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New Broadcom BCM4752 GPS Chip Promises Significant Performance Improvements

Take Your GPS Indoors With Better Connectivity On Broadcom's Upcoming GPS Chip, The BCM4752
By on Wednesday, 21. March 2012

While a GPS isn’t something we think of a lot anymore, they’ve become pretty well ubiquitous. And while they’re great for driving around and telling you where you are on a hiking trail, it’s not quite so easy to get around in indoor structures with the devices. Broadcom, meanwhile, looks [...]

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AT&T Tips The Jawbone UP Fitness Bracelet As Coming Soon

Nothing Yet In Terms Of A Specific Release Date Or Price, But AT&T Has Posted A Coming Soon Style Listing For The Jawbone UP Fitness Bracelet
By on Friday, 14. October 2011

Jawbone announced the UP fitness bracelet way back in mid-July and since then things seem to have gotten rather quiet. At the time they did offer some details in terms of what the bracelet would be able to offer you, however there was nothing in terms of a price and [...]

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Creator Of The EBook Is No Longer With Us

Michael Hart, Inventor Of The EBook, Died Tuesday At 64
By on Friday, 9. September 2011

Electronic text has made a huge impact on the way we do things today. Just think, many people have given up newspapers, books, magazines, etc. all for electronic versions. The eBook was a dream and vision of one individual who would have them be free for all. Michael Hart died [...]

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Watches Still Popular Even In The Face Of Mobile Phones & Other Replacements

Surprising Enough Even In An Era Of Mobile Convergence, People Are Still Wearing Watches
By on Monday, 5. September 2011

Many people never really get “into” wearing watches. Others, however, used to wear them until cell phones replaced them. It makes sense because why would someone carry two time pieces around? A current poll (still being taken) is actually proving the opposite to be true.

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WakeMate Wristband Pairs With Your Smartphone, Promises To Wake You At Your Ideal Wake Time

Sleeping With Your Smartphone & Willing To Hack Your Sleep Cycle A Bit, Try The WakeMate For The Ideal Wake Up Time
By on Wednesday, 29. June 2011

Forget the studies that tell you sleeping with a smartphone, or grabbing one first thing in the morning is not the ideal way to get a good night sleep. Instead, a new product called the WakeMate is encouraging you to sleep with your phone close by, which is paired with [...]

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Garmin Upgrades And Redesigns eTrex Series Handheld GPS

Three New eTrex Models Set To Land, Offer A Variety Of New Features With Them
By on Tuesday, 31. May 2011

Sometimes, people have been known, especially at this time of year with extra daylight and accompanying heat in the Northern Hemisphere, to go to that mythical place of hazards and sweating known as “outdoors”. And if you happen to be one of these intrepid souls, you know how easy it [...]

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M-Edge Shows Off e-Luminator Touch Light For eReaders

Put Some Light On Your Nook or Kindle With M-Edge's Reader Light
By on Tuesday, 8. March 2011

It seems like a strange idea at first, given that most ereaders generate their own illumination, but if you can conserve a little battery power on your ereader, well, why not? The folks at M-Edge have been putting out a host of cases and accessories, but this one will throw [...]

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MWC 2011: AT&T Plans To Step Up Machine To Machine Services

AT&T's Plans To Launch More Machine To Machine Services Mean Lots Of Partnerships
By on Thursday, 17. February 2011

Those of you who use your cell phone in the course of your business activities are going to be fairly well stoked by the news coming out of the Mobile World Congress show that AT&T is planning to get out a bunch of new offerings for the machine to machine [...]

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Barnes & Noble Nook Color Being Made Unavailable For Two Weeks

Nook Color Goes Underground For Two Weeks For Unknown Purposes
By on Friday, 4. February 2011

While it’s not quite as weird as if Barnes & Noble made the Nook Color unavailable over the Christmas holiday, the latest development with the bookseller’s biggest high tech device is nearly as odd. After rumors began circulating that the Nook Color was being made unavailable for two weeks right [...]

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Google Purchases eBook Technologies, Spurring Google eReader Rumors

Is Google's eBook Technologies Purchase The First Move Of eReader Plan?
By on Friday, 14. January 2011

Yesterday it was announced that Google has purchased the startup firm known as eBook Technologies Inc. The move is the first acquisition that the internet search giant has made in the New Year and it is expected to help the company further refine their eBook library when it comes to [...]

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