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How Bad Are Your Smartphones and iPads Making Your Handwriting?
Many of us do a lot of typing on computers and smartphones, but when’s the last time you actually used your own handwriting to communicate? According to a new survey, it’s probably been a long time — and our scrawls are suffering because of it.
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What Were the Weakest Passwords Hacked from LinkedIn?
Last week, more than six million LinkedIn passwords were stolen and published on a message board frequented by Russian hackers. Now computer security firm Rapid7 has combed through them to show just how weak many of those passwords actually were.
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Mitt Romney Phone App Manages to Misspell ‘America’
It seemed simple enough: a free app in which Mitt Romney supporters could take a photo and then send it out to Facebook or Twitter with one of 14 Romney campaign approved slogan like “I’m a Mom For Mitt” superimposed on it.
The app launched yesterday, to coincide with Romney officially capturing the GOP nomination by winning the primary in Texas. Everything would have been great except that there was a misspelling in one of the pre-approved slogans. And what a misspelling it was.
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Research – Young People Can’t Live Without a Smartphone
A new Nielsen poll finds smartphones are becoming less of a luxury and more of a so-called necessity — at least for younger people.
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Let’s Talk Tech
April 13, 2011