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Volvo Autonomous Parking Concept Car

Volvo recently announced their autonomous parking concept car, which is their first step to their autonomous driving car they plan on having by 2020. Ford already has their parking assist cars in production, but this takes it one step further ...

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Flint Mobile Payment Service and App

In case Square Up and Paypal Here were not enough options for you, now comes Flint, yet another mobile credit card payment system for the iPhone. The difference with this one is that instead of getting a card reader, you ...

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Morinoya Japanese Restaurant Mini Review – Part 3

Morinoya is on my regular rotation of places to go when I don’t want to think too hard about where to go. Having previously tried and disappointed by their zaru soba ($7.50), I decided to give it one more try. ...

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FreedomPop Confirms Sprint WiMax Available to 2015

After learning that Sprint will be phasing out their WiMax, I got a little worried about my free FreedomPop account so I decided to contact them using their @FreedomPopHelp Twitter support. After sending them a tweet on June 15, I ...

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Samsung Galaxy S4 Wireless Charging Pad Review

The second the Wireless Charging pad became available online for purchase, I ordered it and had it sent overnight. As you can see in the picture above, there are actually, 3 separate items that you have to purchase. First, the ...

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Spark Pay Mobile Payment Service

Doing more digging, I came across Spark Pay from Capital One Bank, yet another mobile payment app and system for merchants. They support both iOS (iPhone, iPad) and Android devices with the following plans: Pro Plan: when you have higher volumes ...

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Keyport Slide 2.0 Keychain

With all the talk about smart locks lately, we forget that most people still carry traditional keys, and it takes up space and looks like crap. If you want to look like you’re from Blade Runner instead, checkout what a ...

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Sprint to Phase Out WiMax

Sprint recently quietly changed their terms of service agreement with their customers to reflect the fact that they will be phasing out WiMax (formerly called 4G by Sprint). According to the new service agreement, existing customers who are using WiMax ...

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Samsung Galaxy S4 Charging Pad Actually Available

Even though the wireless charging pad has been on the Samsung website, as of today, you can actually order it without it being on backorder like before. It’s about time considering I’ve been waiting for this since I got my ...

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Apple Announces iOS7

Apple has announced their new version of iOS to come out in the fall of 2013, expectedly called iOS7. Interestingly, Apple has changed the look a little, and even the colors are a little different. But some of the new ...

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