Brian Barrett
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iPhone 6 Hands On: Getting Up To Size
I hate to be the person to break this to you, but the iPhone 5S in your pocket or purse is tiny. It’s so small by today’s smartphone standards that Sony released a compact version of its flagship that’s still a whole lot bigger than the 5S. It was time to grow up. And the…
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A “Private Photo” Mode For Your Phone Is A Great Idea
There are still too many unknowns about the hack that launched a thousand (well, a dozen or so) celeb nudes over the weekend; how it happened, what’s being done to keep it from happening again. But one thing has become more clear than ever: the need for a “private photo” mode on your smartphone.
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Facebook’s Rose-Coloured News Feed
Pope Francis. Haim. An inspirational Little League coach. You’ve probably seen these stories on Facebook today, along with ice buckets and your friends’ babies. I know that because they’re sitting atop the social network’s “trending” list. What’s not there at all? Ferguson. Welcome to Facebookworld, where everything’s wonderful all of the time.
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Cable Snaps On 100km/h Amusement Park Ride
This is the Skyhawk at Cedar Point in Ohio, a 10-story tall “Screamin’ Swing” ride that flings its passengers round and round at up to 100 kilometres per hour. It’s the tallest of its kind, bringing its 40 passengers as high as 38 metres off the ground at the apex of a swing. It’s scary…