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Audiovox Helps to Manage, Monitor and Maintain Your Car

Audiovox Helps to Manage, Monitor and Maintain Your Car

June 21, 2014 | Comments Off on Audiovox Helps to Manage, Monitor and Maintain Your Car

Reviewed by Dominic DeVito

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Keeping track of your car is one thing — keeping track of drivers is another. The Audiovox Car Connection lets you do both through one simple device that installs in your vehicle’s OBDII port without tools. All you need to do is create an online account and you’ll have instant access to your car’s whereabouts and mechanical health from nearly anywhere.

Easy to install and use for instant updates

Plug the Car Connection into your car’s OBDII port (typically located under the steering wheel) — it’s that easy. Then log in to Audiovox’s My Car Connection website to register your vehicle, choose a plan, and activate your account. You’ll be able to start tracking your vehicle from your computer, tablet, or smartphone once your registration is complete. Got a fleet of vehicles at your disposal? You can manage up to 20 different devices from one account.

Audiovox Car ConnectionYou can track your car’s path using your smartphone, tablet, or computer.

Real-time vehicle tracking

The Car Connection utilizes wireless technology to provide the location, direction, speed, and history of your vehicle, including a path you can revisit later. The interface makes it easy to set …


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Amazon Fire or Fizzle?

Amazon Fire or Fizzle?

June 21, 2014 | Comments Off on Amazon Fire or Fizzle?

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Just a collection of gimmicks on a top end smartphone?  It better be more than that or Jeff Bezos and Amazon have gambled too much too late.  On the other hand Jeff is used to let it all ride on a single roll and coming up a winner.  The secret seems to be that he is willing to lose $$$$ up front in order gain a loyal (hooked on Prime) customer later.

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Comcast is Turning Modems into Hotspots

Comcast is Turning Modems into Hotspots

June 17, 2014 | Comments Off on Comcast is Turning Modems into Hotspots

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If you’re a Comcast cable customer, your home’s private Wi-Fi router is being turned into a public hotspot. It’s potentially creepy and annoying. But the upside is Internet everywhere.

It’s been one year since Comcast (CMCSA) started its monster project to blanket residential and commercial areas with continuous Wi-Fi coverage. Imagine waves of wireless Internet emitting from every home, business and public waiting area.

Comcast has been swapping out customers’ old routers with new ones capable of doubling as public hotspots. So far, the company has turned 3 million home devices into public ones. By year’s end it plans to activate that feature on the other 5 million already installed.

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Microsoft Pushes 8.1 Update

Microsoft Pushes 8.1 Update

June 10, 2014 | Comments Off on Microsoft Pushes 8.1 Update

 

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Editor’s Note:
There are few if any good reasons to cling to the original Windows 8 (or its bigger brother Windows 8.1) that Microsoft introduced released for general availability on October 26, 2012.  The kindest thing that could be said was that it was a “rough” launch! With the arrival of June 10, 2014 Microsoft is ending support for Windows 8.1 and urging users to move up to the Windows 8.1 update.  Not to do so would be even worse than clinging to an unsupported Windows XP…and the upate is free.  Just do it!  ;-)) Foster

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Today, June 10, is Microsoft Patch Tuesday. It’s also the deadline for consumers running Windows 8.1 to install the Windows 8.1 Update if they want to continue to receive patches and fixes from Microsoft.

Microsoft originally imposed a deadline of May 13 on consumer users to move to the Windows 8.1 Update. On May 12, Microsoft announced a deadline extension to June 10.

Business users still have until August 12 to move to the Update for Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2. Microsoft extended the deadline for those …


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Greg Sullivan, VP Windows Phones Describes WP 8.1

Greg Sullivan, VP Windows Phones Describes WP 8.1

June 10, 2014 | Comments Off on Greg Sullivan, VP Windows Phones Describes WP 8.1

Foster Braun, June 9, 2014

greg-sullivan-windows-phoneIn May 2014,  Greg Sullivan, VP Windows Phone shared about the upcoming Windows Phone 8.1 upgrade which is becoming available through Microsoft and the mobile carriers beginning in Summer 2014.

Part 1 (7:11) Click Here to Listen to Part 1 of Greg Sullivan Interview

  • Availability of Windows Phone 8.1
  • Developer Preview Download
  • Cortana

Part 2 (3:53) Click Here to Listen to Part 2 of the Greg Sullivan Interview

  • World Flow (Shape Writing)
  • Setting new Guinness World Book of Records Speed Record

Part 3 (9:05) Click Here to Listen to Part 3 of Greg Sullivan Interview

  • Convergence of WP 8.1 and Surface RT
  • Explain departure of People Social Media Hub
  • World Market for Windows Phone 8.1

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Detailed Review of the Surface Pro 3

Detailed Review of the Surface Pro 3

June 10, 2014 | Comments Off on Detailed Review of the Surface Pro 3

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By Ed Bott for The Ed Bott Report |

Microsoft’s third shot in the tablet-that-can-turn-into-a-portable-PC category represents a huge improvement over its earlier attempts. I called the first Surface Pro, released in February 2013,“brilliant, quirky, and flawed,” and argued that it “has enough flaws that many potential buyers will either say no outright or play wait and see.”

Last fall’s Surface Pro 2, released in conjunction with Windows 8.1, was basically just a spec bump that added a Haswell processor (improving battery life) and gave the trademark Surface kickstand a second angle.

Surface Pro 3, on the other hand, is a complete redesign that maintains the original Surface Pro vision (and a few of its quirks), while tackling its biggest flaws head-on.

Like its predecessors, the Surface Pro 3 isn’t for everyone. It’s also hard to categorize. Lining it up next to a conventional laptop or a full-size tablet results in an odd set of comparisons and, inevitably, reviews that focus on the mismatches.

I attended last week’s launch event in New York City and came home with a sample of the Surface Pro 3, provided by Microsoft, which I’ve used extensively for the past 10 …


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WWDC 2014: The Future of Computing with Apple

WWDC 2014: The Future of Computing with Apple

June 7, 2014 | Comments Off on WWDC 2014: The Future of Computing with Apple

Okay let me be frank…. The WWDC is really more of a geek fest and info that is directed to developers. It’s really not for the end consumer even though they talk and show things that the end consumer will benefit from.

With that said, the two things I thought were of consumer interest are:

Mac OS X – 10.10 – Yosemite

 Well they have changed from Cats with California names. “Mavericks” was the first and now they have Yosemite. While the names are interesting, the OS features are what we really care about.

Spotlight – More prominent and faster searching. Also does searches not just on the Mac itself but Google searches and suggestions as well. Also as before you can start applications from Spotlight as well.

Continuity – This allows you to work between your iOS and Mac OS X platforms using HandOff. So you can start e mail on your iPhone, and move to your Mac and finish the e mail on your Mac. You can also link to your iPhone to your Mac to use it as a speaker phone.

SMS – You can now relay messages from other than iPhone users …


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Computex: The Future of Computing

Computex: The Future of Computing

June 7, 2014 | Comments Off on Computex: The Future of Computing

Ed Rudel, June 6, 2014

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Most people measure technologies’ advancement by the end product.  But, if you want to get a peek into the future of those cool gadgets, you need to take a look at the little advancements that manufacturers make in the components that produce the end product.

That’s what Computex 2014 is all about and Brad Chacos from PC World has put together a list of 10 killer hardware advancements.  Here are some of the highlights:

  • Intel introduces 2 new processors – the high end Devils Canyon / Quad Core i7 processor and its first chip with a 4GHz clock speed and Intel’s next generation Broadwell Mobil chip used for tablets and laptops.
  • AMD announces its own powerful Kaveri processors that include both the CPU and embedded Radeon video chipset.
  • Asus introduced a 6 antennae wireless router that offers latest 802.11ac and 802.11n protocols and will support wireless connections speeds of 1.3gbps.
  • Sandisk rolls out high capacity Solid State Disk at 240, 480, and 960GB.
  • Not to be outdone in flash technologies, Corsair announces 256 Gb USB flash drives.
  • New 4K monitors and TVs and a
  • New DockPort digital display cable standard that we will be
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Lumia 1520: A Phine Phablet

Lumia 1520: A Phine Phablet

May 31, 2014 | Comments Off on Lumia 1520: A Phine Phablet

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Foster Braun, May 31, 2014

Is bigger always better?  As the bard of Avon might have said, “Aye there’s the rub!” The fact of the matter is that it is hard to evaluate what may be one of the best Windows 8 Phones in the Microsoft lineup with out answering the perennial size question.  So, without pretending to be all “high-geek” in my analysis, here are my impressions of the impressive Lumia 1520.

Excellent Hardware

Just in terms of its hardware, the Lumia 1520 (Sold by AT&T in the US for $199) is the first Windows 8.1 Phone with a quad-core chipset (a 2.2GHZ Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 to be exact) The Nokia Lumia 1520 also has the distinction of being one of the company’s first two supersize phones. This premium handset also features: a 6-inch 1080p HD display and a 2-megapixel front camera, 20 MP Pure View rear camera to name just a few outstanding specs. (Full Specs)  The device comes in 16 and 32 GB sizes but you should note that it has a Micro SD slot for expansion up to 32 GB.  (But who is counting with all the free cloud space being offered by various sites? All …


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Malware authors target Android phones

Malware authors target Android phones

May 31, 2014 | Comments Off on Malware authors target Android phones

by  May 13, 2014 12:32 PM PDT

Researchers report the number of malicious apps available on the Google Play store continues to grow. Your best defense is a security app, a cautious approach to downloads, and a close eye on your bank and credit card statements.  Suddenly the cost of being the most popular platform for smartphones is rising.

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