Monthly Archives: July 2011

Line2 brings phone functionality to iPad for 10 bucks a month video — Engadget

Remember that ridiculous Steven Slater rap video promoting Line2s in-flight texting app? Well, the VoIP company just dusted off the point-and-shoot and hopped back over to YouTube, this time peddling a complete telephony solution for iPad. Launching July 28th, the … Continue reading

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WOW — You Can Soon Transfer Money On PayPal By Bumping Two Androids Together

Laura Chambers, senior director of PayPal Mobile, showed off how PayPal’s new NFC Android widget can be used to transfer money simply by tapping together two Nexus S phones.The addition of NFC is a big step for PayPal, a company … Continue reading

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Spectacular Underwater Bedroom in Maldives – My Modern Metropolis

Sleeping underwater amongst marine life is something many of us could only daydream about. For some lucky travelers, this dream has now turned into a reality. A little over five years ago, Conrad Maldives Rangali Island opened the very first … Continue reading

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Nine states subpoena Sprint over opposition to AT&Ts T-Mobile acquisition

Sprint has received subpoenas from Arizona, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Minnesota, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas and Washington regarding its opposition of AT&T’s planned $39 billion T-Mobile USA acquisition, Reuters reported on Tuesday. The U.S. Department of Justice’s antitrust division also issued … Continue reading

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Cancer patient gets a new trachea grown from his own stem cells | DVICE

  The stem cell research debate included lots of promises about how we would be able to get new body parts grown in a lab, and now its actually happening. Last month a Swedish cancer patient had this rather gross … Continue reading

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How Did a Stun Gun Get Onto a JetBlue Flight?

You would think that with a responsible organization like the TSA running airport security that nothing that shouldnt get on a plane would be on a plane. HAHA. Yeah right. Those ass-grabbers just let a stun gun on a plane. … Continue reading

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Why I Wont Sign Another Cell Phone Contract

Americans have a love-hate relationship with cell phone contracts. We love that signing a two-year contract takes $200 to $300 off the price of our new smartphone, but we hate that we are locked in to a carrier for two … Continue reading

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Apple patent apps describe ‘smart’ pens for notetaking and long-distance doodling — Engadget

  Apple’s knack for filing patent applications has struck again, offering a pair of digital pens that could become a competitive one-up for HTC’s Scribe pen. Both filed apps revealed by the USPTO involve styli for iOS displays, but if … Continue reading

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The iPhone SLR Mount

  Ever since the iPhone camera was invented, its aspired to be what it simply never quite could be: a DSLR. Sure, apps have helped your camera phone inch forward with simulated focusing F-X and faux filters.Faux no more. The … Continue reading

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iPhone 6, iPhone nano rumors trickling out | TiPb

Remember this morning when I mentioned that The Wall Street Journal iPhone 5 rumors lacked the usual wink-wink, nudge-nudge controlled leak flare? I asked for miracles, and the WSJ gives us Yukari Iwatani Kane. Writing alongside Lorraine Luk, Kane, who’s … Continue reading

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