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Routers are pretty boring to write about, but every once in a while I’ll make an exception, as is the case with the newVilo mesh Wi-Fisystem. Why? Because it’s dirt cheap and stupidly simple to set up — and I mean that in the best way possible. Each access point costs $20 bucks ($28 with shipping), and each individual unit is rated for coverage up to 1,500 square feet. The company sells the units individually, or as a 3-pack of units ($69 with shipping) that are automatically paired with one another....

Vimeo, the popular video sharing service, has just announced the availability of itsofficial iPhone appon the App Store. Available for the iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 with iOS 4.0 or later, the app brings most of the functionality from the website right to your palm. You can browse through and watch all your existing videos and even download them to your camera roll or upload videos you’ve shot using the phone....

Mercedes-Benzunveileda wildelectric show car: Project Maybach. And apart from its striking appearance, the vehicle also has sentimental value. The car was co-designed by the late fashion designer Virgil Abloh. To honor his memory, it was put on display at the Rubell Museum in Miami between December 1 and 2. Abloh worked together with the automaker’s chief design officer Gorden Wagener to develop a new design language for Mercedes-Maybach’s luxury identity....

Big brands like Virgin are really starting to get the hang of Google+ and social media. In a recent blog post by Virgin Group Founder Richard Branson, he discussed his use ofsocial interactions via Google+, noting how easily he was able to share his experience well beyond his laptop. Branson also noted how impressed he was after attending the annual Google Zeitgeist in Scottsdale, Arizona where he and a few others learned the ins and outs of great minds transforming their lives with everything from pencils and handheld cameras to robots and social media....

Magnetic floating pods traveling through a series of tubes sound like a scene from sci-fi movies, right? But what if they could be used for mass transport? The American transport tech company Virgin Hyperloop expects to make it happen by 2027,co-founder and Chief Executive Josh Giegel toldReuters. The company is developing tech for passenger pods that will reach a speedup to 1,200 kilometers through almost air-free vacuum tunnels using magnetic levitation....