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Win a Lifetime 50GB Dropbox Account!
In my Top Daily-Use Products post, I listed Dropbox and it would still make the list if I revised that list, and that’s not even including the premium version; the free version is that good. Tech deal-of-the-day site, AppSumo is running a giveaway where 10 lucky winners will get a lifetime 50GB account, which normally run $9.99/mo.
It takes 10 seconds to enter – just hit this link. Good luck!
BTW, I totally recommend you sign up for a free account regardless of whether you enter the contest.
PS> Another cool syncing service to check out is SugarSync.
My Top Must-Have Tech Products that I Use Daily
Here’s my list of favorite, must-have, daily use Web and tech products (mainly software) inspired by Michael Arrington and his annual list over at Techcrunch. For some reason, this year, he hasn’t published a list (yet?). [Here’s his list from Jan 1, 2010.]
There are 19 products on this list most of which I feel are the best web services available today. And while I absolutely use many more times that number of online web services and other software on a regular basis, I took a cue from Mr. Arrington’s list, and this is the top must-have services and products that I couldn’t live without and that I use practically every day, and in most cases in both my personal and work life.
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AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint and Verizon: Their Smartphones with the Best Specs
In the last few years the smartphone market has exploded. New devices seem to come out on each network nearly every month. In general, a good strategy for buying a new smartphone is to buy the highest spec smartphone available at the time in hopes of not being too obsolete until you get another upgrade. Here are the highest spec smartphones on each carrier.
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What’s The Difference Between an iPad and an iPhone?
Here’s another back-to-basics article that will straighten out this question once and for all.
If you type “What’s the difference between an iPad and an…” into Google, it auto-suggests that you mean “What’s the difference between an iPad and an iPhone“, which implies that there are more than a few people searching for the answer to just that question. And is it turns out, there are more similarities than differences which makes it a fairly valid question.
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SignNow Lets You Electronically Sign Documents from Desktop or Mobile
Finally signatures have a chance to move into the digital world with the forming of a new company, SignNow. SignNow offers you software for your computer or smartphone that allows anyone, anywhere to sign documents. Since electronic signatures are legally binding in the US the system is an improvement on traditional pen and paper as it reduces waste yet carries the same legal weight.
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Equipios x-Ar Exoskeleton Gives Humans Super Strength
The exoskeletons we see in Sci-Fi movies are usually huge whole-body structures and used for complete war. Now Equipois have the x-Ar which makes your arms stronger for use in a variety of roles. The manufacturers envision a world where the heaviest of manufacturing jobs can be carried out by both men and women, surgeons’ arms don’t falter as they do long operations, and assembly lines can be sped up.
Equipois have used their patented ZeroG technology to produce a wide selection of these machines, which they claim will pay for themselves in a year or less due to the efficiency savings they will make.
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GMail Gets Background Sending, Saves You Time
Here’s another productivity- and efficiency-based reason to use Gmail – background sending. This new Gmail Lab lets you quickly return to reading and processing email without having to wait for the current one to be sent.
To turn the feature on, just go to the Labs tab under Settings and enable Background Send. This one is a no-brainer. Just use it. I’m pretty sure this is one that will soon become a standard feature.
The History of the Podcast and its Ties to RSS Feeds
When the iPod was introduced and people discovered how great it was for playing music, it became obvious that it could be used for playing other types of audio files as well.
What is today called a podcast traces its origins to a form of distributed MP3 files that could be downloaded and played on Apple’s popular music player. Some hackers got their hands on an iPod, reverse engineered it and loaded on it different firmware and operating systems. Others, however, took the simpler route of sharing sound files that could be played on the iPod itself.
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Will Microsoft Spoil the Skype Home User Experience?
So what will Microsoft do with Skype now that they’ve paid a staggering $8.5 billion for the Internet-based communications company? Are you worried that your free video conferencing service will die at the hands of Bill Gates’ former empire?
The Internet is rife with our patents and rumors regarding what Microsoft plans to do with Skype. For example, tech commentator Robert Cringely is depressed that the Microsoft bought Skype because he feels that Skype will die with its new Redmond overlords.
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