Skype just made group video calling available to all users for free instead of being locked under Premium. Looks like someone is catching up to Hangouts. Read more…
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Skype just made group video calling available to all users for free instead of being locked under Pr
The TSA Pre program lets you quickly go through security at participating airports—no need to take off your shoes and belt. Until recently, the program was only for select individuals , but as of December 2013, it’s open to everyone—and seems like a pretty good deal. Read more…
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TSA Pre Open to All: Breeze Through Airport Security for $17 a Year
iOS 7.1.1 is available this morning for compatible Apple devices. The small update includes improved Touch ID performance as well as some bug fixes. Visit Apple’s (yet-to-be updated) updates page to learn more . Read more…
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iOS 7.1.1 is available this morning for compatible Apple devices.
Subterranean captains’ chairs, rounded counters for flight monitoring, perfect pastels in the crew’s uniforms: Midcentury Herman Miller and Eames furnishings look awesome on the Starship Enterprise. Take a minute to check out these throwback posters and you’ll be daydreaming of Captain Kirk shaking you an out-of-this-world gin martini. [ MattWileyArt via Retroist ] Read more…
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The Starship Enterprise Looks Great Decked Out In Midcentury Design
It’s no surprise that the diamond industry is willing to spend whatever it takes to make the process of mining precious gems even more profitable. And while it already relies on X-ray technology for spotting diamonds on the surface of mined ore, researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute’s Development Center for X-ray Technology EZRT have developed a way to now spot them buried inside rocks. Read more…
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Researchers Develop a Way to X-Ray Rocks To Find Hidden Diamonds
Pathé News was perhaps the most well-regarded news agency of the 1900s—and now, its entire 85, 000-video newsreel archive is available to watch for free on YouTube . Read more…
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Legendary British News Agency’s 85,000-Video Archive Is Now on YouTube
We’ve all been there: You call customer service, get bounced around, transferred, and dropped. Or worse, your issue never gets resolved even after you talk to someone. You probably know you can escalate to a manager, or even higher, to “executive” support. But at that level, there’s an art to getting what you want. Here’s what you need to know. Read more…
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How to Contact Executive Customer Service and Get Your Problem Solved
Windows Phone 8.1 is here , and with it comes not only with a notification center(!) but a brand new Halo-flavored voice assistant. But how does Cortana shape up against her competitors, who have a year or two of experience on her? Surprisingly well. Read more…
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Cortana vs. Siri vs. Google Now: The Ultimate Voice Control Showdown
Usenet is a great resource for lots of things , and we’ve talked about a number of great apps to use to get the most out of Usenet. Tretflix is a custom, ready-to-install operating system that wraps them all up into an easy-to-use package. All you do is provide the hardware. Read more…
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Tretflix is a Ready-To-Install Downloading PC Packed with Usenet Tools
A new report from Twopcharts has found that 44% of the world’s Twitter accounts have yet to send a Tweet . With approximately 974 million Twitter accounts, that’s an awful lot of dead air. As the Wall Street Journal points out, however, this could mean that people, scammers, or bots simply signed up for an account and never came back—or that there are hordes of shy people out there waiting for the moment to strike. Do you have a Twitter account you have never used? If not, why not? [ Wall Street Journal ] Read more…
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44% Of All Twitter Accounts Have Yet To Send A Tweet