In a move no one suspected, LG has reportedly acquired webOS. Made official this morning, LG plans to leverage the promising-but-shelved operating system as the basis for new smartTVs. There was talk of LG licensing webOS for that purpose back in October 2012, but it appears it was simpler to buy it outright. I had a chance […]
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Studies Claim Students Prefer Traditional Paper Textbooks Over E-texts
According to the sales statistics of Apple, Barnes & Noble, and Amazon, everybody loves e-books. The economically-priced readers; the ability to store and transport an entire library effortlessly and less expensively; the added benefits of highlighting, annotation, simplified note-taking, searchable text, and inserted ancillary materials. It’s no wonder e-books are popular. With the rapidly […]
Anything to Declare? Get A NEXUS Card
While I’m not an international jet setter, I do have family living north of the border in Canada. Because my wife actually wants to see her parents from time to time and we don’t want to deprive our daughter of face-to-face interaction with her grandparents, this means we travel to the Great White North two […]
Project Shield, Why Weren’t You My Gameboy?
NVIDIA recently announced its new portable gaming console running on Android’s Jelly Bean during a press conference, and this little gadget is too impressive for its own good. Project Shield, to put simply, is a controller screen combo (don’t throw it) with a built-in miniature audio system, and features the new Tegra 4, which NVIDIA touts as […]
New Metabones Adapter Makes Your SLR Lenses Better, Stronger, Faster
New camera gear from Metabones can allow you to actually make your lens wider, sharper, and faster by up to an entire F stop. The company is already well known for their premium lens adapters, which can take glass from another camera type and interface with it as if it were a native lens. With […]
One Griffin To Charge Them All (Five iOS Devices, That Is)
Griffin announces the PowerDock 5, a solution for simultaneously charging up to five of your favorite iOS devices (even if all five are iPads in bulky cases). The toaster-like platform features adjustable plastic dividers and separate USB charging cables to attach to each device. The PowerDock should be available by Spring 2013, with a retail […]
Review: Samsung Galaxy Note II, The Big And Small Of It
When Samsung announced the first Galaxy Note in 2011, it was met with confusion, disbelief, and some snickers. The idea of a phone with 5.3 inch screen seemed absurd. We were just getting used to the idea of 4” 4.3” 4.5” 4.65” phones, and here was a phone that seemed to be questioning whether it […]
A Double-Edged Multitool: Leatherman Releases The Raptor
While I’ve been licensed as a basic EMT (unlike paramedics in my state, I can only dispense certain specific medications, can’t start IVs, intubate, or use an EKG or non-automated defibrillator) since 2004, I’ve never actually worked professionally as an EMT. I’ve volunteered on multiple occasions for the Boston Marathon, and I’ve taught continuing education […]
Hubway Provides Rental Pedal Power
It started with my bucket list. “Go into space” was nixed by my then-girlfriend/now-wife after a viewing of Apollo 13 on one of our early dates. “Go skydiving” was met with “after any hypothetical children are done with college.” “Learn to drive stick” would require access to a car with manual transmission. “Finally learn to […]
Droning On About Drone Warfare
During the foreign policy debate leading up to the presidential election, grumblings were heard over President Obama and Governor Romney both giving their full support to the expanded use of drone technology in military operations. Politics are like that. In their quest to show that they are different from that other guy, campaigns prefer for […]