Tesco To Start Introducing Face-Scanning Customized Ads At Its Gas Stations

If you have seen the movie Minority Report starring Tom Cruise, you might remember several scenes in the movie where a camera scans the eye of the person and will display advertisements that are relevant to said person. Well it looks like something similar will be happening over in the UK at Tesco, and if you're planning on shopping at Tesco anytime in the near future, this is an interesting feature you might want to check out.

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The Nexus 5's guts are spilled all over the place in this teardown

To say our fascination with what sits on the inside of devices is a bit weird wouldn't be unfair, but we're no less ashamed. While we're obviously not interested in taking part any of our own Nexus 5 devices here at Phandroid, we aren't going to look away if someone else decides to do it. iFixIt took yet another hit for the teardown team, giving folks a look at the inside of the device down to its barest components. Found inside the soft-touch chassis of the Nexus 5 is a very clean set of internals, all held together by a process that doesn't use much glue at all.

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Philips hue extends the possibilities to personalize light at home

GU10 spot light and BR30 downlight bulbs are available in Apple stores from November 5thEindhoven, The Netherlands – Philips welcomes new additions to the Philips hue smart lighting range today with GU10 spot lights, BR30 downlights and Philips and Disney Imaginative Lighting StoryLight for children’s bedrooms. The GU10 lamps broaden the experience to enjoy personalized light controlled from your smartphone or tablet. The new hue GU10 spot lights are suitable for recessed spot light fixtures with recess depth over 85mm, while the BR30 is popular in North American homes as a ceiling downlight or flood light.

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Network operators risk exposing customers to security risks in LTE rollout

Oakland, CA, November 5th 2013 – Many network operators are leaving themselves and customers open to security risks in the rush to deploy LTE networks and capture the new 4G market, according to Adax, an industry leader in high-performance mobile signaling infrastructure.With full integration of IPsec security infrastructure lagging behind LTE deployments, Adax warns that operators are failing to fully protect their new LTE networks due to the complexity and expense involved.Drew Sproul, Director, Marketing, Adax Inc, comments: “There are lots of all-singing, all-dancing security gateways on the market, but we’ve

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Don't worry, the wooden Moto X devices are still coming

We haven't heard much of those sweet wooden Moto X devices we fell in love with during the announcement (at least I did). Many of us have been wondering what's exactly going on with these options. Are they even coming. According to leak Guru @evleaks they are.
Our favorite tipster got a leaked image that proves the wooden Moto X options are still in the works. The Moto Maker screenshot shows us the 4 options – Teak, Ebony, Rosewood and Bamboo.


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Verizon Exclusive Lumia 929 Leaked In All Its Glory

Prior to Nokia World 2013, we heard rumors that apart from the Lumia 1520, Nokia might also announce the Lumia 929. The smartphone was said to have a 5 inch 1,920×1,080 display and it was said to be a Verizon exclusive. Nokia didn't announce the device at the event though, it is still not known when the Lumia 929 is going to be made official. We've seen the device in leaked pictures and even a video since then, but now it has been leaked in all its glory, seeing as how the folks at WPCentral have got their hands on high quality photos of an actual unit.

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BlackBerry Buyout Not Happening, Fairfax To Invest $1 Billion

On August 12, 2013 BlackBerry announced that it had formed a special committee to probe “strategic alternatives” to turn the company around, alternatives included seeking investments, forging alliances and even selling off the company. Fairfax Financial Holdings, currently the largest BlackBerry shareholder, submitted a non-binding buyout bid of $4.7 billion soon after that. Fairfax had until November 4th to finalize its bid after it had conducted due diligence, but as it stands right now, Prem Watsa's outfit is not going to take BlackBerry private.

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