Thursday, February 28, 2013
Live Out Your Gambit Fantasies With a Set of Sharpened Steel Throwing Cards
?In The Studio,? Skillshare?s Michael Karnjanaprakorn Talks Platforms And Marketplaces
"In the Studio" welcomes a first-time founder with a diverse set of experiences -- ranging from economics to advertising, from product management to design, and from startup CEO to advisor of a venture capital firm -- who now is at the helm of one of the most interesting online education startups on the web today.Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/zdAfnN471BY/
Daily Crunch: About Face
Here are some of yesterday’s Gadgets stories: ?Nanopower? Shoes Could Generate 20W Of Electricity During Walking Create A Twisted Dreamscape Of Screaming Skulls With These DIY Animatronics Scandy: Yet Another Pointless Smartphone Stand Bloody Thursday: Google Deadpools All Slide Products Except One Leaked Borderlands 2 Video Shows A Familiar Interface, Gun GrenadesSource: http://techcrunch.com/2011/08/26/daily-crunch-about-face/
The Soccket Is An Electricity-Generating Soccer Ball For The Developing World
We?re positively sure no one ever in the history of the world looked at a soccer ball and thought of it as anything more than just a soccer ball. That?s why we?re a little astounded at SOCCKET, just a normal soccer ball... that also doubles as a portable generator. It?s pretty ingenious. You take SOCCKET and play around with it just as you would with an ordinary soccer ball. Dribble, score some goals, take a few good-natured kicks aimed at people?s heads. Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/IAMdSikUosY/
HP Revives Its Tablet Strategy With a New Slate
HP, battered by its previous forays into the tablet category, tried again Monday with its announcement of a new 7-inch Android tablet, the HP Slate 7, at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The device will be available in April for $169. The company's previous tries at tablet devices -- and mobile operating systems -- have landed with loud thuds in the marketplace.
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Track your workouts with Fitness Buddy : 1700+ Exercise Workout Journal
Fitness Buddy is an exercise journal for iPhone and iPad that will make it easy for you to track your workouts. It includes over 1700 unique exercises including for all major equipments like barbell, ez curl bar, dumbbells, kettlebells, resistance bands, and stability balls. Fitness Buddy is also equipped with over 1000 HD videos that you can download to learn how to properly do your exercises.
In addition to all the exercises with photos and animations, Fitness Buddy also includes over 75 different exercise routines specific to your goals (build big chest, tone butt, lose weight, etc), your equipment (resistance bands, kettlebells, bodyweight only, etc), ones specific for women, as well as the ability to build your own routines.
Unfortunately, Fitness Buddy does not yet support the iPhone 5's larger screen. Regardless, many people, including our very own iMore readers, swear by it. If you pick this one up, let us know what you think! Or if you prefer a different app, let us know that too.
As you track your exercises, Fitness Buddy with graphically represent your progress with beautiful graphs.
And don't forget, it's Mobile Nations fitness month and we're giving away tons of great prizes!
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Celebrate Traditional Woodworking With a Joinery Poster
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Wednesday, February 27, 2013
J.Viewz: Teardrop
Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/nR8-RwLu2ow/how-to-play-teardrop-using-fresh-vegetables
Valve has released Steam for Linux
Hooray! �Valve has finally released the popular gaming platform, Steam, for Linux users.�Right now it’s only supported under Ubuntu�12.04 or 12.10, using the Unity, Gnome or KDE desktop environments. �Steams says that more Linux distributions will be fully supported if/when time permits. �Perhaps they will include other popular distributions such as LinuxMint (a fork of [...]
Source: http://the-gadgeteer.com/2013/02/23/valve-has-released-steam-for-linux/
Staples begins selling Apple accessories
Everyone's favorite office depot, Staples, has started selling Apple accessories. Covering a wide range of products, items such as iPad Smart Covers, Airport Base Stations, and Apple TVs can be found on the their online store.
Staples is also offering various power adapters and cables, along with headphones and the Nike+ iPod sensor and kit. Staples has sold Apple products internationally for some time, but this is the first time they have done so in the U.S. These items have yet to show up in physical Staples locations, but with this new partnership in place, it can only be a matter of time before they do.
Anyone going to find buying Apple gear at Staples easier or more convenient than going to an Apple Store or existing partner, like Best Buy?
Source: Staples
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Sony's Xperia Tablet Z Can Really Make a Splash
Sony introduced the Xperia Tablet Z on Monday, touting its thin form factor and powerful components at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Sony has been in the tablet market since 2011, when it introduced the Android-powered Tablet S, but the company now seems to be making a more serious play.
Balance is a challenging mouse-based physics game
Balance takes that ingrained bit of knowledge and cancels it out. Suddenly your cursor (a blue dot) is solid - and if it touches the blue block, it pushes it around.
Your job is to use your cursor to nudge the blue block over to the orange block. You will have to push it, lift it and even flip it on its side, and then balance it. It's a very tricky game - one I wouldn't recommend tackling with a laptop trackpad.
Still, if you have a mouse and a hankering for a little physics gameplay, this is a cute little game. I like how the blue block never stops smiling, it makes me feel better about the world.
Balance is a challenging mouse-based physics game originally appeared on Download Squad on Thu, 10 Mar 2011 18:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Source: http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2011/03/10/balance-is-a-challenging-mouse-based-physics-game/
How The iPad Keeps You Connected with Wi-Fi or 3G
Apple have done a great job of marketing their iPad device. Their strategies have gone a long way in convincing consumers that the device is the best on the market when it comes to browsing the Web or watching online streaming videos. The same can be said of connecting with friends via any social networking services according to the manufacturers. These claims are backed up with some very sophisticated apps, features and services. The overall opinion of many industry pundits [...]
Source: http://tabletbuzzblog.com/how-the-ipad-keeps-you-connected-with-wi-fi-or-3g/
Windows 8 now available to OEMs via Microsoft Connect
Select Microsoft Connect partners -- major players like HP -- have been given their first taste of Windows 8. According to various sources, the build string currently sits at 7971.0.110324-1900, which is the third milestone build of the successor to Windows 7.So far, there haven't been many details revealed about Windows 8. An actual System Restore -- which is being referred to as History Vault -- has been reported, and the feature will allow users and administrators to completely roll back a system to a previous state. A factory reset option is also said to be included.
We've also seen Windows Live integration taking shape on the desktop. It's believed that you'll be able to log in to Windows 8 using your Windows Live credentials, not just a traditional offline Windows username and password.
All that's left now is for a leaked Windows 8 build to show up on a torrent site. Feel free to tip us if you see that happen.
Windows 8 now available to OEMs via Microsoft Connect originally appeared on Download Squad on Thu, 31 Mar 2011 08:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Hands-on with the Lenovo K900
At CES in January Lenovo unveiled the K900, a high-end, big-screen smartphone aimed at the Chinese market. And at Mobile World Congress this week, the manufacturer gave us a closer look at this dual-core, Intel-powered beast.
At 5.5 inches diagonally, the K900 dwarfs even the Galaxy Note 2, and like other devices in this half phone space, half tablet it's easy to see how this might not be ideal for every smartphone buyer. But the overall design is attractive enough, with a metallic chassis and squared-off edges. On the front is a 1080p display, which looks about as sharp and clear as you'd expect. On the inside, Intel's Clovertrail+ -- a dual-core, HyperThreaded CPU -- provides enough horsepower to keep things running smoothly, and around the back is a 13MP Sony Exmor R camera with f/1.8 aperture. On the hardware side, we came away pretty impressed.
The K900 is running Android 4.2 Jelly Bean, along with Lenovo's own software layer software, and although it's great to see 4.2 finally rolling out to devices, the manufacturer's UI customizations leave something to be desired. Visual gimmicks such as a rotating cylindrical app drawer persist, and the sleek minimalism of stock Android has been replaced by cartoonish buttons and a lack of overall visual cohesion.
Lenovo is a relative newcomer to the smartphone market, and like many in the early days, they're doing better in terms of hardware than they are software. Nevertheless, our brief time with the K900 has our interest piqued, and we'll be keeping a watchful eye on what's next from the manufacturer.
We've got more photos and your first hands-on video after the break.
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This Bluetooth keyboard case is also a backup battery for your iPad
Bluetooth keyboard cases for iPads are everywhere. �It seems almost everybody sells one, and they’re all pretty much the same except for how the exterior of the case looks. �The Cooper Kai Skel case for iPad is a bit different from the rest. �It has a polycarbonate case with a brushed aluminum look instead of [...]
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SK Telecom's Atti learning robot hands-on (video)
SK Telecom was at Mobile World Conference last year with some early concepts of a learning robot -- aka, angry Beaker with a top hat -- which seems to have led to this year's final product: Atti. Atti is Korean for buddy or friend and judging by how he (or she?) and Brad got along we'd suggest robo is aptly named. Using a phone snapped into the top of the head, the robot reacts to your interaction with it via camera and a wand attachment that sits in Atti's hand while not in use. Educational games are another focus here using Qualcomm's Vuforia tech allowing youngsters to point the handset at printed words and get tips on pronunciation, multimedia examples and the like.
Atti was developed with the help of the Utah State University to help develop the edutainment content and expects to see this hit retail in overseas markets sometime in the first half of the year. Unfortunately we didn't have any preschoolers on hand so we used our own Brad Molen to put Atti through its paces. The end result? Brad nails a high score and gets a star. Video and gallery are just below the fold.
Filed under: Cellphones, Gaming
Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/02/26/sk-telecoms-atti-learning-robot-hands-on-video/
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