With incremental updates for HERE maps on Nokia devices, the company takes away the pain of downloading the entire massive bulk of an offline map and makes it tiny. An update to Nokia’s offline maps system this week makes updating an offline map to your phone as simple as updating any normal app. Just as […]
Freakonomics binged it on and wasn't happy.
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Googling is one of those habits.
You know, like flossing in the living room or changing your underpants every other day.
Yet Microsoft’s search engine has Binged on and on that it is, in fact, better. Its own Web site insists that real people prefer Bing’s results by a ratio of almost 2 to 1.
Such a claim tends to invite skepticism.
The vast minds at Freakonomics decided to take their skepticism to another level — the one of actually trying to replicate the Bing results.
Their expectations were that people might not be able to tell the difference between the two searches. Their findings were quite searching.
Using a similar sample size to Microsoft’s own claimed research (around 1,000), Freakonomics enlisted the help of four Yale law students — people of obviously unimpeachable integrity.
The next step was, just as with the Bing It On Challenge, to perform five searches and see which results respondents preferred.
In the experiment, Freakonomics found that 53 percent chose the Google results, 41 percent chose Microsoft’s, and 6 percent ju… [Read more]
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I write about animals all the time, but this week I decided to write
about party animals. Yes, humans like you and me, going to a party,
maybe a Halloween party, and acting like animals. Well here are some
great animal costumes that will make our acts complete!
Ready to save some cash on your tech buys? Then you’ve come to the right place. Our friends at sister site gdgt track price drops on thousands of products every day, and twice a week they feature some of the best deals they’ve found right here. But act fast! Many of these are limited-time offers, and won’t last long.
Today’s top deals both earned high gdgt Scores. Apple’s new iPhone 5c, which is pretty much a colorful iPhone 5, is already available at a discount, and the capable Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet has nosedived from its MSRP. Hoping to grab one or the other? Join gdgt and add the gadgets you’re shopping for to your “Want” list — every time there’s a price cut, you’ll get an email alert!
Lego has had a line of watches for a few years now, but the designs were decidedly targeted at kids. And since the building toy probably has as many adult fans as children who love it, Lego will be releasing a new line of watches this November with designs geared more towards its grown-up fans.
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The bossy utensil that got the mainstream media all worked up at CES will be available for purchase for $99 starting October 18th at the premiere purveyor of all things you didn’t know you needed: Brookstone. HAPIfork, a Bluetooth-enabled fork that vibrates when you shovel food into your mouth at a pace that exceeds pre-programmed intervals, is already shipping to Kickstarter backers. Pre-orders start today, with direct purchases available exclusively from Brookstone online and in-store starting the 18th. If you’re having trouble measuring your mastication, check out the press release after the break.
Filed under: Misc
Source: Brookstone
Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Gear smartwatch last month in Berlin, Germany. Right now, the device is only fully compatible with the Galaxy Note 3. Support for older Samsung devices is expected to come later this month after the official Android 4.3 update is rolled out. The company apparently does not want to limit the smartwatch’s functionality as a companion to its mobile devices only. Ryan Bidan, director of product marketing at Samsung, says that the company is looking into the possibility of making Galaxy Gear compatible with its smart TVs, as well as other networked electronic devices.
The company is leaning towards developers to find a solution. Samsung’s first ever developers’ conference takes place later this month in San Francisco. Bidan believes that some solutions regarding the compatibility of Galaxy Gear with smart TVs might be seen at the event. Given its small display, the smartwatch itself won’t be a good option to play content on. Though it can work very nicely as a controller for electronic devices. If Galaxy Gear gains the ability to hook up to a smart TV, users would be able to use it to easily change channels, adjust volume and more. Their watch would essentially act as a remote that they can carry with themselves easily. Users may also be able to receive notifications about programming on the smartwatch itself. There can be various applications and uses of Galaxy Gear particularly with smart TVs, we’ll just have to wait and see how long they take to materialize.
Samsung Looking Into Making Galaxy Gear Compatible With Smart TVs original content from Ubergizmo. 
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US federal agents seized the notorious Silk Road underground online store and arrested its founder, New York prosecutors confirmed today, taking the Tor-accessed bazaar of illegal and controlled substances, stolen software, and identity fraud documents offline. The FBI snatched Ross William Ulbricht, known as “Dread Pirate Roberts” (DPR) on the Silk Road, on Wednesday, the […]
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One big question in the lead-up to Apple’s next iPad refresh, expected later this month, is whether Apple will include the new Touch ID technology found in the iPhone 5S.
In a new video, Unbox Therapy explores that possibility, pointing to the fact that the home button Apple’s used in previous iPad models (including last year’s) does not fit in some of the purported front glass panels making the rounds.
The video maker, which has posted a handful of other leaked parts believed to belong to Apple’s next tablet models, shows a Touch ID sensor from an iPhone 5S fitting perfectly inside the openings on panels for both the next iPad and iPad Mini. That would seemingly suggest Apple plans to include the hardware feature on those devices.
Touch ID scans a user’s fingerprint to unlock … [Read more]
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