June 19, 2013

Oregon - News


Google Distributes First NFC-Equipped Google Places Hotpot

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Google has  announced that it will be starting its first local rollout of Hotpot, the Google Places recommendation/rating engine, in Portland, Oregon. Google is sending out kits, complete with window decals, to businesses around Portland. The businesses can set up the kit, set up an info page on Google Places, and slap the decal on [...]

Solar Flare 2010 – Solar Flare Storm or Solar Tsunami to Hit Earth

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Sunday, August 1 a solar flares storm began and triggered a coronal mass ejection, and it is expected to hit the earth Tuesday and Wednesday night, August 3 and 4, 2010 and light up the northern skies. Northern states (Oregon, Montana, North Dakota, etc.) in the US should be able to see the lights in [...]

Shoot HD Movies in Underwater using Oregon Scientific ATC9K

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Oregon Scientific Company prepares to release a video camera ATC9K HD Action Camera, designed for underwater photography. New products that can operate at depths up to 20 meters, is able to record video with a resolution of 1920 × 1080 pixels (Full HD) and make 5-megapixel photos. This gadget is endowed with a GPS-receiver (with [...]