Friday, January 31, 2014

This gorgeous camera bag costs more than some cameras

But then again, it’s cheaper than some Billingham canvas camera bags…  The Roamographer Leather Camera Bag from HoldFast is utterly gorgeous.  It’s made in the United States from American Bison leather.  It’s big enough to use as a weekender bag with room to hold a couple of days of clothing.  Pop in the camera insert, Read More...

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Departures, Arrivals, Surveillance: Canada Used Airport WiFi Snooparound

Canadian authorities used information culled from a free Internet service at a major national airport to track the wireless devices of scores of travelers. The Communications Security Establishment Canada, or CESC, received information from the unnamed airport's free WiFi system and then used that data to track travelers whose devices later popped up at WiFi locations in other parts of the country.

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Verizon Wireless settles with FCC over false data charges

The Federal Communications Commission reached a record $25 million settlement on Thursday with Verizon Wireless over false data charges, in a move meant to show that the agency is stepping up scrutiny of consumer billing practices.



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These Geographically Accurate Subway Maps Reveal Where Trains Really Go

These Geographically Accurate Subway Maps Reveal Where Trains Really Go

It's no secret that subway maps are mere approximations of geography. Designed for maximum readability, they map the subway system onto stylized curves and evenly spaced stops. Still, the images of these familiar maps distorted by geographic accuracy are more striking than I even imagined.

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After Little Eye Labs Exit, India’s GSF Accelerator Goes Global

gsfGSF, the Indian startup accelerator behind Little Eye Labs, which was acquired by Facebook earlier this year, is launching a cross-border program with increased seed funding and global exposure for its third cohort starting April this year. The GSF Global Accelerator is partnering with AngelList, a platform that helps startups find funding and employees, to manage the application and selection process for its next batch. GSF’s next batch will have eight startups from India, and the remaining four from across South East Asia, Eastern Europe and Africa. “Little Eye Labs acquisition was the trigger for us to start thinking about a new model where startups could be exposed globally,” said Rajesh Sawhney who started GSF Accelerator in 2012 with support from investors including Dave McClure’s 500 Startups, InMobi founder Naveen Tewary, Blume Ventures and Kae Capital.  The next batch starting mid-April will have four stopovers — starting with four weeks in Delhi, Bangalore, followed by two weeks at Singapore’s The Hub, then two weeks on the East Coast, and the final four weeks in the Silicon Valley. All this would also mean more funding for the selected startups. GSF’s next cohorts will get $40,000-$60,000 each in seed funding as part of the new program. Earlier, the startups received $30,000 in funding after getting selected. Out of the company’s two batches of 24 startups so far, nine have gone on to raise additional funding, and two of them have been acquired. Many Indian accelerators started with the idea of modeling on the kind of incubation provided by TechStars and Y Combinator in the U.S. But the Indian startup ecosystem is still nascent in terms of getting the global exposure. As Sharad Sharma, co-founder of iSpirt told me recently, Indian startups really need to get on the radar of newer Silicon Valley companies such as Facebook, Google and Twitter who are more acquisitive. This is an area where more investors, accelerators and think-tanks in India are beginning to focus. For its part, GSF took several of its cohorts including Little Eye Labs for a World Expedition last year, which helped exposing them to potential acquirers including Facebook and Twitter.  This year, GSF is planning demo days across important tech hubs in the world. “We’ll have four demo days — two in the U.S. and one each in Singapore and India,” said Sawhney.  Clearly, the $10-$15 million acquisition of Little Eye Labs by Facebook is beginning

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Barry Sternlicht, Former CEO Of Hotel Giant Starwood, Invests In HotelTonight

hoteltonightLast-minute hotel booking startup HotelTonight just announced that it has landed a personal investment from Barry Sternlicht, founder of Starwood Capital Group and former chairman and CEO of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide. Sternlicht, who has been described as the "king of hotels," is also joining HotelTonight as a strategic adviser.

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Faster Forward: Xbox Kinect offers hands-free gaming in large living rooms

Microsoft's Xbox 360 video-game console got a little easier to use at 12:01 this morning. That's when the Redmond, Wash., firm began selling Kinect -- a clever accessory that takes the Xbox's controller out of the hands of gamers.



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HP Spectre 13 review: an exceedingly well-executed return to the basics

HP’s Spectre 13 runs Windows 8, but it doesn’t contort, flip, swivel, or do any of the other impractical tricks that look so fun in advertisements. It’s not a tablet strapped to a dock, or a tablet with a keyboard cover, either. It’s just a regular ol’ Ultrabook. A very, very good Ultrabook.

Windows 8 has Microsoft and PC manufacturers like HP trapped between a rock and a hard place. The new operating system was supposed to keep the PC relevant in a world increasingly dominated by sleek, shiny touchscreen devices. That gambit has largely failed, leaving hardware manufacturers little recourse but to throw devices at the wall to see what might stick. So we get 2-in-1s, convertibles, detachables, and all manner of confusing hybrids, when what we really want is a thin-and-light notebook with a great keyboard, a high-res display, and the power to tackle nearly any workload.

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Thursday, January 30, 2014

Carrier coverage, price plan and operating system are key to buying smartphones

The right way to shop for a smartphone is to pick a carrier with coverage and a price plan that fits your needs first. But if you're going to choose a smartphone first, you should start by picking its operating system.


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AT&T agrees to buy T-Mobile USA

AT&T has agreed to buy T-Mobile USA in a $39 billion deal that would create the country's largest cellphone carrier.


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As telecom industry evolves, success of Netflix is its biggest threat

By any measure, Netflix is having a marquee year. It has 20 million subscribers, way up from 12 million just a year ago. Its stock has tripled in that time. During periods of peak Internet use, a full fifth of all American bandwidth consumption is people watching movies on Netflix.com. But the mo...


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Foursquare Can Now Satisfy Your Appetite At Home With Integrated Seamless And GrubHub Ordering

deliverySeamless and GrubHub have partnered with location-based check-in service Foursquare to help you retain your precious pear-shaped physique and avoid exerting even the bare minimum of effort: You can now order delivery from restaurants near you right from within the app, on the Android, iOS and web-based versions of the Foursquare app. Over 20,000 restaurants that fall under the combined GrubHub Seamless umbrella are available to U.S. Foursquare users as a result of the new partnership, covering hundreds of cities across the country, according to Foursquare’s official blog post announcing the news. Participating restaurants will show an “Order Delivery” menu item alongside links to view the restaurant on a map, call or see its menu in the in-app listings. The best way to find restaurants that feature this integration is to search for the type of cuisine followed by “delivery” within Foursquare, the company notes. Previously, you could check-in to restaurants where you’d ordered food with Delivery.com, as Engadget notes, but you still had to go somewhere else to get the job done. Now, you can virtually go somewhere you never actually were, and also stuff your face with its consumables, all while only partly clothed. Nirvana, I am in you. Photo courtesy flickr user Mark Turnauckas.

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How Do I Pair My Phone to a Bluetooth Device?

Bluetooth technology allows for hands-free mobile phone use, as well as for listening to music and audio files stored on your Android phone (not to mention a proliferation of Borg sightings). Pairing your smartphone with a Bluetooth headset or other device increases your phone's usability.



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These wrenches shed light on your target

Here’s something you don’t see everyday – and you apparently won’t see much longer.  Hammacher Schlemmer has a set of Rechargeable Illuminating Wrenches that have built-in LEDs that light up that dark area you need to work on under the car hood or under the sink.  The lights are recessed in the cradle of the wrench, Read More...

Source: http://the-gadgeteer.com/2014/01/28/these-wrenches-shed-light-on-your-target/

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Looking for the hot new video game for a holiday gift? Think sequel.

For holiday shoppers who feel out of place in a video game store but need to shop for the gamer in their life, there's a simple enough solution: Figure out which title got the most attention from that loved one in recent months, then go out and buy this year's version.


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It's Official: Google Is Selling Motorola To Lenovo

It's Official: Google Is Selling Motorola To Lenovo

It's true: Google is really selling Motorola Mobility to Lenovo. We just got the release from Lenovo announcing the $2.91 billion deal.

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