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We change devices like clothes these days, with new phones and tablets emerging seemingly every day. What to do with all of those used devices? You can sell them or donate them, or simply give them away -- all that is needed is a simple factory reset to get your data off, right? Not so fast. New research from Cambridge
On review here is the Archos 52 Platinum smartphone, a mid-range phone with a couple of tricks up its sleeve. First, the smartphone takes dual SIMs and second, it has a microSD slot. The latter is perhaps not a great trick on its own but when paired with Archos' new Fusion storage, it's a smartphone with masses of space. Let's take
Here are a few he has for the next 25 years: By the late 2010s, glasses will beam images directly onto the retina. Ten terabytes of computing power (roughly the same as the human brain) will cost about $1,000.
You have conducted mass surveillance of everyone illegally and are now on record for trying to enact those programs into law. You have presented Americans with the false dichotomy of reauthorizing the PATRIOT Act or passing the USA Freedom Act. The real answer is to end all authorities used to conduct mass surveillance. Until you do, thousands of web sites have blocked your access, and more are joining every day.
If you haven't heard by now, a guy named Richard Prince, who claims to be an artist, has poached several Instagram images, without the photographers' consent, and turned them into his own pieces of work. He's selling these for upwards of $90,000 at a gallery. One of the "subjects" of his artwork happens to be Selena Mooney - founder of Suicide
Life is hard all over. It seems like every time you really need a chopper to fly you from your Manhattan luxury apartment to the Hamptons, there's never one around! Well no worry no more! A new company called Blade is here to help. Blade bills itself as a sort of "Uber for helicopters" allowing riders to book short flights between Manhattan
It's true what they say, Apple computers really hold their value. And this one is worth six figures. A Silicon Valley area woman donated a box of old electronics to a local recycling center after her husband died, but little did she know, she was tossing out a lot of dough, in addition to a piece of history. According to
There are many complaints about digital music. Some say its audio quality doesn't measure up to analog sources like vinyl records. Others contend that ever-expanding digital divide has been causing the once thriving music industry to eat itself, leaving many artists out in the cold. For better or worse, music has become more and more digitized in recent years. Seems
Todoist is my favorite to-do list management app. I use it every day on my Mac and my iOS devices. Earlier this week, Todoist released an Apple Watch version of the app that brings many of the app's functions to Apple's smallest screen. Here's a list of key features: Glance View allows you to view your next upcoming task and
Credit cards, debit cards, rewards program cards, ID's... The list of small plastic rectangles we're saddled with is just one of the costs of doing business in the 21st century. Technology has been relatively slow in terms of providing solutions to the glut of cards we have to carry around every day. The rise of mobile apps has given us some
I talk in depth about Google I/O 2015, plus all the tech news of the day. I also update the Ohana on my schedule and the upcoming events this weekend. Please support our new sponsor as well Casper. Download the Audio Show File Show Notes: Google Photo 1. Google Photo 2 Inside I/O 2015. I/O 2015 Highlights. Android Pay. Gmail
Swatch, the Swiss watch maker best known for its colorful and untraditional designs, is looking to enter the smartwatch market. It's still unclear as to what exactly Swatch is planning. But at a recent company meeting, Swatch CEO Nick Hayak stated that Swatch's smartwatch will be launching in two countries within the next three months. 2015 is definitely shaping up
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