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• Lenovo’s bendable tablet

  By Shaun on July 25, 2017 • ( 3 )

  The future?

• 1986 Google Pi Intercom

  By Shaun on July 25, 2017 • ( 0 )

  This is a 1986 Radio Shack Intercom that I’ve converted into a Google Home style device using a Raspberry Pi and the Google AIY (Artificial Intelligence Yourself) kit that came free with the MagPi magazine (issue 57). It uses the… Read More ›

• Turn off your push notifications

  By Shaun on July 25, 2017 • ( 1 )

  Apple made push a system-wide feature in 2008, and Google did the same soon after. Suddenly, there was a way for anyone to jump into your phone when they wanted your attention. Push notifications proved to be a marketer’s dream:… Read More ›

• I see a little silhouetto of a man

  By Shaun on July 25, 2017 • ( 0 )

  Say the above to Siri. He/she cannot sing, but it’s kind of fun.

• Bejla

  By Shaun on July 25, 2017 • ( 0 )

  She had just learned to walk and she is exploring New York. Lovely video.

• The earliest comics

  By Shaun on July 25, 2017 • ( 0 )

  But a century after they were first published, those original comics were deteriorating badly. Maresca realized that he had an opportunity to honor the comic and its creator for its centennial. He had a full run of the series, and… Read More ›

• The cognitive differences between men and women

  By Shaun on July 25, 2017 • ( 0 )

  At the time, this was not a universally popular idea. The neuroscience community had largely considered any observed sex-associated differences in cognition and behavior in humans to be due to the effects of cultural influences. Animal researchers, for their part,… Read More ›

• The Importance of Email Typography

  By Shaun on July 25, 2017 • ( 1 )

  Torn here. Sometime you just need the words, most times actually, but for marketing purposes why not add a bit of personality? link

• SEQUENT

  By Shaun on July 23, 2017 • ( 0 )

  SEQUENT has not only solved a major problem of the smart watch industry, which suffers from insufficient battery supply for its devices, but it also generates 100% clean energy. The watch features the newest generation of Heart Rate sensor, GPS… Read More ›

• I’m using a touchscreen MacBook Air

  By Shaun on July 23, 2017 • ( 1 )

  I used a touchscreen MacBook Air to write this column. No, you didn’t misread the previous sentence. Nor did you overlook a new product announcement from Apple, which despite all the company has done to popularize multi-touch on the iPhone… Read More ›