The name Damien Walters may not sound familiar to most people, but some James Bond fans will know he happens to be Daniel Craig’s stunt double in Skyfall, one of the latest 007 movies. How good of a stunt person is Walters, you may ask? Just watch the following video, in which he does a standing backflipp over a Formula E race car that’s barreling towards him at 60 miles per hour.
Oh, and Walters doesn’t even look to see it approaching.
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For all the hoopla surrounding NSA surveillance activities, it’s shockingly easy to forget that Google often knows an awful a lot about more than 1 billion users across the globe. Google knows what you search for, what videos you watch, what music you listen to, and even the places you travel to. Of course, Google having access to this information doesn’t quite shock the system given that Google users are typically all too happy and willing to sacrifice a bit of their privacy in exchange for a wide array of free and useful services.
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We shared a whole bunch of hot paid iPhone and iPad apps on sale for free with you in yesterday’s post, and you can still download half of them for free if you head back to that article. Wifiman was a super popular one in particular, and it’s still free as well. Today we’ve got even more paid iOS apps on sale to share with you, and you’ll definitely find something you like in today’s batch.
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In a world where Steve Ballmer is an NBA owner and former Apple executive Tony Fadell is a Google employee, I suppose the notion of Apple getting into the TV production business in an effort to take on Netflix isn’t that crazy. Echoing a report which first surfaced this past August, a recently published FastCompany article sheds some new light on Apple’s somewhat ambitious attempt to develop original programming and, in turn, make an impactful and bold entry into the TV business.
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Yesterday’s picks for the best daily deals on Amazon had some great products, but today we’ve got a killer roundup for you. It’s headlined by rare discounts on the Amazon Echo and the new Amazon Tap, which are Amazon’s revolutionary speakers that let you interact with the company’s “Alexa” personal assistant using voice commands. There’s also plenty more to be found on today’s list, of course, like a discounted 128GB SD memory card and a great deal on a top-rated cable modem that will save you hundreds on your internet bill by eliminating the $10 monthly modem rental fee. Find out how to get rid of that monthly fee and save hundreds over time right here in this post.
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So many people have iPhones these days, but precious few people actually know about all of the useful features hiding inside iOS. That’s why we regularly publish articles covering iPhone and iPad features that aren’t well-known — like this post on 25 hidden iPhone features that are really, truly hidden. By bringing these features to light, we help iOS device users get the most out of their smartphones and tablets, and we get emails all the time from people thanking us for helping them learn something new.
Unfortunately, today we’re going to focus on a bunch of great features that aren’t hiding in your iPhone or iPad.
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We’ve seen a few Magic Leap demos, some of them showing exciting augmented reality games created for the unreleased VR/AR device. But this exciting startup may be working on something a lot bigger than that, and it could redefine the future of computing. In addition to gaming, Magic Leap’s mixed reality (MR) experience could reshape the way we’ll use computers for productivity and regular day-to-day tasks. It’s the kind of technology that might replace the iPhone in a more distant future.
A new video recorded through the eyes of a Magic Leap user shows this technology in action for the first time, and it completely blew us away.
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Amazon’s lineup of Kindle eBook readers and tablets is by far the company’s best selling hardware product line, and for good reason. Amazon has come a very long way in the eReader market and there’s little question that its devices are best in class. The brand new Kindle Oasis shows that Amazon has no plans to let go of its lead anytime soon, and we can’t wait to get our hands on one after preordering ours recently.
But there’s a different Amazon hardware product out there that is easily our favorite of all time. It’s the Amazon Echo, and it’s on sale right now for one day only.
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After all this time, you can finally feel it in the air: virtual reality and augmented reality are about to make the leap we’ve all been waiting for. As far as mainstream devices go, VR had all but been abandoned until Oculus came along and rekindled the world’s interest in virtual reality. Development of VR solutions has since accelerated, and now a high-quality virtual reality experience can be had for as little as $99 thanks to Samsung’s Gear VR headset, which works alongside the company’s most popular phones.
To really reach the masses however, VR must move beyond gaming, which has been the main focus of companies like Oculus and Samsung thus far. And with Monday’s launch of 360-degree live streaming support, YouTube may have just helped turn the tide.
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Apple has just launched a major update to its Retina MacBook line that will include faster processors, longer battery life and a new color option. Apple says that the new upgrades “make the thinnest and lightest MacBook even better.” The highlight of the update is an upgrade to Intel’s sixth-generation Core M 1.3 GHz processors that have Turbo Boost speeds of up to 3.1 GHz.
The new laptops also feature faster 1866 MHz memory, deliver an extra hour of battery life, and come in a new rose gold color option like the rose gold option we first saw last fall with the launch of the iPhone 6s. Apple also says that the new “Intel HD Graphics 515 deliver up to 25 percent faster graphics performance, and faster PCIe-based flash storage makes everyday tasks feel snappier — from launching apps to opening files.”
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