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If you’re like us, keeping a smart phone for two years really isn’t an option. After about 6 months of ownership the honeymoon is over; after 9 months you begin to obsess over a few battle scars your phone has acquired, and by month 12 you are actively seeking your phone’s demise so you have an excuse to buy the latest and greatest. Starting immediately, T-Mobile will be offering post-paid smartphone customers on a two year contract — or feature phone owners looking to upgrade to a smartphone — two tiers of upgrade pricing… as long as you are willing to renew your two year deal. The move is aimed at curbing the number of customers jumping from T-Mobile to other networks, specifically AT&T and Verizon Wireless. Customers will be eligible for a “tier 1″ discount if they have had their phone for 1-11 months, are currently in a two year contract, and have an individual voice plan that is $29.99 or higher — $49.99 or higher for family plans — and are upgrading to, or buying a new smartphone.

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T-Mobile launches early upgrade program for post-paid smartphone customers

ELLE UK , one of worlds biggest selling fashion magazine has launched their first iPhone app ELLEuk.com astrology [Free, App Store ]. One of the main attracting of this app is going to be the Horoscope section which seems to be hugely popular. Features include on-the-go daily, monthly and yearly astrological updates, provided by ELLE’s resident astrologers, The Saturn Sisters, who have attracted a large and loyal following with daily visitors to ELLE website. Marcy Richardson, Digital Brand Manager of ELLEuk.com said: “While fashion and beauty is ELLEuk.com’s core content, our premium horoscope channel is extremely popular and has established a cult online following. We’re delighted to be able to engage with our readers in an exciting new way by offering them an insight into their star sign at any time they choose from their iPhone.

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ELLE UK Launches An Astrology App

In a move which does not really surprise me, the folks at Elevation Partner’s have just increased their stake in the local search / user review engine Yelp from 25 to 100 million USD. CNet reports the following: Elevation Partners, the Silicon Valley private equity firm that counts U2’s Bono among its investors, announced Wednesday that it has committed up to $100 million in funding for reviews site Yelp. It’s initially investing $25 million in the Series E round, and plans to increase the investment to up to $100 million through the purchase of stock from employees whose stock has vested, as well as other eligible shareholders. … If we look at Elevation’s past investments and the way they have moved the webOS, a clear trend emerges: the folks at ELP want to become a major player in “user data processing” for individuals . The real strength of the Pre is not so much its powerful applications, but rather its “communicativeness” – the webOS is truly a “web OS” in that it makes getting the most out of your data its prime task

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Elevation Partners increases Yelp investment

Nokia Research Center (NRC) Helsinki today unveiled a new research concept at Demo House 2010 research exhibition in Espoo, Finland. The mobile radar demonstration shows how a mobile device can use an active radar sensor to measure speed and the direction of movement of approaching objects, just as traditional RADAR would. It uses electromagnetic waves to provide a different type of mobile wireless sensing. This research concept could enable new ways for users to interact with their device, for example via gesture control

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Nokia Research Center unveils mobile radar concept

Around two decades after introducing of the first tablet PC, in particular with the personal computer handled with a stylus, Apple announced yesterday during their usual Keynote event a new Multi Touch device, the famous iPad or “iTampon”… We won’t introduce you the all-new iPad since most of you guys are aware with this new “Tablet” Device… I Think most of you were waiting for Steve Jobs announcement… But, we propose you a brief sum up of what the web thinks about this new beast. But in the case of you were hibernating this winter, just a reminder regarding the specs: The iPad is new kind of Multi Touch Tablet featuring a 9.7 inch LED LED-backlit glossy widescreen with a resolution of 1024 x 768, 16GB / 32GB / 64GB of Flash drive, a 1GHz Apple A4 custom-designed processor, Wi-Fi (802.11 a/b/g/n), Bluetooth 2.1 +EDR, 3G, accelerometer, Ambient Light Sensor, Dock connector, 3.5-mm stereo headphones, Built-in speakers, SIM card tray, Built-in 25Whr rechargeable lithium-polymer battery (Up to 10 hours battery life span). Dimensions: 242.8mm (H) x 189.7mm (W) x 13.4mm (D) Weight: 0.73kg (Wi-Fi + 3G model) For Gizmodo US, the iPad is “ simply beautiful, surprisingly light, Starky designed, and fast ”. Regarding the overall quality, the screen looks nice capable to display small text crisply, the “ touch responds like a dream ”. Engadget side, it’s singing the same tune: The screen is stunning… However, for Engadget, the device seems to be far from light

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O.T.: iPad, what does the web think?

By Andrew Liszewski The name ‘Short Circuit Shelf’ conjured up images of my handful of DVDs and books being held up by a wise-cracking, sentient robot, but this is cool too. Created by Alexandra DiCairano , the Short Circuit Shelf is actually designed to look like a circuit board when mounted on your wall, which, according to Alexandra, “have a beautiful and efficient pattern that perfectly serve their function…” The shelves aren’t available for sale though, which is a shame since they’d probably be more popular in comp sci and electrical engineering students’ dorm rooms than that picture of Einstein sticking his tongue out

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Short Circuit Shelf

Apple didn’t give us a great amount of time with its newly unveiled iPad today, and as you’ve likely seen, we spent the bulk of our allotment touching the unit itself . Lost in the proverbial shuffle were a number of the unit’s launch accessories , including the admittedly intriguing keyboard dock ($69), case ($39), iPad Dock Connector to VGA adapter ($29) and camera connection kit ($29). Each of these doodads seem to look and feel exactly as you’d expect ‘em to, though we’re still baffled by Apple’s decision to make you pay extra for access to the world’s most widely accepted connector.

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Apple’s iPad keyboard dock, case and other accessories get the hands-on treatment

Ratproxy is a semi-automated, largely passive web application security audit tool, optimized for an accurate and sensitive detection, and automatic annotation, of potential problems and security-relevant design patterns based on the …

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Ratproxy – A Passive Web Application Security Assessment Tool …

This DuraCoat Glock Gun Lady Swat Digital is a dangerous example of products that should remain in its natural state and don’t necessarily need a new paint job like those gadgets that get the Colorware treatment do. Jim’s Gun Supply is no stranger to controversy, and yet they still continue to pump out designs on guns that in the end, make them look like toys instead of dangerous weapons. Obviously with this design they are reaching out to not only women but geeks as well. Of course no one is forcing anyone to send in their guns to them to get a face-lift, but just the fact that it’s an option seems wrong; especially since it has the potential to get into the wrong hands, and by the wrong hands, we mean kids might accidentally think this is a toy. This is one item pixels don’t belong on… and don’t you love the Breast Cancer ribbon on it  too?

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Pink Pixeled Glock Shoots Real Bullets, Not Pixels

OK, so I have given myself a whopping 7 hours to think about the iPad, and while conventional wisdom might say I need to wait 2 months and actually hold one to truly form my opinion of the device, my brain is so evolved, and my “Awesome detector” so refined, that I can render a final judgment at record speed. So sit back, and prepare to learn the Good, the Bad, and the Meh about the iPad

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iPad: The Good, The Bad, and the Meh

Someone’s found good fortune in Apple’s underwhelming new tablet computer : STM, Aussie purveyors of chic laptop bags, won’t be in a rush to make new bags as their current line of extra small bags will fit the iPad “perfectly”. (more…)

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STM Wants You To Know That Their Old Bags Fit The New iPad

Michelle Hlubinka, MAKE’s Education Director, sent us this announcement about the upcoming Open MAKE Night at the SF Exploratorium : As part of our ongoing quest to encourage more young people to exercise their innate curiosity and creativity by making things, this Saturday, January 30th, we’re kicking off a four-month collaboration with the Exploratorium’s Learning Studio , TechShop , and Disney-Pixar . Our calendar of upcoming themes and makers at the Exploratorium: January 30th: Bristlebots & Blinkybugs — Ken Murphy and Windell Oskay & Lenore Edman February 27th: Wearables & Soft Circuitry — Adrian Freed March 27th: Make Your Own Kind of Music — Walter Kitundu and Krys Bobrowski April 24th: Motors & Mechanisms — Brad Prether and Ernie Fosselius Each Saturday we meet follows a simple schedule: 11:00 Dale Dougherty interviews makers in the McBean Theatre 12:30 Featured makers and hands-on making on the museum floor 3:00 Events end It’s a first experiment in a new program we call Young Makers, in which we intend to create an infrastructure to nurture kids who want to learn by making, beyond what they can do with construction kits. We hope to fulfill a dire need: satisfying a little bit of what shop classes used to do before they, lamentably, started getting booted out of schools. The idea behind Young Makers is to create a community, both on-line and physical, that brings together like-minded kids, adult mentors, and fabrication facilities — those who love to build and to learn by making. The role of the mentors is to help young people find a project vision if they don’t already have one, and then to help them realize that vision.

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Open MAKE Night at the Exploratorium, this Saturday

So the new Apple tablet has finally arrived and instead of talking about what it can and can’t do, lets talk about what’s most important! And that is the accessories that will be coming out for this baby – it’s dress-up time. The creative folks over at Etsy already have iPad Wings (hardy har har) because like the designer behind it says “Every woman knows that wings make pads”. These stick on decals won’t really protect or do anything remotely useful for the iPad, but it will probably make you the butt of many jokes. On a more serious note, Griffin has already released some cases: The Elan Sleeve, Flex Grip, and Jumper. All of them aim to protect your new baby, but are not really that fashionable or even that pretty.

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iPad Wings and Other iPad Accessories Have Landed

I’d like to thank everyone who participated in our contest, and a big thanks goes out to Owen of MMMOOO who was enough to give us our prizes. Some of the comments were really nice, and I’m going to let you know who they are and a comment or two as well. Drum roll please…

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Super QWERTY Winners Announced!

File this one under “Annals of Passive-Agressiveness”: At today’s iPad event , Apple scratched McGraw-Hill from the presentation slide displaying the various educational partners for the iPad, after McGraw Hill CEO Joe Biden Harold McGraw III blabbed to MSNBC about the iPad the day before the event. WAY TO SHOW THEM, STEVE! [ Venture Beat ]

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Apple ‘Punishes’ McGraw-Hill For MSNBC Gaffe

This one could be useful for (former) AT&T customers – there’s a class action lawsuit against AT&T’s ETF provisions which could also provide a benefit to people who never paid an ETF. The web site explains it as follows: This Settlement will provide the benefits discussed below to qualifying former customers of AT&T Mobility or its predecessors who were charged a flat-rate ETF between and including January 1, 1998 and November 4, 2009, and qualifying current customers of AT&T Mobility who had a flat-rate ETF provision in their subscriber agreement(s) as of November 4, 2009. YOU MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR BENEFITS WHETHER OR NOT YOU PAID A FLAT-RATE ETF. Three categories of benefits are available. Submit your claim under the category that describes your situation.

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PSA: possible AT&T ETF settlement

In case you were wondering what South Australia’s new R18+ video segregation laws would look like in the real world, this is a JB Hi-Fi store in South Australia. They’ve got the official announcement, and if you look closely you’ll see Clint Eastwood’s The Enforcer directly above some soft-core porn. Yep, if you want to watch a movie unsuitable for kids, you’ll have to wade through the boobies as well

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This Is What South Australia’s New Adult Video Regulations Look Like

They’ve started an iPhone sensation with their “Stick-Bo” application, and the two creators are right here in Central New York.

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Popular iPhone application created in Central New York (WSYR 9 Syracuse)

So I finally got my hands on an HTC Snap cell phone to try out, and it was kind of a surprise to me.  Despite the fact that the thing LOOKED like a Blackberry, it actually offered a much better control scheme, as far as I was concerned.  But that wasn’t all it offered. The HTC Snap comes with a Qualcomm MSM 7225 processor with Windows Mobile 6.1.  It has a hundred and ninety two megs of onboard memory, and a 2.4 inch LCD display.  It comes with a trackball and a full QWERTY keyboard, bluetooth connectivity, Wi-fi, a two megapixel camera, support for a variety of different audio and video formats, and a battery that offers a maximum of five hours of talk time on a single charge. The HTC Snap’s trackball, much unlike the Blackberry’s, wasn’t overly sensitive and managed to easily select from item to item without spontaneously shooting from one side of the display to the other.  So when you couple together solid controls with a variety of features, you get a really impressive phone.

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HTC Snap Cell Phone Review–Great Controls!

There’s a (r)evolution in the world of running it seems , many runners are tossing their expensive cushiony running shoes and opting for barefoot’ing it, running in sandals, flats and some are just making their own shoes (our favorite!). We’ve covered many DIY shoe making projects and it’s interesting to see this new trend shoe-less trend backed with some pretty serious research. The latest issue of Nature just dropped in my mailbox , I think the full article will be online at some point, but here are some excerpts, sites and more..

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Make your own shoes or maybe even go barefoot?

Sharp is gearing up to launch their latest solar-powered phone for the chinese market. Dubbed as the SOLAR HYBRID SH6230C, this new clamshell phone offers a large 2.9-inch internal display, a 5-megapixel autofocus camera and Sharp’s proprietary solar cell module. The SH6230C will become available in China starting in February for unannounced price yet

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Sharp’s Latest Solar-Powered Phone For China