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Microsoft Releases New Keyboard for Android Wear‏
It looks like Microsoft’s smartwatch project is good few years away, with the company launching a new keyboard for Android Wear. This is after Satya Nadella cancelled all of Nokia’s Android devices, looking to keep the focus on Windows Phone. The Android Wear keyboard will let users write the... Read more
Defense Distributed Selling 3D Printed Ghost Gunner Semi-Automatic Rifle
Cody Wilson is the man behind the world’s first fully 3D-printed handgun and is the founder of the organization Defense Distributed.  He is now selling a machine priced at $1,299, which could make semi-automatic weapons that are untraceable. Wilson is calling it “The Ghost Gunner.” This rifle could be made... Read more
New Moto 360 Update Doubles Battery Life‏
Out of all the Android Wear smartwatches, the Moto 360 has been by far the most well received. The circular display and premium build differentiate from the LG G Watch and Samsung Gear Live, less interesting options. One of the biggest complaints on the Moto 360 is the battery... Read more
Xbox One Gets Plex

Xbox One Gets Plex

GamingNews October 9, 2014

Plex has a massive fan base. In fact, it’s huge, mainly due to Plex’s powerful and versatile streaming media capabilities.  Doubtless you will have a few video files that are knocking about on your computer and with Plex you’ve got a reasonable chance that Plex will be able to... Read more
Probably the Smartest Beer Mats in the World
The Danish brewer Carlsberg is introducing what they are saying is the world’s first ‘digital beer mat’.  Carlsberg has sent out NFC-enabled beer mats to over 200 pubs and bars in Denmark.  The aim is to support their Crowdit lifestyle app.  The app keeps users updated on the local... Read more
Drone Captures Insane Video of Volcano Erupting!
While it’ll likely never happen safely, I’ve always wanted to witness a volcano erupting. Luckily, even when we can’t physically witness something, we live in the day and age when technology is able to come to our rescue time and time again. With the advent of drone technology, we’ve... Read more
Amazon Announces Kindle Voyage as the Next E-Reader Line
Amazon has announced the next step in the Kindle e-reader, named the Kindle Voyage. The successor to the Kindle Paperwhite, the Voyage comes with a few new features and a much clearer display, at 300PPI, it is the best e-reader display on the market. In the past year, Amazon... Read more
‘Teleport’ Your Kisses to A Long-Distance Lover
Are you in a long distance relationship?  Meet the Kissenger (short for kiss messenger).  It allows lovers to send kisses when they are far away from each other. Author of 5 Ways Love Affects the Brain, Hoorman Samani and creator of the Kissenger says: ”It is mostly a symbolic... Read more
Nixie: A Selfie Boomerang Drone That Attaches To Your Wrist
We’ve all had moments when it would’ve been great if we could’ve taken a selfie, but for whatever reason, we couldn’t get to our phone in time, and the moment passed. Sometimes it’s no problem at all to take a selfie, and other times, say when you’re hanging off... Read more
IS Camera Roll Coming Back With iOS 8.1?
Among other complaints surrounding the new iPhone 6’s and that first iOS 8.0.1 update, it seems like a lot of people were upset because the “camera roll” was removed from the photos app. As many of you already know, the camera roll was where you could go to see... Read more
Google Project Ara Allows Interchangeable Parts Whilst Being Used
Google’s first modular smartphone, Project Ara, will use a modified version of Google’s Android L operating system and is expected to be out in January 2015. Google is keeping their cards pretty close to their chest on this one. Although limited information is known regarding the final device, it’s just come to... Read more
Study Shows That Half Of Us Use Damaged Phones
I am known for taking meticulous care of my smartphone. It is rare indeed when my iPhone is out of it’s protective case, and in those times, I make sure it’s not over the toilet or over an area where it would break were it to fall to the... Read more
iPhone 6 Bending Not As Common As You Think…
If you’ve had the news on at all since the release if the iPhone 6 and its big brother the iPhone 6 Plus, you’ve no doubt heard about all of the flack Apple seems to be catching over problems with the devices. First, there was the massive problem with... Read more
Woman Gets DUI While Using Smartphone To Order Pizza
There’s never a good reason to drink and drive, and there’s usually never a good enough reason to use an app on your smartphone while you’re behind the wheel. There’s enough going on on the road to worry about what someone said in a text message or in an... Read more
Happy 18th Birthday Nintendo 64!
Man, don’t I feel old. This week, the Nintendo 64 turns 18-years-old – as if I needed any help to feel older than I already am. 18 years ago, this week, the Nintendo 64 was first released to the excitement of kid (and adult) gamers everywhere. And while I... Read more
Drones For Moviemaking Approved By FAA
In a huge step forward for the commercial use of drones, the FAA has approved their use by six of Hollywood’s movie and television production companies. While there are some strict limitations as to their use, drones will be able to legally be used to film shots for movies... Read more
Microsoft To Launch Mirroring Device Similar To Chromecast
Last week it was reported that Microsoft was going to release an all-in-one universal keyboard that allows you to connect up to three devices at the same time. It was surprising, however, to learn the Microsoft product was going to be open to Android devices and iOS as well as Windows!... Read more
Man Killed Over PS4 On Craigslist
A man from Roswell, Georgia, is dead after he attempted to sell his PlayStation 4 on Craigslist last week. The man, Daniel Zeitz, a 28-year-old, put an ad up on Craigslist to sell his PS4 and found some interested buyers, and they set up a time and place to... Read more