Category Archives: Interesting

Things I find Interesting or peak my interest

The Windows Phone 8 Start Screen Is the Best of Any Phone

I love Windows Phone 7’s start screen: neatly organized square tiles that clearly show information in real time—from emails to photos to weather to travel progress—without having to click on applications. With Windows Phone 8 Microsoft has solved my only … Continue reading

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Scientists Can Now Grow Functioning Liver From Stem Cells

Scientists have promised a lot of regenerative medicine will come from stem cells, but so far progress has been fairly slow: they can stimualte regrowth of heart tissue, make incredibly expesnive artifical blood, or—at best—construct a short piece of vein. … Continue reading

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Mathemagics for iPhone and iPad review | iMore

While at WWDC 2012, I had the opportunity to sit down with Shane Crawford of Blue Lightning Labs and take a peak at his Mathemagics apps, Mental Math Tricks and Easy Algebra Fast. These app are design to teach you … Continue reading

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SeaOrbiter to begin construction by year’s end, project price tag clocks in at $52.7 million — Engadget

Remember that USS Enterprise-esque ocean research vessel we first ran across back in 2005? Yes, the one that was originally slated to hit the open waters in 2008 or 2009. After catching heat for its lofty ambitions for the last … Continue reading

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Reading Rainbow launches iPad app, we go hands-on video — Engadget

The rainbow chairs, miniature hot air balloons and child care at yesterdays Reading Rainbow press event were a welcome change from the standard mood lighting and Adele songs that set the scene for most tech launches these days. Of course, … Continue reading

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Simple Trick to Know Immediately if Your Email Gets Compromised Reddit | Apartment Therapy

Bad email can happen to good people. Even a careful, tech-savvy person like yourself could unwittingly click on a malicious link or have their one-fits-all password compromised to hackers. So try this one-time 30-second strategy to stay on top of … Continue reading

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Girl Gets New Veins Made From Her Own Stem Cells

A team of scientists from the University of Gothenburg has managed to grow new veins for a 10-year-old girl using her own stem cells—and then, in a medical first, successfully implant them into her body.The team explain in the Lancet … Continue reading

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The big list of iOS 6 features | iMore

At WWDC, Apple proclaimed iOS 6 would introduce over 200 new features when released this fall, and that what we saw yesterday was just a small sampling. We’ve got plenty of posts going over the big features, but there are … Continue reading

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Verizon announces ShareEverything plan – unlimited talk, text and shared data for up to 10 devices | iMore

Verizon has announced a new family plan that includes a shared data bucket for households chocked-full of iPhones and iPads. Each smartphone can be added to the plan for $40 which includes unlimited talk and text while tablets cost $10. … Continue reading

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11 Things to Never, Ever Say on Facebook

Facebook is great for sharing the most special of lifes moments. Like pictures of a cake, funny links, or your need for an able body to help you move a sofa.But those status updates are an open announcement to everyone … Continue reading

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