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Feel like being ordered around by Mr Burns? Or how about Marge Simpson? TomTom has released new character voices for its GPS systems that allow you to be bossed about by one of Springfield’s finest.
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Tech tools: Aftershokz
Headphones that use “bone conduction” sound more like instruments of torture than something you’d willingly strap to your head. But apparently it’s technology that’s been in use by special ops for some time.
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CES!
It’s January, which means one thing: the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. And luckily for me, I get to go.
I’ve already done the most important thing after getting off the plane: heading to In-n-Out Burger for the first double double of the trip (possibly the best burger you’ll ever get that doesn’t cost the best part of €20).
And today, we’ve seen Samsung, LG, Panasonic and Intel show off their vision of the future – or the next 12 months at least.
Next up is Sony, and from tomorrow we get to hit the show floor to get out hands on all the new gadgets that have been announced.
So stay tuned – there’ll be some updates in the coming days. And if you’re on Twitter, I’m occasionally tweeting from @ciaraobrien, whenever I can get a decent internet connection. Which, despite this being a tech conference, is harder than you’d think.
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The last minute gifts: Smartphones
It may be only one shopping day until Christmas, but I’d be willing to bet money that some people are still frantically working their way through their Christmas lists. So in the spirit of the season, here’s a few last minute gift ideas for the smartphone addict that might cross a few people of your lists.
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Graffiti goes laser
If you were in the right place at the right time, you might have caught some of the laser graffiti events Vodafone put on in Dublin, Cork and Galway.
If you didn’t, here’s the video.
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Forget about the Magic 8 Ball
You need a Magic Geek Ball instead. Much more up to date, the Magic Geek Ball will answer your pressing life queries with pearls of wisdom such as “Fail”, “LOL”, “Meh” and “FTW”.
For the person in your life who has (almost) everything.
From ThinkGeek
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What’s the meaning of life?
If you’re to believe Siri, it’s something to do with chocolate.
Yes, the iPhone 4S has gone on sale, and contrary to popular belief, it does come with smart-mouth digital assistant Siri included.
Yes, the app is in beta, so there is no support for Irish customisation as yet. And there are some functions that won’t work here just yet, or so Siri tells me occasionally – usually when you’re trying to search for a business.
But so far today I’ve been told what the weather is like, dectated an email, asked Siri some stupid questions and been told off for my language. So it’s safe to say it recognises exactly what I’m saying.
I think I love this a little.
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Phones, phones everywhere
Today’s Tech Tools column showed off the Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray, which is one of Sony Ericsson’s latest smartphones. It’s one of pile of phones that SE has released lately.
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