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‘Virtual Radio’ app puts first responders in contact faster
Most first responders like firemen and paramedics use a system called Land Mobile Radio. It’s secure, it’s largely free of interference, but it’s got one major drawback: its design makes it hard for first responders to reach non-emergency personnel.
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AT&T limiting FaceTime because their network stinks
AT&T made a grave mistake five years ago: They severely underestimated demand for data on the iPhone, and kept doing it until it was way, way too late.
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Should you buy Windows 8?
I’m getting a lot of questions about Windows 8 as its release date approaches, so I’m going to tell you what I tell everybody when a new version of Windows approaches.
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10 of the most notorious Internet hoaxes
In this day and age, with the abundance of online tools and channels to assist in spreading a lie, Internet hoaxes are more evident than ever, but these 10 stand out pretty much above all others.
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Echograph: Add some motion to your photos
GIFs are a truly wonderful thing, as we keep telling you. But what if you, the iPad owner, want to get in on this action? That’s where Echograph comes in.
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Burner: An app that constantly generates disposable numbers
There are lots of reasons you don’t want to hand out your cell phone number. There are just people that you never ever want to speak to right after you meet them, yet are obligated socially to offer some form of contact information to.
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8 ways your Facebook profile is like a serial killer’s lair
You know all those cliched things you see in movies about serial killers and the lairs where they plan and execute all their bad deeds? Your Facebook profile is almost exactly like that.
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Normalize app strips out annoying Instagram filters
My loathing of Instagram is no secret. I hate it for two reasons, namely the two reasons it exists: to uglify good photos and to give bad photos a filter to hide behind.
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24 places Google doesn’t want you to see
For one reason or another (some legitimate and some rather unexplainable) there are places that Google just doesn’t want anyone to see.
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14 types of people you meet on Twitter
Twitter has become The. Big. Thing. in social media (well, at least until the Next. Big. Thing. comes along) which means that everyone and their grandmother is using it to communicate everything from the sublime to the mundane. (Mostly the mundane.)
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Unbaby.Me excises your friend’s annoying kids from Facebook
There’s no nice way to say this. New parents: you’re annoying. We get that you’ve just created life and this child is eating up every minute of your free time, but Good Lord, talk about something else. Talk about anything else!