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Mobile carriers may be coming out with increasingly flexible options, but you could be surprised by how much money you can save by moving your wireless plan over to a no-contract Mobile Virtual Network Operator, called an "MVNO." ...

Two genres of augmented reality tools are prevalent on the mobile device. ...

If you've been reading TechNewsWorld for a while, you'll know that we show a lot of interest in new ways to power our gadgets -- like with solar power, for example. ...

Around this time of year, some buddies and I usually pack up a bunch of our brick-like ham radios, a few unwieldy 30-foot masts, a helium balloon antenna, and some pop-up shade shelters and lug it all over to a local mountaintop near our suburban Los Angeles homes ...

The desktop environment can be the spot where you need a bit of humor the most. During a hard day pounding away at the contraption, a little light relief may be in order ...

The Scoop: Monkey Light Pro is a bicycle wheel display system that's looking for funding on Kickstarter. The funding effort ends on July 21 ...

Personal file storage on a computer used to involve a PC-based hierarchical folder system that was maintained on local, PC-based hard drives ...

If you've been looking at your watch to read your emails today, there's a good chance that you're a Kickstarter backer. ...

There's no shortage of apps out there for relaxation and entertainment, but sometimes, it's just time to get some work done ...

If you're perusing Staples' website anytime soon looking for boring old printer cartridges or what have you, you may be surprised to see, in the Narrow by Department panel, a listing for 3D Printers ...

Many of us are now at the point where we're trading in old smartphones for new ones. The big question is often, what to do with the old one? ...

Money: It makes the world go 'round, as they say ...

Cars -- we love them. We're hooked on their looks, their shine, the freedom they represent. The insurance, the payments, and the smog checks, maybe less so -- but in any case, cars are a good example of a genre of app that fits well with the smartphone. ...

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It's no longer acceptable to use dates of birth, pet names and so on for passwords. These easily guessed words were never secure, but it didn't matter much in the past -- quite frankly, who cared if a black hat got into your email account? So what? ...

The fashion and beauty industry is fast-moving, and apps are a good way to keep track of developments, because app content lead time can be significantly shorter than for print magazines. ...

One of the advantages of carrying a smartphone is that it's an all-arounder, and one of its killer features is that it can function as a personal media player. It's functionality that an iPod or MP3 player would have provided a few years ago -- and Sony Walkman before that. ...

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The days of reliance on real estate agents to tell us which homes are available are long gone. The same raw data that the agents used to have an exclusive on is now fed to anyone who wants it. ...

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