October, 2016

• 3 October

  Oakley wants $450 for smart sunglasses that coach into your ear

  

  Ever wish your coach could ride around on your face? Oakley, in partnership with Intel, is intent on realizing that dream. Today the company’s Radar Pace glasses, er, Smart Eyewear, go on sale. The price is listed at $450 on Oakley’s site, currently showing one five-star user review. “Radar Pace is a real-time voice activated …

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• 3 October

  Facebook might open new data center in Denmark

  

  You share your cat photos to Facebook from your computer or phone at home. But where do they get stored? Possibly Denmark. Facebook is planning to build a new data center in Odense, Denmark, according to a report from Reuters. Odense, founded in the 10th century C.E., is a port city of less than 200,000 people known for being the …

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• 3 October

  How to reinstall default apps in Windows 10

  

  Did you go a little crazy uninstalling all of the default apps in Windows 10, only to discover that some of the apps are actually necessary for other Windows 10 features to work? Luckily for you, getting them back is as easy as…well, uninstalling them in the first place. If you haven’t yet installed the Windows 10 Anniversary Update, you …

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• 3 October

  This keyboard is designed entirely for speech recognition

  

  Are you tired of typing your messages like some kind of 20th century doofus? If so, you’ll be glad to know an Android keyboard designed from the ground up to work around your voice is being released today. The app comes courtesy of Baidu, often referred to as the Google of China. The company teamed up with Stanford University for …

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• 3 October

  ​Uber partners with Jersey town to give commuters free rides

  

  One New Jersey city has thought of a unique solution to the overcrowded parking lots at its commuter train station: Uber rides. Summit has partnered with the ride-hailing company to give residents free and subsidized rides to and from the station. “When parking space at the train station ran out, Summit’s leaders wanted to solve the problem and help give …

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• 3 October

  Facebook’s Messenger Lite lights up old Android phones

  

  Facebook has a tiny, speedy new messaging app designed for owners of older Android phones. Facebook Messenger Lite, announced Monday, takes up a much smaller amount of a phone’s storage — just 10 megabytes — than the full-fat app that most users have installed on their phones, and it has been pared back so that it runs peppily over slower-than-average …

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• 3 October

  Mophie has a new iPhone 7 charging case, but it’s not what you think

  

  Back in May I wrote about Otterbox Universe, a new modular case system that the company billed as a platform for adding accessories to your phone. Now Mophie has launched Hold Force, its own modular case and accessory line for the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus. The concept is similar in that you buy a base case for your phone …

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• 3 October

  WhatsApp’s new camera features let you doodle on pics, video

  

  WhatsApp on Monday rolled out a host of new camera features for customizing photos and video, including adding the ability to draw on images and support for taking “the perfect selfie.” WhatApp’s new camera features let you customize your images. WhatsApp One new feature, which should be familiar to anyone who has used Snapchat, adds the ability to add your …

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• 3 October

  Roku 4 owners earn discount on new 4K Roku Ultra

  

  Starting at just $30, Roku’s new streaming devices are priced to appeal to everyone. Now an email offer to current Roku 4 owners looks to heighten their appeal to bigger spenders who own 4K TVs. The offer, as reported by cordcutternews, was recently extended to people who bought a Roku 4, the company’s first 4K-capable streamer, which launched last year. …

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• 2 October

  Apple loses patent retrial, owes $302.4 million to VirnetX

  

  Apple has been ordered to pay $302.4 million to the patent holding and security software company VirnetX for infringing patents covering secure computer and mobile communications. A jury in Tyler, Texas, found Friday that Apple infringed on two patents related to its FaceTime videoconferencing application. The award also includes damages for infringement of VirnetX technology in Virtual Private Network on …

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