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This week Google released Google Maps Navigation for Android. It’s only a matter of time before it’s available for other phones. Gizmodo was quick to look at both Garmin and TomTom’s stocks on the day of the announcement: When I bought my Garmin nuvi 660, I saw this coming. My digital camera is already collecting [...]
Yes. But you’ll occasionally be told to turn them off anyway. That’s because of a 10-year-old FAA regulation that’s not really doing anything but causing delays. Gizmodo published a great opinion piece this week on the issue. Bose QuietComfort 2′s take one AAA battery that takes about 36 hours to drain. But. because of the [...]
I haven’t found a compelling reason to jailbreak my iPhone, but SmartScreen for iPhone just might be one. The application allows for widgets on the iPhone lock screen. Of course, there are all sorts of privacy concerns here, but for simple useful applications like weather or a calendar, this is great. Check out the demo [...]
Researchers at the Media Interaction Lab of Upper Austria University have demonstrated an alternative use for Microsoft Surface tables. It’s called CRISTAL: Control of Remotely Interaced Systems using Touch-based Actions in Living spaces. In the demo video, you can see how the interactive table controls the entire living room, from the TV to the Roomba. [...]
Bonobos CEO Andy Dunn is someone who gets it. He understands that the value of Twitter for businesses is not to reach out to new customers, but it’s more about listening to your current customers. As Dunn says, the signal-to-noise ratio on Twitter is very low, and Twitter is more of a tool to open [...]
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