GadgeTell » Websites http://www.technologytell.com/gadgets Gadgetell lives by the phrase 'Tech News, Reviews, and Interesting Things' and that is exactly what we bring you. Thu, 23 May 2013 23:39:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Pleygo, Rental Lego Service for Kidshttp://www.technologytell.com/gadgets/121286/pleygo-rental-lego-service-for-kids/ http://www.technologytell.com/gadgets/121286/pleygo-rental-lego-service-for-kids/#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 22:29:58 +0000 Christina Jones http://www.technologytell.com/gadgets/?p=121286 As a kid, playing with Legos was both fun and educational. Even now, I use them to help my son continue to develop his motor skills. Legos are often used by adults as a way to use nostalgia for a simple concept. Since Netflix is a big hit, a new company Pleygo is playing off more »

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Since Netflix is a big hit, a new company Pleygo is playing off the concept as a rental service for Lego sets.

“As a mother, I always try to reduce…

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The deal has been sealed for Yahoo to acquire the ultra popular blogging platform Tumblr for $1.1 billion. Yahoo’s CEO Marissa Mayer has promised there won’t be any significant changes to the platform, and will provide ads that are “seamless and enhance user experience.” However, with the way the Internet giant has capitalized on both display and text advertising, should Tumblr users be…

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]]> http://www.technologytell.com/gadgets/121248/yahootumblr-deal-confirmed-will-users-be-concerned/feed/ 0 Flickr Makes a Comeback With New Design and 1 Terabyte of Free Storagehttp://www.technologytell.com/gadgets/121296/flickr-makes-a-comeback-with-new-design-and-1-terabyte-of-free-storage/ http://www.technologytell.com/gadgets/121296/flickr-makes-a-comeback-with-new-design-and-1-terabyte-of-free-storage/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 22:19:02 +0000 Jeremy Hill http://www.technologytell.com/gadgets/?p=121296 Yahoo has made a couple bold moves in an effort to make Flickr the premier destination for storing and sharing photographs. Flickr user’s homepages have been completely redesigned to make the photos more prominent than ever. There’s also a spot to upload a profile feature and a customizable banner. It’s reminiscent of Facebook timelines. The second big more »

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Yahoo has made a couple bold moves in an effort to make Flickr the premier destination for storing and sharing photographs. Flickr user’s homepages have been completely redesigned to make the photos more prominent than ever. There’s also a spot to upload a profile feature and a customizable banner. It’s reminiscent of Facebook timelines. The second big more »

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]]> http://www.technologytell.com/gadgets/121296/flickr-makes-a-comeback-with-new-design-and-1-terabyte-of-free-storage/feed/ 0 Yahoo Buys Tumblr for $1.1 Billion, Exodus of Users to WordPress Beginshttp://www.technologytell.com/gadgets/121247/yahoo-buys-tumblr-for-1-1-billion-exodus-of-users-to-wordpress-begins/ http://www.technologytell.com/gadgets/121247/yahoo-buys-tumblr-for-1-1-billion-exodus-of-users-to-wordpress-begins/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 15:01:36 +0000 Arnold Zafra http://www.technologytell.com/gadgets/?p=121247 And just like that, after being the subject of tech talks last weekend, Yahoo made it official and announced that they’ve reached an agreement with Tumblr. Yahoo buys Tumblr for $1.1 billion in cash. None other than Yahoo’s Marissa Mayer wrote via the company’s official Tumblr, announcing the acquisition deal. In the said Tumblr post, more »

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And just like that, after being the subject of tech talks last weekend, Yahoo made it official and announced that they’ve reached an agreement with Tumblr. Yahoo buys Tumblr for $1.1 billion in cash. None other than Yahoo’s Marissa Mayer wrote via the company’s official Tumblr, announcing the acquisition deal.

In the said Tumblr post, Ms. Mayer assures Tumblr users that Yahoo will not screw things up by way of this acquisition. As such, Tumblr will continue to operate independently from Yahoo. Tumblr’s current CEO David Karp will retain his post. And everything else that Tumblr has laid down will push through as planned, includnig roadmap, team, wite and irrevereance. What Yahoo will do is simply to help Tumblr get even better and faster, according to Ms. Mayer.

To do this, the Yahoo Chief said that Tumblr can use Yahoo!’s personalization technology and search infrastructure to help users in discovering creators, bloggers and content. For its part, Tumblr is bringing along 50 billion blog post to Yahoo’s media network and search experiences. Some say, this is by way of advertising revenues…

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]]> http://www.technologytell.com/gadgets/121247/yahoo-buys-tumblr-for-1-1-billion-exodus-of-users-to-wordpress-begins/feed/ 0 Rumor: Yahoo Allegedly Acquiring Tumblrhttp://www.technologytell.com/gadgets/121158/rumor-yahoo-allegedly-acquiring-tumblr/ http://www.technologytell.com/gadgets/121158/rumor-yahoo-allegedly-acquiring-tumblr/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 15:33:12 +0000 Christina Jones http://www.technologytell.com/gadgets/?p=121158 Rumors are swirling that Yahoo is in talks to acquire Tumblr. Apparently Ken Goldman, Yahoo’s CFO explained the Internet giant’s concern for its aging users. In an attempt to appeal to the 18-24 year-old-demographic, they’re seriously considering bring Tumblr on board. “One of our challenges is we have an aging demographic,” explained Goldman at JP more »

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Rumors are swirling that Yahoo is in talks to acquire Tumblr. Apparently Ken Goldman, Yahoo’s CFO explained the Internet giant’s concern for its aging users. In an attempt to appeal to the 18-24 year-old-demographic, they’re seriously considering bring Tumblr on board. “One of our challenges is we have an aging demographic,” explained Goldman at JP more »

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]]> http://www.technologytell.com/gadgets/121158/rumor-yahoo-allegedly-acquiring-tumblr/feed/ 0 Home Deliver Photo Prints from Smartphones with Kicksendhttp://www.technologytell.com/gadgets/120273/home-deliver-photo-prints-from-smartphones-with-kicksend/ http://www.technologytell.com/gadgets/120273/home-deliver-photo-prints-from-smartphones-with-kicksend/#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 16:35:59 +0000 Stanley Goodner http://www.technologytell.com/gadgets/?p=120273 Sometimes it feels like technology has antiquated photo prints over the past decade. Digital cameras, memory cards, and online photo albums have enabled us to take and post so many of our memories to share with everyone. Despite the advances in photo power and convenience, many of us still like having physical prints. They fill more »

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Despite the advances in photo power and convenience, many of us still like having physical prints. They fill up the traditional photo frames on our desks, walls, and photo albums. We just have to take the time to print them, and that’s where…

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]]> http://www.technologytell.com/gadgets/120273/home-deliver-photo-prints-from-smartphones-with-kicksend/feed/ 0 GoComics Gives a Fix to Fans of the Funny Pages on the Gohttp://www.technologytell.com/gadgets/119214/gocomics-makes-an-app-for-fans-of-the-funny-pages/ http://www.technologytell.com/gadgets/119214/gocomics-makes-an-app-for-fans-of-the-funny-pages/#comments Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:29:24 +0000 Matthew Marchesano http://www.technologytell.com/gadgets/?p=119214 Comic strip publisher Universal Uclick has created a digital place on the internet for old-school readers who are avid for their Sunday newspaper cartoons. And now to further plant the print staple into the modern world, they’ve introduced their GoComics website to the mobile web sphere. Launching the GoComics application for iOS, Android and WP8, more »

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Comic strip publisher Universal Uclick has created a digital place on the internet for old-school readers who are avid for their Sunday newspaper cartoons. And now to further plant the print staple into the modern world, they’ve introduced their GoComics website to the mobile web sphere. Launching the GoComics application for iOS, Android and WP8, more »

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]]> http://www.technologytell.com/gadgets/119214/gocomics-makes-an-app-for-fans-of-the-funny-pages/feed/ 0 Get Paid for Your Instagram Photos with InstaStock Imageshttp://www.technologytell.com/gadgets/119037/get-paid-for-your-instagram-photos-with-instastock-images/ http://www.technologytell.com/gadgets/119037/get-paid-for-your-instagram-photos-with-instastock-images/#comments Sun, 21 Apr 2013 12:07:11 +0000 Christina Jones http://www.technologytell.com/gadgets/?p=119037 Do you take amazing photos from your smartphone, and want to make money from them? InstaStock Images is making that happen. It’s a modern stock photo portal for Instagrammers to make money with their filtered snapshots. Since Instagram reached 100 million users, the brand has become a force to be reckoned with in the photo more »

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Do you take amazing photos from your smartphone, and want to make money from them? InstaStock Images is making that happen. It’s a modern stock photo portal for Instagrammers to make money with their filtered snapshots. Since Instagram reached 100 million users, the brand has become a force to be reckoned with in the photo more »

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]]> HAPILABSScreen Shot 2013-04-18 at 12.01.30 PM is a French tech company “whose mission is to help individuals in the 21st century take control of their HAPIness, health and fitness through applications and mobile connected devices.” And they’re doing an excellent, creative job at it; as Wednesday marks the launch of a Kickstarter campaign for their latest self-help project, HAPIfork.

A standard practice in strategic warfare; the strongest means of attack on an adversary is by starting at the ‘head.’ When it comes to weight control, there’s really no difference (pun intended.)

Jacques Lepine, inventor of HAPIfork, is also CEO of SlowControl, a research group who studies the correlation between people who eat too fast and their health problems linked to it, like obesity. Their findings showed that by eating more slowly, a person can improve how they feel and…

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]]> http://www.technologytell.com/gadgets/119022/hapifork-launching-on-kickstarter-smart-eating-training/feed/ 0 Fitness Tracking Drives Exercisers to Tech-Savvy Facilitieshttp://www.technologytell.com/gadgets/118915/fitness-tracking-drives-exercisers-to-tech-savvy-facilities/ http://www.technologytell.com/gadgets/118915/fitness-tracking-drives-exercisers-to-tech-savvy-facilities/#comments Wed, 17 Apr 2013 21:40:15 +0000 Stanley Goodner http://www.technologytell.com/gadgets/?p=118915 Breaking a sweat without your smartphone will be a thing of the past pretty soon, even at the gym. Global trend reports predict sports- and health-focused mobile app downloads will reach a billion annually by 2016. With the launch of its cloud-based LFconnect website and app, Life Fitness, the global leader in commercial fitness equipment manufacturing, provides customizable more »

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]]> Life Fitness LogoBreaking a sweat without your smartphone will be a thing of the past pretty soon, even at the gym. Global trend reports predict sports- and health-focused mobile app downloads will reach a billion annually by 2016. With the launch of its cloud-based LFconnect website and app, Life Fitness, the global leader in commercial fitness equipment manufacturing, provides customizable tools to fitness facilities and exercisers looking to tap into this trend.

The free LFconnect app is an extension of the LFconnect website, which lets users choose preferred…

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