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Google Adds 2 Step Verification

Recently, somebody hacked into my friend’s Gmail account and took it over by changing everything. He was not able to get back into his account because all of the contact information had been changed and there was no way for ...

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Kula Revolving Sushi on Sawtelle Quick Review

The Kula in Little Tokyo downtown is very popular so when they announced that they were opening one in West LA on Sawtelle, it was great news. In case you are not aware, basically Kula is like the fast food ...

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Amazon to Compete with Paypal

Paypal (owned by eBay) is the standard for online payment systems. Who could compete head-to-head with Paypal? Apparently, Amazon thinks they can with their hundreds of millions of users that regularly use Amazon to buy just about everything possible. According ...

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Sushi Enya in Little Tokyo Review

In my constant search for good sushi, I decided to try out a tiny sushi place in Little Tokyo on 1st Street called Sushi Enya. Your expectations are automatically forced to be high when the word “sushi” is in the ...

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Parking Pay Station Running Windows XP Embedded

As I was getting ready to pay for parking, I went up to the pay station and encountered this nice screen. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to hack into the system to get free parking but it’s interesting to see that ...

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Oops! Sushi Quick Review

The name of this place reminds me of another sushi place called B.A.D. Sushi. Yes, it’s actually called “Oops! Sushi,” like they did something wrong. Notice the exclamation mark after the “Oops,” just like Yahoo! It’s located in a strip ...

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Google Adds Inactive Account Manager

Google has added a new feature called “Inactive Account Manager” to their website which is available to anyone with a Gmail account. It sounds kinda fancy and all but what it’s really for is to alert and allow your loved ...

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Ooma Hub Discontinued

Ooma sent me an email today notifying me that my wonderful Ooma Hub has been officially discontinued (see picture above). Ooma had previously created a new product called the Ooma Telo, but up until now, although you couldn’t buy a ...

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Nomorobo.com Automatically Blocks Robocalls

Are you getting annoyed with robocallers calling your landline, or worse, your mobile phone? It’s like spam email except it uses up your mobile minutes. These robocallers don’t seem to care that you are on the Do-Not-Call list. God help ...

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FreedomPop Beta Tests Free Mobile Phone Service

As promised back in June, FreedomPop has released their 100% free mobile phone service. It’s still in beta but it’s open to anybody that wants to try it out, as long as you have coverage in your area. If you ...

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