Author: Deepak Elves
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Google to announce new Huawei and LG Nexus 2015 in September
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA- Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) Google’s September event is right around the corner where the next generation Nexus devices are expected to be unveiled. There are a lot of interesting rumors floating around the web suggesting that we might see something different compared to previous years. Judging from previous September product releases, the…
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Father’s Days Gifts For the Techie Dad
Father’s Day is upon us and although it doesn’t get quite the same publicity as Mothers Day ( I’m a Dad – disclaimer) still finding the right gift for Father’s Day can be quite the chore. Unless, you Dad is a techie. There are millions of Father’s Day gifts to choose from for the “techie…
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Pocket Size Drones Currently Being Tested by the US Army
For the past four months, the US Army Special Forces has been involved with testing Black Hornets, which are extremely lightweight drones used for reconnaissance. Compared to more conventional drones, Black Hornets are so small they can easily fit in a pocket. Officially known as the Black Hornet PD-100, this drone is a micro unmanned…
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Are Smart Credit Cards the Better Alternative?
Compared to Android Pay and Apple Pay, smart credit cards may soon become the preferred option. Although incredible technological advances have been seen recently regarding to how products and services are paid for, not everyone is interested in completing purchases with a phone. With Apple Pay, iPhone users have the ability to use fingerprint authentication…
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Matrice 100 Drone by DJI Performs Amazing Feats
The process of learning to fly a drone is difficult, especially when trying to avoid obstacles. In addition, this is an expensive venture. From the very beginning, avoiding obstacles has been a serious problem faced by drone manufacturers, until now. DJI, the largest drone maker in the entire world, has come up with a viable…
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Bug Causes Skype to Crash
In addition to a bug being discovered causing iPhones to crash based on a simple string of characters, now Skype has been affected in a similar fashion. If someone received a Skype message with a string of http://: not only would the application not open but it actually crashed, regardless if opened on Windows, iOS,…
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Apple Introducing Watch App Developer’s Tool Kit
Initially, Apple did not create an application for the Apple Watch since this device had limited animation and loading time took several seconds. According to Phillip Ryn, founder of Impending, a mobile game developer, there were constraints as to what programs could be created. However, Ryn now feels different about the situation. He stated that…
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Fitbit Preparing For Initial Public Offering
San Francisco-based Fitbit, a leading maker of fitness- and health-tracking gadgets, wants to raise $100 million in common stock on the New York Stock Exchange in its initial public offering, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The lead underwriters for the IPO are Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank and Bank of America…
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Mobile Apps Providing New Opportunities For Video Piracy
The entertainment industry has been fighting against video piracy for years. Since people found that they could copy movies and TV shows onto VHS tapes decades ago, video piracy has become more and more widespread as technology has evolved. Now, live streaming from mobile apps is another new piracy headache for media companies. This was…
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Oculus Rift Headset Release Date Set
The high-anticipated Oculus Rift VR headset finally has a launch window after months testing and numerous prototypes. In a post published on the Oculus Blog, the Oculus Rift team announced its first consumer virtual-reality headset would be available for purchase in the first quarter of 2016. Pre-orders for the headset will begin later this year.…