3rd Annual Connecticut-Israel Technology Summit Set for June 12 March 10, 2013
Susan Bigelow: After Satellite – One Year With Roku
by Susan Bigelow | Mar 10, 2013 9:25pm
A little over a year ago, after rising frustration with DirecTV’s cost and service, we decided to ditch the dish and buy a Roku for all our television needs.
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Tags: Roku, cord cutting
March 1, 2013
SpaceX Successfully Docks with Station Following Thruster problems
by Lon Seidman | Mar 1, 2013 4:01pm
UPDATED - 11:15 p.m. March 3, 2013 - SpaceX successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS) Sunday morning after a clogged valve nearly disabled their Dragon spacecraft shortly after launch March 1.
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Tags: NASA, spacex, Dragon, thruster, anomoly
February 20, 2013
Google Releases Video of Wearable “Glass” Device Interface in Action
by Lon Seidman | Feb 20, 2013 9:11am
Google today released a new video detailing how its new wearable “Glass” computer will operate and launched a website to hand select customers for the $1500 device.
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Tags: Google, Glass
February 19, 2013
Eric Fossum, Inventor of the CMOS Image Sensor, to Speak at Trinity College March 6
by Lon Seidman | Feb 19, 2013 3:03pm
Eric Fossum, the inventor of the CMOS image sensor found in many digital cameras, will speak at Trinity College on March 6.
Tags: Eric Fossum, CMOS, presentation, Trinity College
February 11, 2013
UPDATED: Tesla CEO Elon Musk Says New York Times Review of Model S Is “Fake”
by Lon Seidman | Feb 11, 2013 5:24pm
The New York Times fired back at Tesla’s Elon Musk after the outspoken CEO posted a tweet claiming a Times article critical of Tesla’s flagship electric sedan was “fake.”
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Tags: tesla, model S, range, winter, Milford
February 4, 2013
Amazon to Start Collecting Connecticut Sales Tax, Pledges Job Creation Effort
by Lon Seidman | Feb 4, 2013 10:35am
UPDATE: Read more on today’s announcement from Hugh McQuaid.
Amazon.com and the State of Connecticut have reached an agreement regarding the collection of sales tax, and the online retailer says it will create Connecticut jobs and invest $50 million in the state over the next two years.
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January 31, 2013
Will The New Blackberrys Save the Company?
by Lon Seidman | Jan 31, 2013 8:12am
Research in Motion changed its corporate name Wednesday to that of its only product, Blackberry, and announced two new smartphones running a completely new operating system that finally puts the Blackberry on par with competing devices.
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Tags: Blackberry, z10, q10, release, review, smartphones
January 22, 2013
Kids Asked to Doodle for Google
by Lon Seidman | Jan 22, 2013 11:30pm
Google is asking students across the United States to draw a Google “doodle” imagining their “best day ever.”
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Tags: Google, doodle
January 19, 2013
Interview | Singer/Songwriter Heather Fay Talks About Google+ Success
by Lon Seidman | Jan 19, 2013 6:34pm
CTTechJunkie interviewed New Haven singer/songwriter Heather Fay. Fay has more than 600,000 fans on the Google+ social media platform.
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Tags: Heather Fay, Google+, Hangouts
January 15, 2013
Hartford “Makers” To Meet Wednesday
by Lon Seidman | Jan 15, 2013 11:06am
A group of electronics hackers and hobbyists looking to establish a “Maker Space” in the greater Hartford area will be meeting at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 16 at City Steam 942 Main Street, Hartford.
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