Aug 25
Aug 25
Terrie's Take: Japanese Agritourism, Citibank, Gambling, Japan Post, and Thai Babymaking!
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Aug 25
The ParaPull is an ingenious block and tackle pulley system scaled down to work with common 550 paracord. It fits in your pocket and gives you a 6:1 mechanical advantage over any heavy object.
Aug 25
Google launched iOS app Slides today, along with updates to its Docs and Sheets apps.
Posted in: Today's ChiliGoogle launched iOS app Slides today, along with updates to its Docs and Sheets apps. Slides lets you collaborate on presentations from your mobile devices, including PowerPoint files.
Aug 25
Astronomy has come a long way in the 405 years since Galileo’s historic first survey of the night sky over Florence in 1609. The next generation of terrestrial telescopes are set to peer deeper into the cosmos and further back in time than ever before. We sat down with Dr. Patrick McCarthy, Director of the Giant Magellan Telescope Organization, to find out just how far the field has advanced and where it might be headed.
Aug 25
I wish I could say I went “hands-on” with Ralph Lauren’s new tech-infused smart shirt, but that would have meant putting my hands all over Marcos Giron, the collegiate tennis player who’s making his US Open debut this week. I’m sure he would not have…
Aug 25
We first got word that Volkswagen’s e-Golf would finally make its debut in the States last year, and now there’s a more precise arrival date. The VW EV is set to hit the road in the US this November with a pre-tax credit ($7,500) sticker price of…
Aug 25
You may not know Huawei as a household name, but in many emerging markets — it is one. The company, which primarily sells networking equipment, has a booming smartphone market. So will the emerging smartphone manufacturer build for emerging platforms like Windows Phone or Tizen? According to Huawei’s chief of its consumer business affairs, Richard Yu, they’ve been there, done … Continue reading
Aug 25
Nexus 6 details and Electric Sheep
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The next Google Nexus device will probably be made by Motorola. As a sort of good-will push for Motorola as it leaves the mothership, Google, but also because Motorola is one of the last top-end smartphone makers to not have gotten a shot at a Nexus device thus far. Also today we’re to understand that the device might be extra-spooky. … Continue reading
Aug 25
Amazon gets it: you like gaming. They’ve got a new phone with some really interesting gaming angles (pun intended), and have their own in-house game development studio. A new report suggests Amazon is close to acquiring Twitch, which lets gamers share footage of their play to the world. If you were thinking “wrong, Google acquired Twitch”, you’d be in the … Continue reading
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