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How to use Google Drive on Android, iOS

Since its launch in early 2012, the Google Drive app has seen many changes. When it originally launched it replaced the Google Docs app, didn’t allow you to actually edit documents on iOS, but allowed for creating and editing Google Docs files within the Android app. Now it better serves as a hub for accessing …

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Why Jet.com says it’s got a ‘smarter way’ for you to shop online

As college students, Marc Lore and his childhood friend Lakshman “Lax” Chandra toted a good-luck charm when they bet on horses at the Monmouth Park Racetrack in Oceanport, New Jersey. Their amulet: a laptop computer. The pair would check which betting pools other spectators were putting their money into and fed that data into software Lore had designed to help …

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Find the dead spots in your Wi

I invested in two power line adapters earlier this year to extend the range of my Wi-Fi network at home. I put one in the kitchen and the other upstairs to increase the signal strength at the kitchen table and in the upstairs bedrooms. The adapters seem to be working, but with free Mac app NetSpot, I now have visual …

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Here’s what you need to know to register your drone

Call them drones or multirotors or quadcopters or flying cameras, it doesn’t matter: As of December 21, 2015, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is requesting anyone who wants to fly an unmanned aerial system (UAS) more than 0.55 pounds (250 grams) and less than 55 pounds (approximately 25 kilograms) for recreation or hobby to register with the agency. The …

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Australian catch

It’s been seven years since ABC brought its iView catch-up TV service to Australia and since then the field has expanded. Now all the free-to-air networks have a catch-up TV service, each with a pretty wide range of content on offer. But not all catch-up TV is created equal, so let’s have a look at how you can get your …

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Why I think Amazon’s Echo is the breakthrough product of 2015

We all just want to be listened to. Listened to, and understood. That’s why various attempts over the years to create technology that listens, understands and responds to your voice has always felt like it was overpromising and under delivering. That’s also why I now gladly start each morning in casual conversation with Alexa: Alexa, what’s the weather today? Alexa, …

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