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Tracking Gadgets for Snowboarders, Slouchers + Health Nuts
This week’s Quantified Self roundup features a gadget for people who engage in extreme sports, a gadget to keep your back straight as a board, and a gadget to quickly assess your overall wellness. Trace: tracking for X-treme sports Most fitness trackers aren’t suitable for extreme sports such as skateboarding, surfing, skiing and snowboarding ...
Metrofied Firefox Unlikely to be Seen Until 2014
Mozilla will be rolling out the Firefox 24 for Windows, Mac, and Linux today as well as for Android. The updated Firefox for Windows, Mac and Linux has new features such as support for new scrollbar style in Mac OS X 10.7 and newer, implemented Close tabs to the right, and ability to tear-off chat ...
Google Bumps Its Way To Yet Another Acquisition
Near Field Communication has many use cases, for example transferring files or processing payments, but the technology has so far failed to gain traction as there are doubts regarding its security. Even Apple, which loves to experiment with new technologies, isn’t convinced that bump-to-transfer is something its devices should have. Still, the allure of bumping ...
New Look Bing Looks An Awful Lot Like Google
Microsoft isn’t giving up in its dreams of one day grabbing the “search engine giant” title away from Google. And to prove this, it’s just unveiled a new logo, look, and an array of new features for its search engine. The New Look Microsoft seems to have an affinity with straight lines and sharp ...
Key Twitter Acquisitions to Boost Revenue : IPO Needs Analytics to Succeed
Last week, Twitter finally revealed that it has filed its S-1 with the SEC, which mean its IPO is probably just around the corner. But some of the conditions it has to meet before it can go public are that Twitter must reach the 400 million user mark and have a total $1 billion revenue. This ...
3 Ways to Connect Your Home, Bed + Toilet
This week’s SmartHome roundup features a Lego-like device that turns your home into a connected home, a bed for all your entertainment needs, and an advanced toilet that streams music while you handle your business. digitalSTROM: a cost-effective way to connect your home German company aizo introduced the digitalSTROM at the IFA 2013, The ...
Ahoy There Netflix, Be You Piratin’ Matey?
What’s one thing you’d never expect to hear from an online content provider such as Netflix? That piracy is helping it drive its business. Before you go spreading the word that Netflix is advocating privacy, it’s not, but what it does to is gain valuable insights from the practice. One of the hardest decisions content ...
Sprint to Offer Upgrade Plan : One Up from Jump!, Edge + Next
Sprint is said to be gearing up to launch a new upgrade plan that would provide a way for consumers to easily upgrade to new handsets. Dubbed as the “One Up” program, it’s said to be launching on September 20, 2013. There are no monthly fees to sign up for One Up, but to be ...
Open Source Boosts Software-Defined Networking with OpenDaylight’s Hydrogen + OpenStack
OpenDaylight Project, the collaborative open source project that aims to accelerate adoption of software-defined networking (SDN) and create a solid foundation for network functions virtualization (NFV) for a more transparent approach that fosters new innovation and reduces risk, shared a first glimpse at the OpenDaylight SDN architecture aimed for the first release called “Hydrogen.” OpenDaylight ...
Twitter IPO Quick Guide: How to Buy + Analyst Expectations
Twitter has confirmed that it has filed its S-1 with the Security and Exchange Commission with Goldman Sachs as the lead underwriter. Though this means Twitter’s IPO is inevitable, some have projected that the company going public may happen in late 2014 or early 2015, while others doubt things will solidify so early, as Twitter ...