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U.S. Post Office App Tracks Your Package

This is the time of year when a lot of people are going to be shipping Christmas presents out to friends and family. Have you ever wondered just where on Earth that package went to after you dropped it off at the post office? There's an app for that! The U.S. Post Office has an app called USPS Mobile. You

N. Joseph Woodland Died at Age 91

You might not immediately recognize the name of Norman Joseph Woodland, but it is safe to say that you are very familiar with his work. He was one of the inventors of the bar code, the zebra-like series of lines that is on most, if not all, product packaging. It is the code that the cashier scans whenever you make

Flickr Releases a Brand New iPhone App

Flickr has just released the all new Flickr app for iPhone. I learned about this when I went to Flickr today to search for a creative commons image that I could legally put into a blog I was writing. Near the top of Flickr's page, a colorful banner read “Smile. The All New Flickr iPhone App is Here”. A bright

Bird Buggy Amuses a Parrot

This unique little robot is exactly what every parrot owner needs! The Bird Buggy was created by Andrew Gray, who is a student at the University of Florida's College of Engineering. He is the owner of an African Grey parrot named Pepper. The primary purpose of the Bird Buggy was to give Pepper something to do other than squawk loudly

ARCHOS Puts the “Hands-On” Back in Gaming

Some of you, who are at least as old as I am, remember when playing a video game meant using a joystick. When I was younger, I spent a lot of time playing video games on various consoles. While it wasn't the same experience as using the joystick that came with the earliest video game consoles, (or the ones in

MSI Brings Dragon Edition to CES 2013

MSI Computer Corp designs, manufactures, and markets awesome computers, laptops, notebooks, mainboards, graphics cards, and more. As a gamer, I'd consider MSI next time I'm in the market for a great “gaming machine”. They recently released their GX60 which is gaming notebook that has a SteelSeries gaming keyboard. You can check out MSI at CES 2013. The MSI suites will

Judge Approves Facebook “Sponsored Stories” Settlement

There has been an interesting update to the settlement of a class-action lawsuit that was about Facebook's “Sponsored Stories”. This is the lawsuit that was filed in federal court in San Jose, California, by five Facebook members who were upset after seeing their likenesses appear on one of Facebook's “Sponsored Stories” without their permission. In short, the five people said