Hasta La Gadget!

In spite of the U.S. government’s polite request to cancel his mysterious and unannounced trip to North Korea, Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt is determined to visit the downtrodden country and has now arrived via commercial Air China flight with former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson. The reason for the visit wasn’t disclosed, yet sources say that it has something to do with a pending request to release Korean-American tourist Kenneth Bae. The U.S. State Department has labeled the visit unofficial. (more…)

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27-year old Brooklyn musician Nadav Nirenberg accidentally left his iPhone in the back of a cab on New Year’s Eve. In hopes of getting his precious phone back, he contacted his phone numerous times and even offered a reward to the one who has his phone. When he realized that his iPhone wasn’t coming back, Nirenberg was desperate. The opportunity came when someone logged into Nirenberg’s profile on the popular dating site OKCupid. The person holding the lost iPhone is now under Nirenberg’s nose.  (more…)

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Considering how portable Internet devices like tablets and laptops have become over the years, we know you’re always on the look out for a Starbucks in order to enjoy some free wireless Internet so you can share your favorite photos of Grumpy Cat all day long. If you absolutely need the Internet with you while you’re on the go, your own personal hotspot would be the way to go, which lucky for you, AT&T will be introducing its AT&T Unite at CES next week.

The AT&T Unite will give your portable Internet devices the power of AT&T’s 4G LTE network in a small package as the Unite will have a 2.4-inch touchscreen display and allow you to connect up to 10 devices to it at a time. AT&T Unite owners will also be able to give access to their personal hotspot to one-time users, although seeing how valuable Internet is these days, we’re not sure why you’d want to.

No pricing or availability was mentioned for the AT&T Unite, but customers who wish to add any mobile hotspot device to their Mobile Share plan can do so for $20 a month, which we’re sure the Unite will fall into when it’s released some time this year.

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We think it’s safe to assume our readers are fans of the Internet and all of its glorious uses like reading up on the latest news in tech, streaming music and movies and chatting it up with your friends through Skype. But as we’re enjoying all of these wonders of the Internet, our bandwidth usage skyrockets, which is something cable providers may start charging additional costs for those heavy hitters.

Time Warner Cable and other cable providers are testing new business models that focus on usage-based pricing. The usage-based pricing plans would charge customers based on the amount of bandwidth they use a month, which if you have a cell phone plan you may know all too well.

The reason for the tests are due to the increase in the amount of Internet data over the years, which cable providers apparently claim has caused a more congested Internet. Seeing how the U.S.’ Internet speeds landed us in 12th place in speed average behind South Korea, Japan and Hong Kong, we think cable companies need to focus less on squeezing money out of its customers and more on giving us Internet speeds we deserve.

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Have you watched Wreck-It Ralph on the silver screens when it was released at the end of last year? I certainly enjoyed myself immensely, and it was rather sad to see Mario amiss, although there were plenty of other video game characters that brought back fond memories that made an appearance. Bad guys have feelings too, you know. Well, here is some bit of good news to perk up your week – or at least at the tail end side of things, where Disney has announced that Wreck-It Ralph will be available as a digital download and on streaming services a few weeks before the actual physical disc is released.

Already raking in $277 million and counting at the box office, Wreck-It Ralph is set to wreck more bank accounts when it arrives for home viewing in the form of digital downloads in the US this coming February 12th in HD and 3D on compatible services. As for the four disc Blu-ray 3D combo set, it will carry a $39.99 price point, and will ship on March 5th, accompanied by a two disc Blu-ray set at $31.99, as well as DVD and standard definition video on-demand versions.

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