Icon packs that you must have on your Android device…Round Four

We’re going to give you a look at several icon packs that you must know about and that you need installed on your mobile devices, TODAY!

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Engadget UK giveaway: win a Pebble Steel courtesy of GeniusFlight

School’s out for summer, and many of you are no doubt looking forward to sun, sea, several strong cocktails and a few weeks off work. Foreign lands are always better enjoyed with a trusted travel companion, and in lieu of actual friends, we’re giving away a black Pebble Steel to fill that role. The second-generation e-ink smartwatch is smaller, classier and pricier than its predecessor, and comes to us courtesy of GeniusFlight: a flight searching site with a difference. GeniusFlight revolves primarily around your budget, which you specify alongside preferred travel dates and departing destination. The tool then tells you where in the world that money will take you, hopefully with some inspiring options you wouldn’t have come up with unaided. As always, any Brits interested in taking a free Pebble Steel on tour can enter up to three times via the Rafflecopter widget below. After they’ve read the rules first, of course.

• Entries are handled through the Rafflecopter widget above. Comments are no longer accepted as valid methods of entry. You may enter without any obligation to social media accounts, though we may offer them as opportunities for extra entries. Your email address is required so we can get in touch with you if you win, but it will not be given to third parties.
• Contest is open to all residents of the UK, 18 or older! Sorry, we don’t make this rule (we hate excluding anyone), so direct your anger at our lawyers and contest laws if you have to be mad.
• Winners will be chosen randomly. One (1) winner will receive one (1) Pebble Steel.
• If you are chosen, you will be notified by email. Winners must respond within three days of being contacted. If you do not respond within that period, another winner will be chosen. Make sure that the account you use to enter the contest includes your real name and a contact email or Facebook login. We do not track any of this information for marketing or third-party purposes.
• This unit is purely for promotional giveaway. Pebble, GeniusFlight and Engadget / AOL are not held liable to honor warranties, exchanges or customer service.
• The full list of rules, in all its legalese glory, can be found here.
• Entries can be submitted until August 8th at 11:59PM BST. Good luck!

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Source: GeniusFlight

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DJI’s latest pro-level drone will make you want to upgrade your Phantom

DJI’s Phantom 2 Vision+ is a great introduction to aerial video — we know from personal experience — but it won’t be long before you’re jonesing for more power. If you really want to dominate the skies (or, y’know, use a bigger camera etc.) then DJI’s new Spreading Wings S900 Hexacopter is more like it. In DJI’s family of pro-level drones, the S900 flies neatly between the S1000 and S800 with a max load weight of 5kg and 18 minutes of fly time to cram with epic sweeps — just don’t do them here. It works with DJI’s own Zenmuse Z15, GH3, GH4, and BMPCC gimbles, so particularly good news for Lumix GH3/GH4 and Black Magic Pocket Cinema Camera owners. If you set on hanging with the pros, then expect to pay out like them, too. The Spreading Wings S900 will thin your money clip to the tune of $3,800, but that’s small change for a big fish like you, right? However, if moths are the only thing flying around your wallet, then enjoy vicariously via the video after the break.

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Source: DJI

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UK government wants one huge database to help it run the country

Powerful though it may be, the UK government readily admits that it’s unable to complete even “simple tasks” that require the sharing of data between different departments. Part of the problem, it claims, is down to the various databases that each government department controls. Because there’s no complete picture of what’s going on, no-one can act swiftly enough to fix a problem before it takes hold. Back in April, however, the cabinet’s data sharing policy team proposed a plan that would see local authorities, emergency services, schools and government departments merge all of their databases. The resulting information could then be mined “big data” style to provide more accurate information for policymakers and target help towards those in need.

Another claimed benefit of the plan would be to save up to £37 billion ($62 billion) in waste, fraud and error, by not sending cash out to people who have recently died and then having to claw it back. It’s also hoped that because the government will be able to understand a person’s whole life, it can help them with their money worries. If, for instance, they owed cash to multiple departments, the payments would be structured as to be manageable on a low income. All of this is just a proposed policy, and the Government will now take people’s views to understand if they support the plan. Of course, privacy campaigners are going to be outraged at the news, but let’s be honest — it’s not as if government operatives have ever left laptops full of public records in pubs or anything.

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Via: The Telegraph

Source: Cabinet Office Data Sharing Policy Team, (2), (3) (.DOCX)

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