You can only watch Yacht’s music video when Uber surge pricing hits LA
The band Yacht has a new record coming out next month, and it’s debuting a new music video to tease a new single. However, you won’t be able to click over to YouTube to watch. The video for “LA Plays Itself” can only be viewed when Uber’s surge pricing goes into effect in Los Angeles. Increased demand for the ride-sharing service unlocks the song so the city (kind of) plays itself. What’s more, when surge rates hit two times the norm, the band will spin a remix version of the track. As the band states, it’s certainly a new take on the traffic jam.
[Thanks, Derek]
[Image credit: Lester Cohen/Getty Images for WIRED]
Source: LA Plays Itself
Classic cyberpunk shooter ‘System Shock’ gets revamped on GOG.com
Twenty-one years after its launch on PCs, System Shock is back and revamped for modern systems. System Shock: Enhanced Edition is available on GOG.com and it’s currently just $8 in a launch sale running through September 29th. System Shock is a cyberpunk, first-person shooter and role-playing game, and it was the first of its kind back in 1994. Both Warren Spector (the creator of Deus Ex) and Ken Levine (the creator of BioShock) had a hand in the series. The Enhanced Edition ups resolution support from 640×480 to 1024×768, with a native widescreen mode of 854×480, plus it adds remappable keys, bug fixes and mouselook mode. For all of the purists out there, the classic System Shock is included with the Enhanced Edition on GOG.Slideshow-322387
Source: GOG.com
Amazon honors its Emmy wins by discounting Prime memberships on Friday
On Sunday, Amazon Studios took home multiple awards at the 67th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards. Transparent, the fictional series exploring the life of a transgender father, wins by Jeffrey Tambor (Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series) and Jill Soloway (Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series). In honor of its nominations and wins, Amazon is discounting the price of a Prime membership this Friday.
Fittingly, the price of a Prime membership for all of Friday will be $67. The discount begins at 12:00AM ET and ends at 11:59PM PT. Those who jump on this offer will join the millions of existing Prime members who get free two-day shipping and access to Amazon’s vast video and music catalog.
Hit the break for the full press release.
In Celebration of Five Wins from the 67th Primetime Emmys, Amazon Offers Prime Memberships for Just $67
Discount begins this Friday at 12:00 a.m. ET and ends at 11:59 p.m. PT
SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sep. 22, 2015– (NASDAQ: AMZN)—In celebration of five Emmy wins for Amazon Original series Transparent at the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards,Amazon today announced that Amazon Prime will be available for just $67. This one day discount will start on Friday, September 25 at 12:00 a.m. ET and end at 11:59 p.m. PT. New members can sign up for this limited-time Prime offer atAmazon.com/TransparentPrime.
On Sunday night, the star of Transparent, Jeffrey Tambor, took home the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series and Transparent creator Jill Soloway took home the trophy for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series. Prime members can watch Transparent at no additional cost using the Amazon Video app for TVs, connected devices, phones and tablets, or online at Amazon.com/Transparent. Transparent is the second Amazon show to become an Emmy winner. Earlier this year Amazon Original kids series Tumble Leaf took home five Daytime Emmy wins including Outstanding Preschool Children’s Animated Program.
“This has been an incredibly exciting year—with the Golden Globes wins in January and now twelve nominations and five Primetime Emmy wins. We are thrilled to celebrate Transparentwith our customers by offering a Prime discount,” said Michael Paull, Vice President of Digital Video for Amazon. “Congratulations again to Jill Soloway, Jeffrey Tambor and the cast and crew of Transparent for making such a beautiful show, and to our customers—enjoy!”
Written, directed and executive produced by Emmy-winner and 2013 Sundance Best Director winner Jill Soloway, Transparent is a 10-episode, half-hour novelistic series that explores family, identity, sex, and love. The series stars Tambor as Maura, who has spent her life as Mort—the Pfefferman family patriarch. Also starring Judith Light(Dallas), Gaby Hoffmann (Girls), Amy Landecker (Louie) and Jay Duplass (Togetherness), Transparent is the no. 1 ranked original series on Prime Video since the show’s launch. Also proving popular among critics, the show clocked in a near-perfect score on Rotten Tomatoes with a 98 percent critic rating, and a 91 Metascore on Metacritic. The second season ofTransparent will premiere on Prime Video on December 4.
Transparent joins an already robust collection of award-winning, original and popular programming available to Prime members including Amazon Original Series Hand of God, Bosch,Catastrophe and Mozart in the Jungle as well as hit series likeSex and the City, Veep, Girls, The Sopranos, Entourage, Curb Your Enthusiasm and The Wire. Prime Video also offers members blockbuster movies such as Transformers: Age of Extinction, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, Star Trek Into Darkness and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, among others. Prime members have access to a collection of kids shows including Amazon Original Series Annedroids, Gortimer Gibbon’s Life on Normal Streetand the Annecy, Annie and multi-Emmy Award-winning Tumble Leaf, as well as popular shows from Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. including SpongeBob SquarePants, Dora the Explorer, Team Umizoomi, and Blue’s Clues.
Prime members can look forward to several new upcoming original series premiering this year, with the coming-of-age dramedy Red Oaks premiering on October 9, followed by the much anticipated adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s The Man in the High Castle on November 20, and season two of Emmy-winning Transparent December 4. Coming in 2016 will be the second seasons of Mozart in the Jungle, Bosch and romantic comedy, Catastrophe, along with the debut season of The New Yorker Presents.
About Amazon Video
Amazon Video includes tens of thousands of movies and TV episodes available on Prime Video at no additional charge to Prime members, as well as access to hundreds of thousands of titles to buy or rent. Amazon Video is the only service in the world that brings customers both of these options in one place.
Amazon Video can be accessed through the Amazon Video app on TVs, connected devices and mobile devices, or online atAmazon.com/PrimeVideo. Prime Video titles can also be downloaded for offline enjoyment—the only subscription streaming service to offer this functionality.
More to Prime
Amazon Prime is an annual membership program for $99 a year that offers customers unlimited Free Two-Day Shipping on more than 20 million items across all categories, unlimited Free Same-Day Delivery on more than a million items in 14 metro areas, unlimited streaming of tens of thousands of movies and TV episodes, more than one million songs, more than one thousand playlists and hundreds of stations with Prime Music, early access to select Lightning Deals all year long, free secure, unlimited photo storage in Amazon Cloud Drive with Prime Photos and access to more than 800,000 books to borrow with the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library. In addition, Prime members in 11 U.S. cities receive one and two hour delivery on a selection of tens of thousands of everyday essentials with the dedicated Prime Now mobile app. This one day discount will start on Friday, September 25 at 12:00 a.m. ET and end at11:59 p.m. PT. New members can sign up for this limited-time Prime offer at Amazon.com/TransparentPrime
About Amazon
Amazon.com opened on the World Wide Web in July 1995. The company is guided by four principles: customer obsession rather than competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to operational excellence, and long-term thinking. Customer reviews, 1-Click shopping, personalized recommendations, Prime, Fulfillment by Amazon, AWS, Kindle Direct Publishing, Kindle, Fire tablets, Fire TV, Amazon Echo, and Alexa are some of the products and services pioneered by Amazon.
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Here is another picture of the LG V10 and its multiple displays
Earlier today, another image of the upcoming LG V10 was shared online. The new image (seen above) does confirm that the handset will indeed have two displays. The main display, which is allegedly 5.7 inches, is paired with a ticker above it alongside the front-facing camera(s). This ticker offers quick access to apps and will likely show previews to select notifications. And notice that there seems to be two cameras on the front of the V10. We’ll have to wait and see how LG explains that.
Here are the specifications being rumored around the web:
- 5.7-inch Quad HD (2560×1440) display
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 807 processor
- 3GB of RAM
- 64GB of internal storage
- 16MP rear camera
Could this be what LG will announce at its event being held on October 1?
Source: Evan Blass (Twitter)
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Deal: Pick up a brand new 32GB unlocked LG G4 from eBay for $399.99
It seems like the LG G4 has been consistently dropping in price ever since it made its way to market, and that still holds true today. If you’ve been waiting to get your hands on LG’s latest flagship but aren’t keen on paying the full retail price, there’s a deal on eBay right now that may be worth your while.
Right now, you can purchase a brand new factory unlocked LG G4 (H815) with 32GB of storage for just $399.99. Since this phone is factory unlocked, it won’t come with any carrier bloatware, which is a big plus. You’ll be able to use it on either AT&T or T-Mobile’s networks, but it should be noted that it doesn’t come with band 12 LTE support. What’s more, you can select from various color options including Black, White, Gold, Black Leather, Brown Leather, Red Leather or Orange Leather. You don’t need to pay any extra money for the leather options, either.
More on the LG G4
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Although it may have been out-shined by Samsung’s Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge, the LG G4 is still a really nice phone. It sports a big 5.5-inch Quad HD display, a Snapdragon 808 processor, 3GB of RAM, microSD expansion up to 128GB, and has a very powerful 16MP rear camera. The 3000mAh battery is also removable, which is something many newer flagships have been ditching as of late.
If you’re interested, head to the eBay link below to purchase your own G4.
21’s Bitcoin Computer is a Raspberry Pi-powered mining tool
If you’ve been searching for a non-DIY Bitcoin mining machine, there’s now a device that could meet all your needs. Announced earlier today, the 21 Bitcoin Computer is a pocketable, Raspberry Pi-powered tool with native hardware and software support for the open-source, peer-to-peer money protocol. 21.co, the startup behind the new product, says you can use it to seamlessly buy or sell digital goods and services from a custom command line interface. What’s more, thanks to a built-in payments system, you can also set up the Bitcoin Computer to sell your own API calls (like language-to-language translations) and even create a personal store for virtual items.
Another notable aspect of the Bitcoin Computer is its compatibility with Mac, Windows and Linux, but it can operate as a standalone machine as well. This is 21.co’s first consumer product, made possible by backing from Qualcomm, Cisco and giant venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. It’s up for pre-order now from Amazon for $399, which includes everything you need to get started — a Raspberry Pi 2 with a WiFi adapter, power supply, USB cable and a 128GB SD card.
Via: TechCrunch
Source: 21 (Medium)
‘Hitman’ delayed to March 2016
IO Interactive needs a few more months to bulk out the new Hitman — the studio has pushed the game’s release date back from December 2015 to March 2016. The delay applies to all versions: PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Steam. Wherever and whenever you end up playing Hitman, it’s going to be a slightly different experience for the series. IO Interactive and publisher Square Enix plan to release Hitman in chunks, starting with a large initial launch. Afterward, the game’s remaining locations will be released over time. The new Hitman‘s tagline is, “Enter a world of assassination,” which feeds into the idea of a constantly updated, evolving landscape.
“These few extra months will mean we can add more to the launch content of the game, more than we had originally planned, and then follow with a tighter frequency of updates, which ultimately will create a better game for everyone,” IO Interactive writes on the Hitman blog. “And in the end, that’s what we’re all looking for.”
Source: Hitman blog
Gmail receiving ability to Block or Unsubscribe pesky emails
Google is going to be adding two new features in Gmail, aimed specifically at making it easier to avoid the constant unwanted clutter in your inbox. In the past, we’ve seen Google simplifying the inbox by allowing us to send topics to different folders. Now it’s time to make sure items that belong in the Spam folder go there.
First up is the ability to block specific email addresses. Google says that you’ll be able to choose to “Never see messages from this person again.”
Upon blocking, future mail from the sender will go into the Spam folder. Google says that the feature is available on the web today and in the Android Gmail app over the next week.
The option to unsubscribe from mailing lists is coming to Android Gmail app as well. As implied, you’ll be able to opt out of newsletter subscriptions directly from the app.
What do you think about these new Gmail features? Hit up the source link below for the official word.
Source: Gmail Blog
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T-Mobile rings up $50 Coolpad Rogue smartphone for September 30
T-Mobile will soon offer a dirt cheap 4G LTE smartphone in the form of the Coolpad Rogue. Arriving on September 30, the handset comes from one of the larger Chinese hardware vendors and features entry-level specifications.
Powered by Android 5.1.1 Lollipop, the Coolpad Rogue includes a 4-inch display at 800×480 pixel resolution. The rear offers up a 2-megapixel camera while the front has a VGA shooter for selfies.
Under the hood you’ll find a 1.1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor with 1GB RAM and 4GB internal storage. Connectivity comes in the form of Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and the aforementioned 4G LTE.
Are these specs uber-powerful? Of course not – that’s not the point. What the Coolpad Rogue has, however, are enough specs to help ease someone into the world of smartphones, namely Android. Speaking of which, we love that this includes Lollipop.
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Keep your finances in check with the help of Quibu (App Review)
Managing your money can be a pain in the rear. Especially if you carry both cash and a debit or credit card. Obviously there are a slew of apps that allow you to keep track of your balance on your card(s), usually provided by the bank of your choice. When it comes to trying to keep track of how much cash you have, it isn’t as easy.
Quibu, from the folks at Simple Loop, is a free app on the Play Store that allows you to keep track of your cash on the go. You can, of course use this to manually keep track of all of your funds, but it’s usually easier to just use your bank’s app to keep track of your transactions. Since your bank can’t keep track of your cash, and you don’t want to whip out that big stack of cash in public, you’ll need something else.
Setup
Once you get through the easy installation and set-up, it will allow you to check your finances at a glance. When you first start the app up, you’re greeted with a number pad. This is where you’ll enter the starting cash balance that you have, and you can even add those obnoxious coins in your pocket, if you’d like.
After you’ve added your starting balance, you’ll be shown a drop down menu where you pick where your balance is coming from. When picking from this selection, be a bit careful. The first three are “Income” selections, while the remaining options are there for you to categorize your expenditures.
Overview
After you’ve got Quibu set up, the next time you open the app, you will be presented with three tabs and the “hamburger” over flow menu. Overview, List, and Add are the three tabs, and allow you to manipulate your income to your needs.
Overview will show you a graph of your income and expenses, making it easy to see how much you’ve spent. List, will show off everything, from income added and what type of income it was, to your expenses and what type those were. The Add section is just what you would expect, and allows you to add or subtract money if need be. The overflow menu, on the left hand side, allows you to further tweak Quibu to your desire.
From here, you can edit the various categories, whether they are Income, Expenses, or Inactive categories. You can even “pull” a report of your income by picking either ‘Income by Category’ or Expense by Category’ and a date range. Once you’ve selected which report you would like to run, you are presented with a screen that looks like the Overview and List tabs, combined. This will show, and list, every transaction made so that you can get a general overview for the time frame that you need.
What We Like
- Simple and easy to use interface
- Customizable
- Able to quickly enter expenses
- Able to pull income or expense reports from data
What We Don’t
- No true intro screen explaining what everything does
All in all, Quibu may sound funny, but if you need a way to quickly, and easily track your finances, this may be the app for you. Combine the easy to use interface, with the fact that it’s free, and you have a home run. So hit the Play Store widget below and check it out.
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