Author: Michael Sitver

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Beats To Unveil New Gaming Headphones

According to recent patent filing, Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine’s Beats headphones, have designed, and are planning to unveil a pair of gaming headphones. The headphones appear to be based upon Beats’s popular studio headphones, with the same design elements, plus an added microphone for gaming. Beats already controls near 70% of the high-end headphone market, according to recent estimates, but gaming will be...

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Test yourself: Are you sleep-deprived?

We live in a 24 hour world. Work just can’t wait, and it may be leaving you dangerously lacking in sleep. Sleep makes you more alert and intelligent. Sleep has also been found to prevent diabetes, heart disease, and other nasty illnesses.  This video has been designed to tell you whether you’re sleep deprived. Take this test, to see if you’re dangerously low on sleep....

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A Devilish Twist on 2048

Well, you thought 2048 was as hard, and addictive as puzzle games got. You haven’t yet come across 16384. 16384 is 2048, except the board is four times larger. I’m talking about 64 slots to worry about, and 64 slots that you have to fill to lose. It’s a four-times bigger board, but whether it’s four times as fun? That’s up to you to...

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Skype Founder Jaan Tallinn on the Future of Medicine, and his new company

Today, I’m thrilled to share with you all my recent interview with the cofounder of Skype Jaan Tallinn. Today, he’s here to talk to us about his latest company though, Metamed, a high-tech medical startup that he cofounded, with backing by Peter Thiel, and his Venture Capital firm, Founder’s Fund. I met Jaan a few months ago at a conference, and after talking with him...

Applecare Pays for itself Three Times Over

This month has been a horrible one for my mac. Both the logic board, and the battery failed, and my charger broke down as well. But thanks to Apple’s fantastic extended warranty program – Applecare – my computer is better than ever, and it didn’t cost me a cent. Here’s the tale of my nightmare, and how Apple made it as painless as possible....