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HP’s new all-in-one printer adds more to that ‘all’, turns into a WiFi hotspot

As reported on Engadget. By Deepak Dhingra While all-in-one printers usually tote print, copy, scan and fax capabilities, we’re hardly ones to complain if we get something more. The aptly-named HP Hotspot LaserJet Pro M1218nfs also crams in a WiFi hotspot — opening up the world wide web for access on up to eight devices at a time. Other than swallowing a wireless hub, the laser printer also boasts Apple AirPrint along with HP’s ePrint and wireless direct for tether-free printing. Out in…

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Here Comes the First Real Alternative to iPhone and Android

As reported on Mashable. by Christopher Mims If you talk to enough people at the Finnish mobile startup Jolla, at some point it occurs to you that the company it most resembles is Apple. Not the Apple of today, which is basically a half-trillion-dollar supply chain with a design appendage, but Apple back when it was Steve Jobs obsessing over the creation of the Macintosh, which was radical in its focus on the user. In demos,…

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Social Networking Story

4 Huge Brands That Still Aren’t on Social Media

As reported on Mashable. by Todd Wasserman   It’s almost 2013 and it seems like the whole world is on Facebook and Twitter. That’s pretty much true, except for that stubborn 24% of adult Americans who still haven’t joined Facebook, and for the five brands listed below. Pretty much every other major brand is tweeting and providing updates to its fans on Facebook, even those you’d think wouldn’t bother, like Goldman Sachs and ExxonMobil. 1. Trader Joe’s The quirky, much-loved grocery…

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