Monthly Archives: November 2013

Awesome November 6, 2013 posted by

Google Helpouts – awesome new service offers real help from real people in real time via video

The mighty Google has just released a new service called Google Helpouts, which offers a live video service which anyone can use to learn about, or get help on, various issues, topics and problems. The idea is brilliantly logical, because it combines the kind of How-To loveliness of YouTube with the classroom feel of Khan Academy, but at the same time because it’s live, you get the personal ‘being there‘ touch.

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Google Helpouts – awesome new service offers real help from real people in real time via video
Free Software November 6, 2013 posted by

Nooly Micro Weather – the weather, your exact location, at that moment [Freeware]

Everyone needs to keep track of the weather, it’s just a fact of life. If you’re a farmer it’s obvious, if you’re a chef maybe not so (unless you’ve got to dash outside to grab some garlic from the market), but we all love monitoring conditions so we don’t risk encountering something nasty. OK, except for those of you in LA. But the problem is most weather services only give broad sweep forecasts over long periods.

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Nooly Micro Weather – the weather, your exact location, at that moment [Freeware]
cool tech November 5, 2013 posted by

Elio – $6,800, 84 mpg, 107 mph, a 3 year warranty and lots of ambitions…

It may look a little unconventional, but the three wheeler Elio from Elio Motors may one day usher in a new era in economical motoring. The US built vehicle is the brainchild of engineer Paul Elio, and is scheduled to start production in an old GM Hummer plant in Louisiana sometime next year. The front engined, front wheel drive car, which is actually classified as a motorcycle, doesn’t scrimp on features or safety either, which is definitely different.

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Elio – $6,800, 84 mpg, 107 mph, a 3 year warranty and lots of ambitions…
Free Software November 5, 2013 posted by

Hola – free program lets you enjoy any website from any country [Freeware]

[UPDATE Nov 29th: this extension is now injecting adware. AVOID!!!] Every been frustrated by a country blocked website or video? Why do they even do that stuff? It’s stupid. We’ve featured a number of ways to get round the problem over the years, and thankfully the tools keep coming. Maybe one day the content owners will wake up, get a life and realize that the whole situation is ridiculous? Yeah and maybe pigs will perambulate across the sky.

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Hola – free program lets you enjoy any website from any country [Freeware]
Gadgets November 5, 2013 posted by

Android Watch – a pre-order mystery?

There’s some kind of mysterious product on eBay that we’re having trouble placing. It’s definitely doesn’t look like a conventional smartwatch, and it’s definitely not something that we’ve seen around before, but what we do know is a) it costs $10,000 and b) 37 of the things have been sold on pre-order already.

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Android Watch – a pre-order mystery?