Yesterday I called Red Top Arlington to take me back to my car at the Vienna Metro Station after a long day at work and received a confirmation text on my phone. The confirmation also included a link to this Taxi Magic app. I downloaded it and used it to get a cab tonight. It [...]

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I bought a Juice Bar solar charger from ThinkGeek. Of the choices available, this model was moderately priced at $39.99. I mentioned my purchase on Twitter and several people asked for my opinion.  My first impression based on the device having to charge initially for 6 hours via USB or 15 hours via light source was [...]

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So, I upgraded my old phone (iPhone 3G) to the new iOS 4 operating system.  The backup process took forever and I fell asleep on it.  When I woke up the next morning the update was done but I still needed to do the restore. Here are the features I noticed: Unified inbox. Finally! Emails [...]

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At WWDC this week, Steve Jobs announced the iPhone 4 and rebranded the operating system as iOS.  Thanks to Gizmodo many of the features were no surprise.  Among those features Jobs touted were: FaceTime video calling, Retina display with increased resolution, multitasking and HD video recording/editing.  These features are good, I guess.  They are like [...]

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Most people are not comfortable telling the entire internet their whereabouts but they may be doing so unintentionally. One seemingly innocuous photo could result in people knowing the exact GPS coordinates of your house.

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