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Amtrak boosts WiFi on select trains, more upgrades coming this summer -

There are plenty of wonderful things about train travel: the leg room, the scenery, the lack of security pat-downs. The WiFi, on the other hand, has long been the slowest thing about Amtrak. The company announced today that it's finally doing something about its frustratingly sluggish service, upgrading wireless on select trains, including the Acela express between Boston and Washington DC and a few California lines like the Capitol Corridor, Pacific Surfliner and San Joaquin. Travelers to other destinations will have to wait a bit longer for quicker load times -- Amtrak has promised that the rest of its WiFi-equipped trains will be upgraded by "late summer." Comments Via: Slashdot Source: The New York Times

Amazon has landed a deal with NBCUniversal.

Almost every other person on the internet will have posted an article online, either in their personal blogs or professional websites, even in Facebook and Tumblr! Some of you will often face the fact that the writing isn’t the best, often ending up using long and wordy sentences to describe somethings. I face this a lot of times and if we could somehow proofread our writings on our own. Current word processors like Microsoft Office Word, Apple iWork, etc are good, but not the ideal requirement. There are great tools, like Grammarly, that does the job but expensive. Slick Write fits the bill with neat tools for proofreading and statistics and it is totally free! SlickWrite is a web tool to proof read any text. It automatically checks for any grammar errors, excessive usage of adverb or passive voice and more. It also provides statistical analysis of the text on various factors such as number of adverbs, words in passive voice, even number of simple, compound and long sentences. Though it is nowhere near to a sound proofreading by an expert, the statistical analysis it provides is handy. Open up SlickWrite on a web browser and click on edit to paste any text you want to proofread. After you input any text, it can be 28,000 words long, click on “Proofread” to start the process. SlickWrite will process the text and leads you to the critique pane where it present you the same text with few words being highlighted in different colours. Hover over these highlighted words to see bubbles of information regarding the word(s) usage appear next to it. SlickWrite checks for cases where an adverb or passive voice might be used unnecessarily, a redundant phrase or wordy, misplaced conjunction and more. Click on any of these highlighted text to know see a description in the pane on the right.  Other than Critique pane, you can also check the “Structure” pane, which has similar highlighting on sentences, categorized into simple, complex or compound and long sentences. The “Flow” pane shows the graph of these sentences that appear in the text. The “Stats” section lets you view all the statistics of the structure of the text you have input. Other than the number of words, characters, sentences, it also shows number of adverbs, pronouns, uncommon words, percentage of passive voice usage, number of types of sentences and more. You can edit the text anytime by going to the edit page. Make sure you click on “Proofread” to start the process. Moreover SlickWrite lets you configure the proofreading options in the configure tab. Apart from the normal check on grammar and words, SlickWrite can also check forlanguage, biases, confusing/ambiguous words and various such options. Again you have to click on proofread button for this to take effect. SlickWrite is a great online tool for proofreading. It does not replace human proofreading, but it does half the job with various customizable options. Apart from the web, SlickWrite also has extensions for Chrome, Firefox, OpenOffice, even a WordPress Plugin. The interface is easy and has useful functions. Proofread Your Writing, Posts and Articles with the Free Tool – Slick Write originally published on Ampercent Related posts: Add Text and Voice Comments in Word 2007-Make Notes/Proofread PaperRater : Online Proofreading For Your Text Documents Write, Save And Publish, That’s All You Need To Share Your Poem WikiBhasha: Translate And Edit Wikipedia Articles in Your Own Language Evernote Clearly: A Distraction Free Reading Tool With A Difference

There will be many of us that don’t need or want to pay out a lot of money and own the latest and greatest smartphone device, but luckily there are still plenty of worthy options available that are priced competitively. Leading UK carrier Vodafone is now offering the Smart 3 that offers customers Android Jelly Bean on a budget via a value for money smartphone. This new version of the popular budget smartphone range from the company replaces the Ice Cream Sandwich running Smart 2, and is available to Pay monthly and Pay as you go customers. The handset features a great looking 4-inch WVGA Capacitive touchscreen display with a resolution of 480 x 800 that is powered by a single core processor clocked at 1GHz. It doesn’t stop there as the Vodafone Smart 3 features a 5-megapixel rear facing camera with auto focus and LED flash, and what will appeal to many would be consumers is the fact the device will come running the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean operating system. There is 512MB of RAM with 4GB of internal storage that can be expanded by another 32GB thanks to the microSD card support, and the camera is even capable of 720p video capture. This impressive device measures in at 123.2mm x 64.4mm x 10.9mm weighing only 136 grams, and comes in black or white colour options. Now for that all important pricing as the Smart 3 will only set Pay as you go customers back £95, or for pay monthly users the device is being offered for free on two year contracts as low as £13 per month. So if you are after a new Android smartphone that costs less the Vodafone Smart 3 is well worth a look. Head over to the official Vodafone website for more information or to pick up the Smart 3.

We all know Google Talk aka GTalk and GChat oh so well, and this is a highly popular instant messaging platform that we even use on a daily basis to keep in contact with business friends. Things have now changed and now Google Hangouts (replaces Talk) app is now available, but how will the fair with the likes of the new BBM app coming to Android and iOS. Google have now decided to revamp what was already good and reinvented Google Talk as Google Plus Hangouts, in a nutshell this basically combines the goodness of two popular platforms, the combination of Google Plus Messenger and Google Plus video Hangouts, but it does take away a few features of Google Talk. The new Google Hangouts app for Android and iOS as well as a Chrome-based app for desktops is now available, Google Talk as we know was pre-installed on Android Devices, we in fact installed IM+ Pro on our iPhone 5 and this works very well. Google Talk was not available as an app in Google Play, but now the Google Hangouts app is available to download and install. The new Google Hangouts app features group conversations, one-on-one chat, video calls for free, emoji and a new lease of life with photos. The good thing about the app is you can see when the other person is typing and if they have read your message. Google Hangouts does not support “invisible” status, the new app is all well and good but how will this compare with the new BBM app soon to be released on Android and iOS? BBM chat will release first on Android and iOS platforms, soon after will come BBM Channels, BBM Video and BBM Voice, we know BlackBerry is losing ground but BlackBerry Messenger is highly popular and will be most welcome on other platforms. If you wish to try out the Google Hangouts app please visit Google Play or the App Store. Would you rather use BBM or Google Hangouts app on Android or iOS?

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In this episode, we talk about Bioshock Infinite, Black Ops 2, the Fuse Demo, the Upcoming Xbox Reveal, Microsoft Killing MS Points, EA Ending Online Passes, Side Effects, Mad Men, the Survivor Finale, the NBA and NHL Playoffs, the 2013 Kate Upton Invitational, We Answer Your Listener Mail and More! [MP3] Direct Download [iTunes] Subscribe [RSS] Subscribe Just for Fun: Fuse’s Old Overstrike Look

I am constantly impressed by indie productions that honestly have no business being indie. You know, things of such scope and ambition that they make many triple-A behemoths look like whimpering, glitz-and-glamour-drowned mice. But they also worry me. I look at them and say, “Oh wow, that’s being built from the ground-up by a two-person team? Goodness. There is no way.” Often, the results end up being mixed bags of wonderful intentions and rocky realities. Cases in point: Miasmata, 3079, Anna, etc, etc, etc. It’s with a similar combo of stomach butterflies and stomach acid that I approach Frontiers. It looks like a more laid-back, exploration-and-survival-focused Morrowind, but can a small team really give something so massive the meticulous care it deserves? Fingers crossed. Trailer after the break. (more…)