ZEROHOUR RELIC XR, for all your portable charger in a tactical flashlight needs
Another nifty idea that graced the floors of CES last week, was a convenient, multi-purpose portable charger built into the form of a tactical flashlight. The ZEROHOUR RELIC XR is well on its way to graduating from idea to store shelves with its ongoing Kickstarter campaign.
Amy Truong and Aaron Son launched the RELIC XR on Kickstarter back in January. As far as success stories go in the crowd funding world, they blew past their goal in the first sixteen hours. They have now more than tripled their goal, and the campaign yet has 22 days to go.
At first glance, you will see an aircraft aluminum constructed tactical-grade, waterproof, compact flashlight with 1,000 lumen LED output. Give the RELIC XR a little twist and you will find full size and micro USB ports tucked away.
Inside of ZEROHOUR’s flashlight is a 3,400mAh battery, ready to keep your Android gear charged on the go. The full size USB slot provides a healthy 5v with 1A of power. That micro USB slot, as you might imagine, is how you recharge the battery pack itself.
For clarity, the flashlight uses its own batteries to operate, so you don’t have to worry about being left in the dark after charging your phone. That is no ordinary flashlight either, with up to 5 modes available, including a low 10 lumen output, variable up to the full 1,000 lumen, an S.O.S. mode and a good old fashioned strobe light.
If you are looking for a new compact tactical flashlight equipped with an extra charge for your phone, head on over to the ZEROHOUR RELIC XR Kickstarter page for more info. $135 will get you into an early bird version of the RELIC XR, and you’ve got until February 5th before the campaign concludes.
What do you say, is a tactical flashlight form factor worth the premium for a 3,400mAh portable charger?
WWE 2K15 and Terraria get discounted in this week’s Deals with Gold
Wrestling fans get ready, because this week’s Deals with Gold is set to bring you wrestling thrills on the cheap. Fans of WWE 2K15 can pick the game up for the Xbox One at a pretty nice 33 percent discount. Also coming along for the ride are a few other notables, including Terraria at a steep 50 percent off.
Sony considering all options amid struggling divisions
Things have not been going well for Sony. Even aside from the disaster that it faced with The Interview, the company has seen its mobile and television divisions struggle. Both of them are losing money and CEO Kazuo Hirai is tasked with composing a strategy to stimulate growth for Sony. Thousands of jobs were slashed in the last year and the computer division (Vaio) was sold. Still, more changes are in order for the giant. Sony is reportedly considering joint ventures and selling divisions to improve. The company is heavily leaning on its film and gaming divisions to carry it; however, that can only go on for so long.
Hirai made it clear last week in Las Vegas to reporters that electronics, entertainment, and finance are all important to Sony. However, he added that “within that there are some operations that will need to be run with caution – and that might be TV or mobile, for example.” Sony recently put a focus on high-end mobile devices but we have yet to see favoring momentum. Plus, the company fails make a push for key markets such as the United States. Sony is company with respectable brand recognition in the U.S.; it just needs to actually use it. A different approach is likely coming to the mobile division, but do not be surprised by a sale if no improvement is made.
Source: Reuters
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LG G Flex 2 for U.S. Cellular appears in FCC filing
Last week at CES 2015, the LG G Flex 2 was introduced to the world. Both Sprint and AT&T were quick to confirm the handset’s availability to their customers. We can add U.S. Cellular to the list of carriers offering the G Flex 2 because an FCC filing reveals that the carrier has its own variant. It supports LTE bands 5 and 12 in addition to the 850 and 1900 CDMA bands. All of these are supported by U.S. Cellular. The exact model number for the handset in this FCC filing is LG-US995.
Source: FCC
Via: Android Headlines
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IBM’s monster mainframe is built to handle your mobile shopping
Shopping from your phone is a big deal these days, but it requires a lot of effort behind the scenes to run smoothly — when there are thousands of people tapping “buy” in short succession, they can easily bring a server to its knees. That crush might not be a problem for stores that have IBM’s beastly new z13 mainframe, though. The system’s gobs of CPU power (the “world’s fastest microprocessor,” IBM claims), memory and bandwidth let it handle a whopping 2.5 billion mobile shopping transactions per day, or enough that even a mad rush like Black Friday shouldn’t bog it down. It’s fast enough to analyze every deal in real time, too, so it’s more likely to catch someone who stole your credit card info before you have to dispute any unwanted charges. You’ll probably never know which specific apps and sites are using the z13, but this giant computer might just save you from inordinate waits and rude surprises the next time you’re ordering online.
[Image credit: IBM, Flickr]
Filed under: Cellphones, Internet, Mobile
Via: Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal
Source: IBM
Space epic ‘Rebel Galaxy’ coming to Mac later this year
There’s some good news for space adventure fans on OS X today. Double Damage Games has just announced that its space epic Rebel Galaxy, which was initially announced for PC and Playstation 4, will be coming to Macs this year as well.
If you’re unfamiliar with Rebel Galaxy, here’s a quick description of the game:
Rebel Galaxy is an action-packed, swashbuckling space opera. You’ll battle pirates, explore anomalies, befriend aliens, scavenge battle wreckage, mine asteroids, and discover artifacts. Choose your path as a roguish do-gooder, crafty space-trader or power-hungry privateer – or maybe a little of each! Buy larger and more powerful craft with your hard-earned credits, and outfit them with a variety of wicked weapons and defenses. Set in a galaxy of fantastic sights, and secrets to be found, Rebel Galaxy is above all a space epic of adventure, exploration, and combat.
Double Damage Games says it expects the game to be available later this year, but it will be showing its progress off at PAX South in San Antonio, Texas from January 23-25. In any case, it’s awesome to see some more high-quality games coming to the Mac platform.
Press Release:
Rebel Galaxy Coming to Xbox One and Mac in 2015
Action Adventure Space Epic Sets Sights on Additional Platforms and Will be Playable at This Year’s PAX South
(Seattle, WA) – January 13, 2015
Independent developer Double Damage Games today announced that Rebel Galaxy will be arriving on Xbox One, the all-in-one games and entertainment system from Microsoft via the ID@Xbox self-publishing program, and Mac platforms in addition to the already announced PC and PlayStation 4 versions. Additionally, Rebel Galaxy will be demoing and showing off new gameplay at this year’s PAX South in San Antonio, TX from January 23rd-25th at booth #1637. Rebel Galaxy is scheduled to launch in 2015.
“We’ve wanted to launch Rebel Galaxy on multiple platforms from the beginning, and today it’s a pleasure to announce to Xbox and Mac communities that Rebel Galaxy will be coming to the Xbox One and OSX as well. We wanted to wait to announce it until we had the game up and running on both platforms. That milestone has now been achieved!” said Travis Baldree, Co-Founder of Double Damage Games. “We’ve had so much fun developing this, that we can’t wait for players to get their hands on the game at this year’s PAX South in San Antonio and encourage attendees of the expo to come and demo the game. We’d also like to extend our thanks to Blitworks (blitworks.com) for doing the heavy lifting on all of our ports.”
Rebel Galaxy is an action-packed, swashbuckling space opera. You’ll battle pirates, explore anomalies, befriend aliens, scavenge battle wreckage, mine asteroids, and discover artifacts. Choose your path as a roguish do-gooder, crafty space-trader or power-hungry privateer – or maybe a little of each! Buy larger and more powerful craft with your hard-earned credits, and outfit them with a variety of wicked weapons and defenses. Set in a galaxy of fantastic sights, and secrets to be found, Rebel Galaxy is above all a space epic of adventure, exploration, and combat.
Visit the website: http://rebel-galaxy.com
Follow us on Twitter: @RebelGalaxy
Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rebelgalaxy
About Double Damage Games
Co-Founded in 2014 by Travis Baldree and Erich Schaefer, is an independent micro-studio headquartered in Seattle. Travis and Erich were both co-founders of Runic Games, as President and Chief Creative Officer, respectively. They departed in April of 2014 to found Double Damage. Rebel Galaxy is their first project. For more information, visit: http://www.doubledamagegames.com
Space epic ‘Rebel Galaxy’ coming to Mac later this year
There’s some good news for space adventure fans on OS X today. Double Damage Games has just announced that its space epic Rebel Galaxy, which was initially announced for PC and Playstation 4, will be coming to Macs this year as well.
If you’re unfamiliar with Rebel Galaxy, here’s a quick description of the game:
Rebel Galaxy is an action-packed, swashbuckling space opera. You’ll battle pirates, explore anomalies, befriend aliens, scavenge battle wreckage, mine asteroids, and discover artifacts. Choose your path as a roguish do-gooder, crafty space-trader or power-hungry privateer – or maybe a little of each! Buy larger and more powerful craft with your hard-earned credits, and outfit them with a variety of wicked weapons and defenses. Set in a galaxy of fantastic sights, and secrets to be found, Rebel Galaxy is above all a space epic of adventure, exploration, and combat.
Double Damage Games says it expects the game to be available later this year, but it will be showing its progress off at PAX South in San Antonio, Texas from January 23-25. In any case, it’s awesome to see some more high-quality games coming to the Mac platform.
Press Release:
Rebel Galaxy Coming to Xbox One and Mac in 2015
Action Adventure Space Epic Sets Sights on Additional Platforms and Will be Playable at This Year’s PAX South
(Seattle, WA) – January 13, 2015
Independent developer Double Damage Games today announced that Rebel Galaxy will be arriving on Xbox One, the all-in-one games and entertainment system from Microsoft via the ID@Xbox self-publishing program, and Mac platforms in addition to the already announced PC and PlayStation 4 versions. Additionally, Rebel Galaxy will be demoing and showing off new gameplay at this year’s PAX South in San Antonio, TX from January 23rd-25th at booth #1637. Rebel Galaxy is scheduled to launch in 2015.
“We’ve wanted to launch Rebel Galaxy on multiple platforms from the beginning, and today it’s a pleasure to announce to Xbox and Mac communities that Rebel Galaxy will be coming to the Xbox One and OSX as well. We wanted to wait to announce it until we had the game up and running on both platforms. That milestone has now been achieved!” said Travis Baldree, Co-Founder of Double Damage Games. “We’ve had so much fun developing this, that we can’t wait for players to get their hands on the game at this year’s PAX South in San Antonio and encourage attendees of the expo to come and demo the game. We’d also like to extend our thanks to Blitworks (blitworks.com) for doing the heavy lifting on all of our ports.”
Rebel Galaxy is an action-packed, swashbuckling space opera. You’ll battle pirates, explore anomalies, befriend aliens, scavenge battle wreckage, mine asteroids, and discover artifacts. Choose your path as a roguish do-gooder, crafty space-trader or power-hungry privateer – or maybe a little of each! Buy larger and more powerful craft with your hard-earned credits, and outfit them with a variety of wicked weapons and defenses. Set in a galaxy of fantastic sights, and secrets to be found, Rebel Galaxy is above all a space epic of adventure, exploration, and combat.
Visit the website: http://rebel-galaxy.com
Follow us on Twitter: @RebelGalaxy
Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rebelgalaxy
About Double Damage Games
Co-Founded in 2014 by Travis Baldree and Erich Schaefer, is an independent micro-studio headquartered in Seattle. Travis and Erich were both co-founders of Runic Games, as President and Chief Creative Officer, respectively. They departed in April of 2014 to found Double Damage. Rebel Galaxy is their first project. For more information, visit: http://www.doubledamagegames.com
TWRP gets updated to version 2.8.4 with Moto 360 and LG G Watch R support
The Team Win Recovery Project has been updated to version 2.8.4, bringing several new features and enhancements. One of the biggest new things introduced with the update is the support for Motorola’s Moto 360 and LG’s G Watch R.
The update will now let power users flash boot and recovery images directly through TWRP’s GUI, and if you’re using the recovery on a smartwatch, you can use the power button to back up one screen. Other than that, there are lots of bug fixes and small tweaks to improve stability, so even if you aren’t planning on using this on one of your newer smartwatches, it’s still worth it to grab the update.
source: TWRP Moto 360
via: Android Police
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CrackBerry Asks: How happy are you with the BlackBerry Assistant?
If you’ve been lucky enough to get hold of a BlackBerry Passport, Classic or a leaked version of BlackBerry OS 10.3 you would have been able to make use of the BlackBerry Assistant, which is so much better than it used to be. For non-10.3 users, you’ll still be itching to use the new assistant, but your needs should hopefully, be fulfilled soon.
Space epic ‘Rebel Galaxy’ coming to Xbox One later this year
There’s some good news for space adventure fans today. Double Damage Games has just announced that it’s space epic Rebel Galaxy, which was initially announced for PC and Playstation 4, will be coming to the Xbox One this year as well.
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