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6 mobile apps changing shopping forever

These apps make shopping convenient with capabilities like visual searches, price comparisons and recommendations.



  • Gadgets & Electronics

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Bluetooth paper airplane kit is ridiculously awesome

Flying paper airplanes has never been this fun.



  • Gadgets & Electronics

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Will the iPhone6 be solar-powered?

Your next iPhone could recharge itself by absorbing sunlight-- if a new rumor turns out to be true.



  • Gadgets & Electronics

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What is Facebook Paper, and why will you use it?

In addition to providing a quick way to read your friends' updates, the app will include content will come from well-known publications and 'emerging voices.'



  • Gadgets & Electronics

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Warning: Kids could innocently add $20 to phone bill with the touch of a button

A rampant scam can add $20 more to your phone bill if you hit redial. Make sure your kids know not to call the scammers back.



  • Protection & Safety

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6 apps to keep your business running during a storm

Business doesn't stop just because you're snowed in.




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Toddler uses FaceTime to save mom after dog bite

After breaking up a fight between two dogs, Arizona mother Laura Toone needed medical attention.



  • Gadgets & Electronics

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Want to be left alone? There's an app for that

Introverts rejoice at the launch of a new 'anti-social' media app that can help you avoid unpleasant situations.



  • Gadgets & Electronics

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Why that FarmVille rabbit looks like Natalie Portman

On the occasion of the new mobile launch, we talked to the FarmVille animators about how the country critters come to (virtual) life.



  • Gadgets & Electronics

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How to get comfortable in a stranger's skin

New empathy-building app lets you swap lives with people you don’t know.



  • Gadgets & Electronics

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The MilkCrate App: A one-stop shop for sustainable-minded consumers

A new app has launched in the Philadelphia region with guides to sustainable businesses in 20 categories.



  • Sustainable Business Practices

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New app connects bar hoppers, bars

BARTRENDr app helps drinkers share favorite cocktails and settings — but only with other drinkers.




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12 tips for better macro photography on your phone

Here's how to capture gorgeous close-up photos in any scenario, with nothing but your smartphone and an affordable lens attachment.



  • Gadgets & Electronics

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Allure of connectivity boosts public transit

Transit use is going up as people prefer using their smartphones to driving.



  • Gadgets & Electronics

b

Remember those ads that predicted the future?

In 1994, AT&T ran a series of ads that got much of it right, but missed the big thread.



  • Gadgets & Electronics

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Apple offers bumpy battery for back of iPhone

The design world is agog at its ugliness, and the fact that it was needed in the first place.



  • Gadgets & Electronics

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Rebate apps that focus on organic food

If you use apps like SavingStar or ibotta, you'll want to know about these apps, too.




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Apple won't help the FBI, and here's why you should care

It's a defining moment for CEO Tim Cook, who is fighting to keep iPhones locked, even in the face of terrorism.



  • Gadgets & Electronics

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Let's not criminalize walking and texting. (We have bigger problems)

Talk about blowing things way out of proportion.



  • Gadgets & Electronics

b

Starbucks brings us one step closer to regressing to hieroglyphics

Starbuck's new keyboard app offers 28 coffee-inspired emojis that make words obsolete when you're planning a coffee date.




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Has technology made basic things demonstrably worse?

From toilets (which keep you healthy) to phone connections (that don't need wires), we've never had it so good.



  • Research & Innovations

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Steve Jobs, 1955-2011

Video: Visionary Apple founder has died at the age of 56.



  • Research & Innovations

b

Broken iPad? Take it to the iHospital

The iHospital is a chain that fixes broken Apple products but takes Apple-care to new levels. Ian Sherr reports on Lunch Break.



  • Gadgets & Electronics

b

'Reading Rainbow' on your iPad

'Reading Rainbow' host LeVar Burton demonstrates a new app aimed at getting kids to love reading.




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Apple apologizes for its bad Maps app

A week after an Apple spokesman downplayed the lackluster Maps app in iOS 6 by saying, "We are just getting started," CEO Tim Cook has a few words of his own fo



  • Gadgets & Electronics

b

Which tablet makes the best gift?

Having a hard time deciding on a tablet to give that special someone? A roundtable of tech experts can help you make an informed decision.



  • Gadgets & Electronics

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7 changes Apple must make to get its clout back

Apple has had its fiscal, competition and marketing ups and downs this year, so here's a few insights into what the company should do to be successful in the co



  • Gadgets & Electronics

b

5 apps that teach kids about money

Teach your kids about saving, spending, budgeting, and investing with one of these 5 fun apps for your iPhone.




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OpenTable pays $10 million to buy Foodspotting

Open Table pays $10 million to Foodspotting for its library of user-generated restaurant food photos.



  • Gadgets & Electronics

b

Be a disease detective: Solve outbreaks with new CDC iPad app

The CDC hopes to teach the public about outbreaks and maybe attract future epidemiologists through the free app.



  • Gadgets & Electronics

b

Move over Blackberry, the Defense Department approves iPhones

Blackberry has cornered the military market but after the Department of Defense approved the use of Apple devices, this will likely change.




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Are smartphones turning kids into zombies?

The debate continues about whether mobile technology is creating the most advanced generation ever or a society of uncultured automatons.



  • Gadgets & Electronics

b

Paper Karma could be your best friend this catalog season

A free app for Apple and Android devices scans your unwanted mail and puts in unsubscribe requests for you.



  • Gadgets & Electronics

b

3 best wine apps for choosing holiday wine

These apps will help you find wines that pair with your menu, choose bottles as gifts, and keep track of the bottles you really enjoyed.




b

12 essential mobile apps for your new tablet

From radio stations across the world, books, movies and even games for pets, here are some great apps to get you started.



  • Gadgets & Electronics

b

Commercial filmed on iPhone celebrates 30 years of Mac

To celebrate the 30th birthday of Macintosh, Apple filmed an ad entirely on an iPhone and aired it during the Super Bowl.



  • Gadgets & Electronics

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iPad Mini tops list of most breakable gadgets

In addition to its ease of breaking, the iPad Mini is also the most difficult gadget to repair according to a new study.



  • Gadgets & Electronics

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Billy Joel and Jimmy Fallon form 2-man doo-wop group

With the help of an iPad app, Billy Joel and Jimmy Fallon formed a 2-man doo-wop group and performed 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight' on 'The Tonight Show.'



  • Arts & Culture

b

Have you discovered Noisetrade for free digital cookbooks yet?

What started out as a free, legal music website (with optional tipping), has added free downloadable books to its offerings, including cookbooks.




b

Can you be allergic to technology?

A study suggests some toxic substances may irritate skin and organs.



  • Gadgets & Electronics

b

How do you keep tomato sauce off your tablet?

As we head into the kitchen with tablets and smartphones, we need creative ways to keep them food-free.




b

Obama to pick top scientist to run DOE

President Elect Obama could pick an actual scientist to head the Department of Energy.




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Thursday food 'nooooo:' Organic bottled water

Is organic bottled water "eco-chic?" I don't think so!




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Alternatives to glass wine bottles

Are all the alternative packages green or are some of them greenwashed?




b

SFI: Greenwashing at Greenbuild?

On the expo floor at Greenbuild 2009, Forest Ethics called out the Sustainable Forestry Initiative for questionable practices.




b

Unholy alliance: green NGO's buddy up with big corporations

Nature Conservancy, Conservation International, WWF, Sierra Club -- are the biggest environmental NGO's losing credibility by receiving funds from major corpora



  • Research & Innovations

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Mukesh Ambani builds an aggressively opulent home

Antilia, the world's first billion dollar home, is completed in Mumbai. While initially marketed as being 'green', the home's size -- 398,000 square feet -- ren



  • Remodeling & Design

b

Do bananas need plastic wrap?

Del Monte says their individually wrapped bananas are environmentally friendly. Others think Del Monte is bananas.




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Practical sustainability takes on greenwashing

John Brown, founder of the Slow Home movement, discusses the fundamentals of building and living in a greener house.




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CBS slapped with 'greenwashing' complaint

Network's "EcoAd" campaign misleads consumers, say four environmental organizations.



  • Arts & Culture