SCOSCHE and The National Breast Cancer Foundation partner up for goPink for Hope

Consider yourself fortunate if you don’t know anyone who has been afflicted by cancer. Cancer does not discriminate as it knows no age, race, gender, social class, or sexual orientation.

SCOSCHE and the National Breast Cancer Foundation have partnered up to off a line of goPink for Hope line of audio products and mobile accessories in honor of National Breast Cancer Awareness month. SCOSCHE will be donating 25% of all proceeds from the sale of select items to the National Breast Cancer Foundation, and customers will also receive a 25% discount on all goPink products which are the same as their normal products, but are covered in SCOSCHE’s shade of pink.

The National Breast Cancer Foundation website is a great resource of information and I encourage you to check it out. There are many questions and literature for you to read through and can be of value.

According to the press release these items are included in the promotion:

• boomBOTTLE™, SCOSCHE’s award-winning Bluetooth speaker, is designed to accompany users on hikes, bike rides and any outdoor activity. The unique, cylindrically shaped boomBOTTLE boasts dual 40mm drivers for a high quality audio experience, and its IP4X waterproof rating allows it to perform during unexpected weather conditions.
• SportclipAIR™ are Bluetooth, wireless earbuds designed for the active user. The versatile SportclipAIR delivers premium sound, while providing maximum comfort, durability and extended battery life (up to 7 hours) during workouts or commutes to and from work.
• lobeDOPE™ is a stylish on-ear headphone dressed in a myriad of colors inspired by Southern California lifestyle. These lightweight headphones’ ear cushions conform to the user’s unique ear shape, providing a comfortable listening experience.

In addition to SCOSCHE’s high-quality audio products, the goPINK for Hope collection includes convenient mobile accessories for smartphones, tablets and more.

• superCUBE™ flip is a universal 12W USB wall charger compatible with iOS and Android devices that utilizes intelligent charging circuitry to charge USB-powered devices at the fastest rate possible, regardless or make or model. Its flush folding prongs make it easy to store in bags and purses.
• flatOUT™ LED, 3 ft. charge and sync cables for Lightning or Micro-USB devices, are built to perform reliably and consistently. They feature an integrated LED light that pulses red when charging and solid blue when the device has reached its charging capacity.
• strikeLINE™ II is a charge and sync cable for Lightning devices designed with a rugged strain relief cable for enhanced durability. Additionally, its slim-tip design allows users to charge their device without having to remove their cases.
• boltBOX™ is a retractable 3 ft. long charge and sync cable for iOS devices. The boltBOX features a magnetic locking connector that extends and retracts by pulling on both ends simultaneously. The compact cable is housed in a sleek enclosure that allows users to always have their cable with them.

“We are delighted to partner with NBCF for this very worthy cause,” stated members of the Alves family who founded and still own and operate SCOSCHE Industries. “This is a wonderful opportunity to help raise much-needed funds for breast cancer research, outreach and services that can actually save lives. Our goPINK for Hope campaign is a great way to honor breast cancer awareness month – we’re giving our customers a 25 percent discount on a variety of terrific goPINK collection Scosche products, and then donating 25 percent of the purchase price to NBCF. It’s a win-win situation.”

If you’re interested in helping make a difference in helping to end cancer, and also want to make a purchase and visually show your support head over to SCOSCHE.com and make a purchase. My own grandmother died from breast cancer and causes like this I hold near and dear.

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Is this soft drink brand going to release a phone?

We all know Pepsi as a global soft drink brand, but perhaps soon you’ll know it as a phone brand. PepsiCo, the parent company that also operates Frito-Lay and Gatorade among other properties, is seemingly preparing to release an Android phone under its soft drink brand’s name. Overseas, the company teased the Pepsi P1 on Weibo.

The P1 will allegedly have a 5.5-inch Full HD (1920×1080) display, MediaTek processor with 2GB of RAM, 13MP / 5MP cameras, 16GB of internal storage, and Lollipop. The battery providing energy for everything is 3000mAh. The best part about the P1? It is said to cost $205 in China. But don’t expect the Pepsi P1 to be available around the world; most of these peculiar devices tend to remain in Asia.

We’ve reached out to PepsiCo for an official statement.

Via: The Verge

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ParanoidAndroid isn’t officially dead, but it’s stuck in limbo

We recently heard some unfortunate rumors about ParanoidAndroid’s demise, which made sense after OnePlus scooped up most of the ROM’s development team. Turns out, those rumors might have been slightly exaggerated.

Valter Strods of the PA team has taken to Google+ to shed some light on the current state of the ROM, and while it isn’t good news, it doesn’t mean development is completely cancelled. The team needs more developers and servers, both of which are hard to come by for a ROM like this where you’re not likely to be making much money past donations from users. If the ParanoidAndroid team could secure some decent developers and somewhere to host the ROM and source code, they’d be back in business, but for right now that just isn’t the case.

The good news here is that if anyone does decide to revitalize the team with whatever they need, development should continue normally. It’s up in the air whether or not that’ll actually happen, but we can always hope.

source: Valter Strods (Google+)

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OUKITEL’s K6000 smartphone has a massive 6,000mAh battery

OUKITEL today announced the K6000 smartphone. Unfortunately, the company didn’t announce all of its specifications, leaving those for the coming weeks. But the most staggering thing about this phone is just how large its battery is.

Powering this phone is a behemoth 6,000mAh battery that OUKITEL says can last up to 10 days on Power Saving mode. You can expect it to last 40 days straight on standby and can handle 46 hours of continuous playback. Just imagine how long this smartphone could handle video playback.

It gets even more impressive. It features flash charging, allowing you to get 2 hours of 2G talk time after just five minutes on the wire. It also has reverse charging, allowing you to charge other devices with the K6000.

OUKITEL hasn’t announced any other specs just yet, neither are their details on pricing or availability. However, that 6,000mAh battery has us intrigued, and we hope the smartphone’s hardware is just as impressive.

Anyone’s interest piqued?

source: GizmoChina

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Astronauts capture stunning 4K video of antacid bubbles aboard the ISS

NASA released 4K video of astronauts aboard the International Space Station experimenting with water, antacid and food coloring to create incredible, fizzing aqueous spheres in the zero-G environment. The ISS crew captured the footage with a Red Epic Dragon camera, which NASA is evaluating for use in monitoring scientific experiments, celestial phenomena and and vehicle operations. According to the space agency, this is among the first such footage of its kind. We can only hope it won’t be the last.

Via: Facebook

Source: NASA

Neuroscientists accurately predict intelligence with an fMRI scan

If fingerprints can identify individual people, imagine what a brain-print could reveal — namely, how you think and how intelligent you are. Neuroscientists studied fMRI scans of 126 patients in the Human Connectome Project, a consortium helping to map the human brain, and found consistent connections that accurately predicted “fluid intelligence,” or abstract reasoning. Their findings were published today in the journal Nature. Researchers found that the more certain regions of the brain spoke to each other, the more likely a person was to quickly process information and make inferences, Yale grad student and study co-author Emily Finn told Wired. For example, a strong connection between the frontal and parietal lobes, two areas involved in high-level functions, accurately predicted a high fluid-intelligence score.

Scientists likened these unique brain connections to fingerprints, noting that the networks identified individuals with “near-perfect accuracy in many cases.” These mental connection maps may one day be used to predict behavior (hello, Minority Report), or tailor education and healthcare programs for individual people, researchers said.

Each human’s brain produces a unique map of connections, and untangling these communications is a complex, tricky art that neuroscientists are just beginning to understand. The publication today is one step in unraveling the foundational mysteries of intelligence, thought, mental illness and personality.

[Image credit: Minority Report, Fox]

Via: Wired

Source: Nature