The first wristband in 2011, while innovative, was a disaster. Bracelets bricked and there were reported incidents of batteries failing to recharge. It led to recalls and Jawbone returned to the drawing board. Now Jawbone has ...
Tags: Wristband, Computer Products
Amazon.com has added a file-syncing feature to its online storage product, Cloud Drive, putting the service on par with competitors such as Dropbox and Google's Drive. The syncing feature will allow users to view an up-to-date file across ...
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Thanks to a winning combination of solid performance, lots of content, and affordable prices, Roku streaming media players have become a favorite choice of many staffers at Consumer Reports—including me. That's why we were especially ...
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Jen Marissa Mayer was in the news again, and this time it wasn't for giving out free iPhones to employees. The flash point for the Mayer-related chatter this week was the recent announcement that Yahoo! employees would soon be expected ...
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Some U.S. taxpayers may have to wait a bit longer than usual to get their refunds, due to problems that recently cropped up with Intuit's tax-preparation software. Last week, the Minnesota Department of Revenue said state taxpayers ...
Microsoft has fixed a problem that caused an outage for many users of Hotmail and the service that is replacing it, Outlook.com. Maintenance work continued to affect the calendaring component of Hotmail, however. Microsoft acknowledged ...
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NASA's Mars rover Curiosity is out of safe mode and back on active status after computer trouble had sidelined the vehicle for nearly a week. The space agency reported that Curiosity is now running on its backup computer system, known as ...
Tags: Computer, Computer Products
A computer problem onboard the Mars rover Curiosity has forced NASA scientists to put the rover into safe mode while they try to bring a backup system online and try to figure out what is wrong with the main computer. "We are doing ...
At the construction site which will eventually become Berlin's new international airport, there are no dark corners as the lights of the terminal building burn 24/7, due to an inability to turn off the lights. The project has been plagued ...
Tags: lights, lighting system, lighting
Facebook is working to correct a series of technical glitches it recently discovered in its Page Insights service causing erroneous activity data to be reported for administrative pages on the site. The bugs, which were uncovered ...
USA - When audio integrator Maryland Sound International (MSI) was once again tasked with supplying the main audio system for President Barack Obama's second presidential inauguration on 21 January 2013, the company employed two Optocore ...
Tags: audio system, audio designer, amplifiers
Held every year in February in San Francisco, the IEEE's International Solid State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) is the world showcase for innovative circuit design. This is the 60th conference, and year's theme is '60 years of (em)powering ...
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CBW Automation, a supplier of automation including design and development of manufacturing cells for the in-mold labeling (IML) process, submitted the Redbox DVD Case to the In-Mold Decorating Assn.'s Annual Parts Competition. The Redbox ...
Tags: CBW Automation, IML process, Redbox DVD Case, Design Award
Benzene's premium to feedstock naphtha slid to its lowest in the Northwest European market since October 18, breaching the psychologically important $400/mt mark for the first time since mid-November to be assessed at $379.75/mt at ...
Designed to extend an existing wireless network to the farthest corners of a home, small office or even the backyard, D-Link today announced the push-button Wireless Range Extender (DAP-1320). The compact and ultra-portable Wireless Range ...
Tags: D Link, Wireless Range Extender, wireless signals, WiFi