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The Drone That Will Sail Itself Around the World | Autopia By Adam Fisher, wired.com

Richard Jenk­ins (right) designed the sail­ing robot; Dylan Owens han­dles the elec­tron­ics.

Jenk­ins’ team has built a 40-foot-high test wing that could help power fer­ries in the San Fran­cis­co Bay.

In his Alame­da work­shop, Richard Jenk­…

Finally drones can give us some real sailing fun ! http://flip.it/Oq3f4

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Steve Perlman: pCell’s wireless tech is real, and it will change the world (interview) Eric Blattberg, venturebeat.com

Steve Perl­man intends to rede­fine the capa­bil­i­ties of wire­less tech­nol­o­gy.

On Wednes­day, the ser­i­al Sil­i­con Val­ley entre­pre­neur behind tech­nolo­gies like OnLive and WebTV intro­duced his new wire­less inno­va­tion, pCell. Perl­…

There you go - finally #wireless replacement for #mobile carriers in sight! http://flip.it/NUNY7

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An Apple watch? The hints have been out there by Ross Rubin, cnet.com

commentary If you know where to look, there have been signs aplenty of Apple gearing up to launch a watch and of the kinds of content we might expect to see on it.

Apple has strong­ly hint­ed that it will enter new prod­uct cat­e­gories in 2014.…

If you are into speculations on #iWatch, then this's reticle is for you! http://flip.it/eVJnj

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Cogo wants to take crowdfunding to video live streaming Janko Roettgers, gigaom.com

Santa Mon­i­ca, California-based online video start­up Cogo has a slight­ly dif­fer­ent take on crowd­fund­ing than your aver­age Kick­starter or Indiegogo cam­paign. Cogo doesn’t want to spend weeks col­lect­ing money for things that will ship ma…

#Interesting - #Cogo wants to take #crowdfunding to video live streaming http://flip.it/0kFAs http://flip.it/rTxYi

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Of Course the Mall of America Has a Giant 5-Story Pinterest Board Todd Wasserman, mashable.com

Cari­bou Cof­fee has cre­at­ed a five-story Pin­ter­est board at the Mall of Amer­i­ca in Min­neso­ta. Why? In part, because it could.

The brand, which recent­ly intro­duced the Pinterest-created Real Inspi­ra­tion Blend, has launched the giant…

Sweet :) Let's call it "real time art" http://flip.it/UHb1d

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Qualcomm Toq smartwatch update brings activity tracking beta, keeps progress in plain view Billy Steele, engadget.com

If you've splurged for Qual­comm's pricey smart­watch (or may be con­sid­er­ing it), a new update looks to expand the capa­bil­i­ties of the wrist­worn wear­able. Thanks to an update to the Toq's Android app, the gad­get now packs activity-trackin…

Little pricey but decently looking #smartWatch from Qualcomm - it's worth trying out! http://flip.it/nVicd

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Marc Andreessen tweets an astute analysis of the news business Adam L. Penenberg, pando.com

Marc Andreessen signed up for Twitter six and a half years ago, didn’t post a tweet for four years, and two and a half years ago tweeted once more. [Disclosure: Marc Andreessen is an investor in Pando.] It then took years for him to return …

Absolutely agree with @pmarca on future of publishing (not only News industry)

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The World's Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in the Internet of Things BY FAST COMPANY STAFF, fastcompany.com

Not long ago, the "Internet of Things" was a term that applied only to a handful of Kickstarter projects. Today, thanks to these companies, it has meaning for our homes, vehicles, appliances--anything that can be connected to the web--and, in turn…

Check them out - internet of things stars ;)

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HashyV12: In the spirit of the Olympics ... twitter.com

In the spir­it of the Olympics #Made­With­Pa­per (http://fiftythree.com ) pic.twitter.com/JtKNuVpW5U

Little bit of Olympics spirit can't hurt! http://flip.it/epGze

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Dropbox Alternative HubiC Now Offers 10TB For $13.50 Per Month Romain Dillet, techcrunch.com

French host­ing com­pa­ny OVH just updat­ed its prod­uct offer­ing for its Dropbox-like ser­vice called HubiC. Now, you get 25GB of stor­age for free, 100GB for $1.35 per month (€1), and you can opt for a whop­ping 10TB plan for $13.50 per month…

If you need #CloudStorage for more reasonable price than #Dropbox or #Box - try French!

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Padcaster's tablet movie rig comes to the iPad mini Steve Dent, engadget.com

The larg­er iPad's high-res screen is a plus for shoot­ing video, but wield­ing it can make one look like, dare we say, a dork. One way to over­come that stig­ma is by shoot­ing with the orig­i­nal Pad­cast­er (pic­tured above), a metal fra…

Being a #podcaster? Don't miss this - tools for #iPadMini

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How to replace your old computer with a new iPad Geoffrey Goetz, gigaom.com

As the per­son­al com­put­ing era draws clos­er and clos­er to an end, peo­ple are re-evaluating their com­put­ing needs and try­ing to get by with just a tablet. As a result, more and more are choos­ing to leave their per­son­al com­put­er behind…

Don't hope for it - #iPad won't replace your computer any time soon, but it's a worthy addition (or addiction?) :)

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That Secret App Is Becoming Silicon Valley’s New Blind Item Ryan Lawler, techcrunch.com

“I work at Ever­note and we’re about to get acquired… Watch this space”

That could be the first big acqui­si­tion rumor to have found its way onto Secret, the new “anonymish” shar­ing app launched late last week. But it won’t be the last.

(FWI…

Careful what you share on #Secret !!! It can be someone else's money on the line :)

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A new dimension in sounds nagualsounds.com

This means a lot to us!!!!!! We are happy to an­noun­ce that we are amongst the 30 Mi­dem­lab fi­na­lists. We will pre­sent our ap­proach for the the next ge­ne­ra­ti­on of music crea­ti­on at Midem i …

Company which may get #music aficionados moving! Remember #NagulSounds, we'll hear about them... http://flip.it/MWPnV

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Europe’s top 5 startups to watch in 2014 Michelle Kuepper, VentureVillage, venturebeat.com

In the last install­ment of Ven­ture­Vil­lage’s Top 5 Star­tups of 2014, Michelle Kuep­per, our edi­tor, explains why she’ll be keep­ing an eye on these up-and-coming star­tups this year. If you haven’t already, be sure to check out our other…

This is a good selection of rising stars on #Europe's #tech scene. You will find at least one of them useful for you - guaranteed! http://flip.it/D9hRZ

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Bye-bye Vaio — Sony sells PC business, with buyer to focus on Japan David Meyer, gigaom.com

Sony will sell its 18-year-old Vaio PC busi­ness as part of a wide-ranging effort to refo­cus its efforts, the com­pa­ny said on Thurs­day. That effort will also involve con­cen­trat­ing on high-end TV sets, par­tic­u­lar­ly those that sup­port 4K…

Long awaited is finally here! With tiny share you need to focus geographically as well as customer segments wise...good luck #Vaio http://flip.it/nRbVC

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Did you know this is what TEAM means? http://flip.it/Yl2ZJ