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Google Project Fi: Google Wants to Be Your Next Wireless Service Provider
Google just announced that they will be jumping into the cellular wireless service provider space joining the likes of AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, Sprint, et al. with Google Fi. Promising to use new technology to provide a robust, multi-network, multi-device, experience for voice, texting, and data from 120 countries, Google has the potential (in my mind)…
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Crowd Mics: Audience Participation via Voice, Text, and Polling
UPDATE: May 2019 I guess they are gone. Hmmmm, even great ideas don’t make it sometimes. 😦 In the old days, I gave a ton of speeches at conferences on video conferencing technology. At the end of my talk, during the Q&A session, two people stood in the audience with wireless microphones that they would…
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Using MileIQ: The Smart Mileage Tracker
I saw an ad (I think on Facebook) for MileIQ. In that ad, MileIQ promised to make tracking personal miles vs business mile easy. Since I know a few people who travel by car for business, I thought I’d give it a try. What is MileIQ Figure 1: Trip Displayed in MileIQ MileIQ is an…
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Blast From the Past: Cell Phones and Brain Cancer
This was published in early 2007 or 2006 (I moved to WordPress in Nov 2007). Way back then, the cell phone was used mostly for talking and people were walking around with their cell phones plastered to their ear. Times have changed: Texting (and other Smartphone features) have made all the difference. Enjoy. —…
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Using the Bose Soundlink Color Bluetooth Speaker
We have several generations of Bose speakers. Unfortunately, they are not portable and Lori wanted to bring her music with her throughout the house or yard. The Bose Soundlink Color Bluetooth Speaker seems to fit the bill. Bose speakers, in general, boast great audio in small packages. For us, all of our speakers / radios…
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Using Chromecast
A year or two ago, I started seeing information on Google’s new streaming video device: Chromecast. The information I initially gathered was sketchy, but, as I studied it, I began to understand some of it’s capabilities. Sufficiently intrigued, I asked Santa for a Chromecast for Christmas 2014, and guess what? I got it! UPDATE…
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Cool Pet Technology
Is your pet a GEEK? If so (or if not), check out these cool technology items for your pets….and you. —– PetChatz (http://www.petchatz.com/) True to TechyMike’s technical expertise, I just had to lead off with this pet technology gadget. Video conference with your pet…and give them a treat! And you can do that all from…
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Using Google Maps While Driving
Normally I am one of the first to try a technology. There have been a few exceptions over the years, but, overall, I am more than happy to jump in and experience something new. Not this time…. Paper Maps In the old days (before 2012), I used to go to the gas station, or AAA,…
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Home Security & Surveillance Cameras
I am starting a new series looking at home security & surveillance monitoring cameras. My fist blog in this series will be on the Uniden Guardian which we have been using at home (the G755) for a few years now, and I installed a newer version in the office building where I used to have…
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Using Google Inbox
UPDATE Nov 2022: Inbox has been gone for several years now. I still miss it. 😦 I am always willing to try something new. Sometimes that has been a curse (like being 20 years ahead of the videoconferencing curve) but sometimes it has been a blessing in that I occasionally find a gem that I…
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