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Satechi unveils smart TV box for streaming content

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Satechi has announced the launch of a new set top box for video streamers called the Satechi Smart TV Box. The device is available now for $109.99. It uses the XBMC media management app for streaming...

New Take on Google Glass

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I’ve come around a bit on Google Glass.  Not entirely, but perhaps 270°. To clarify, I’d be surprised if I ever adopted Glass personally.  I’m just an old guy, stuck in some rut from the...

Old Spice Fake Sites Campaign Is Over The Top

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Old Spice is back big time with viral video ad hits. First the Old Spice Mom Song has taken the net by storm. Now Mustafa is back to with a cool campaign involving fake web sites. Old Spice launched...

Super Bowl 2014 Ads start Buzzing

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The Super Bowl 2014 takes place on February 2 and will have besides the big game (Broncos vs. Seahawks) a huge line-up of Super Bowl ads. Fox managed to charge $4 million on average for 30 second...

Are you Buying Fitness Wearables From Electronics Companies?

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Having spent the week at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), it would appear that fitness & sport tech has started to reach mainstream prominence.  In a way it has, in others...

Penn State Crowdfunds Lunar Lion Lander

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Earlier this week, Penn State’s Lunar Lion team launched a crowdfunding effort to raise a little over $400,000 towards its goal of putting a lander on the Moon to win Google’s Lunar X-Prize. In order...

How the Duolingo Founders Offered Free Education To Millions

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As stars fill the night sky in Veracruz, Mexico, 23-year-old Uziel Alejandro López kicks back at home to play on his Android smartphone. His thumbs breeze over the brightly colored screen, but this...

Working From Home? 11 Ways To Stay Motivated

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I haven’t had any coworkers in five years now. Well, at least none that I see or hear on a daily basis. I’m a freelance journalist, one of many occupations these days that allows the complete and...