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Where My Ladies At: "Female Friendly" iPhone Apps!

GeekSugar — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:02:10 -0700

No matter how you want to slice it or dice it, at the end of the day, there are some things that women experience (ahem - menstrual cycles, pregnancy) that men will never have to endure in their lifetime. I've already touched on all my fave iPhone games and essential iPhone apps, but now it's time to round up the apps out there that are just for the ladies. So men, enter this slideshow at your own risk and ladies, you can find all these awesome apps in the iTunes App Store!

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Download of the Day: iOvulate Calculator

GeekSugar — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 11:00:35 -0800

If you are hoping for a little bundle of joy in nine months, the iOvulate calculator is an interesting software tool for aiding in pregnancy, and well, is just plain entertaining. This calculator will help you determine which days you are more fertile so you can achieve pregnancy, based on calculations of your menstrual cycles. Yeah, sorry guys, this one is for the ladies...but I dare you to download it and see what your IT guy says when he sees it on your dashboard.

Works for Mac. Share your own favorite downloads and widgets with me in the Download of the Day group, and tell my why you like them so I can feature them on geeksugar.com!

The Hills Tech Quiz: Episode 8, "Can't Always Get What You Want"

GeekSugar — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:19:49 -0800

All claws were out on last night's episode of The Hills as Jayde confronted Kristin about her relationship with Brody. Meanwhile, Heidi visited with a psychologist to share her future pregnancy woes. Now back to the geeky goodness – how well were you paying attention to the gadgets and tech talk? Because it's time to take our weekly Hills quiz!

Photos courtesy of MTV

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Daily Tech: Colorful Kindle 2 Protective Cases Emerge

GeekSugar — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:00:18 -0800

Wow, that was fast. A company called M-Edge has already whipped up some jackets for the Kindle 2. Prices start at $30. - CrunchGear
Do you have numerous duplicate email contacts in Gmail? Well here's a quick way to merge all of them into one. - Lifehacker
Kotaku takes an interesting look at pregnancy in video games throughout the years. - Kotaku
Learn how to make your very own batch of Space Invader cookies- the perfect treat for your sweetheart this Valentine's Day. - Unplggd
Read a thorough hands-on review about the Kindle 2 if you're wondering if it's worth the hefty price tag. - Cnet

Sergey Brin's Wife Shows Off Baby Bump and Talks About Her Invention of the Year

GeekSugar — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:03:11 -0800

I was just in the midst of catching up on my daily dose of Oprah on Friday, when who should appear on her Friday Live! episode, but Anne Wojcicki, the wife of Google co-founder Sergey Brin. Alongside her 23andMe co-founder Linda Avey, Wojcicki talked about her Retail DNA Test Kit, which was named Time's 2008 Invention of the Year. For only $399 (a price drop from $1000), you can now purchase one of these kits that are easy to use (you spit in a tube and send it back), and it will be shipped off to a lab where 600,000 genetic markers are read. Once the results are in, you will be notified by email and then you can log in to view your very own genome.

During the show, Oprah asked Anne if she was six months along in her pregnancy, to which she replied - "I'm nine!". She also explained that after testing her and Sergey's genetics, they realized that her unborn son has a 50 percent change of inheriting a high risk for Parkinson's disease.

I Iooked at Sergey's profile and I looked at me, and we saw that the child has a 50 percent (chance of being) lactose intolerant. Because of Sergey, the child has a very, very unlikely chance of having blue eyes.

Very exciting stuff indeed -personal DNA testing, baby Brin on the way. As much as I would love to know my entire genetic makeup, I can't help but wonder what the moral implications will be. Even though on May 1, President George W. Bush signed a bill that makes it illegal for health insurers and employers to deny coverage due to a potential genetic condition, I can't help but wonder if and when this could change.

Images Courtesy of Oprah.com

Would You Use the Internet For Sex Education?

GeekSugar — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:12:22 -0800

Jamie Lynn Spears's pregnancy at 16 is being splashed across the internet and tabloids. It is being blamed on her upbringing and her sister's influence - but what about the sex education that American teens are failing to get in school and at home? Whether it's abstinence-only education that certain states are getting, or just an inability to effectively reach people, something's wrong if teen birth rates are up for the first time in 15 years (according to the CDC). What we do know is that teens are online more and more, and the sex educators at the ongoing SexTech conference in San Francisco want to use that to their advantage, SF Gate reports. They want to use the internet for sex ed, more than the ability to Google info, by utlizing text messages, podcasts, and computer games to exploit the comfort of anonymity to get real information about sex into kids. I think this would be useful for teens and anyone needing to know something they are reticent to call their doctor up and ask. Would you use this?
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This Week On Geeksugar - Hello Kitty Fan Anyone?

GeekSugar — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 09:00:05 -0800

With the iPhone's release quickly approaching, it will be interesting to see what marketing schemes are used to increase its visibility so to speak. We've already seen the official Apple iPhone commercial but will we be seeing any images like this one I created (yes, that's right people it's FAKE) in magazines such as Stuff and FHM?
If you are hoping for a little bundle of joy in nine months, the iOvulate calculator is an interesting software tool for aiding in pregnancy, and well, is just plain entertaining. This calculator will help you determine which days you are more fertile so you can achieve pregnancy, based on calculations of your menstrual cycles. Yeah, sorry guys, this one is for the ladies...
Testing...camera one, camera two, back to camera one. The person who made this 360 degree camera must have wanted eyes on the back of their head, or they had a few too many disposal cameras to play with.
Remember when the VCR came out, then the DVD player and then the VCR/DVD combo player? Now there's the latest combo- the microwave and the flat panel LCD TV duo.
Have you ever wondered what geeks do to keep their physiques so hot? According to Buzzfeed, you too can unencrypt their secret to weight loss, without taking a single computer science course (unless, of course, you need some thinspo).

Jamie Foxx may be a ladies man, but by the looks of it he's also a tech man too! He was spotted heading to his 'Unpredictable' after-party in Toronto this past weekend with a whole lot of gadgets.
Now, the caffeine-craving masses can send a text message with the area's zip code to MYSBUX (or 697289), and a list of nearby Starbucks stores will pop back.
This month's Wired Magazine features a list of the best six geek bars in the US that can't be missed if you're a bar-going geek. You think pick up lines like "you make me want to upgrade my Tivo" and "by looking at you I can tell you're 36-25-36, which by the way are all perfect squares" work better in these places?
Sanrio, the experts of Hello Kitty gear, have just unveiled a new Hello Kitty electronic fan. In comparison to the girl holding it, I'm going to assume that this thing is ginormous!

Gossip Girl Tech Quiz: "The Thin Line Between Chuck and Nate" Episode

GeekSugar — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 05:30:27 -0800

Last night's "The Thin Line Between Chuck and Nate" episode of Gossip Girl featured reports of Serena van der Woodsen being pregnant because she was spotted buying a pregnancy test and some serious rumor filtration via cell phones. Were you paying attention to how many PDAs and laptops were flashed during the show? Take my quiz and find out! You can also test your GG beauty knowledge by taking Bella's quiz!

Photos courtesy of The CW

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