JetBlue fills a plane with reporters for the ultimate Fly-Fi satellite internet test

Gate-to-gate WiFi is coming soon - perhaps even before the end of the year - but on the flight today, Fly-Fi came online above 10,000 feet. After a few minutes of inconsistency, the service screamed for the rest of our time in the air. I uploaded Instagram photos and videos and responded to tweets using my iPhone 5s, which was connected to JetBlue's free service, while my laptop was hooked up to the $9-per-hour Fly-Fi Plus. Both offerings performed just fine for basic surfing, but the paid version also excelled when it came to video streaming.

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Deal of the Day - 13.3″ HP Spectre 13t-3000 1080p Core i5 Touch Ultrabook with 128GB SSD

Friday's LogicBuy Deal is the configurable 13.3″ HP Spectre 13t-3000 Touch Ultrabook, starting at $824.99.  Base model features:. Core i5-4200U 1.6GHz Dual-core CPU4GB RAM128GB SSD13.3″ 1080p touchscreen, Intel HD 4400 graphicsBacklit Keyboard, webcam, and mic820.11n WiFi, Bluetooth 2×21-year McAfee LiveSafeWindows 8.1.
$999.99 – $175 coupon code = $824.99 with free shipping.  If you configure over $1199, a $250 discount coupon will apply.

This deal expires December 15, 2013 or sooner.

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Huawei Ascend Mate 2 Gets Certified To Go On Sale In China

Huawei, the Chinese manufacturer of smartphones that seem to be getting better and better, has just had its Ascend Mate 2 to receive certification so that it can go on sale in China. The body that regulates such certification is TENAA, which is more or less the equivalent of the FCC here in the US. It is always nice to see products go through the certification process, since we will more often than not, be treated to additional photos from various angles and perhaps more information on the upcoming specifications.

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US government sells off last remaining shares in GM

According to a report from CNBC, the US government has sold off the last of its remaining shares in General Motors. Secretary Jack Lew reports that $39 billion of the $49.5 billion investment in GM has been recovered, meaning that the investment, on paper, cost taxpayers a total of $10 billion. GM CEO Dan Akerson said in a statement, which you can read in full down below, "We will always be grateful for the second chance extended to us and we are doing our best to make the most of it. ...


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Microsoft Accounts Receive New Security Features

After finally adding two factor authentication to Microsoft accounts back in April, the company today announced that over the next couple of days it is going to add additional security features to accounts that are designed to give users more control and visibility of their Microsoft accounts. One of the features being added is the ability to see recent activity. Users will now be able to see recent sign-ins as well as other account activity, such as recent password changes. The recent activity screen will display information such as successful and unsuccessful sign-in attempts, addition and deletion of security information and more.

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AT&T links up with Rogers to provide international LTE roaming in Canada

AT&T customers who often find themselves north of the border will be happy to know that you won't be without LTE should you decide to travel up there from now on. AT&T has announced a deal with Rogers that will allow their customers to hop onto the Canadian carrier's LTE networks in the event that they have to travel up there. This makes AT&T the first carrier to offer international LTE roaming. "Our agreement with Rogers affirms our commitment to deliver superior international coverage to our customers," said Bill Hague, executive vice president, International, Alliances and Integrations, AT&T Mobility.

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HTC One Developer Edition Android 4.4 update now available for download

The title says it all. HTC has kept its promise and has released the Android 4.4 update for the HTC One Developer Edition and Unlocked US variants of the phone. We still have not received the update notification on our device, but there should be quite a few KitKat specific tweaks and a whole new set of features built into HTC Sense. Once more details on the new software are made available, we will update this post to share them with you.

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Brazil accounts for 40% of all data center space in Latin America

DCD Intelligence research also finds that the Peruvian and Chilean markets are experiencing high levels of growthWhite Space GrowthBrazil continues to be the largest market for data centers in Latin America and accounts for 40% of the regions data center white space according to the latest research from DCD Intelligence.The Latin America Key Trends report identifies that although Brazil is still the largest data center market in the region, the highest rates of growth in white space are found in the smaller markets of Peru and Chile which have witnessed 31% and 24% growth respectively.

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Lightstrap Turns Your iPhone Into A Flash Ring

When it comes to low-light photography with our smartphones, most phones tend to struggle, save for the Nokia Lumia 1020 and the LG G2, both of which appear to handle low-light photography relatively well, albeit somewhat noisier than I would have like, personally. For those who don't enjoy the noise on their photos, using flash would be the next best thing, although in most case using flash results in harsh photos, which Apple has attempted to correct in the iPhone 5s. Well if you're sick of having bad photos in low-light situations or night shots, then the Lightstrap is definitely a Kickstarter project worth checking out.

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"Apple Picking" Is A New Smartphone Theft Technique You Need To Be Aware Of

Smartphone thefts are not new and we have seen how Apple and other companies have tried to mitigate this with anti-theft measures, such as Find my iPhone and Activation Lock being some of them, but it seems that in New York City and St. Louis, a new method of snatching iPhones has been uncovered which has led to the technique being coined, "Apple Picking". Basically it involves the thief approaching the victim and asking for the time, which admittedly seems innocent enough, but if you don't wear a watch, the next best thing would be to pull your phone from your pocket, right.

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Subaru revisits 1998 Impreza 22B STI

It was 1998 when Subaru made some crucial changes to its World Rally Championship Impreza, such as increasing the displacement of the turbocharged flat-four-cylinder engine from 2.0 to 2.2 liters and fitting wide fender flares. Subaru won the WRC manufacturer championship with the car that year, and it also was the year of the automaker's 40th anniversary. To celebrate the milestone, the company came out with this limited-edition, road-going Impreza, the hallowed 22B STI, which looked nearly identical to the rally car. Only 424 22Bs were built, and most of them stayed in Japan.

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Natural Machines' 3D Printed Pizza Actually Looks Edible

We don't know about you, but we're obsessed with 3D printed pizza. As soon as 3D printers are able to allow us to create a pizza pie as well as that machine in Back to the Future 2, we'll gladly throw money at it. The first 3D printed pizza was shown off at SXSW Eco a few months ago from Anjan Contractor, but Natural Machines decided to show off their 3D printed pizza. PIZZA FIGHT.
Natural Machines is a Barcelona-based company that is working on a 3D printer specifically for food, which they call the Foodini. Their Foodini was used recently to print out the dough and sauce for a pizza, although the cheese and spices were added afterwards.

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Mech Conquest stomps its way onto the App Store and Google Play

Epic Intergalactic online war comes to tablets and cellphones  Pasadena, California, US, 5 December 2013 - Independent developer Hourblast announced today the launch of its latest mobile title: Mech Conquest (www.mechconquest.com), a unique 3D action-strategy game for iOS and Android mobiles and tablets. The aim of the game is nothing less than ruling the galaxy: players must choose a side, build up their fleet and create an army of fully customizable 3D battle Mechs.

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Launch Of New Collective Initiative Is Set To Change The Way All UK Schools Control Costs In The Future

The Facilities Collective is backed and chaired by BursarsToday sees the launch of a new initiative aimed at independent schools and academies across the UK which will revolutionise the way that education establishments manage their spending now and in future years.  The brainchild of F&B technology specialist Caternet, The Facilities Collective (www.facilitiescollective.com) helps independent schools to benefit collectively from their significant purchasing power by helping them to join forces as one united community.  In doing so, they will benefit from reduced school overheads facilitated by greater powers of nego

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BlackBerry 10.2.1 Reportedly Launching In January 2014

BlackBerry has released the 10.2 update not too long ago and with every update, there is bound to be bug fixes, although it's safe to say that it would be impossible to catch them all, which is why updates are usually looked forward to as a means to quash existing bugs. However updates also bring about new features, and with BlackBerry 10.2.1, it will include the Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean runtime, something which we're sure both developers and users are looking forward to, but so far apart from leaked builds, it is unclear as to when the update will be released to the masses.

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Beats Music Streaming Service U.S. Launch Is Next Month

We reported earlier this year that Beats Electronics was working on a new music streaming service. The company intended to launch the service within this year, but that hasn't happened. Today Beats Music CEO Ian Rogers announced that the service is finally going to be launched in January 2014, a full year after it was first announced back in January 2013. Beats Music is actually a standalone company with its own CEO that falls under the umbrella of Beats Electronics, it has been working with an investment of $60 million to bring the service to the highly competitive music streaming market.

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Samsung Expected To Unveil Up To 5 Devices In Q1 2014 [Rumor]

According to the rumors, Q1 of 2014 looks to be a pretty busy time of the year for Samsung. So far we have learnt that the South Korean tech giant will be planning on announcing the Galaxy S5, Galaxy Grand Lite, and the Galaxy Note 3 Lite in the early part of the year, but now according to South Korean publication, ETNews, Samsung will have 5 devices to debut at the start of the year. Three of the devices have already been mentioned, and with the remaining two said to be entry-mid-level devices.

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Lamborghini Veneno Roadster stands in for fighter jet aboard Italian carrier

How does you draw even more attention to $4.47 million hypercar. Placing it atop an aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf ought to do the trick, as Lamborghini has demonstrated with the live reveal of the new Veneno Roadster on the flight deck of the Italian Navy's Cavour. Docked in the port of Mina Zayed, Abu Dhabi, the 787-foot flat-top is being used as a floating showcase of Italian products, with Lamborghini chosen to represent the automotive industry.

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2015 Ford Mustang leaked in Autoweek

We would have to imagine that Ford knew it couldn't keep its 2015 Mustang under wraps for too long, and with only days to go before the pony car's official unveiling, the dam seems to be cracking. SVTPerformance.com member Screamin 40th just posted some images taken of the sixth-gen Mustang prominently featured in and on the cover of the December 9 issue of Autoweek magazine. These images show that recent renderings we saw weren't too far off. The face is just like what we saw in spy shots a few months back, but the rear of the car features some of its more striking cues.

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Microsoft Aware Of Xbox One Party Chat Issues

Microsoft's latest gaming console, the Xbox One, comes with a party chat feature that's actually a standalone app which lets gamers chat with up to seven friends while playing games. As the feature's description suggests, party chat should simply let users chat with their friends without any hiccups. However things aren't going that smoothly. A lot of gamers have complained about issues when trying to connect to friends, some even complain that the feature does not work with certain games are being played.

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HTC's November Revenues Fall 27.1 Percent Year-Over-Year

HTC hasn't had a great year. The company finds itself in a precarious financial situation because the products it was counted on to succeed didn't end up generating enough revenue. 2013 actually turned out to be the year in which HTC had its first quarterly loss in its entire history. Even though its revenues for the month of November 2013 met market expectations, up 3.2 percent sequentially, the US$522 million revenues HTC generated this month actually represent a 27.1 percent year-over year decrease.

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Alfa Romeo's fourth relaunch plan to hinge on new rear-drive platform

Brands come and brands go in the automotive industry, but for enthusiasts, the prospect of Alfa Romeo disappearing from the face of the earth altogether is a thought too painful to bear. Fortunately, parent company Fiat isn't about to give up on the storied Italian marque, even after decades of losses. This year, Automotive News reports, Alfa Romeo's sales are expected to drop above the 100,000-unit mark for the first time since 1969. But Fiat chief Sergio Marchionne has a plan to turn it around.

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Spike Away Vest Keeps You Safe From Cramped Commutes

Commuters know how bad things can get if they happen to travel on a bus, subway or train to get to and from work. It seems you're not the only person traveling on a particular line, which makes cramped commutes something all commuters experience on a regular basis. But a new vest is helping riders keep their personal space while they commute. The name of the vest. Spike Away.

As you could imagine, the Spike Away vest was developed by Industrial designer Siew Ming Cheng as a way to help commuters who regularly suffer from crowded commutes by equipping them with a vest filled with spikes.

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Samsung offers the Galaxy Note 3 in three new seductive color options

Samsung is adding even more color options to the already sizable list available for the Samsung Galaxy Note 3. In addition to traditional colors like Jet Black and Classic White, and the smashing Blush Pink, you will soon be able to grab a Galaxy Note 3 in Rose Gold White, Rose Gold Black, and Merlot Red. The former two options bring us traditional white and black front and back plates, but gives us a fake-gold trim on the sides of the device.

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Romax releases Dynamic FUSION to create transmission and driveline multibody models in minutes not weeks

The need to drastically improve the speed and accuracy of gearbox and driveline Multibody Dynamics (MBD) analysis has been addressed by the release of Dynamic FUSION, developed by Romax Technology.MBD analysis is a key tool in solving driveline dynamic problems but building multibody models by hand is a technically difficult, time consuming and error-prone process. A single design may require a number of different MBD models to be made with each model being specifically constructed to assess a specific potential driveline dynamic problem.

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PS4 Is The Fastest Selling Console In UK History

Sony's PlayStation 4 is off to a good start for the most part, but it seems that over in the UK, the PS4 is doing more than just well as there are reports that the console has managed to achieve the title of the fastest selling console in UK history, beating out the Sony PSP's record sales of 185,000 at launch back in 2005. This is according to Chart-Track who claims that the PS4 has managed to beat the PSP's record. The official numbers from Sony have yet to be released, but assuming Chart-Track's numbers are any indication, it would be safe to assume that perhaps the PS4 would have sold maybe close to 200,000 or more at launch.

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Kantar Worldpanel: WP breaks 10% market share mark in Europe

Market analyst company Kantar Worldpanel has released its report for the 3-month period ending in October 2013. The study saw Windows Phone climb past the 10% market share mark in Europe. This is double what the OS had for the same period of 2012. Back then Microsoft's mobile operating system was at a 4.7% market share.


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Samsung SM-N7505 Listing Spotted Online

When it comes to model numbers for a particular device, it is a love it or hate it affair. After all, you can never quite tell just whether it is true or not, although based on the previously released devices, they could prove to be an indicator of what's to come as the model number would have a slight increment in the figures. Zauba, a logistics website which keeps track of imports as well as exports to and from India, have shown that the Samsung SM-N7505 is part of the shipment, and it will apparently arrive with a couple of variants in tow.

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Priora Hopes To See Maveric Drone In Action For The US Army

If you so happen to be in the US Army, I am quite sure that there are plenty of "toys" to play with, and these are more or less a whole lot more lethal and potent than just mere fireworks. Drones have been playing quite an important role in the military for quite some time now, as they are able to scout an area beforehand without having to put the lives of soldiers at risk. Heck, even drones can be armed with missiles, flying remotely to deliver the payload without the "pilot" leaving the comfort of a plush chair.

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CVXP-DC48 Digital Binocular Camera

Get up close to the action with Chinavasion's digital binocular camera ‘CVXP-DC48′. Powered by 2x AA batteries, the device is equipped with a 1.3MP CMOS image sensor, a 25mm wide-angle lens, a 10x digital zoom, a microSD card slot (up to 32GB), a mini USB port and has the ability to capture both 640 x 480 VGA video and up to 1280 x 960 digital still images. The CVXP-DC48 sells for just $25.63.

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XOLO Q500 Is Powered By Qualcomm's Snapdragon Chipset

The XOLO brand might not be one familiar to some, and unsurprisingly so as the brand is probably better well-known in its home country of India. However the company has been making the headlines as they were one of the first few manufacturers in the world to release a smartphone powered by Intel's Medfield platform in the form of the XOLO X900 that saw a release in 2012. Well it looks like the company has a new phone in the works and its none other than the Q500, but unlike the X900, this particular model will sport a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play chipset clocked at 1.2GHz. Other specs include a 4" WVGA display with a pixel density of 233ppi.

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Google Not Planning On Restocking Nexus 10 If It Sells Out

While the Google Nexus 7 has been refreshed since its release last year, the Google Nexus 10's refresh is still in the wind. We had heard the rumors that the Nexus 10's successor is pegged for a release on Cyber Monday, so we won't have to wait too long to find out if the rumors are true. However it seems that in the meantime if you were interested in the current Nexus 10, you might be interested to learn that Google has confirmed to TechnoBlimp that they will not be restocking the Nexus 10 once it runs out of stock.

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PS4 Off To A Slow Start In Brazil

We have been hearing reports that the Sony PlayStation 4 has been selling out at various locations in the world, and that it is even beating out the Xbox One in terms of sales, at least for now, but if there's one place that the PS4 is not doing well at the moment it is in Brazil, where the console costs an eye-watering $1,850, thanks mostly to taxes that hiked up the price.

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