Karalux can plate a BlackBerry Priv in 24K gold for $1,300 USD
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For a lot of people, the Android-powered BlackBerry Priv is an interesting proposition, but it’s still unclear whether it’s worth putting your hard-earned cash down for it. Well, in case you were waiting till a BlackBerry Priv in 24K gold was available, Vietnamese company Karalux might have just the thing for you. Ig gold is your thing, Karalux is offering a gold-plated BlackBerry Priv for $1,100 USD if you live in Vietnam, or $1,300 USD if you live anywhere else in the world. A plating service for existing Priv’s is also available for $350 USD, but only if you reside in Karalux’s native Vietnam.
Note that the plating that Karalux is doing doesn’t really do the main external surfaces, rather plating highlights like the ring around the camera sensor, the side buttons, the display trim, and the back of the display which slides out when the physical keyboard is in use. That’s probably why the price isn’t as high as some of the other gold modifications we’ve seen, but you’ll still need deep pockets if you’re planning on nabbing yourself one. If that still has you interested, you can find more details on the Karalux website.
What do you think about a BlackBerry Priv in 24K gold? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
Source: Karalux via Phone Arena
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Amazon recruits help from Jeremy Clarkson to plug Amazon Prime Air
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Jeremy Clarkson and his Top Gear stable mates signed up to a monstrous deal with Amazon earlier this year and perhaps predictably, the former face of the UK motoring show is being used to market quite a few of Amazon’s new endeavours,with Amazon most recently getting help from Jeremy Clarkson to plug Amazon Prime Air. While drone delivery is technically still outlawed in the US, the new ad has aired to no doubt drum up some hype with Clarkson’s star power. Check out the ad below:
You’ll notice that the Amazon drones look a little different than before, with Amazon clearly busy trying to make drone deliveries a reality – that said, Amazon says that they are working on “more than a dozen prototypes” so really this might not even be the design when the service is officially launched. The Amazon Prime Air service itself will be used to deliver goods weighing 5 pounds or less within a 30 minute radius of its warehouse – the service will even support notifications to let you know that your package is incoming. As for when it’s actually going to be launched, you’ll need to wait and see what the government’s upcoming commercial drone laws are going to say and whether that disagrees with how Amazon wants to operate its drone service.
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App turns your writing into trippy 3D images
It’s easy to imagine a piece of art in your head, but making it real is another matter if you’re not an artist. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could simply describe what you wanted? WordsEye is trying just that. Its beta web app lets you describe a scene using natural-language text, and uses statistical parsing to translate that into a 3D image. You can name objects and their qualities using terms that are as fuzzy or exacting as you like, including relative concepts like position. It’s easy to use, although the results can be more than a little surreal — just look at the pictured rat on a cat on a Christmas cow if you need proof.
Via: Product Hunt, The Next Web
Source: WordsEye
5 Android apps you shouldn’t miss this week! – Android Apps Weekly
Welcome back to Android Apps Weekly! Let’s jump right into those headlines:
- The Google Play Store is having a Cyber Weekend sales event in honor of Black Friday. During this time you can save a bit of money on some stuff including a few Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy games, some music, movies, books, TV shows, and even magazines. Hurry and take advantage before these deals expire.
- Unfortunately, we do have some bad news this week. EverythingMe Launcher has shut down for good. The popular and very well-done launcher app was unable to properly monetize the experience despite having millions of users and have decided to shut the doors for good.
- Good news everyone! It seems Futurama will be returning as a mobile game. Based on the description, it appears as though it’ll be a puzzle game with a story line written by Dave Grossman, the same guy who did The Wolf Among Us by Telltale Games. It could be fun and we’ll tell you more when we find out more.
- In preparation for The Force Awakens, there will be a new Star Wars VR app coming to Google Cardboard on December 2nd. The app will let people view some stuff in full VR that ties directly into the introduction of the movie. This is something fans definitely won’t want to miss.
- Speaking of Star Wars, if you go to google.com/starwars you can join the dark side or light side. Once you do, a select number of Google’s apps will do some fun stuff based on your decision. Some of the apps include Chromecast, Gmail, Google Chrome, Google Calendar, and YouTube.
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Jiffy
[Price: Free]
A new app has been released called Jiffy. The point of Jiffy is that it connects you to services in your vicinity including snow removal, appliance repair, electrical, and others. Unfortunately, it’s only available in Canada so you’ll need to be a resident of the Great White North to use it, but it looks like a fun service that can be really useful for Canadians everywhere. Here’s hoping they have plans of expanding some day.
Get it now on Google Play!
Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes
[Price: Free with in-app purchases]
EA has released a new game called Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes, a title they’ve been teasing for months now. It’s an adventure game with action-RPG elements where you assemble a crew of your favorite Star Wars characters and go into battle. It is an EA game which means there are in-app purchases and how bad they are depends on your opinions on in-app purchases as a whole. In either case, it can be a fun time waster for fans of Star Wars and you can try it out for free.
Get it now on Google Play!
Pintasking
[Price: Free with in-app purchases]
Pintasking is an application that allows you to keep entire Android apps in a floating button that opens them quickly. This is a great app for heavy multitasking and for people who want to get to certain apps very quickly on any screen. It has extra features for browsers and there is even a root option in case you want that. It’s free to download with an optional $3.99 in-app purchase for more functionality.
Get it now on Google Play!
Shooty Skies
[Price: Free with in-app purchases]
Shooty Skies is a retro-style arcade game where you take to the skies and shoot bad guys. You fly in a plane and take on all sorts of various bad guys and it’s all wrapped up in charming, Minecraft-style graphics. There are also boss fights, various pilots that you can unlock, loot that you can collect, and more. It’s free to play with in-app purchases but the in-app purchases haven’t stopped this game from accumulating an impressive 4.6 rating on Google Play.
Get it now on Google Play!
Call of Champions
[Price: Free with in-app purchases]
Call of Champions is a new MOBA and if you’ve played a MOBA before, then you know what you’re getting into. You grab yourself a team and try to take down the bad guys. You can also compete online against other people in matches that last about five minutes. There are 15 playable characters including a promotion that gives you one for free when you start playing and the game seems to work well for most people so far.
Get it now on Google Play!
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NSA can no longer collect info on your phone calls
Rest your tinfoil hats, folks (at least for a bit). Today opens a new era in North American history. One in which the NSA can no longer freely collect data on your telephone calls. Effective midnight, last night, the National Security Agency can no longer grab phone call information from carriers without a proper procedure. Carriers will be the only ones holding this data from now on, making it available to the NSA only with a court order.
“(The new system) allows national security professionals to retain the capabilities necessary to continue protecting the country, while strengthening the civil liberties protections that the American people cherish.”-James R. Clapper, The Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Before this, the NSA was able to grab all kinds of data from your phone activity. This includes numbers, call length and sometimes even location. Needless to say this is considered a form of invasion of privacy, making today a victorious day for security buffs.
And this is not really the dirtiest trick they have played on us. The NSA has been known to hack SIM cards, steal Huawei’s source code and use popular games to spy on people. In fact, it’s said they were planing on using the very Google Play Store to implant spyware on target smartphones. It’s a real mess!
But despite all of these issues, the NSA continues to fight for its power over communication information. Especially following recent world events which raise concerns on security. The NSA is now asking permission to keep its already collected data through February 29th, 2016.
So there you have it, guys! Another victory for the people! We know there are plenty of other things to worry about. After all, the NSA is not just gonna give up now. But having a victory under our sleeve is definitely special, wouldn’t you agree?
The Pirate Bay won’t be blocked on its home turf
Numerous countries order their internet service providers block The Pirate Bay, but its home country of Sweden won’t be one of them… at least, for now. A Stockholm court has ruled that Sweden can’t make ISPs block the piracy site, since those companies aren’t responsible for what their customers do. The networks aren’t participating in any crimes, according to the ruling — they’re just the delivery medium.
Via: The Next Web
Source: The Local
Hilarious ad promotes ASUS Zenfone 2 Laser and Zenfone Selfie as “sushi-proof”
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In my opinion, humour is the best way to market smartphones – I feel like it lets people know that you’re not taking yourself too seriously and humanizes your otherwise space-age designed smartphone. Taiwanese manufacturer ASUS has just released an ad for the ASUS Zenfone 2 Laser and Zenfone Selfie which I think falls into that bucket. While smartphone display technology has progressed to the point where they are literally shatterproof, people are still reluctant to trust their impressively designed devices – ASUS wants to make light of that by having a sushi chef prepare sushi on one of their devices by using it as a cutting board. Check it out below:
While the above feat is probably possible on a number of devices, ASUS is promoting the ASUS Zenfone 2 Laser and Zenfone Selfie because they have Gorilla Glass 4. Given the quality of previous Gorilla Glass iterations, we have no reason to not believe that Gorilla Glass 4 is every bit as strong as it’s said to be – though somehow I don’t think many of us will be using our smartphones as a cutting board any time soon.
What do you think about this ASUS Zenfone 2 Laser and Zenfone Selfie ad? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
Source: Phone Arena
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Amazon and Jeremy Clarkson hint at the future of delivery drones
Former Top Gear co-host Jeremy Clarkson isn’t just working on a new motoring show for Amazon… he’s helping the internet giant pitch its vision for delivery drones, too. Amazon has unveiled a splashy new Prime Air ad where Clarkson shows off a new, more powerful drone design (with promises of a “whole family” of others) and outlines how these robots would ship a pair of running shoes. All you’d have to do is place your order and plunk down a marker to tell the drone where to land. From there, the robot would use its mix of horizontal and vertical propellers to ferry your cargo (up to 15 miles from its home base) in 30 minutes or less. You’d even get a heads-up when the drone is close, so you wouldn’t have to worry about someone swiping your package the moment it arrives.
Via: TechCrunch
Source: Amazon
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