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How To Take The Best Skiing Photos Using Just Your Smartphone

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Sure, ski days are the greatest, but what makes them even better is getting some amazing photos on your smartphone to impress your friends with later. However, all too often you know that you hit an epic jump, but when you pull out your phone later it just looks like a blurry mess. Thankfully, smartphone cameras have gotten better and better, […]

Lucy Ferneyhough | September 29, 2022
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what3words: A Simplified and Possible Lifesaving Location App

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The smartphone app, what3words, can pinpoint a location using three randomly assigned words. The developers of the app divided the world into 57 trillion squares, each square measuring 10ft by 10ft (3m by 3m). Every square was then assigned its own three-word address. For example, the three-word address for Mount Shasta’s summit is ‘clued.speakers.amount’. The app is already being used in […]

Taliana Potts | August 21, 2019
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Turn Your Smartphone Into A Satellite Messenger With BivyStick

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Jenah MacGrain | July 8, 2018
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7 Free Ski Apps You Must Have This Winter

When we put our boots on, we disconnect from everything around us. We fail to keep an eye on our watches, we turn our cell-phones off, and we begin to enjoy the snow under our skis. However, there are several free smartphone apps that will really improve our experience on the mountain, without taking away that fresh spirit of freedom […]

Matias Ricci | December 15, 2015
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