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Calin Andreescu

I have always been eager to try out any gadget I could get my hands on. I became a tech journalist so that I could always be around technology and see the newest devices. I use gadgets every day to make my work and life easier. I have enough experience to know If a device is actually improving my activity, offers something useful or new. I will post my honest opinions and judge a device as objectively as I can.

PuzzlePhone- Modular Phone on Indiegogo

PuzzlePhone

Modular gadgets seem to become more and more present on gadget market nowadays. The latest modular gadget to arrive is the PuzzlePhone. The Finnish PuzzlePhone project is similar to Project Ara, but might become reality sooner than the Project Ara modular phone. The PuzzlePhone is simpler than Project Ara’s modular …

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Cortana for iOS Beta Announced by Microsoft

Cortana for iOS

Microsoft announced  on November 3 that they will roll out Cortana for iOS beta to a number of users to test it. According to Microsoft the Cortana for iOS beta will only get to be tested by a limited number of people. Those who would like to take Cortana for a …

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Windows 7 and 8.1 To Be Discontinued Next Year

Windows 7

Starting November 1, 2016 Windows 7 and 8.1 will no longer be available for purchase. Microsoft recently updated their Windows Lifecycle Fact Sheet page and pointed out that October 31, 2016 will be the last day on which Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 will be sold preinstalled on PCs. Although …

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FreedomPop To Build WiFi First Smartphone

FreedomPop smartphone

FreedomPop and Intel are partnering up to build the first smartphone that includes free cellular phone service. The FreedomPop smartphone will be a WiFi- focused device. Users will be able to make calls and text only by connecting to WiFi networks and if there aren’t any available in the area, …

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EMP weapon developed by Boeing

EMP

EMP stands for Electromagnetic Pulse. We’ve heard this term before used in sci-fi action movies or in several action games. Most people associate the name “Boeing” with jumbo-jets and passenger transport.  The company has a less known department called Boeing Phantom Works. This department develops military technology for the Department …

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iOS 9.1 Hack Brings Hacker Team $1 million

iOS 9.1 hack poster

Zerodium, a company that pays for security information and exploit, awarded an anonymous team of hackers $1 million for hacking iOS 9.1. The competition called The Million Dollar iOS 9 Bug Bounty was announced in September. The fact that they had a winner was announced at the beginning of this …

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Google Gives Up Plans Of Opening Store in NYC

Google Store Location

Last year Google bought a building in New York’s SoHo clearly planning on opening a store there. Now it seems that they canceled their plans and will try to lease the premises. According to sources Google spent around $6 million on renovating the building they purchased last year. They will probably try …

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Rufus Cuff- The Wearable Mini- Tablet

After fitness trackers, smartwatches and other gadgets, now a new wearable “tablet” has arrived. It was developed by Rufus Labs and is called the Rufus Cuff. Given its size it probably feels like a cuff, so the model name seems to be accurate. As it was presented back in 2014, …

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Candy Crush Developer King Digital Bought for $5.9 Billion

Candy Crush King Digital Sold

Activision Blizzard, one of the biggest names in video games just made a huge announcement. They are acquiring King Digital Entertainment, the company that brought us Candy Crush. Activision and Candy Crush’s King Digital sealed the deal for $18 in cash per share. This means that the global price of King …

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