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| Bluetooth Earbuds Aim to Eliminate Tangled Cords Forever | | An annoying drawback of wearing earbuds is getting them tangled up. One company aims to address this problem by removing the lower two-thirds of the cord, and replacing it instead with a Bluetooth unit. The result is Elroy: Bluetooth earbuds that live on "magnetic docking points," where users can store them securely, according to the company's Kickstarter page.
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| Jawbone UP Fitness Bracelet Now Works With Android | | The Jawbone UP has a lot going for it as a fitness bracelet — it's durable, comfortable and simple — but until now it's been limited to iPhone users. That just changed with the introduction of the Jawbone UP app for Android in Google Play. Jawbone originally launched the UP in late 2011, but recalled the gadget in the wake of many returns due to damage.
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| Try 'Sloppy Typing' on This Reimagined QWERTY Keyboard | | Tuesday, March 19, 2013 6:20 PM | Vignesh Ramachandran |
| With every iteration of each smartphone model comes a slew of new features. Better display! Faster! Thinner! Lighter! But with the notable exception of Swype on smartphones, serious innovation with the QWERTY keyboard has been largely ignored. Toronto-based company Whirlscape is reimagining the QWERTY keyboard by streamlining the keys into a single line and letting you type without being precise (unlike a typewriter).
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| Battle for Your Wrist Estate Intensifies Amid Smartwatch Rumors | | Tuesday, March 19, 2013 6:03 PM | Andrea Smith |
| Technology has always been a real estate battle. First it was the battle for your desktop with dueling PCs, then it moved to the living room with game consoles and smart TVs. There’s a battle for your shoulder bag with laptops and tablets, and for your pockets with mobile phones. The next battleground: your wrists. The good news is that the wrist is relatively under-populated territory.
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| Hulu Plus For Apple TV Gets a Facelift | | Tuesday, March 19, 2013 3:38 PM | Christina Warren |
| Hulu has rolled out a brand new Hulu Plus interface for Apple TV. On its blog, Hulu says that it has redesigned the Apple TV Hulu Plus experience "from the ground up," with a focus on finding current TV episodes and content discovery. Content categories are now across the top navigation bar — mimicking the interface Apple uses for the iTunes store — and offering easy access to sections such as TV, Movies, Kids, Latino and the Hulu Queue.
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| Google Adds Search Filter for GIFs, Transparent Images | | Tuesday, March 19, 2013 3:12 PM | Neha Prakash |
| It's become common practice for the Internet to express its feelings through animated GIFs, however it's not always easy to locate the perfect situation-worthy GIF. Google is easing the woes of GIF addicts with a filters that will make it easier to narrow down searches specifically for animated images and transparent images.
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| Apple Releases iOS 6.1.3, Fixes Passcode Bug | | Tuesday, March 19, 2013 1:28 PM | Emily Price |
| Apple released iOS 6.1.3 Tuesday, a software update that makes improvements to Maps in China and, more importantly, fixes a bug in iOS that allowed someone to bypass the lock screen on an iPhone and access the phone app. Discovered late last month, the iOS vulnerability involved manipulating the iPhone’s emergency call functionality and power button to gain access to the phone.
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| Your Data Isn't Safe — Now What? | | Tuesday, March 19, 2013 1:17 PM | National Journal |
| The future of data security may rely on a principle most people are reluctant to admit: that all systems are inherently insecure.
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| Teen Creates Algae-Powered Biofuel in Her Bedroom Lab | | Tuesday, March 19, 2013 12:43 PM | PSFK |
| The winner of this year’s Intel Science Talent Search is 17-year-old Sara Volz, who built a biofuel lab under the lofted bed in her room to explore the potential for algae to become an economically viable fuel. The demanding high-school research competition, which honors students with exceptional promise in math and science, awarded Volz with $100,000.
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| This Is What a Budget iPhone Might Look Like | | Tuesday, March 19, 2013 11:34 AM | AppAdvice |
| The upcoming iPhone 5S and so-called "iPhone mini" are rumored to arrive in multiple colors. Martin Hajek imagines what that will look like.
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| LG Says Samsung Potentially Infringed on Eye-Control Patent | | Tuesday, March 19, 2013 11:08 AM | Samantha Murphy |
| It looks like the rivalry between Samsung and LG is about to get even more heated. According to a report by Yonhap News, LG has called out its fellow Korean competitor for possible patent infringement on a feature that pauses video playback when you look away from the screen.
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| 5 Exceptional Student Tech Projects | | Tuesday, March 19, 2013 11:05 AM | Matt Petronzio |
| Students in the STEM fields — science, technology, engineering and mathematics — start school with hopes of someday creating groundbreaking projects. But many of these students aren't waiting for graduation; they're immediately using the knowledge they acquire to help change the world.
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