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Aug 9, 2012 9:30 PM   In a move of unanticipated benevolence, Apple Inc. retail stores have instructed employees to offer a discount of $49.01 to any customer sighting a lower price offered by a wireless carrier for the iPhone 4S and iPhone 4 models. This comes just days after Sprint announced it would be slashing the price of its iPhone 4S by $50 and waiving the phone's activation fee. The price-match, at this time, appears to be limited to the brick and mortar retail stores and is not currently being offered to iPhone purchases made through the company's online store. [MacRumors via WSJ via AllThingsD] View the original article here This post was made using the Auto Blogging Software from WebMagnates.org This line will not appear when posts are made after activating the software to full version.

Jul 24, 2012 5:00 PM   As part of their senior design project at Northeastern University, Glen Chiachhieri and seven other computer and electrical engineering students built this Wi-Fi repeating robot that's designed to make it easier to deploy a wireless network in dangerous or hazardous places. The 150-pound treaded behemoth is actually strong enough to carry a 200-pound human passenger, but instead it's chock full of wireless internet gear including a Wi-Fi router, a pan-and-tilt webcam with night vision, GPS hardware so it's location can always be tracked, and enough rechargeable batteries to let it operate for up to 12 hours. What's even more impressive is that the bot can be used to deploy a wireless network with a range of about one kilometer using a couple of self-contained long-range repeaters that can be dropped anywhere it roams. It can even be controlled and configured from a browser-based interface, so it's not dependent on a single laptop or device ...

Finally, somebody figured out how to make any audio device wireless. Check out the EarTop Flow, a small Bluetooth device that plugs into the 3.5mm cable jack of just about any audio equipment. Pair it up, and suddenly, you’re wireless. The company is showing the EarTop Flow on a pair of Beats headphones at the moment, but it will work on home theater systems, your car if it has an auxiliary input, or any audio device with a 3.5mm input — in case you’re wondering, that’s pretty much the standard audio input on smartphones and other devices these days. Music and volume touch controls are built in, and there’s a couple of noise-canceling mics on board so you can use it with your phone, too. EarTop Flow is now available for preorder for $59.99. View the original article here This post was made using the Auto Blogging Software from WebMagnates.org This line will not appear when posts are made after activating the software to full version.