bluetooth, WiFi, USB 3.0, 8GB of RAM …
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NVIDIA seriously made a crop circle for marketing its new Tegra K1 chip You know that new NVIDIA Tegra K1 chip? And you know that crop circle that popped up and then disappeared? Yup, that was an advertisement for the new chip. Yes, seriously. …
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In Just a Single MInute, Here Are All That Happens on the Internet Just how much can you get done in a single minute – probably just a quick task or two, if you’re lucky. It’s often hard enough to get everything you need done in a 6-8 hour work shift, let alone a minute or two. One thing I’m often saying to myself is, “is it that time already?” or “where did the time go?” Just thinking about how there never seems to be enough time in my day makes it kind of hard
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Dell portrays itself as a feisty startup in its first ad after going private (video) Now that Dell is once again a private company, it’s trying to shake off its reputation as a member of the status quo. Appropriately, the PC builder just unveiled a new TV ad that suggests it has all the energy and vision of a technology startup. The …
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Senator Asks Carriers to Explain Kill Switch Decision U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar has written a letter to the CEOs of the country’s five largest wireless network operators requesting that they do more to help curb cell phone theft. Klobuchar points out that nearly one-third of all robberies involves a cell phone, and stolen mobile devices take a $30 billion toll on consumers each year. Lawmakers in California and New York recently attempted to convinc
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Enable Autocorrect on Your Desktop with Chrome Chrome: By now, most of us have grown used to our phones fixing our mistakes for us, but our computers still just lazily sit there, nagging us with a red line. If you prefer the new world, Chrome can help you out with a simple flag.Hidden among the myriad of helpful Chrome experiments is one that enables autocorrect suggestions as you type. Just like with your phone, these replace the misspelled w
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Hackers reverse engineer Wii U GamePad to stream from PC (video) Thought using the Wii U GamePad as a simple PC controller was a neat trick? Try this on for size: a small team of hackers has figured out how to stream PC games to the tablet-esque controller natively, circumventing its host console. The hack was …
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Norway’s government chimes in on Bitcoin, says it doesn’t fall under the usual definition of money As Bitcoin continues to grow in popularity, it’s no surprise that we are also hearing a number of governments around the world chime in on the matter. The latest country to speak out (negatively) on Bitcoin is Norway, Scandinavia’s richest nation.
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Amazon to shoot all upcoming original content in 4K Ultra HD We’re still probably a few years away from having access
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Show Notes, December 17th 2013

I start the show by talking about travel, shoes and traveling with devices.

 

I recommend that people research travel wall mount surge protectors with usb ports built in

stuff like http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_0_26?url=search-alias%3Dcomputers&field-keywords=travel%20surge%20protector%20usb&sprefix=travel+surge+protector+usb%2Celectronics%2C236

 

Once Rose Regina joins us she talks about her new phone the Alias 2

which is an old phone

the samsung alias 2 sch-u750

Cnet’s 4 1/2 year old review of the Samsung Alias 2:
http://reviews.cnet.com/cell-phones/samsung-alias-2-sch/4505-6454_7-33647823.html
I do agree with most of the review based on a weekend of use.

 

and Hugo joins us via phone to talk about the bitalino – http://www.bitalino.com/

Boing Boing

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The iPhone is a remix Two mutually exclusive ideas are often voiced: first, that Apple’s a shameless thief, and second, that its products are revolutionary. The truth–and the crux of the company’s genius for design–lies in-between. Kirby Ferguson, of Everything Is A Remix fame, deconstructs the iPhone’s eclectic inspirations and origins. Keep an eye out for Kirby’s forthcoming new series, This is Not a Conspiracy Th
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The Top 50 Companies That Mine and Sell Your Data We all know that our personal data is very valuable to marketers and other agencies—and that it’s collected and sold by data brokers. StopDataMining.me is a master list of opt-out links to stop these data brokers from collecting information about your online and offline activities.The list is similar to a previously featured compilation on Reddit, but seems to be more comprehensive. You’ll find op
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Eaby Finds Misspelled Items on Ebay for Cheaper Prices Android: Believe it or not, one of the best ways to find great deals on Ebay is with auctions that have misspelled words. So a “Xbox Connect” instead of an “Xbox Kinect” might just go for a lot lesser since fewer people search for that. Eaby makes it easy to find such items on Android.The app is similar to the previously mentioned FatFingers. You can search for any item, choose
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Five Things Bing Does Better Than Google We can’t even pretend we’re not enamored with Google here at Lifehacker, but there is life on the other side. While the quality of search results is largely subjective (contrary to what the Bing Challenge would have you believe), there are some things that are definitely better in Microsoft’s garden.Flight Cost PredictionEasily one of the best features of Bing is the ability to predict when a flig
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Do More, Faster In The Linux Terminal With Midnight Commander File browsing in a Linux terminal is alright, but it could be so much better. Midnight Commander is the program you’re looking for –  it gives you a two-paned file browser that makes working in the terminal so much easier. And the best part? It’s simple to get and use. Getting Midnight Commander To install Midnight Commander, all you need to do is to check your respective package manager. You migh
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Google yanks vital Android privacy feature Well, that didn’t take long: shortly after Google added a new Android feature that let you deny apps access to your sensitive personal data, they have revoked it. This is frankly terrible, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Peter Eckersley has some very pointed commentary, recommendations for Android customers, and advice for Google: A moment ago, it looked as though Google cared about
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Google Updates Gmail, Calendar, Maps for Android Google today made a wide range of updates available to core applications for the Android platform. Gmail was updated with improved sync and outbox behavior, new contact photo behavior, and a new look. Google Calendar was updated with bug fixes and performance improvements. Google Translate was updated with wider device support for voice input, improved stability, and improved discovery of the keyb
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As Google slowly preps the Chromecast ecosystem, waves of new apps are on the way HBO Go, Songza and Pandora are about to get more company on Chromecast, according to a Gigaom interview with Google’s VP of product management Mario Queiroz where he stated additional waves of apps are coming soon. A public release for the Chromecast …
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Feedly Was Stealing Your Content — Here’s the Story, And Their Code Last week, Feedly rolled out a controversial new “feature” – hijacking feed links to steal traffic from millions of bloggers. Redirecting shared links with Feedly to Feedly’s own view of the article instead of the article itself on the original site is a concern for original content creators on many blogs. It not only results in loss of traffic, but is also deceptive for those who follow a particu
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SteamOS Beta is Available for Download Steam’s new Linux-based gaming operating system (colloquially, SteamOS) is finally available for download. Let the revolution unto Gaben commence.As we’ve been told previously, the download is a slightly more complicated affair than a mere wizard. However, if you’re familiar with Linux and aren’t afraid of the command line, you should be able to fire it up with little trouble. The OS currently sup
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YouTube opens live streaming for all verified channels, even yours What’s that, your YouTube channel has fewer than 100 subscribers, but you feel it’s a travesty that you can’t share your video opus as it happens? Well, start popping bottles: Google has begun rolling out live streaming capabilities to all of its …
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Donations to the Internet Archive matched 3-to-1 A reader writes, “You’ve heard about the fire that destroyed one of the thirty-two scanning centers last month. But here’s what you may not have heard: the good news. An incredibly generous anonymous donor is helping the Internet Archive rebuild — and grow — by matching every donation made before 2014 three-to-one. That means your $50 donation results in a $200 contribution. They are raisin
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15 Of The Most Disastrous Online Time Wasters Okay, I’ll make sure not to browse Facebook while writing this essay. But wait, let me just check if I still hold the highest bid on eBay for that thing I want. Just a second while I check to see if I’ve gained any new Twitter followers today. But before that, do I have any new emails that I need to reply? Concentrate! Here are some tips to stay focused. What distracts you most when you’re trying
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Soon you’ll be able to launch Chrome apps by saying ‘OK Google’ Those who’ve gotten used to saying “OK Google” to their Moto X and KitKat-endowed handsets might wish that every device they have could be so obedient. Well, it appears that soon your Chromebook will be able to respond to that same voice command as well, if a new experimental App Launcher in Chrome’s Dev Channel is any indication. According to Google insider François Beaufort, all you’l
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Virgin Galactic now accepting Bitcoin for future flights into space As the value and credibility of Bitcoin continues to skyrocket, Virgin founder Richard Branson now wants to let people use the digital currency to finance a flight into space. Ahead of its first trips next year, Virgin Galactic has already had one “future astronaut” from Hawaii book a Bitcoin-funded ticket and hopes that its affluent clientele will follow suit. An investor himself, Bran
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YouTube finally arrives on Nintendo 3DS with ironic lack of 3D playback support If you’re looking to head straight from Super Mario 3D
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Show Notes, December 9th, 2013

At the end of the show Martin and Lena joke about Lena’s husband being the devil because he plays D&D.

Martin would like to apologize for the joke.

Lena would like to provide proof to its validity.

devilet

E.T. & Lena

 

 

Martin comes on the show to talk about snap chat – and we share our distrust of it and the claim to its ethereal nature.

 

We also talk about pecanpie pringles.

 

tacobell

http://www.fastcompany.com/3023013/fast-feed/taco-bell-the-late-todd-mills-and-the-actual-invention-of-the-doritos-locos-taco

 

Martin & Lena discuss MSG

http://www.saynotomsg.com/basics_list.php

 

http://www.patreon.com/

a new crowdsourcing site which is really cool

http://www.wired.com/business/2013/10/big-idea-patreon/

 

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Copenhagen Wheel turns any bike into an electric hybrid, ships early 2014 for $699 We can’t fault you for dismissing the Copenhagen Wheel as vaporware — it’s been nearly four years since the pedal-assist bicycle accessory made its debut at the 2009 UN Climate Change Conference. But, we finally have pricing and availability to …
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Netflix’s first original animated series to premiere on Christmas Eve You remember when that ironically titled film Turbo came out this past summer? The one about the snails (thus the irony)? Apparently it was popular enough to warrant an exclusive animated series on Netflix — the streaming service’s first such …
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Engadget’s Holiday Gift Guide 2013: Peripherals Welcome to Engadget’s holiday gift guide! Head back to our hub to see the rest of the product guides as they’re added throughout the month. Peripherals sound about as exciting as a trip to the dentist, but trust us: Companion devices have plenty …
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Vuzix’s Android-powered M100 Smart Glasses now available to pre-order for $1,000 If you want Android-powered eyewear that’s readily available, you won’t have to wait for Glass’ commercial launch next year; Vuzix has already beaten Google to the punch. The company’s M100 Smart Glasses have started shipping to developers, and the …
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Hands-on with the YotaPhone: the e-ink Android phone that nobody expected There was a moment, back in 2012, when we had some quiet doubts about the YotaPhone. The first prototype was desirable, useful, and far beyond any kind of gimmick — but it also seemed like it’d be hard to manufacture for a reasonable price, …
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Valve now a card-carrying member of The Linux Foundation, ‘one of many ways Valve is investing in the advancement of Linux gaming’ In case Valve’s multi-tiered investment in Linux gaming weren’t clear enough from SteamOS, the Steam Controller and Steam Machines, the company’s also joining the ranks of The Linux Foundation membership. Valve Linux head Mike Sartain calls the news, …
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Any.DO’s Cal app vies for your attention on Google Play While a ton of calendar apps already populate Google Play, we bet Any.DO fans will still be happy to hear that Cal has finally made its way to Android-land. The software retains most of its iOS counterpart’s features, including built-in access to …
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Award-winning Netflix original series House of Cards returns on Valentine’s Day 2014 with a second season In what we can only hope will be a dog murder-free second season, Netflix announced this morning that original series House of Cards returns on February 14th, 2014. Apparently Netflix is big on releasing original programming alongside holidays — …
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Two million accounts compromised by ‘Pony’ botnet, bad passwords Though most of us cast stones at large-scale corporate password thefts, we ought to be checking our own glass houses, according to a security company called Trustwave. It just revealed that a single attack from a Dutch-based server has resulted in 2 …
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Beats Music set for US launch in January, but you can claim a username starting today If you’ve been anticipating the arrival of Beats music-streaming service since it was first teased, it looks like wait is finally up next month. CEO Ian Rogers took to his personal blog to announce the January 2014 launch of Beats Music in the …
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Google invites Glass Explorer Edition owners to upgrade their eyewear Google promised early Glass wearers that they could eventually upgrade to next-generation Explorer hardware, and that moment is finally at hand. The company is now inviting owners to swap devices through a free mail exchange before February 5th. …
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UK government scraps the paper car tax disc after more than 90 years Almost a century after its introduction, the UK government is set to scrap the paper car disc and go all in with its electronic register. According to the BBC, its death was confirmed by the UK Treasury ahead of Chancellor George Osborne’s Autumn …
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China warns banks against using Bitcoin We’re pretty sure no Government is entirely thrilled at the idea of Bitcoin, but China’s now made its feelings very explicit. The nation’s various regulators have barred banks from dealing in the electronic currency, saying that it doesn’t have legal …
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Google now lets you download your Gmail and Calendar data Sure, if you delve far back enough into your Gmail history, you’ll likely find some conversations you’ve been happy to forget, but remembering that job offer/email from grandpa/successful eBay bid is sure to brighten your day. Starting today, …
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Lumus reveals classy two-tone Glass competitor with in-lens display Lumus is a heads up display (HUD) manufacturer better known for its military-grade products, some of which have been deployed in US Air Force F-16 and A-10 helmets. Its latest effort, the DK-40 dev kit, is an attempt to steer its tech toward the …
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23andMe stops selling DNA health tests following FDA crackdown If you’ve been mulling over getting screened by 23andMe for genetic risks like cancer, we’re afraid you’ll have to look elsewhere. The company has just announced that it’s suspending sales of its health-related personalized DNA kits its …
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Google rumored to launch its own TV set-top box under the Nexus brand next year We haven’t even seen the latest iteration of Google TV yet — oops, sorry, that’s “Android with Google services for TV” these days — but a new rumor from The Information’s Amir Efrati points to a Nexus-branded set-top box directly from Google in the …
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Android 4.4.1 shows signs that mirroring to Chromecast is coming soon So far, the ability to wirelessly stream the display of an Android phone or tablet to your TV has been limited to solutions like Miracast, but information spotted by Cyanogen Inc. cofounder Koushik Dutta suggests that will change soon. Dutta, who has …
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Patent Troll Bill Clears House With Huge Majority snydeq writes “The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the Innovation Act, dealing trolls a severe blow despite opposition from universities looking to protect patents, InfoWorld’s Simon Phipps reports. The act cleared the House of Representatives with an overwhelming majority of 325 to 91 despite opposition from the organizations most likely to feed new patents to the trolls. ‘So bravo
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Amazon reveals plans to deliver packages using autonomous drones Amazon was featured in a segment on CBS News’ magazine program 60 Minutes on Sunday evening. Not wanting to miss a prime (no pun intended) advertising opportunity, CEO Jeff Bezos showed off a concept the company is working on known as Amazon Prime Air.
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Hacking: Any Different From “Creative Solution”? What is your definition of hacking? What types of hacking are you familiar with? Do you get annoyed when people only take the narrow view of hacking as a negative activity? I’d like to take a moment to remind everyone of the wholesome origins of hacking, and how the misconceptions of a few journalists can change the meaning of a word worldwide. Hacker: the loaded word “A hacker is someone who enjo
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Redbox Instant hits Windows Phone, will remain Lumia-exclusive for 60 days After launching on iOS and Android almost a year ago, the mobile version of Redbox Instant by Verizon has finally arrived in the Windows Phone Store. Aside from a few cosmetic changes and added Live Tile support, the new app works exactly like its cross-platform counterparts, offering movie streaming and maps to nearby Redbox kiosks. An $8 monthly subscription also covers the rental fees for up t
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Google Adds Hands-Free Voice Search to Chrome Chrome: You no longer have to tap the microphone or use a keyboard shortcut to launch Google Voice Search on your computer. Instead, just as you can on mobile, just say “OK Google” to ask Google to look something up, convert things, and more.You’ll need to install the Google Voice Search Hotword extension first. According to the Google Operating System blog:”Chrome will listen for
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The Five Types Of Social Media Complainers Managing a social media account is not easy. Take it from us: we manage a Facebook account with over 240,000 fans, a Twitter account with close to 70,000 followers, and a Google Plus account with over 50,000 circlers. We get bombarded with some of the most absurd requests, questions and comments known to man. Yet, it’s our job to address them professionally. As a company, running a customer suppor
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Unpublished J. D. Salinger Stories Leaked On Bittorrent Site 192_kbps writes “Catcher in the Rye author J. D. Salinger wrote the short story The Ocean Full of Bowling Balls and left depository copies with a few academic libraries with the understanding that the work would not see mass distribution until the mid-21st century. The only authorized place to read the story is in a special reading room at Princeton where electronics are not allowed and a lib
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New CC licenses: tighter, shorter, more readable, more global Creative Commons has released version 4.0 of its sharing-friendly, easy-to-use copyright licenses. The new licenses represent a significant improvement over earlier versions. They work in over 60 jurisdictions out of the box, without having to choose different versions depending on which country you’re in; they’re more clearly worded; they eliminate confusion over jurisdiction-specific rights li
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NYC Will Try To Ban E-Cigs In Bars, Restaurants, Public Places Not content with prohibiting the sale of e-cigarettes to anyone under 21, the City Council and the Bloomberg administration are working to add e-cigs to the city’s 2002 Smoke-Free Air Act, thereby banning the use of the vapor-emitting devices in restaurants, offices, parks, beaches and other public spaces. In an announcement dumped on Thanksgiving-eve, the City Council argued thus: [ more › ]
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Report: NSA spied on radicals’ porn habits – Rapid City Journal Report: NSA spied on radicals’ porn habitsRapid City JournalThe Huffington Post cited a secret National Security Agency document that allegedly reveals the U.S. agency spied on the online sexual activity of Islamist radicals in order to find ways to discredit them. The website said the document, leaked by ex-NSA …
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KillSpinners Stops Pages from Loading After Set Time Firefox: It’s no secret that Firefox takes up a lot of your computer’s resources, and pages that load for a long time—I’m looking at you, HuffPo—can end up freezing or crashing the browser. KillSpinners stops that from happening.The extension lets you select how long any web page can be loading for, after which it will kill the process and save your computer the burden. By default, it’s set to 30
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The Smithsonian’s X 3D Project Brings Rare Artifacts To Life, In Your Browser Amelia Earhart, the first female pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, wore a flight suit specifically designed for women (a rarity at the time), with a wide belt and three buttons that closed diagonally across the front. The belt was 2 inches wide, to be exact, and the whole suit was made of tan leather. I know this not just because I read up on the suit, but because I saw an incredibly ac
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Leaked NSA report reveals push for new surveillance powers A new report in the New York Times by James Risen and Laura Poitras details how National Security Agency officials seeking dominance in intelligence collection, “pledged last year to push to expand surveillance powers,” according to a top-secret strategy document leaked by Edward Snowden. In a February 2012 paper laying out the four-year strategy for the N.S.A.’s signals intelligence op
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NSA hacked 50,000 global networks (Click to embiggen) A new Snowden leak sheds more light on Tailored Access Operations, a catalog of standard attacks against routers and other Internet infrastructure. The new leak details the deployment of malware against 50,000 computer networks worldwide, in cooperation with GCHQ, the British spy agency. The program dates back to 1998, and the infected networks are referred to internally as
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Honda introduces the MC-beta, a micro-sized electric car that’s smaller than most Following the footsteps of other tiny electric vehicles such as the SmartCar ForTwo and the Mitsubishi i-MiEV, Honda has unveiled its very own miniature car called the MC-β (That’s MC-beta to you and me). It looks to be a refinement of the company’s line of “micro commuters” and is designed to comply with the “micro-sized mobility products” category that’s currently the trend
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Time management Tools: The Seldom Told Evolution From tally sticks in ancient times to scheduler apps in the digital age, time management tools have come a long way. Today we will see how the evolution of time management tools is just so amazing! When I gaze at and peruse the chart, I’m awed by the actual progression, the development of tools, in the form of the simplest memory and counting device that is aptly called tally sticks to the highly
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The World If There Were Only 100 People Our population recently reached the 7 billion milestone; you are one in 7 billion. That is a lot of people and it’s hard to see the significance of the individual with such a large number. So what if we scaled down that huge population to just 100 individuals to see what makes up the world: If there were only 100 people: 50 are female, 50 are male. 26 of these are children and only 8 people are
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City of Chicago and public-spirited hackers unveil the Chicago City Code Rogue archivist Carl Malamud writes, “Something pretty rare happened last week. City officials of Chicago got together with hackers from around the country to unveil a vastly better new online version of the Chicago City Code. Public.Resource.Org worked with the City to make bulk data available, the folks at the OpenGov Foundation turned that into the popular States Decoded format that folk
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How To Protect Yourself On Facebook Did you know that out of the 1.26 billion Facebook users worldwide, 128 million are American users — 11,000 of whom are being watched by the US government? Over 600,000 Facebook login credentials are compromised daily, and one in four of those credentials will later be used for identity fraud. Here’s a list of do’s and don’ts to keep yourself safe on Facebook. Click to enlarge. via The Best Comput
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What Is Special About the Nexus 5: Five Features Other Phones Don’t Have Google’s Nexus 5 was unveiled on Halloween, and you may be wondering what all the fuss is about. What exactly makes the Nexus 5 so special to the average user? For techies, it’s a hacker’s dream with a multitude of options for rooting and modding. But it’s great for other people, too: The Nexus program has evolved into something far beyond its nerdy beginnings. It’s now a popular consumer line wit
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Acer unveils $200 Haswell-based Chromebook for the extra-thrifty Acer gave its Chromebook line a welcome tune-up
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Show Notes, November 18th, 2013

 

Martin talked about – powertrekk is the battery charger http://powertrekk.com/

 

National Lawyers Guild Mass Defense Coordinator Abi Hassen who called in about Jeremy Hammond’s sentencing http://freejeremy.net/ (activist hacker).  We all talk about the computer fraud and abuse act, from 1984 (find out more about it at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Fraud_and_Abuse_Act).

www.nlg.org/leadership/abi-hassen

http://cfaadefensefund.com/ (weev’s site)

 

http://freejeremy.net/legal-documents/

 

http://www.dailyfinance.com/2013/11/18/coin-credit-card-gadget-digital-wallet/

Coin promises to shrink your wallet by consolidating all of yourcredit cards and gift cards into one device. … debit cards, loyalty cards and membership cards, but the physical Coin can only hold up to eight cards at once.

 

 

 

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City of Chicago and public-spirited hackers unveil the Chicago City Code Rogue archivist Carl Malamud writes, “Something pretty rare happened last week. City officials of Chicago got together with hackers from around the country to unveil a vastly better new online version of the Chicago City Code. Public.Resource.Org worked with the City to make bulk data available, the folks at the OpenGov Foundation turned that into the popular States Decoded format that folk
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How To Protect Yourself On Facebook Did you know that out of the 1.26 billion Facebook users worldwide, 128 million are American users — 11,000 of whom are being watched by the US government? Over 600,000 Facebook login credentials are compromised daily, and one in four of those credentials will later be used for identity fraud. Here’s a list of do’s and don’ts to keep yourself safe on Facebook. Click to enlarge. via The Best Comput
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What Is Special About the Nexus 5: Five Features Other Phones Don’t Have Google’s Nexus 5 was unveiled on Halloween, and you may be wondering what all the fuss is about. What exactly makes the Nexus 5 so special to the average user? For techies, it’s a hacker’s dream with a multitude of options for rooting and modding. But it’s great for other people, too: The Nexus program has evolved into something far beyond its nerdy beginnings. It’s now a popular consumer line wit
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Acer unveils $200 Haswell-based Chromebook for the extra-thrifty Acer gave its Chromebook line a welcome tune-up when it launched the Haswell-based C720, but the $250 starting price was no doubt disappointing to those who wanted the C7’s $200 entry point. The company is accommodating those spendthrifts today with its $200 C720-2848 variant. The only sacrifice is a lower 2GB of RAM; owners still get a 1.4GHz Celeron processor, a 16GB solid-state drive and that
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If Google were a 1980s BBS It’s completely functional; better than the real thing, even.
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Smile Always Automatically Loads Amazon’s Free Charity Donation Page Chrome: AmazonSmile is a neat program where Amazon donates 0.5% of your Amazon purchases to a charity of your choosing. The problem is that you have to remember to login at smile.amazon.com before shopping for it to work. Smile Always is a simple Chrome extension that automatically redirects you to that page.Whether you head straight to Amazon from the URL bar, or from a link online, Smile Always
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Android 4.4 Is Out: 6+ Reasons You And Your Non-Techie Friends Should Care Android KitKat is out, and there’s no way you’ve missed it. Whether you’re an Android fan, an Apple buff or a Windows Phone enthusiast, you must have heard something about Android 4.4. But should you care? The simple answer is that you probably should. Android 4.4 is not only the latest and greatest from Google, it’s also made to run smoothly on lower-end devices. This means you may be using this
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10 Handy Tips For More Effective Status Updates On Social Media There are a couple of known tips to improve engagement on social networks — asking your followers a question is one of them. Posting at optimal times using Buffer, posting images — you get the idea. Sure, if you’re just starting off in the world of social media, it can be tough. And that’s where this cheat sheet by The Social Skinny comes in handy. via InfographicalsRead the full article: 10 Handy
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YouTube’s Comments Section Now Cleaned Up, Courtesy Of Google+ It used to be the case that, if you wanted to see the lower levels of Dante’s Pit of Hell, you only had to go as far as the comments section on YouTube. There lived all kinds of lowlife, racists, foul-language lovers, and those with keyboards with the caps-lock key permanently stuck on upper-case. And once you were in, it was difficult to claw your way back out again. But now Google has drained th
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Twitter stock price surges in opening trade Twitter’s stock opens at $45.10 a share on its first day of trading, 73 percent above its initial offering price.
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Google finally talks barges: it’s an ‘interactive space where people can learn about new technology’ It’s stayed mum as speculation has run rampant about just what the “mystery
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Show Notes Nov. 11, 2013

Jack of jcktxt.com is live on the air with us tonight
We’re going to talk about ebook publishing, Bitcoin and the Engadget Expand Conference.
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Android 4.4 Is Out: 6+ Reasons You And Your Non-Techie Friends Should Care Android KitKat is out, and there’s no way you’ve missed it. Whether you’re an Android fan, an Apple buff or a Windows Phone enthusiast, you must have heard something about Android 4.4. But should you care? The simple answer is that you probably should. Android 4.4 is not only the latest and greatest from Google, it’s also made to run smoothly on lower-end devices. This means you may be using this
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10 Handy Tips For More Effective Status Updates On Social Media There are a couple of known tips to improve engagement on social networks — asking your followers a question is one of them. Posting at optimal times using Buffer, posting images — you get the idea. Sure, if you’re just starting off in the world of social media, it can be tough. And that’s where this cheat sheet by The Social Skinny comes in handy. via InfographicalsRead the full article: 10 Handy
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YouTube’s Comments Section Now Cleaned Up, Courtesy Of Google+ It used to be the case that, if you wanted to see the lower levels of Dante’s Pit of Hell, you only had to go as far as the comments section on YouTube. There lived all kinds of lowlife, racists, foul-language lovers, and those with keyboards with the caps-lock key permanently stuck on upper-case. And once you were in, it was difficult to claw your way back out again. But now Google has drained th
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Twitter stock price surges in opening trade Twitter’s stock opens at $45.10 a share on its first day of trading, 73 percent above its initial offering price.
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Google finally talks barges: it’s an ‘interactive space where people can learn about new technology’ It’s stayed mum as speculation has run rampant about just what the “mystery barges” under construction in San Francisco and Portland, Maine will actually be used for, but Google has now finally offered its first official comment on the matter. In a statement provided to TechCrunch, a Google …
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Why The ‘Humans Of New York’ Series Is So Popular Georgia native and ex-Chicago bond trader didn’t predict the overwhelming success of his NYC photo blog.
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Why Internet Explorer Still Dominates South Korea. New submitter bmurray7 writes “You might think that the country that has the fastest average home internet speeds would be a first adapter of modern browsers. Instead, as the Washington Post reports, a payment processing security standard forces most South Koreans to rely upon Internet Explorer for online shopping. Since the standard uses a unique encryption algorithm, an ActiveX control is r
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Flyne RSS Reader Gives Offline Access to Your Feeds Android: No internet connection? Flyne is a new RSS reader for Android that downloads articles so that you can read them when you don’t have an active internet connection. Flyne—made by the dev behind Falcon Pro, our best Twitter client for Android—asks you to choose from categories like Technology, Architecture, Music, Photography, Design, Food, and more, all of which have a pre-curated list of
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Amazon Kindle MatchBook offers deep discounts on digital versions of books you already own Amazon has launched a new program called Kindle MatchBook that allows customers to purchase a digital version of a print book they purchased new on the site for a fraction of what it’d cost otherwise. Pricing for e-book versions range from free up to $2.99, we’re told.
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Man forgets about $27 Bitcoin investment made four years ago, now worth $1M Four years ago, Christopher Koch was working on a thesis paper about encryption. His research led him to the budding digital currency known as Bitcoin and on a whim, purchased 5,000 Bitcoins for just $27. He quickly forgot all about his investment until widespread news reports jogged his memory this past April.
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Google’s social network usage has jumped 37 percent since May Google’s social network is still far behind that of rival Facebook but it has been making serious strides in the past several months. On Tuesday, the company revealed that 300 million users visit the site each month which is up from 190 million visitors in May – good for a…
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Sprint Loses 313,000 Total Subscribers, Posts a Net Profit and Operating Loss Sprint’s LTE rollout continues to move ahead and its wireless platform set a revenue record
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Google releases images of Glass redesign with new mono earbud Yesterday, Google announced that it was expanding the Explorer program and that existing Glass owners would be eligible to a one-time hardware exchange. The swap will let owners trade-in their existing device for the upgraded model. While at that time the company wasn’t prepared to give us a look at…
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Dell Smell: Latitude Ultrabooks’ Cat Urine Odor Confirmed According to Dell the smell is not hazardous to your health (though possibly hazardous to your image)
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It’s official: FAA to allow personal electronics during takeoff, landing This was all leaked weeks ago, but it’s now official. The U.S.’s Federal Aviation Administration has eased restrictions on the use of electronics in commercial airliners. Using tablets, laptops, and other gizmos will soon be allowed during “all phases of flight,” although cell phones will still need to have their cellular radios disabled.Here’s the skinny, straight …Read more…
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Silent Circle, Lavabit to take back email privacy with Dark Mail Alliance Silent Circle and Lavabit may have abruptly shut down in August amid growing pressure from the National Security

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Show Notes November 4th, 2013

1988 news report about the first computer ‘virus’ to spread via the Internet. This particular virus, known as the Morris worm, was written by Cornell student Robert Morris and distributed on this very day – November 2 – 25 years ago.

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Amazon Kindle MatchBook offers deep discounts on digital versions of books you already own Amazon has launched a new program called Kindle MatchBook that allows customers to purchase a digital version of a print book they purchased new on the site for a fraction of what it’d cost otherwise. Pricing for e-book versions range from free up to $2.99, we’re told.
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Man forgets about $27 Bitcoin investment made four years ago, now worth $1M 100+ Four years ago, Christopher Koch was working on a thesis paper about encryption. His research led him to the budding digital currency known as Bitcoin and on a whim, purchased 5,000 Bitcoins for just $27. He quickly forgot all about his investment until widespread news reports jogged his memory this past April.
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Google’s social network usage has jumped 37 percent since May 21 Google’s social network is still far behind that of rival Facebook but it has been making serious strides in the past several months. On Tuesday, the company revealed that 300 million users visit the site each month which is up from 190 million visitors in May – good for a…
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Sprint Loses 313,000 Total Subscribers, Posts a Net Profit and Operating Loss Sprint’s LTE rollout continues to move ahead and its wireless platform set a revenue record
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Google releases images of Glass redesign with new mono earbud Yesterday, Google announced that it was expanding the Explorer program and that existing Glass owners would be eligible to a one-time hardware exchange. The swap will let owners trade-in their existing device for the upgraded model. While at that time the company wasn’t prepared to give us a look at…
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Dell Smell: Latitude Ultrabooks’ Cat Urine Odor Confirmed 66 According to Dell the smell is not hazardous to your health (though possibly hazardous to your image)
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It’s official: FAA to allow personal electronics during takeoff, landing 9 This was all leaked weeks ago, but it’s now official. The U.S.’s Federal Aviation Administration has eased restrictions on the use of electronics in commercial airliners. Using tablets, laptops, and other gizmos will soon be allowed during “all phases of flight,” although cell phones will still need to have their cellular radios disabled.Here’s the skinny, straight …Read more…
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Silent Circle, Lavabit to take back email privacy with Dark Mail Alliance Silent Circle and Lavabit may have abruptly shut down in August amid growing pressure from the National Security Agency to hand over user information, but that doesn’t mean they’ve given up on secure email services. Rather, the two are teaming up under the newly formed Dark Mail Alliance to develop…
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Watch this 1988 news report about the world’s first computer worm 33 You’d think the world was coming to an end judging by this 1988 news report about the first computer ‘virus’ to spread via the Internet. This particular virus, known as the Morris worm, was written by Cornell student Robert Morris and distributed on this very day – November 2 –…
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Warhammer Online goes free before shutting down Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning is moving to a free-to-play model in its final days before the servers are shut down in December.
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iPad Air adoption five times higher than previous generation during opening weekend 8 Apple’s new wave of iPads might be missing some anticipated features like Touch ID but that isn’t doing much to deter customer interest. According to mobile analytics outfit Fiksu, the iPad Air’s adoption rate is five times higher than of the previous generation tablet, three times the adoption rate of…
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Maingear claims world’s thinnest 17” gaming laptop There’s a new 17″ gaming laptop out there—and this one isn’t a gigantic, workstation-sized thing with a two-inch thick chassis. In fact, according to the press release that went up on Engadget this morning, Maingear claims its new 17″ gaming notebook is the world’s thinnest. …Read more…
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Fairfax’s $4.7 billion acquisition of BlackBerry is off the table, CEO Thorsten Heins steps down 11 Fairfax Financial Holdings’ $4.7 billion deal to purchase struggling handset maker BlackBerry is off the table today. What’s more, BlackBerry chief Thorsten Heins has stepped down and is being replaced by interim CEO John Chen.
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Nintendo’s Wii Mini arrives in the US by ‘the middle of November’ for $100 100+ Despite discontinuing Wii shipments in both Japan and Europe, Nintendo is apparently charging ahead with Wii sales in the US by offering a $100 Wii Mini this month with MarioKart Wii packed in. The previously Canada-exclusive console is the final iteration of Nintendo’s extremely popular Wii game …
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Hackers turn Kobo Glo e-reader into a fully fledged Android tablet 100+ You wouldn’t expect an e-reader to be very customizable, but they’ve provided a rich seam of fodder for enterprising hackers. The latest to be broken is Kobo’s Glo, which has has been tweaked to run a full version of Android by a user on MobileRead’s forums. It was relatively easy, as the Glo shares …
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One day only: Amazon slashes 15 percent off Kindles in celebration of recent FAA decision 10 Amazon is offering customers 15 percent off the regular sales price of multiple Kindle devices. The one-day sale is in celebration of the Federal Aviation Administration’s recent decision to allow airline passengers to use electronic devices during all phases of a flight including during takeoff and landing.
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Implanted Biometric Chip Takes Wearable Tech To A New Level 65 Biohacker Tim Cannon inserted a biochip into his arm to monitor his bodily data and transmit it to an Android device.
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Amazon Raises its Free Shipping Threshold: what it Means for Amazon Shoppers & Everyone Else Last week, Amazon raised it’s free “Super Saver” shipping threshold from $25 to $35. The previous $25 minimum order to qualify for free shipping was in place for more than a decade. For those who buy … Amazon Raises its Free Shipping Threshold: what it Means for Amazon Shoppers… [Read the rest of the story at 20somethingfinance.com]
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FAA to allow personal electronic devices during takeoff and touchdown 5K Sure it’s not healthy, but we admit that we get a bit shaky in the time it takes to complete our final descent. We’ve read all of SkyMall, and it’s just too hard to be away from the warming glow of our Kindle Paperwhite. Thankfully, however, the FAA has finally pulled the trigger on the long-awaited …
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No, Selfies at Funerals Doesn’t Prove Teenage Millennials Are Any More Narcissistic Than Adults 24 Teens! Teens are the worst. I say that as someone who was once a teenager, even if I was more of the sullen, awkward variety than one who was blessed with early puberty and athletic abilities. And I thank the Internet gods every day that I didn’t have Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook, and — oof, can you imagine? — YouTube back in the late ’90s and early ’00s. My online self-expression then was limited to
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Google could start mass production of its smartwatch within months, says WSJ 400+ We’ve already had an inkling of a Google smartwatch, courtesy of some timely patents, company acquisitions and Wall Street Journal’s unnamed sources. The latest gossip points to a launch next year, if the WSJ’s contacts are correct, because development on the wearable has apparently reached the …
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Amazon’s Matchbook service now live, works with over 70,000 books for $3 or less 300+ Amazon’s Matchbook service, which offers e-book versions of hard copies of books like Amazon’s Autorip offers digital versions of physical music, is now live. The service supports over 70,000 books at launch with digital equivalents costing $3 or less. The service recognizes purchases from as far as …
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Motorola Unveils Project Ara to Create Modular Smartphones 35 Motorola today announced Project Ara, a new initiative with the goal of developing an ecosystem that creates and supports modular handsets. Motorola says it wants Ara to do for hardware developers what Android has done for software developers. Motorola says Ara modular phones will be based on an endoskeleton, which is the structural frame that holds all the modules in place. Device owners then can
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Show Notes October 28th, 2013

This tablet weighs 15pounds and is 27inches
what?
okay, that’s weird
the BBC talk about the history of social networks
yay friendster!
Google believed to be constructing a floating data center in San Francisco Bay 16A barge afloat in the San Francisco bay just off the shore from Treasure Island is home to something the locals refer to simply as the secret project. The mysterious four-story tall building that sits on top of the barge was built from shipping containers and if CNET’s investigative team…
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Pinterest Valued at $3.8 Billion — Design News 10.25.13 The fast-growing online inspiration board and social network Pinterest received a valuation of $3.8 billion yesterday. It’s now one of the most valuable privately-held internet companies. Last May, the company was valued at $1.5 billion. They’ve received $225 million in equity funding, even though they have yet to prove they can be profitable. In other news, an online home renovation mar
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200 Ways to Make Money From the Internet 200+ As the name might imply, there are a lot of items on this list of ways to make money from the internet (over 200 to be more specific), so be prepared for a lot of scrolling because this is one seriously long infographic. That being said, there’s nothing wrong with a long infographic if there’s plenty of useful information in it -and there certainly is in this great graphic. If you’re ready to make
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DC Comics and Vertigo graphic novels arrive on Google Play, Sandman and all 100+ If you’ve looked up to Google Play and DC Comics and shouted “save us money” without hearing any whispered responses, there’s a reason: they were waiting. Today, DC Entertainment announced that it’s brought a whole slew of its comics and Vertigo graphic novels to Google’s online storefront in the form of collected editions. This “extensive lineup” is available now and includes
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Amazon takes on PayPal, now offering Amazon login and pay service to online business 500+ Amazon, having extended far beyond the realm of book selling into the world of tablets and online marketplaces, is reaching ever further in its latest effort: “Login and Pay with Amazon.” The new service does exactly what it sounds like, allowing online businesses to implement a login/pay system using existing Amazon accounts. For Amazon, that means a (unknown) cut in the sales margin b
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New York City, meet your new official taxi: the Nissan NV200 300+ Back in May, Nissan unveiled its NV200 van as New York City’s “Taxi of Tomorrow” in a joint press conference with Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Today, NYC’s Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) made the pact official, signing regulations that will replace the city’s iconic line of Crown Victorias (and myriad other cabs) with the NV200 beginning in October 2013. As Nissan puts it, today’s sign
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Acer details Haswell-based C720 Chromebook, begins pre-orders at $250 400+ Acer was only willing to tease its Haswell-powered Chromebook at last month’s Intel Developer Forum, but it’s ready to spill the beans today. Now called the C720, the 11.6-inch system revolves around a more efficient 1.4GHz Celeron processor that (along with 4GB of low-power RAM) allows a healthy 8.5 hours of claimed battery life. The PC also ditches the hard drive of its ancestor; there’s now a
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BBC releases rediscovered Doctor Who episodes as iTunes exclusives 500+ There are a few things that make Doctor Who fans wince in pain, none more so than mentioning the BBC’s policy of deleting its archives of early ’60s episodes. However, enterprising fans have scoured the globe looking for film canisters, and all but 106 had been found — until now. Nine new episodes, including parts 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6 of The Enemy Of The World as well as episodes 2, 4, 5 and 6 of Th
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If you use Google services, you could become an ad next month 1K Google users, you’re about to become shills. A major update to the company’s Terms of Service agreement today could have some users’ profiles showing up in ads across the web. These “shared endorsements,” as Google is calling them, leverage any reviews, comments, +1s, follows or stars a user may have given to a business or brand by effectively placing that user’s name, photo and any rel
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Snapchat has passed ‘about a dozen’ unopened messages to law enforcement under search warrant 400+Think those unopened self-destructing Snaps disappear forever unseen, too? Guess again. After detailing the timeline for how and when user messages are deleted in the spring, Snapchat says that it has given law enforcement “about a dozen” unopened Snaps at the request of law enforcement search warrants since May 2013. In a blog post, trust and safety head Micah Schaffer says that the me
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NSA collecting email and messaging contacts worldwide, Yahoo moves to encrypt webmail by default 200+Don’t think that the NSA’s bulk communication data collection is focused solely on the communications themselves. The Washington Post has published more Edward Snowden documents which reveal that the agency collects large volumes of contact lists from email and instant messaging users around the world. While the NSA gathers the information on foreign soil, its method reportedly prevents it from a
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Fitbug Orb fitness tracker priced at $50, can go up to six months between charges 97 The Fitbug Orb seems like a veritable shot across Fitbit’s bow. This latest fitness wearable is priced at $50 and can go six months between charges, matching the Fitbit Zip’s longevity and undercutting its price by $10. You aren’t tied to wearing it on your wrist either, as you can place the Orb just about anywhere on your person if the white, pink or black color options don’t gel with your wardr
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FlyKly’s Smart Wheel snaps onto your bike for 20MPH pedal assist 500+ In retrospect, lower Manhattan probably wasn’t the safest place to try the Smart Wheel for the first time. Thankfully, the prototype wasn’t operating at top speed when I hopped on, for that very reason. The sensation’s a bit weird for those unaccustomed to riding with a pedal assist, kicking in only when you actually start pedaling and gradually reaching the speed you’ve entered in the app. In it
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Akamai: DDoS attacks increased since Q1 2013, Indonesia marked as biggest cyberbully 200+ The latest Akamai report on the state of the internet is out, and it looks like DDoS attacks have spiked since the last one. What’s more, China’s reign as the number one perpetrator was cut short by Indonesia, which almost doubled its first-quarter malicious traffic from 21 percent to 38 percent. China’s traffic dropped from 34 percent to 33 percent, but combined, the two countries still comprise
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Google Glass firmware teardown hints at a slew of intriguing new features 200+ Google Glass wearers were treated to some new features with this month’s XE10 update, but what’s hiding under the hood might be even more promising. Android Police posted their APK teardown earlier today, and their findings are nothing if not intriguing. Among the features that may be on the horizon are a handful of new commands hidden in the GlassVoice APK, like the ability to succinctly ask Gla
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