From Girlybubble: Make your phone strap more functional with a Hello Kitty solar strap. Now you can charge your phone on-the-go with this Hello Kitty-approved device while helping the planet. It has an added bonus of cute-ifying your phone. It’s also available in other designs such as Doraemon and Mickey Mouse. More »

Technology is a great thing, especially when it helps us do things, from shopping to earning us our yearly income but the real problem is that its been contributing to the obesity problem in the United States. These days, kids come home from school, only to plop down on the couch in front of the TV for hours, eating junk and playing video games until dinner time. More »

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War is about to go high tech, with the new Helmet Mounted Radar System (HMRS). These new built in radars will give the army an advantage over the enemy, easily allowing them to locate soldiers out on the field, no more missing in action reports. However, this only applies as the long as the soldiers keep their helmets on or the enemy doesn’t notice that long green antenna sticking out from the top of the helmet. More »

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Canada is cracking down on driving laws. The newest law hits drivers hard, especially those who like to text while driving. Ontario’s new law bans the use of any handheld gadget while driving, which makes some of us wonder why drinking coffee and changing the radio station falls underneath this law. This new law includes MP3 players, GPS systems, and cell phones although we don’t think the police would mind you breaking the law a few times to position your GPS or put away your cell phone. More »

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Digg, the number one social news website for sharing and discovering content is about to get much better according to reports from sources and a blurry image (pictured above). This new counting feature seems to be something Digg will try out in the near future, to see how users interact with the site. Digg has not officially announced, or mentioned any details about this new feature so all we can say is that it will be up and running soon. More »

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Google, the company that continues to innovate and make things easier (albeit asking for your information almost all the time) has now introduced a free turn-by-turn GPS navigation system in their new Android 2.0 software.

The software will first be available on the Motorola Droid, which will be available on the Verizon Wireless network for customers to buy on November 6th, for $199 after rebates with a two-year contract. Here are the features of the GPS navigation service offered by Google (and a video): More »

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Apple is locked in for the winter, say reports from multiple sources. Apple has decided that their new lineup, including the new 21.5 and 27 inch iMac, Magic Mouse, and Redesigned Macbook is going to suffice for the month of November and December until early 2010 when the rumored iTablet is to be released. Gizmodo reported that they received a call from Apple, claiming that “the holiday lineup is set”. More »

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Peace in the Middle East may be coming true with the help of Facebook’s newest peace page. Peace on Facebook is the latest creation from Facebook, opening up this page to all users looking to spread the word about World Peace. This page seems to be affiliated to Stanford’s Peace Dot somehow and contains a few graphs and a widget that allows visitors to share something about the site. More »

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Peek, the tiny device dedicated to email and messaging is now expanding to include social networking service, Twitter. The Peek is currently available in nationwide Blockbusters. Peek users who buy their device from any Blockbuster will also receive a free month of Blockbuster Total Access (similar to Netflix), and BR disks that can be received by mail or picked up in-store. More »

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Looks like Apple will continue expanding their vast empire, this time opening another store in New York City, this time in Manhattan’s Upper West Side (68th and Broadway). The new store will be Apple’s 4th in Manhattan, with the Fifth Avenue shop as the main retail shop. The other two stores are located on 14th street in the Meatpacking District and the SoHo Shop on Prince Street. The new Broadway store is currently shrouded in a “red curtain”. Take a look after the break. More »

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Reddit was looking very dark and grim today as Steve Huffman and Alex Ohanian, founders of the company walked out the door. Huffman and Ohanian announced earlier today that they will be resigning due to their contract expiration. It has been exactly 3 years since Conde Nast acquired Reddit and took the employees over with it, including Huffman and Ohanian who signed a 3 year contract during acquisition. More »

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From Girlybubble: Why settle for dull-colored gadgets when you can have pink? These days, tech and gadget companies are releasing their products in colors other than the standard average white, black and silver. Finally, they realize that there are actually females who purchase gadgets! I’ve scoured Amazon.com for the pinkest gadgets out there for our list of Top 6 Gadgets in Pink List — in no particular order. More »

Computers may not advance much in the next year or so, with the delay of USB 3.0 implementation. There has been an unconfirmed report that USB 3.0 in all Intel chipsets may be pushed back until early 2011. Without Intel’s initiative in getting USB 3.0 out there, manufacturers and gadget-makers will be lacking in the latest hardware, bringing any form of advancement to a grinding halt. More »

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Facebook Connect is this cool feature that allows you to use your Facebook account to login and interact on all sites within the Mixr network. To put that in another way, all Mixr sites are connected via a common login and now you can use your Facebook account as that login. You’ll be able to comment, interact, gain EXP, invite your Facebook friends to Ziggytek, and have your activities on Ziggytek posted to your Facebook feed.

Keep in mind that this is a complex and deep integration of Facebook and the Mixr system. There might bugs every now and then so consider this Facebook integration to be in a beta stage. If you do find bugs, just fill out our contact form with as much detail as possible.

Instructions on how to connect your Facebook account to a Mixr website after the jump: More »

AOL is soon going to be filled with newbies, now that their most experienced and oldest employees are on the move to other companies. AOL is losing one of their most beloved employees, David Liu. David Liu is the VP of Global Messaging, including AIM, ICQ, and AOL’s Lifestreaming products. Liu was behind the popularity growth behind Aim, and helped it grow into the social tree that it is today. Liu’s reasons for leaving relied mostly on the fact that CEO, Tim Armstrong, decided it was time to hire someone to take over all Internet and mobile connections for AOL. More »

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