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Jul 05

Roamer’s app-based call forwarding helps you save cash abroad (video)

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Call forwarding when you’re abroad isn’t the most exciting of tech topics, but it is one that’s likely to save you a bundle on the road. Roamer is a new iOS and Android app that forwards your regular number onto a local SIM card, ensuring that you’ll pay native rates even when calling your loved ones. The app itself is free from the Android and iOS stores, with roaming credits available to buy in packages of $13, $16, $39 and $65 — and if you’d like to see it in action before you reach for your phone, there’s a video tucked in after the break. Oh, and any Windows Phone and BlackBerry users who are feeling left out, fear not, the company has promised versions for those platforms are coming in the near future.

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Jul 05

Ever Green – SD card adapter – Turns you camera into a Wi-Fi compliant camera

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Ever Green - SD card adapter - Turns you camera into a Wi-Fi compliant camera

Shanghai Donya, Evergreen’s online store, just released a SD card adapter that turns you camera into a Wi-Fi compliant camera.

It’s a Wi-Fi adapter shaped like a SD card. Slip a microSD card (sold separately) into the SD card adapter first, and then insert it to your camera. Now you can take pictures and those pictures you take will be saved in the microSD card.

When you want to transfer the pictures to the PC or smartphone, you can do it by accessing an access point called “Cloud Flash” and connecting the SD card adapter and the PC or smartphone.

Price: 3,999 yen
Wi-Fi: 802.11b/g/n ( simultaneous connections: max. 5 devices)
Compliant card: microSD card 4GB – 32GB
Compatible with: Windows XP SP3/Vista/7/8, iOS 5.1 or later, Android 2.2 or later
Weight: 3g
Size: 32 x 24 x 2mm

Jul 05

The Government Is (Kinda) Classifying Less Information Than Ever

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The Government Is (Kinda) Classifying Less Information Than Ever

Despite the fact that the government seems more enthusiastic than ever about gathering data, its taste for making it classified seems to be waning. This year’s Information Security Oversight Office report reveals that, in 2012, the total number of "original classification" decisions fell over 40 percent.

There’s finally a Mega app for Anroid available which is… well, quite a lot like Dropbox’s, really

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There’s finally a Mega app for Anroid available which is… well, quite a lot like Dropbox’s, really. There are, apparently, iOS and Windows versions on the way, too.

Crave giveaway: Netatmo Urban Weather Station

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Congrats to Guy S. of Inwood, W.Va., for winning a Parallax Boe-Bot DIY robot kit in last week’s giveaway. When it comes to weather, do you care about more than whether it’s sunny out? This week’s freebie is for you, weather geeks.

(Credit: Netatmo)

We’re giving away a Netatmo Urban Weather Station, which consists of two compact cylindrical modules, one indoor and one outdoor, that use sensors to analyze your environment and wirelessly send detailed data to your mobile device via a free iOS or Android app. The data can also be accessed online through a free Netatmo cloud account.

Readings include temperature, humidity, barometric pressure, and CO2. If any of these hit excessive levels, you’ll get a real-time notification on your mobile device so you can increase your home’s ventilation, move to the country, or take any other action that might benefit you when temperatures and air quality pose a threat.

You can also get real-time local Air Quality Index reports. And the device measures home or office noise levels to remind you that you sit near some really loud co-workers.

Normally, the Netatmo Urban Weather Station would cost you $179 (batteries included), but this is your chance to get one for free. How do you go about doing that? There are a few rules,… [Read more]