The "London Blitz" of World War II left more than a million UK residents homeless. Between Oct. 7, 1940 and Oct. 14, 1941, the German army dropped close to 100 metric tons of explosives across Britain -- the majority of them on London.
The Bomb Sight Project highlights every bomb dropped on the city during the raid in a new interactive map
The project's researchers scanned the original 1940s bomb census maps, then geo-referenced them to digitally pinpoint the approximate locations off all recorded bombs that struck the city.
If you're giving or receiving a new laptop for the holidays, you may want to consider an added layer of protection
Laptop theft peaks during the holiday season, according to theft-prevention company Absolute Software. There are plenty of laptop-tracking apps and gadgets that can track your stolen computer. But, in most cases, that's the easy part. It's not guaranteed local law enforcement will help you retrieve the laptop after you've tracked it down
LoJack for Laptops, however, is a service that helps laptop owners physically recover stolen devicesAbsolute Software is one of the only Internet-security companies nearly guaranteeing your stolen laptop's safe return. The company places the odds of recovering a stolen laptop at around 3%. With with LoJack for Laptops, it's more like three out of four instances, according to a company spokesperson
It's a strong promise, but smartphone case company Cellhelmet swears by it. Its line of hefty iPhone cases come with accidental damage coverage, so users can make claims for repair if their device happens to break while using the product.
But, the company stresses, the coverage shouldn't prompt users to try to break their phones
An asterisked section at the bottom of their product page states that the cases are not indestructible, and shouldn't be treated as such. All damage claims, if a user chooses to submit one, are subject to a $50 handling fee.
If you're shopping on the cheap, finding a good deal and a decent phone is tough. You want the best bang for the buck, but it's a minefield of crap out there. It's a tricky business. No worries -- we're here to help.
Best of the Smartphones
The Pantech Flex for AT&T is as good as it gets for an entry-level device. It's compact and lightweight and has a 4.3-inch touch display -- plenty large to e-mail, browse the web and watch videos. But best of all, it runs on AT&T's 4G LTE network, so you can get all the speed and services as the more expensive smartphones.
China loves Apple products -- droves of consumers line up to get their hands on the latest devices every time the company releases a new model in the country. But according to the latest reports, the iPad mini launch on Friday failed to bring out the crowds.
IDG News Service is reporting that the turnout for the debut of Apple's 7.9-inch tablet in China was minimal, even in highly-trafficked areas such as Apple's new flagship store in Beijing. The report said the lines were "nearly nonexistent."
The Premium Suite is a software upgrade, bringing several new features (some of which are already present on the Galaxy Note II). These include contextual menus and tags, a multi-window mode that enables you to run two different apps onscreen at the same time and Page Buddy, which automatically performs certain tasks by predicting what you might do next
Other features of note are a Facebook news ticker for the lock screen, and an "Auto Share Shot" mode for the camera, which means you can easily share your photos and vids by tapping the phone with other Samsung devices that use the company's NFC technology, called S Beam.
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