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BuyMeBy Saves Food From The Landfill By Offering Discounts As Expiration Dates Loom
[Fast Company] New Yorker Carlos de Santiago already has a plan to prevent food from going to waste. It doesn’t require a law, and it could even save you money. De Santiago and four colleagues are developing an online service, … Continue reading
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HackingTeam Replies to My Inquiry
While writing a story for Fast Company about the hacking of a spyware company called HackingTeam, I sent them an inquiry asking if the hundreds of gigabytes of data being shared on the Web are accurate. I just got a … Continue reading
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Nothing Is Untraceable: How The Hacking Team Got Busted
[Fast Company] How did things go so wrong for a company that had the trust, and money, of some of the most powerful players in the world? The answer, in part, is that nothing is really untraceable on the web, … Continue reading
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Handl is a Handle for Your Handheld
Add Handl, short for “hand liberation,” to the list of accessories you never knew you needed. Attached to the back of this $40 smartphone case is an elastic band that slips between your ring and middle fingers and pulls a … Continue reading
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QNX Smartcar – Where We’re Going, We Don’t Need Mirrors
With cars going high-tech, there’s nothing more analog left than the rear-view mirror. At CE Week in New York City, car software maker QNX showed off a modified Maserati smart car with no mirrors. Instead it has a rear-mounted camera … Continue reading
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DxO One Pocket Camera Is an iPhone Accessory
The DxO One, a $599 palm-sized camera that plugs into an iPhone via its Lightning port, illustrates just how far smartphones have gone in taking over photography. Many cameras now connect to smartphones over Wi-Fi to transfer photos for online … Continue reading
Lily Drone Is a Flying Action Camera That Follows You
[Tom’s Guide] The camera is the pilot. Lily’s real innovation — if it works — is a set of computer-vision algorithms. After it’s tossed in the air, Lily spends about 30 to 60 seconds studying you to memorize what you … Continue reading
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Verizon-AOL Deal Designed to Raise Your Wireless Bill
[Tom’s Guide] The video streaming-happy data binging we do at home is on a crash course with our budgets once we take it mobile. Verizon’s data plans start at 1GB per month for $60. According to a calculator on rival … Continue reading
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Ford’s New GT Supercar Has (Some) Eco Cred
[Tom’s Guide] Introduced in January and due to go on sale next year, at $400,000, the GT both borrows engine tech from Ford’s mainstream cars and debuts lightweight materials. These, the company expects to trickle down to future economy cars … Continue reading
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Cablevision ‘Cord Cutter’ Internet Offer Is Mostly Hype
[Tom’s Guide] I had Cablevison’s new Optimum ‘Cord Cutter’ broadband package before it was called that. Even the New York area-based company puts quotation marks around the name of the service. n truth, it’s just a buzzword-bedecked rebrand. [Read the rest … Continue reading
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