As forecast when we broke the news of the caterpillar-driven Iguana 29 amphibious vehicle last year, Iguana has released details of a smaller Iguana 24… Continue Reading Amphibious Iguana 29 gets smaller sibling, the Iguana 24Section: On the WaterTags: Amphibious, Caterpillar, Iguana Related Articles: The Iguana 29 – the upmarket amphibian 10-seat tender vessel...
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Bring a bottle of water with you to your next exam and you may boost your test score, according to a new study from the University of East London. Students who brought water with them did better on an exam than those who forgot their water bottles. More » Read More at lifehacker.com
As President Obama announced his support for gay marriage Wednesday afternoon, social media was on fire with posts about the decision. Most of the qui… Read More at mashable.com
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Your life is packed full of all types of alerts. You get emails, text messages, push notifications, and phone calls all the time begging for your attention. If you’re feeling a little overwhelmed, blogger and founder of DuckDuckGo Gabriel Weinberg suggests reducing those alerts down to only the actionable ones. More » Read More at...
Apple and Foxconn had already promised to improve working conditions at mainland Chinese factories, and Foxconn CEO Terry Gou has just revealed that the cooperation will be about more than just tightening up standards — it’ll be financial, too. The two companies plan to share the costs of making workers’ day-to-day experiences more tolerable,...
Riding a new wave of growth, analytics startup Mixpanel today announced that it had raised $10 million in new funding from Andreesen Horowitz and other investors. Read More at gigaom.com
What is an economy? This might seem like a silly question given that we are daily participants in our local economy, but a couple of recent episodes lead me to believe that it’s a question worth exploring. Here’s my definition: An economy is an interdependent system of organizations and individuals working together to produce...
One of the main features when Dish Network unveiled its Hopper and Joey multiroom DVRs at CES was PrimeTime Anytime, a setting that archives three hours of network programming, every night on the four main stations for a week and now it’s upping the ante by adding commercial skipping to the mix. While automated...
Pre-dawn strike completely levels house in Qaeda-held town; No immediate word whether U.S. was behind attack Read More at cbsnews.com
Federal authorities plan to sue Joe Arpaio over allegations of civil rights violations, including the racial profiling Read More at cbsnews.com
North Carolina recently passed a ban on gay-marriage and civil unions, a measure that has led to thousands of people signing a petition that would pull the Democratic National Convention out of Charlotte and move it to another state all together. Signed by angry progressives the Change.org petition has already received more than 27,000 signatures and...
These days, moms use technology in a ton of creative and resourceful ways to keep their families running smoothly. As a working mom myself, I use Google Calendar to keep track of our three busy kids… ] Read...
Amazon announced on Thursday that it will be adding all seven Harry Potter books to the Kindle Owner’s Lending Library for Amazon Prime m… Read More at mashable.com
T-Mobile is still struggling after its planned acquisition by AT&T fell through. In the first full quarter after the proposed merger was scuttled, the nation’s fourth largest carrier managed to gain only 187,000 customers; most from lower revenue businesses, such as prepaid and M2M. Read More at gigaom.com
Home to fewer than a dozen people, Pray, Mont., has been family-run since 1953 Read More at cbsnews.com
Here’s something fun for HTC One X owners with a knack for Instagram photography. Recently discovered by ePrice on YouTube, the phone apparently features a remote shutter for its camera that’s activated with some Bluetooth headsets. As Droid Life mentions, it can take a certain button combinations to get it working, but it’s certainly...
U.K. Economy Barely Grows in April After Double-Dip Recession Read More at freshnews.com
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You’re surrounded by all types of triggers. You see a vending machine and your stomach growls; the sight of a stapler invokes all the stresses of work; looking at that one book always gives you ideas. These triggers prime a response in your brain for all types of habits. Giving your environment an overhaul—with...
Mojang’s massive explore-em-up is now available for Xbox 360. Read More at boingboing.com
Parents of Bowe Bergdahl, the only American soldier held captive by the Taliban, are frustrated with U.S. efforts Read More at cbsnews.com
Corner drugstore found vulnerable to fraud in inspector general’s report scrutinizing every Medicare claim from 2009 Read More at cbsnews.com