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Welcome to dendory's blog on cool new products and new innovations in technology.

Dendory is the pen name for Patrick Lambert, who is a freelance writer with 15 years experience in the technology industry. As a professional content creator, he has a lot of experience writing about technology, doing everything from building web sites along with writing articles for them. He writes for many sites and publications including CBS Interactive, TideArt, InfoSec Institute, Gear Live Media and more.

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Google I/O 2013 Summary

Google I/O is the yearly conference from Google where new developer features are introduced. This year, many new features and services have been shown. Here is a summary of them.

Create Android Apps With HTML, CSS, JavaScript

A new framework called Fries allow web developers to use their existing skills with HTML, CSS and JavaScript to create native Android apps without learning any native programming code.

Watch Bitcoin Mining Live With BitCam

With Bitcoin being so popular, it was only a matter of time before a live streaming webcam was setup to see coin mining in action, this one called the BitCam and set by the Wired crew.

Site Provides Status Of 196 Web APIs

Zapier has a new API status board that helps you keep track of almost 200 popular web services, giving you a central location to keep an eye on your cloud services, making sure your own web app does not go down without you knowing it.

How Star Wars Got Its Own Holiday

May the 4th is a very special day for those who are fans of Star Wars. Just like the common phrase in the movies "May the Force be with you", the phrase has since been adapted to "May the Fourth be with you", making this day into an international holiday for a movie IP.

Can Bitcoin Alternatives Save The Virtual Currency?

Bitcoin is not the only virtual currency out there. Between Litecoin, Ripple, Zerocoin and so on, which will be the virtual currency of the future? Is Bitcoin able to stay the course, and gain its value back?

The Web Is 20

20 years ago CERN created the World Wide Web. Now to celebrate, they are bringing back the original web pages at their original URLs for all to see, proof that no one knows how popular their inventions might become.

Google Glass Rooted

Google Glass has already been hacked by a well known iOS jailbreaker. By using an Android hack, 'Saurik' managed to get root access and modify the code.

Massive Amount Of Lithium Found In Wyoming

The new reserves of lithium found near Rock Springs could serve the entire needs of the US in batteries, reducing our needs to import the substance from overseas, and helping innovation in the industry.

Should Mobile Developers Focus On HTML5 Instead Of Native Apps?

Mobile is something any new business or web entrepreneur needs to look at. But should you focus on native apps for iOS, Android, and so on, or is it time to abandon them for HTML5 instead?