Firefox 25 now official with guest browsing on Android

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/10/29/firefox-25-now-official/

If you regularly share your Android gadgets with others, you'll be glad to hear that Mozilla has officially released Firefox 25. The finished web browser lets Android users run guest sessions, which hide personal info while friends borrow a device. Mobile surfers also get a mixed content blocker to prevent attacks on partially unencrypted websites. As for the desktop version? It's not getting quite as substantial an upgrade, although the software now supports advanced sound effects through Web Audio. Whichever Firefox client you prefer, you'll find your relevant update at one of the source links.

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Via: The Mozilla Blog

Source: Google Play, Mozilla

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CHART: Chip Kelly's Offense Has Not Revolutionized The NFL Because He Stopped Doing What Worked

Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-chip-kellys-offense-has-not-revolutionized-the-nfl-because-he-stopped-doing-what-worked-2013-10

One of the big storylines entering the 2013 season was how Chip Kelly's high-powered Oregon offense would translate to the NFL and whether it was going to change the game at the professional level. After an impressive win over Washington in week one, the Eagles have gone 2-5 and the offense is struggling to score points.

The biggest issue is that Kelly has either abandoned the running attack or other teams have stacked the line of scrimmage and are forcing the Eagles to throw the ball more. During Kelly's final season at Oregon, his offense averaged 81.4 plays per game. But more importantly, 64.7% of the offense was running plays.

In the Eagles' first game under Kelly, things looked a lot like Oregon with 77 offensive plays and 63.6% of those running plays. However, in the seven games since, the Eagles are averaging just 66.4 plays per game and they are running the ball just 41.5% of the time. Kelly needs to figure out how to get back to the running attack or his stint in the NFL will be a short one...

Data via Pro-Football-Reference.com

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Bullet-Stopping Cellphone Saves Gas Station Clerk Held at Gunpoint

Source: http://gizmodo.com/bullet-stopping-cellphone-saves-gas-station-clerk-held-1453962433

In what's some fantastic news for both HTC and anyone who keeps their cellphone in their shirt pocket, a Florida gas station attendant's life was saved when his dearly departed smartphone became a martyr during a recent holdup.

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A smartpen to rival Livescribe: the $150 Equil JOT that lets you use any paper

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/10/29/equil-jot/

While Livescribe's offerings might be popular among those who wish to marry their pen and paper habits with the digital world, the eponymous smartpen does require users to scribble their notes on Livescribe-approved dot paper. If you'd rather use your own precious Moleskines or all you have on hand is a water-stained cocktail napkin, you'd be out of luck. Equil has a solution to that, however, in the form of the JOT smartpen, which lets you use any paper you want.

The JOT system comprises two components: A Bluetooth receiver and the pen itself. Equil even provides a handy pen carrying case that houses both items together in a special magnetic smart cover similar to the one Apple sells for the iPad. Using a combination of "infrared rays and ultrasonic waves," the receiver is able to triangulate the position of the pen as long as it remains within line of sight. Don't worry about the sort of paper you use either, as you can easily calibrate it to fit any size surface with either the Equil Note or Equil Sketch app, both of which are free from the App Store. We should note that the Equil JOT only works with Apple devices with Bluetooth LE support, which includes hardware that runs iOS 5 and up plus OS X Lion or above.%Gallery-slideshow102349%

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Source: Equil, Equil Note (App Store), Equil Sketcb (App Store)

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Amazon's Matchbook service now live, works with over 70,000 books for $3 or less

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/10/29/amazon-matchbook-live/

Amazon's Matchbook service, which offers e-book versions of hard copies of books like Amazon's Autorip offers digital versions of physical music, is now live. The service supports over 70,000 books at launch with digital equivalents costing $3 or less. The service recognizes purchases from as far as 1995 (when Amazon first started selling books), and their digital versions come with all the bells and whistles readers have come to expect from the Kindle service: Whispersync, X-Ray and more. Of course, Amazon's promising that there's "more being added every day" to the list of available titles, so don't lose all hope if you don't see your favorite authors/publishers/etc. listed.

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Source: Amazon

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