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The power of Google Instant, now in your pocket (Google Mobile Blog)
...today we're making a beta version available to most iPhone and Android devices in the U.S. To try it out, go to google.com in your phone's browser and tap the Google Instant "Turn on" link beneath the search box (if you don't see the "Turn on" link, try waiting a moment and then refresh the page).
Apple's App Store Soars Past 300,000 Apps (ReadWriteWeb)
...Out of these, almost 38,000 are iPad apps according to a new report from app store analytics firm Distimo.
SwipeGood Lets You Donate To Charity With Each Credit Card Swipe (TechCrunch)
...Once you enroll your credit/debit card with SwipeGood, every purchase you make gets rounded up to the nearest dollar. So for a $50.50 purchase of groceries, $0.50 will be given to charity.
Bandage changes color if wound becomes infected (DVICE)
...Regular human skin and healed wounds have a pH value around 5 — if the pH value goes up to 6.5 or 8.5, then the dye will change color from clear to purple.
Attackers Now Using Honeypots to Trap Researchers (threatpost)
...The latest example of this is a malware gang that has deployed what amounts to a honeypot designed to monitor the activity of researchers or other attackers who try to access a command-and-control server.
Dropping Adobe Flash boosts Apple's MacBook Air battery life by 2 hours (AppleInsider)
...According to testing performed by Chris Foresman of Ars Technica, the new MacBook Air can last for a full six hours after loading a series of webpages in Safari, but its battery performance drops down to four hours once Adobe Flash is installed and the same sites are loaded.
Zapping the Brain Improves Math Skills (Discovery News)
By applying electrical current to the brain, researchers can enhance a person's mathematical ability for up to six months.
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