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Get OnStar in Any Car with the OnStar FMV Car Mirror

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Remember that scene in Die Hard 4.0 when Matt Farrell uses the 5 series BMW to get in touch with the emergency services? OnStar offers you the chance to do just that without going out and buying a BMW with fancy optional extras – a few hundred dollars is all you need to get it installed in any car.

The new accessory, OnStar FMV is a rearview mirror wired up with all of the usual OnStar goodies. It costs $300 plus $100 to get it installed and it helps you with accidents, emergencies, security, navigation and breakdowns.

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MiMedia’s New Cloud Storage Service – 7GB for Free

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MiMedia Cloud Backup and StorageYet another consumer cloud storage provider, MiMedia, recently launched a new cloud-hosting plan that offers free 7 GB storage (presumably as a carrot to lure users into eventually signing up for their paid plans). Their next level up is a 250 GB option that costs $10 per month or $99 per year. They also have 500 GB and 1 TB plans.

Although I’m a bit surprised to see yet another entrant into an already crowded field, particularly one that starts off with a free plan, MiMedia includes some attractive features only found scattered across its competitors.

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Vumber Gives You a Temporary Cell Phone Numbers

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There are plenty of legitimate reasons why you’d want to have a second and/or temporary phone number, including having one to put on social networking sites, giving one out on nights out, or putting on a CraigsList or eBay ad. Then if things do go wrong, you can just get a new number without having to notify all your personal contacts.

Now there’s a solution even better than this – PalTalk have come up with Vumber. Vumber is a service that gives you a number that, when called, directs to your cell phone. The other caller never has to know your real number. If there is a problem, you can delete the number without hassle.

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Black & Decker Pivoting Automatic Paint Roller

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The pivoting rapid roller from Black & Decker brings the paint roller into the modern day. You fill the pot attached to the roller and get painting. This eliminates the need for a cumbersome paint tray and applies the paint straight from the container to the wall.

Other nifty little features include a kickstand so you can keep the paint off the floor when you put it down, a pivoting head for easy access to almost any spot and a splatter guard to protect you from paint splashes.

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iPhone 4 7-Piece Toolkit For DIY Repairs

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If you’re into repairing or modding phones yourself then this little kit should get you really excited. NewerTech, suppliers of hundreds of accessories for Apple-related products have designed a 7-piece toolkit to help you gain access to, and modify, your iPhone 4.

The NewerTech kit includes 2 screwdrivers to fit the 2 different types of screws that are used on different batches of iPhone 4, and even includes a set of the easier-to-use screws for you to put back in afterwards, making it easier to open next time. …

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OCD Chopping Board for Vegetable-Lovers Everywhere

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If you’ve got a case of OCD and like to have your vegetable cut up perfectly, or if you’re just having guests over and want to make your dish perfect, then the OCD Chef Cutting Board is exactly what you need.

The wooden chopping board has a grid printed on it so you can chop the vegetables to precise lengths, or dice them in perfect cubes. If it’s that perfect angle you’re after then don’t worry as this is catered for (pardon the pun) too – lines and arcs come out from one of the corners of the board for you to get that perfect slice on your cucumber.

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Assassin Master Adds ‘Real’ Firepower to Your Smartphone

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assassin master logoAugmented reality shooters are starting to get big, but none of them are quite like Assassin Master for iPhone and Android. May Contain Nuts Inc, an award-winning digital agency, has created a safe, easy and enjoyable way to rid yourself of stress. With this app, you can ‘blow your adversaries away’ with ease.

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GMail Gets Background Sending, Saves You Time

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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.

MyWi App: Save Money on iPad 3G, Buy a Wi-Fi iPad and Tether to your iPhone

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If you want an iPad with 3G but don’t want to pay the extra money then you can tether it to your iPhone and use your iPhone’s unlimited data plan. The app to do this is MyWi and allows you to use your iPhone as a 3G modem for your iPad.

If you hadn’t guessed by now, this only works on Jailbroken iPhones so there is a risk involved. The app costs $10 and comes with a 10 day free trial.

Buy now!
Price: $10
(Please note prices are subject to change and the listed price is correct to the best of our knowledge at the time of posting)

PowerGramo Offers Business-Grade Skype Solutions

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PowerGramo is an enterprise-level Skype call recording suite. There are a few different versions of the software, costing between $15 and $45 for the license, and all can record Skype-to-Skype calls. The basic version will allow you to record conference calls and export to OGG and WAV formats, but as you go up the software grades you get more and more advanced features.

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