Ecuador earthquake: US carriers offering free call/text services to the country

In the wake of the devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit Ecuador this past weekend, killing around 250 (the number may still go up), several of the major US carriers have announced free call/text services to the South American country.

The list currently includes T-Mobile, Sprint, and AT&T. While the former’s offer runs through Sunday, April 24, the latter two are offering free call/message services until April 23 and April 22, respectively.

Carrier subsidiaries like MetroPCS, GoSmart Mobile, WalMart Family Mobile, Boost Mobile, and Virgin Mobile USA are also…

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Five Ways Cloud-Based CPQ Increases Sales Effectiveness And Drives Up CRM Adoption

83% of companies surveyed are using Configure-Price-Quote (CPQ) apps today.
80% of companies have adopted a CRM system, and a large majority has deployed tools across the entire sales process.
The most successful CPQ strategies enable business goals, priorities, and strategies to succeed.

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El nuevo Intel Apollo Lake traerá equipos más delgados y a buen precio

Los actuales Intel Atom suponen una solución bastante interesante para aquellos que busquen un equipo a buen precio y con buenas prestaciones. Sin embargo, la sensación final no se aleja de lo que llega a ser un equipo barato, con diseños…

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MicFlip Reversible microUSB cable review

The dawn of the microUSB may be upon us, but it still has a few years before it’s properly phased out. While the USB Type-C allows reversible plugs, it’s yet to be come the most popular, let alone the only standard.

Many new smartphones, among other gadgets, available today on the market still prefer the microUSB plugs either to maintain backwards compatibility or simply because it’s a smaller plug. Just look at the Galaxy S7 series.

And we all know the inconvenience of trying to plug a microUSB cable the wrong way. Best case scenario – it’s annoying. Worst case – you can irreversibly…

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Watch Carbon Nanotubes Assemble Themselves Using Force Fields


Watch Carbon Nanotubes Assemble Themselves Using Force Fields
Rice University researchers have made an enormous breakthrough using carbon nanotubes: they’ve built tiny, microscopic structures that can automatically assemble themselves into different shapes. We know it’s science, but it looks like art.

April 17, 2016 at 05:20PM
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A passenger plane may have collided with a drone for the first time


A passenger plane may have collided with a drone for the first time
Metropolitan Police in London are investigating a possible midair collision between a passenger jet on approach to Heathrow Airport in London and a drone. It would be the first time that an airplane from a major airline has actually collided with a drone.

April 17, 2016 at 04:54PM
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