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Don’t want drones over your home? Try NoFlyZone

Feb10
by on February 10, 2015 at 10:37 am
Posted In: Around the Web, drones, Gadgets, geofencing, Insider, no fly zone, NoFlyzone, Product Launches

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If you’re worried about drones flying over your home, there’s a new option besides scanning the sky and picking them off with a BB gun. NoFlyZone lets you establish a geofenced perimeter over your property and a number of drone hardware and software firms have already said they’ll comply. So far, the organization has got EHANG, Horizon Hobby, DroneDeploy, YUNEEC, HEXO+, PixiePath and RCFlyMaps to sign up to its efforts. However, that list of participating companies is notably missing DJI and 3D Robotics, the two biggest names in consumer drones. NoFlyZone told TechCrunch that it is in touch with both firms and hopes to get them on board. DJI has previously implemented flying…

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You’ll soon be able to pay for meals and drinks on JetBlue flights with your iPhone

Feb10
by on February 10, 2015 at 9:09 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Contactless payment

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The next time you fly JetBlue, you may not need to whip out your wallet to pay for peanuts or a soda. Just grab your iPhone and let Apple Pay do its thing. USA Today reports that passengers on select JetBlue flights will be able to use Apple Pay on their iPhone 6 or 6 Plus to buy meals, snacks, drinks, onboard amenities and premium seat upgrades once the aircraft reaches cruising altitude. When the program takes off next week, JetBlue will equip more than 3,500 flight attendants with iPad Minis in NFC-enabled cases to allow passengers to make payments…

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Facebook brings Internet.org app to India

Feb10
by on February 10, 2015 at 7:35 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Asia, India, internet.org

Just three weeks after launching its Internet.org Android app in Ghana, Facebook is bringing the free app to India with nearly 40 services in tow. Facebook has partnered with mobile operator Reliance Communications to make the app available in six states: Tamil Nadu, Mahararashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Kerala, and Telangana. Through the app, mobile users will be able to access a host of news, health, travel, sports, and local government and job information in English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Gujarati and Marathi. Besides Facebook, the roster of services includes Aaj Tak news, AccuWeather, AP Speaks, Babajob, BabyCenter & MAMA, BBC News,…

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Uber reportedly left its lost and found items log exposed online

Feb10
by on February 10, 2015 at 7:07 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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We’re always leaving stuff behind in cabs, and many Uber drivers are kind enough to report them to the company. But Uber proved itself to be careless when it reportedly left a lost and found database exposed to the public, as Motherboard found. The database URL now leads to a 404 Page Not Found error message, but was available for long enough to ascertain that it was likely linked to Uber’s Los Angeles operations. The unsecured database listed 155 lost items, including bags, books, clothing, credit cards, phones, keys and more. While that information isn’t particularly damning in itself, the records also…

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