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Saturday, December 17, 2011

Sleep Better with Zeo Sleep Manager

3:14 PM Brandom247

An increasing amount of people these days are having problems getting good sleep these days and Zeo Sleep Manager might just be the solution. Zeo inc. is a company that is dedicated to helping people sleep better. Their newest product, Zeo Sleep Manager- mobile consists of a soft comfortable headband that the user wears to bed every night. There is a plastic box on the head band that reads and records your brainwaves as you sleep. The data collected is then sent to an app via blue tooth where you can view your sleep stages and detect patterns. Zeo also comes with a "Sleep Coach" that gives you tips to improve your sleep based on your patterns. The band is reported to be quit comfortable and the data collected has been found to be accurate. This product does have a suggested retail price of $99.00, not exactly cheap but than again, can you really put a price on good sleep?


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Friday, December 16, 2011

Facebook Timeline.. Another Pointless Change?

3:51 PM Brandom247
Now i like change as much as the next guy but Facebook might be taking it a bit to far with this one. A new profile design called "Timeline" is set to roll out sometime in the coming weeks. Timeline will give your friends an extensive view of all of your photos ranging from your birthday to the present. Basically Timeline is a summary of your life's story.
Users will now have to sift through more information to find what they're looking for. Many reviews on this new design have labeled it as nothing more than an inconvenience. I for one dont want to go through someones life story just to see what they're up to today. Hell, half the time i only use Facebook to chat. In my opinion Facebook should put more of their time and money into ensuring the security of their users and stop fixing things that aren't broken.  

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Thursday, December 15, 2011

How to Hack A Facebook Account

7:08 PM Brandom247


Now i was reluctant to post this up because the more people that know about it, the more people who will exploit this method. There are two new SIMPLE ways of hacking a Facebook account. The first is by using a program called Firesheep. Firesheep is a free plugin for firefox that allows users to capture the Facebook cookie of anyone on their wifi network and duplicate it into their browser. Since the Facebook cookies are essentially the way it knows that you've logged in already, the users of Firesheep have an automatic "in" to all your private info.

Now Firesheep has been out for a while and does not run on many of the later versions of FireFox so it's not to big of a worry, but there are still a number of people who have made modifications to make it work.

The second method is the one that scares me the most. FaceNiff is an application designed for your smart phone that does the exact same thing as Firesheep...only its mobile. I have tried FaceNiff on my network at home and let me tell you, it works... Almost too well.
Lucky for those who care about security flaws there is a solution. If you dont want to have to worry about people using these apps to jack your info all you have to do is enable HTTPS in your Facebook settings. HTTPS is more secure than the standard HTTP that is enabled by default on your Facebook. With HTTPS you can log in and out of your Facebook without worrying about people using these applications against you.

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A Closer Look At The Android Market

9:26 AM Brandom247
Today while searching through the Android Developers Blog I saw this image. It really puts into perspective how strong the Android Market is and can also be a great reference sheet when creating new apps.

img credit: http://android-developers.blogspot.com/
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Finally, Microsoft Uses Push Updates!

9:17 AM Brandom247
For a while now web browser Google Chrome has been auto updating itself with out bugging its users to manually install an update. Now it seems that Microsoft is following their lead. "It's the future ... for all software," said Andrew Storms, director of security operations at nCircle Security. "At this point, at least in the consumer space, people are expecting software to be up to date, and for it to do it itself."
Starting in January Microsoft has declared that all Internet Explorer browsers will be automatically updating to their most recent (compatible) release.  Its not a big change but im sure it will help make the browsing experience for the average user a bit safer. 
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Verizon Samsung Galaxy Nexus

9:07 AM Brandom247


The Samsung Galaxy Nexus was released today and thousands of people have been rushing to their local Verizon stores just to get a hands on look. I know what your thinking, "Why? Its just another smartphone..big deal." Well, your right, it is just another smart phone but the buzz surrounding this device is mostly due to the fact that it comes with Android 4.0(Ice Cream Sandwich). If you take a look at the specs below you will see why people are so excited to get their hands on the Ice Cream Sandwich "flagship".


"The Galaxy Nexus will retail for $299 with a 2-year contract (or upgrade). Full specs for the Galaxy Nexus include:
  • Dual-core 1.2 GHz TI OMAP 4460 processor
  • 4G LTE with Mobile Hotspot capability
  • 5-megapixel rear-facing camera with zero-shutter lag for instant photo capturing, autofocus and LED flash with full 1080p recording
  • Front-facing 1.3-megapixel camera for video chat
  • 1 GB RAM
  • 32 GB on-board memory"
This phone is a complete power house but if your used to having an 8-megapixel camera on your phone the step down to 5-megapixel might cripple your desire to purchase this phone. With all the great hardware included in this phone it would have been nice to see a better camera.




credit:
http://androidandme.com/2011/12/news/verizon-galaxy-nexus-coming-1215-for-299-99/
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Wednesday, December 14, 2011

New Lg Prada Smart Phone

7:57 PM Brandom247

Lg/Prada Smart Phone First Look
Lg and Prada have teamed up to create a smart phone with a unique twist. The outside of the phone was designed by Prada and the UI includes some unique features that are not available on most smart phones (unless you are using launcher pro or something similar). It has an expected release date of sometime in January 2012.




Thats cool.. but what about the specs?


"The details given over at BestBoyz indicates that it will boast a 4.3 inch screen with Gorilla Glass, and a 800 x 480 resolution display, the processor will be the same as in the K2 which is a 1Ghz dual-core OMAP4430 processor. The camera will be a pretty standard 8 megapixel affair with autofocus, and the ability to record 1080p and 30fps compressed video, the on-board storage capacity will be 8GB and an optional microSD extension will allow additional, the phone will be NFC enabled, with Bluetooth 3.0, 802.11n, and HSPA+."
^^ excerpt from: http://www.mobileinquirer.com/2011/lg-prada-release-new-smartphone/
So far looks like its on par from what we currently expect from our smart phones. I am excited to see how well this does on the market? Fail or Flop? What do you think?

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