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Woah!
Of course, we are due to get both AT&T Fiber & Google Fiber in the next year.
Competition is good!
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Will be getting my wife's iPhone battery replaced tomorrow morning. She has been saying it dies way too quickly.
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All depends on what you're interested in. Here's a few suggestions to get you started:
Ars Technica @arstechnica
The Economist @TheEconomist
NYTimes Bits @nytimesbits
9to5Mac @9to5mac
Horace Dediu @asymco
Re/code @Recode
ProPublica @ProPublica
NY Times Travel @nytimestravel
The Wirecutter @wirecutter
Some bloggers, some comedians, local news channels etc
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Nice - I'll have to give Lubuntu a shot for an old 2GB C2D laptop for my Father-in-Law. While he only needs Chrome, Flash, PDFs, and Word docs, it needs a simple enough UI so he can navigate to his documents without getting lost.
Also, it needs to auto-update for security, but I'm pretty sure Ubuntu does that as well.
Can I test-boot it from a thumb drive before I wipe Windows Vista off th
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This explains it well as they sell the product which performs the scanning:
Sounds like BT detection is equally susceptible and randomization of the BT MAC would prevent repeated seamless pairing.
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Slashgear has a great article on iBeacons:
QuoteYou'll need to have the Apple Store app installed in order to actually see any of the beacon-triggered messages, and to have given the app permission to access your physical position, too.
That per-app approach means each third-party application and service will need to specifically request location awareness before they can tell where you a
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Good article on how teens communicate. I see this in my daily life as my teens never speak on their "phones" and have basically migrated from Facebook to Snapchat.
I found the crusty comments below the article pretty funny as well:
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My prior response, copied here:
May I suggest an alternative approach that may be quicker and lead to less frustration?
IF, and only if, you don't plan to edit these files, then I would recommend avoiding iMovie altogether, and buying the following - El Gato Video Capture:
Connect this between your camcorder and iMac. Pop in a 120 min tape, hit record on the iMac software, and 2 hours
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Awesome, that was a nice treat... Thanks Fido!
(Reality resumes on Monday)
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I've glad they got control of the botnets, though I wonder if this will help people from still being infected.
My father-in-law got hit by the nasty Cryptolocker trojan on his ancient Windows Vista laptop, despite being up-to-date with Microsoft Security Essentials.
Apparently he fell victim to a link from a spam email. I've been trying to get him to switch away from his 15 year old, spam f
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And yes, agree with dk62 - I find cash back a much better deal than trying to use 50k miles for tickets which invariably involve 6am flights and exclude anything but Tues-Wed travel.
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My wife & I have chased CC sign-up bonuses the past 2 years & have easily captured $2000+ yearly doing so. Mostly for travel credits.
As Robert, our main card is the Fidelity Amex @ 2% cash back, but getting $400-$500 sign up bonuses on new cards which require $1000-$3000 spending has been a boon to us. We always cancel fee cards at the annual renewal time.
Our credit score has bar
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I'm confused - Are you planning to run Facetime on your Macbook while it is tethered to your iPhone's ATT cellular data?
Sure, I suppose this could work provided you have decent cellular signal. Can you not just use Facetime directly on the iPhone? This would be much simpler.
Another option: Use the Ustream app on the iPhone.
I had great results using an iPhone with unlimited VZ LTE dat
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FT, WSJ confirm Apple in talks to buy Beats for $3.2 B - Apple's largest acquisition ever.
I can understand the Beats subscription service perhaps to augment iTunes Radio, but why would they want the headphone biz?
Will HTC still market their phones with Beats?
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QuoteChris Y
sell the stocks with the highest cost basis first (assuming they are held for over a year), since this would mean the lowest tax owed for a given sale of shares?
Yep, paying less tax on investments is the ticket.
Now, go max out that 401k & IRA/rIRA and avoid Cap Gains altogether.
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Hmmm.. I should break out my MSI Netbook Hackintosh, boot into the XP Partition for the first time in 2 years and update it.
It'll probably take 4 hours for all the updates to apply... but I'll be up to date!
Yeah, maybe not...
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QuoteSteve G.
How much do you pay monthly for the privilege of watching premium cable services, paid internet services, 'rented' movies/TV shows, purchased music etc so you can route it through your TV?
Currently pay:
- ~40 Comcast HD+ HBO (1 year promo)
- $80 Amazon Prime
- Share Netflix with sister
TV Watching:
- 65% Tivo with Comcast, mostly OTA channels.
- 25% Apple TV for Netflix,
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Go with 2 extremes.
If you have the option, run a network cable* between the two and let the 2nd one act as a access point, instead of using the "extend an existing network" option which repeats the wireless signal.
* 3 options:
- Ethernet cable
- 2 Powerline bridges
- 2 MoCa bridges (using Coax)
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Yep, a friend paid $269 at Apple for a replacement 5S. She had broken it 4 days after purchase, while waiting for a case to arrive via Amazon.
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Refurb one generation older (dual band, no AC) Airport Extreme at $85 is a great deal. Full 1 year Apple Warranty:
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Which model iMac G4 and which Airport card? Only a few iMac G4 models using the Airport Extreme card will support WPA2.
Check this list:
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US iPad's are sold SIM unlocked and I'm fairly certain US & Canada LTE bands overlap. So you can buy a US LTE iPad and have your customer insert either a Rogers or Telus SIM.
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Hit 81 in Cupertino yesterday. Enjoyed dinner outside on a restaurant patio. But yeah... we pay through the nose..
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QuoteSam3
Can any of these LED bulbs be used in an enclosed outdoor light fixture? ... I read that LEDs do not fare well in an enclosed light fixture.
Yes, I bought this Switch Infinia 60W equivalent a few weeks ago for $14.
It is the only LED bulb I've seen that is rated for enclosed fixtures and indoor/outdoor use. Instead of using a large aluminum heatsink, it is liquid filled and runs
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Thanks! Grabbed an extra 32gb card.
BTW, you enter the coupon code at the very end before final confirmation. In my case, even after entering Paypal payment info.
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We enjoyed dining at several restaurants last April. We were able to wait in line for about 30 min and get seated at the Be Our Guest restaurant. While the food itself was nothing special, the decor is truly amazing and really evokes scenes from the Beauty & Beast Movie.
Also in Animal Kingdom, we really enjoyed the Anandapur Yak & Yeti restaurant with advanced reservations. Pretty g
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As a longtime Quicken holdout, I'm hoping this release is worthwhile, unlike Quicken Essentials from a few years back.
I signed up to be a beta tester, let's see if/when this actually ships. But it does look promising:
"Quicken Mac 2015 will have an improved user experience, deeper investment capabilities with transactions and holding lots and support for Quicken mobile and receipt ca
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QuotepRICE cUBE
QuoteThe UnDoug
How did USA Network get to carry a match? I thought it was all NBC.
I believe both networks have the same owner.
Yep, both are owned by Comcast.
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QuoteGareth
QuoteRAMd®d
About the one-time Lifetime subscription purchase…
Isn't that tied to a specific device, and when it fails, the subscription is dead?
Yes, lifetime is tied to the device. But in 12+ years, I've owned a few dozen different TiVo's and NEVER had one fail in a manner I couldn't repair myself.
Same here. Each of 5 Tivo's I've owned / managed (parents,in-laws) has
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