Month: June 2015
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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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Facebook Moments Encounters Problems In Europe
Facebook has announced that the company would not be launching Facebook Moments in Europe due to privacy concerns about the service’s facial recognition technology. Moments is a new photo-sharing app that uses facial recognition technology to find your friends in your old pictures. European regulators have stated that users should be able to opt out…
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Nest Labs’ New Line Focuses On Security, Not Savings
Nest Labs has released its newest product line and the company has seemed to shift its focus away from energy savings and towards home security. The name of the company has long been synonymous with “energy efficiency” but that has changed with this latest line of products. The advertisements for the company’s signature “smart” thermostat…
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Jaguar Land Rover Promises Major Technological Changes
There are some big changes in the works for the Jaguar Land Rover and other company vehicles involving advanced technologies. Currently, researchers are working on safety features that would ultimately make roads safer by using brain wave monitoring to prevent a driver from becoming distracted. Jaguar recently announced Mind Sense, a unique program designed to…
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News Tracker to Provide Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) Users a Unique Experience
Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) is planning a serious overhaul that will involve the launch of a new feature sometime this year. As one of the top social media websites, the company expects to roll out Project Lightning, a new feature that will put videos and photos, as well as events frequently talked about at the forefront of…
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Huge Speed Increase for the Web Due to Secret Alliance
Using new technology and a unique collaboration between browser makers, web performance could become much faster. For years, there has been a noted divide between browser makers but now it appears that an alliance is forming. Based on the unusual partnership between major rivals, internet users could have a much different and faster online experience.…
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Several Design Changes for the iPhone 6S Leaked
One of the highest profile leakers for Apple products in the world, Ming-Chi Kuo, has again revealed 11 significant changes due next month. In a statement, he also believes the iPhone 6 design will be altered in three distinct ways. According to Kuo, the size of the iPhone 6S will be somewhat larger than the…
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PowerShot G3 X by Canon to be Released in July
Several months ago, Canon hinted that a new super zoom premium camera would be coming. While some photographers questioned whether this promise would come to fruition, Canon just announced that the PowerShot G3 X will in fact be released next month. What makes this camera unique is the design. The PowerShot G3 X is designed…
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The Smartphone Camera – The New Crime Fighting Weapon
Within the near future, crime fighting capability will involve taking a photo using a smartphone camera. In addition, this will prevent people from being ripped off. With a single snap, a user of the smartphone can determine if someone is trying to sell them a fake mobile device. Thanks to scientists from Northwestern University, an…
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Serious Security Flaw Identified for Hackers to Steal iPhone Passwords
It has been discovered that Apple’s iOS mobile platform, as well as the OS X desktop operating system have a major security flaw. Security researchers just discovered the problem, which has since been confirmed by Apple. With this flaw in place, hackers have the ability to build an application that can steal all saved passwords…