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Six free DIY smartphone stands

Whenever I envision the perfect smartphone, it has one key feature: a kickstand. (Bet you thought I was going to say freeze-ray. That’s no. 2 on the list.) Why the deep-seated longing for a pop-out propper-upper? Because my phone is my constant companion, used for everything from reading while I eat breakfast to watching movies on long flights to showing …

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Defense Department building its own secure 4G network

The U.S. Department of Defense is building its own secure 4G network to improve collaboration among separate branches of the military, according to the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff. The network is part of an effort dubbed “Joint Information Environment,” which will consolidate 15,000 Defense Department networks in the cloud, Army Gen. Martin Dempsey said in a …

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