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Quite a few times, I have heard the phrase thrown around, "Bigger is always better". Having a quick look at some general things we use daily, it is kind of true. Everything is getting bigger and bigger. Take a quick look at food portion sizes at some of the fast food restaurants, and you will see it is simply gigantic. Another thing I noticed since I have been in Canada is how big the cars are. All the trucks are massive, and with my tiny Subaru...

XTracGear Drone XL Landing Pad | Lounge

If you have ever read my biography on APH Networks, you would have known I worked at Lockheed Martin CDL Systems Ltd. Looking at CDL's website, you would also know I worked primarily on developing software for unmanned aerial vehicles. I can say I have a great amount of gratitude and respect for those people who work there, especially my team who helped me. However, one thing I was disappointed with was the fact I never actually saw any of the...

T-Mobile CEO sees doubling of U.S. business customers in 2016

From ComputerWorld: T-Mobile CEO John Legere brashly predicted that the number of U.S. businesses switching to the carrier will grow even faster in 2016, doubling the number of small- and mid-sized businesses already in T-Mobile's fold.

In typical bluster, Legere on Wednesday noted in a blog, which...

Valve blames a partner for Christmas Day outage, which exposed data for 34,000 users

From PC World: Five days and countless angry Reddit threads later, Valve has finally issued a statement about the caching issue that occurred last Friday—what happened, how many people were affected, and what Valve’s doing now.

You can find the full statement here, but the gist of it? It’s exactly...

Say sayonara to AT&T's two-year phone plan

From CNET: Starting January 8, the nation's second-largest wireless carrier is calling it quits on the standard contract plan, which charged customers a set price for the cost of a phone and two years of wireless service.

In its place will be Next, a program that requires customers to rent their...

Yahoo mimics Facebook, Google with 'state-sponsored' attack warnings

From ComputerWorld: Yahoo last week followed the lead of rivals Facebook and Google by telling users it would warn them when it believes they are in the crosshairs of state-backed cyber attackers.

"Yahoo will now notify you if we strongly suspect that your account may have been targeted by a state...

Phablets dominate Android Christmas sales

From InfoWorld: Android users are clearly still in love with large-screened phablet devices. A report by an analytics company indicates that half of the Android phones bought for Christmas were phablets.

Cam Bunton reports for 9to5Google:

According to a new report by analytics firm, Flurry, more...

All 2016 Samsung smart TVs will be ready to talk to your appliances

From PC World: All Samsung smart TVs sold in 2016 will be IoT-ready, meaning they’ll be able to talk to compatible appliances around the home, Samsung said Tuesday.

In addition, all of Samsung’s high-end SHUD TVs sold next year will be able to act as a hub for its SmartThings platform, meaning the...

Twitter updates rules to combat abusive behavior, hateful conduct

From CNET: Twitter is once again revising its rules to rein in what it deems abusive behavior after updating its user rules to tackle revenge porn postings earlier this year.

Though the San Francisco-based social media site said in a blog post that it will always "embrace and encourage" different...

Samsung Pay's expanding to cheaper phones and online payments in 2016

From PC World: Mobile payment systems are the new fingerprint sensors: Everybody’s got to have one, it seems. But while Android Pay and Apple Pay enjoy fairly widespread phone support—at least where mobile payments are accepted—Samsung’s own creatively named Samsung Pay has been limited to the...