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The collected data is analyzed by coaches and trainers to help ensure that teams are working at their peak potential. (more…)

I ran across this video and I’m just amazed at how crazy things have gotten. Everything you look at and search for on the internet has been recorded and tailored specifically for you. (more…)

We know that small drones have been used to smuggle illegal drugs and contraband into prisons, and that mobsters used a homemade drone to smuggle cigarettes into Russia. According to various reports, the Mexican drug cartel is also manufacturing drones to transport narcotics over the US border. (more…)

AT&T Wireless Home Phone Base now rolled out – A device for phone and Internet service nationwide starting May 23 following a trial launched in select markets in 2013.

Dallas — AT&T is rolling out its Wireless Home Phone & Internet device and service nationwide starting May 23 through all sales channels following a trial launched in select Northeast markets in 2013. (more…)

If you’re luck enough to have an office with a window, facing the sun, it’s now perfect for juicing up the battery with your solar device charger.  XDModo has a sticky solution that now makes it easy. Users can stick the 0.68-inch thick Window solar charger to the inside of a glass window with the photovoltaic panels facing out, and then feed off a charging cable to a portable device positioned in the cooling shade.
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Apart from insufficient battery life, what’s the other big annoying thing about your smartphone? How about getting apps working without an internet connection.

That’s especially the case on those commutes underground. While some countries have wired up their subways, many places still don’t let you connect to the outside world when you’re deep underground. This is due to the fact that, to use apps like chat, banking, and streaming services, we need to communicate with cloud servers over an Internet connection.

Or do we?
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Facebook relationship status is no longer to be left to the imagination.

Bad enough mom is harassing you why you’re not settling down with a nice guy/girl, or your friends have to keep asking about your relationship on the rocks.  There’s now a simple button on Facebook that will do the dirty work. (more…)

Once it’s out on the Web it’s there forever right?  But the European Union is turning that idea of irretrievable data on its head with a court ruling today  that could signal the end of what’s left of open, and free, publishing on the Web.

A top EU court has ruled Google must amend some search results at the request of ordinary people in a test of the so-called “right to be forgotten”.  The only thing worse than Google are lawyers, so I’m not sure who I”m rooting for in this case.
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While the FCC is in the process of determining what sort of regulation should be applied to the telecommunications industry,Level 3 drops a bombshell. Will these additional concerns further complicate the FCC’s decision making on Net neutrality argument? (more…)

If you’re like me you’re mostly a mainstream iPhone App user. Your iPhone is loaded with favorites like Facebook, Spotify, Angry Birds, and Evernote. But, there are lesser known apps which work great, or are tons of fun.
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The interface for iPhoto is sleek, and elegant – as you’d expect from Apple. With the new interface, your photos are automatically grouped by month, so they’re even easier to browse.

There’s no shortage of photo-editing apps for iOS, and the iPad.  But, iPhoto could very well be the new standard by which all others are judged by.
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As insecure as passwords generally are, they’re not going away anytime soon. Every year you have more and more passwords to deal with, and every year they get easier and easier to break. You need a strategy.

The best way to explain how to creating a secure passwords is to explain how they’re broken. The general attack model is what’s known as an offline password-guessing attack. (more…)

No contract phone plans that you’ve never heard of!

The mobile phone industry is changing rapidly, and it’s all good for you. It used to be that signing a two-year contract with a major carrier was the only way you could get the newest phones and the best coverage. That’s not so true anymore.

Instead of a standard 2-year contract, you can bypass it and purchase an unsubsidized, unlocked phone – even leading-edge models.
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The deal announced Wednesday will make The Sopranos, Six Feet Under, The Wire, and other HBO shows available on Amazon Prime Instant Video.

Amazon.com Inc. announced a content licensing agreement Wednesday that will allow it to stream select HBO programming on its Prime Instant Video service.

Popular shows including The Sopranos, Six Feet Under, The Wire, Big Love, and Deadwood, will be among the offerings, according to a release from Amazon Prime.
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