Boston Parking Garages Near North End Attractions and TD Garden

Boston parking garages near North End attractions, Quincy Market, Faneuil Hall, TD Garden, and the Aquarium are life-savers if you must drive and park in this part of the city. If you've ever tried to find on-the-street parking in this part of the city, you know how scarce it is.



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Re-watch your commute from the comfort of your couch with the 6 best dash cams

Though not the most popular car accessory on the market, dash cams have always shown to benefit its users in many ways. Whether you need video footage for a ticket or car accident dispute, or simply hope to offhandedly capture the next YouTube sensation, a dash cam is often the right tool for job.



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ZIP Lookup Provides Cultural Information for Different ZIP Codes

If you're planning to make a move to a new area or city soon, it might be a good idea to know what the area is like. ZIP Lookup gives you detailed descriptions of the types of people and cultural lifestyles you'll find within each ZIP code.



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3D Printing Revealed As Major Technology Behind Guardians of the Galaxy’s Costumes and Props

If you haven’t seen this year’s summer blockbuster Guardians of the Galaxy, then you are missing out. Based on Marvel Comics’ superhero team, and produced by Marvel Studios, the movie starring Chris Pratt, has brought in a staggering $752 million at the box office.



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IRL: The OnePlus One is everything my iPhone wasn't

After last month's iPhone event, I was disappointed -- I realized the iPhone 6 and its "Plus" sibling were still catching up to Android in a lot of ways. Regardless, the devoted iPhone fan in me still pre-ordered an iPhone 6 a few days later, in the wee hours of September 12th.



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Headless Ghost HDMI Display Emulator Looks Useful, At Least For Some

Despite the name, the Headless Ghost HDMI Display Emulator isn’t some kind of Halloween prop. It’s a tiny HDMI dongle that mimics a display and fools a computer into thinking it’s connected to one.



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Simple paper 'litmus' test detects disease, infection

A bandage that changes colour if a wound turns septic, environmental sensors or even cheap, portable tests for infectious diseases such as ebola could be a reality in the near future, thanks to a technique that allows simple DNA tests to be printed onto paper.



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Harvard cracks DNA storage, crams 700 terabytes of data into a single gram

A bioengineer and geneticist at Harvard’s Wyss Institute have successfully stored 5.5 petabits of data — around 700 terabytes — in a single gram of DNA, smashing the previous DNA data density record by a thousand times.



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CurrentC won’t let email hack delay launch as it explores NFC

People interested in checking out CurrentC, the mobile payment app from a retailers group that includes Walmart, Best Buy, and other major brands, signed up for the app’s email list to get advance news about the launch.



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What It's like to Walk through NYC as a Woman

This is 10 hours of walking in NYC as a woman compiled in a 2-minute video. Street harassment is real folks and its not pretty.



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This Could Be The Reason Why Apple Didn't Name Its Smartwatch The 'iWatch'

In the run-up to the launch of the Apple Watch, many expected the wearable to be treated to the “iWatch” moniker, but while we now know this will not be the case, the owner of the iWatch trademark in Europe is looking to diversify its business to include – yep – smartwatches.



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Daily Picdump

Don't forget to view the Morning Picdump.



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Terminator Genisys – First Look at Cast

Entertainment Weekly has an upcoming feature which offers fans the first look at the Terminator Genisys cast in character.



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Great apps every iPad Air 2 owner should download right now!

If you own an iPad Air 2, the first thing you'll want to do is load up on great apps that take advantage of the all new A8X processor, Touch ID sensor, updated camera, and more.



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Fireball whiskey contains an antifreeze ingredient

Fireball is a ragingly popular, sickly sweet elixir that's taken America by storm. Fireball is also made with propylene glycol, a common ingredient in some antifreezes. That's an unsettling fact, so unsettling that Norway, Sweden, and Finland just recalled the booze.



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A battery startup no one has heard of says it’s building a billion-dollar factory in North Carolina

There are a few reasons why startups try to make a big splash in the press: they’re ready to start selling their product, they’re looking for partners or customers to test the product or they want to raise money.



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The Future of Fraud

When I started 41st Parameter more than a decade ago, I had a sense of what fraud was all about. I’d spent several years dealing with fraud while at VeriSign and American Express. As I considered the problem, I realized that fraud was something that could never be fully prevented.



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This Website Lets You Stream Any Torrent With Just a Link

A website called Joker lets you stream torrent files from your browser without downloading the whole thing. This means everybody who downloads Game of Thrones will an even shorter wait period between the show airing and finding out where Daenerys put those dragons.



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In-depth look at CurrentC and the personal data they want to collect

Just as quickly as CurrentC popped into the limelight, questions arose around the companies intentions. Even though I don't have an invite for CurrentC's invite-only mobile payments and loyalty rewards system, I decided to take a look.



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Google Now Lets You Make Free One Minute International Calls

Need to make an international phone call, but don’t want to deal with the mystery connection fees and huge minute-by-minute charges? Google has just quietly launched a rather nifty new feature: free international calling to 25 different countries through Hangouts/Gmail/Google+.



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New in OS X Yosemite: iCloud Drive

iCloud Drive is a new integrated cloud storage solution for Apple devices. It’s available on both iOS devices running iOS 8, and Macs with OS X Yosemite installed. The big difference with iCloud Drive as compared to previous implementations of iCloud, is that a).



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How to use AirDrop between OS X Yosemite and iOS 8

AirDrop is a file transmission tool that first debuted in OS X Lion. Prior to iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite, the AirDrop protocols between Mac and iOS were not compatible.



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U.S. used 1,000 Nazis as anti-Soviet ‘assets’ in Cold War, records reveal Add to ...

In the decades after the Second World War, the CIA and other United States agencies employed at least a thousand Nazis as Cold War spies and informants and, as recently as the 1990s, concealed the government’s ties to some still living in America, newly disclosed records and interviews show.



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Samsung Galaxy Note Edge review

Samsung’s wild Galaxy Note Edge is a tiny step toward that eventuality. The screen’s glass remains firm and immovable, of course, but it protects a flexible OLED display that curves around the side of the device.



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Page reorg memo : new Google structure is “scalable, focused and enables fast decision making” (Rolfe Winkler/Wall Street Journal)

Enter Techmeme snapshot date and time:



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Color-Correcting a 30-Second Beauty Ad Is Unbelievably Complex

When it comes to post-production, it's usually the visual effects artists who bring impossible characters to life that get all the attention, not the digital artists responsible for color-correction.



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Top 13 Films To Watch With the Lights Off on Halloween

Halloween is looming and we’ve all got our costumes picked out (I’m going to be Heisenberg!) But prepping for the big day includes throwing on some great horror and dimming the lights. Here’s the Top 13 Films to Watch With the Lights Off on Halloween.



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Dominos Understands Hangovers

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Solid Concepts Announces Another 3D-Printed Metal Gun

Solid Concepts, a company that specializes in 3D printing in metal and now owned by Stratasys, as announced their second 3D-printed metal gun, the Reason. Their first gun, the 1911, as well as this one were made by sintering – melting – metal powder with a laser.



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Comikaze Expo 2014: Stan Lee and Other Iconic Figures Become Garbage Pail Kids

This coming Friday is not only Halloween but it’s also the start of Stan Lee’s 4th annual Comikaze Expo, and the legendary comic book icon is undergoing a fun makeover for the event. Yes, Stan Lee is becoming a Garbage Pail Kid, and he’s not the only one.



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Apple Looking To Expand NFC Use Far Beyond Apple Pay

At the moment, Apple’s inclusion of NFC in the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus only serves one purpose: Apple Pay. Unfortunately, Apple wasn’t very keen to use NFC for much else, which means you either use it for its mobile payment service, or you don’t at all.



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Snowden document isn’t proof of telco-spy deal, says UK agency as it squashes privacy complaint

Last year the campaign group Privacy International tried to complain to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) about telecoms companies – such as BT and Vodafone – being over-helpful to the British spy agency GCHQ in its mass surveillance efforts.



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Why Rite Aid and CVS Stopped Taking Apple Pay

The introduction of Apple Pay last Monday was widely described as the dawn of a new era for smartphone payments.



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This Video Series Explains How The Economy Works in Simple Terms

Many of us don't pay much attention to how the economy works, because it seems confusing and difficult to understand. But it affects us, so it's good to at least know the basics. A new film series explains how the economy works in a simple, entertaining way.



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OK Go's New Video Is a Spectacular Self-Balancing Unicycle Ride

How do you make an OK Go video even more fun than ever? Give the guys Honda's crazy self-balancing unicycle is how. This new video, for the single I Won't Let You Down, was shot in Japan recently, with more than a little help from Honda.



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The USPS Studies Potential Income Growth Posed by 3D Printing Industry

“As 3D printing democratizes production and design, it could become a fierce engine of economic growth and job creation.



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How to fix the four most annoying quirks of Yosemite

OS X 10.10 Yosemite is out, and, while there aren’t many surprises in the interface—which Apple has been showing off since June—users are getting their first tastes of the new look and new features.



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Investigating the science in Christopher Nolan's 'Interstellar'

Even the most well respected filmmakers have been known to bend the truth a bit when it comes to depicting science on the silver screen, throwing accuracy to the wind in favor of trivialities like "plot" and "drama." We kid, of course.



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Portable App Directory

The Portable App Directory™ and Portable App Marketplace™ list free open source software and freeware portable apps. As always, the PortableApps.com Platform, menu, backup utility, launchers, installer, format and other utilities are open source and free!



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The Sobering Facts About Egg Freezing That Nobody’s Talking About

A self-proclaimed geek friend once described Silicon Valley as a place where instead of going to the movies to watch a film, everyone takes a seat in the theater and turns around to look at the projector.



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Abrams: There’s no business like pet business

I am certainly not alone. Americans will spend more than $350 million (that’s a third of a billion) on pet costumes in 2014. A pumpkin is the favorite costume of choice, closely followed by “hot dog,” the National Retail Federation reports.



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The Fire Phone Is Officially a Failure

Amazon’s Fire phone now only costs $1 if you buy it with a 2-year AT&T contract. When it launched a few months ago, it was $199. If only it had been priced at $1 when it launched in July, perhaps it wouldn’t have been such a failure.



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Find Fun Halloween Pet Costumes, Cat Costumes and Dog Costumes at Petco.com!

Autumn air and the changing of the leaves tell us that Halloween is fast approaching, and soon ghoulies and ghosties will walk our neighborhoods looking for treats.



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Continuity Activation Tool enables Handoff/Instant Hotspot/AirDrop features on unsupported Macs

Apple decided not to support all Bluetooth 4.0 capable Macs for its new Continuity features in OS X Yosemite for undisclosed reasons, but it is possible to get the feature up and running on some older, unsupported Macs.



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Troubleshoot iCloud Photo Library: How to sync images from your computer or iPhoto

Apple has long had trouble balancing its iCloud sync service with manual iTunes syncing, to no one's surprise. Sync is hard, and when you offer users multiple ways to put data on their devices, something's bound to get borked in the process.



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List of banks that will support Apple Pay in coming weeks/months

Visa has published a list of banks and financial institutions that will support Apple Pay in the United States ‘in the coming weeks’, while Mastercard has it’s own list of supported banks arriving in the coming months.



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Google plans to make a component store for its modular phone

Project Ara is surely one of the most exciting things Google is working on right now -- at least from the ones we're aware of. Better yet, given how young it is, chances are it will only keep getting better and more interesting.



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Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis: Brad Pitt

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The Dog Whisperer

In April 1917, in Villers-Bretonneux, northern France, war was raging. The Germans were advancing on the British; a small brigade of Australian soldiers had emerged from the trenches repeatedly to push them back.



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Games industry veterans bring custom, 3D printed minis to life

When Joshua Bennett went shopping for Christmas gifts for his Dungeons & Dragons tabletop roleplaying group he wanted to find miniatures that accurately represented players’ characters at the table.



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