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These Simple Conductive Pins Make Any Winter Gloves Touchscreen-Friendly

10:20AM December 28, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

Problem: Cold weather necessitates winter gloves, which keep you from fawning your favourite touchscreen gadgets as you numbly stumble to and fro. Solution: Digits. A $US14 set of four conductive pins that you can easily attach to any gloves’ fingertips. More »


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Official Gmail Goggles Add-On Prevents Shameful Drunken Emailing

10:52PM October 7, 2008 | John Mahoney

My new favourite Googler Jon Perlow has used his 20% time (that portion of it he doesn’t spend hammered, apparently) to write Gmail Goggles, an official Labs add-on that makes sure you really want to send that 3AM email to your ex-girlfriend. Goggles employs five arithmetic problems that appear after pressing send (you choose the difficulty level!) that must be answered correctly in a limited time before your overly passionate and typo-ridden message can be on its way. It can also be scheduled to be active only on your party nights. Thanks big G! [Official Gmail Blog]

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