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WSJ: GoPro is reportedly launching a line of personal drones

Nov26
by on November 26, 2014 at 5:54 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Insider

If you’ve ever done a black flip over a canyon of lava or just wanted to shoot video of your bike ride, you’ve used a GoPro. Now it seems the company made famous by adrenaline-fueled extreme-sports antics is getting into the drone business. According to a report by The Wall Street Journal, GoPro will start selling personal drones sometime in 2015 for $500 to $1,000 according to sources. Most consumer drones are sold either with, or support the mounting of, a GoPro camera. By entering the market, GoPro is cutting out the middle man. The company recently unveiled three new…

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Bigger screen iPhones are eating away at iPad usage according to Pocket study

Nov26
by on November 26, 2014 at 5:35 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Everyone says they wish phones weren’t so big, yet we all seem to appreciate the extra real-estate once we have our own phablet. Pocket, the “read-it-later” app, collected data from 2 million article and video opens with its app to amassed some telling numbers on users who own both a phone and a tablet to show how screen sizes affect when and where users will consume content. Before the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus came out, it found iOS users viewed about 55 percent of content on iPhones vs 45 percent on iPads, pretty much an even split. After the new phones…

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Get 25% off the retro NES30 Bluetooth game controller

Nov26
by on November 26, 2014 at 5:30 pm
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Whether you still love classic games from your childhood or want to get an edge in today’s modern mobile titles, the NES30 Controller lets you play like you mean it — with a retro 80s vibe. Detailed to look just like the original NES gamepad from the finish to the button feel, the NES30 is ready for action on Android and iOS devices, Nintendo Wii, and even Mac and PC desktops across all your beloved games and emulators. The NES30 connects via Bluetooth or USB, and features two additional action buttons as well as two shoulder buttons, so you can…

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Apple co-founder’s personal archive, including Apple II blueprints, will be auctioned next month

Nov26
by on November 26, 2014 at 4:00 pm
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The two Steves (Jobs and Wozniak) may well be the best known founders of Apple, but Ronald Wayne was also instrumental in the earliest days of the company’s history. And now, he’s auctioning off his collection of private documents relating to those early days at the company. The sale is being held by the Christie’s auction house and includes proof sheets for the original Apple-1 operating manual and a number of preparatory drawings and blueprints for the casing of the Apple II computer that followed. There’s also an untouched pre-order sheet for the Apple II included in the lot.   While there’s no…

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Apple co-founder’s personal archive, including Apple II blueprints, will be auctioned next month

Nov26
by on November 26, 2014 at 4:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

The two Steves (Jobs and Wozniak) may well be the best known founders of Apple, but Ronald Wayne was also instrumental in the earliest days of the company’s history. And now, he’s auctioning off his collection of private documents relating to those early days at the company. The sale is being held by the Christie’s auction house and includes proof sheets for the original Apple-1 operating manual and a number of preparatory drawings and blueprints for the casing of the Apple II computer that followed. There’s also an untouched pre-order sheet for the Apple II included in the lot.   While there’s no…

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