Motorola partners with Jonathan Adler for limited-edition Moto X Pure collection
There will be new designs to choose from for the Motorola Moto X Pure over the coming holiday season. Motorola today announced it will soon offer a limited-edition collection of designs from Jonathan Adler.
The collection will be available for pre-order at Motorola.com/JonathanAdler starting next week, on November 24. The week after, on December 3, the collection will formally go on sale with a price tag of $474.99 (32GB).
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The video game ‘outsiders’ creating VR art that makes you think
When Tale of Tales announced its departure from the gaming industry after 12 years of creating eccentric, cult-hit experiences, Twitter lit up with messages extolling the studio’s impact on the industry. However, for Tale of Tales co-founders Auriea Harvey and Michaël Samyn, it was a hollow farewell. Their latest (and last) game, Sunset, had debuted just a month before to poor sales and lagging interest, despite a successful Kickstarter campaign and positive critical reception. Harvey and Samyn were already contemplating an exit from the world of video games and Sunset‘s situation pushed them to make it official. “It often didn’t feel like games were worth the sacrifice,” Samyn says.
Now, Harvey and Samyn have returned to their pure, artistic roots — and to Kickstarter — with Cathedral-in-the-Clouds, a virtual reality exhibition of Christian art in the Gothic and Renaissance periods. We spoke with Samyn about following his passion and Tale of Tales’ lofty goals, and came away with a clear message: If you’re going to leave games behind for a project that resides firmly in the art realm, you might as well shoot for the clouds.
AVG is crowdfunding a router, but wait for its privacy policy
Antivirus company AVG is taking to Indiegogo to crowdfund a router called Chime that it believes will fix your home’s WiFi issues. Solitarily, a Chime is a fairly simple 802.11ac dual-band router. Used together, multiple Chimes can instantly band together and blanket your house in a strong signal by utilizing the same Mesh WiFi systems you’ll find in office buildings, malls and airports. It’s not the first company to offer Mesh WiFi to consumers — San Francisco startup Eero’s boxes ostensibly do exactly the same thing — but AVG believes the additional security features offered by Chime will be enough to persuade users to jump aboard.
Source: Chime WiFi
Air Force torch cuts through locks like a hot knife through butter
Firefighters, police and soldiers don’t have many good options when they want to breach a door: blowtorches and lock picks are usually slow, while battering rams, explosives and guns aren’t exactly subtle. The US Air Force and EMPI recently crafted a far better solution, though. Their TEC Torch creates a brief but super-hot (5,000F) metal vapor jet that cuts through steel in less than a second, making short work of virtually any lock. In some ways, it’s like Star Wars‘ Qui-Gon Jinn cutting through doors with a lightsaber — it’s just faster and less dramatic.
Via: We Are the Mighty, Business Insider
Source: US Air Force (PDF), EMPI
Bing for iPhone makes it easy to jump from search straight to your apps
As Windows Phone continues to struggle, Microsoft has turned its focus towards making its trademark services like Office, Outlook and Bing available on Android and iOS. Today, the Bing app for the iPhone is getting a major update to better reflect how users want to search when on their phones, something that’s been an increasing priority for Google as well.
Ryan Gavin, Microsoft’s GM of search, says that when he thinks how about mobile search differs from the desktop, the traditional list of search results that can get you eventually to an answer to a query aren’t useful. “I just want an answer,” Gavin says, “and I want to take that answer into an action, typically with some sense of urgency.” To that end, Bing for iPhone puts the data from Microsoft’s Knowledge and Action Graph right up front, alongside deep links right into the apps on your phone that’ll let you complete the desired action using the tools you’re used to. Slideshow-341602
Source: Bing
‘Deus Ex: Mankind Divided’ is delayed to August 2016
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided is due to hit PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC on August 23rd, 2016 — though it was originally scheduled to launch on February 23rd. Eidos Montreal head David Anfossi announced the delay in a blog post titled, “No compromise on quality.” He says, in part, “We’re confident and proud of the game so far. However, as we are now playing through the game in full we can see that it will require more time in post-production for tuning, iterations and refinement to meet our high standards.” Anfossi offers an apology and gratitude for fans’ continued support.
Source: Deus Ex
Samsung Gear VR now available to pre-order in Europe
Samsung’s new Gear VR is now available to pre-order in Europe for €99. The Korean tech giant earlier announced the all-new Gear VR, which has been available to pre-order in the US for a little over a week now.
This new edition of the Gear VR will be compatible with all of the latest flagship Samsung smartphones, including the Galaxy S6, Galaxy S6 Edge, Galaxy S6 Edge+, and even the Galaxy Note 5.
Those interested can order the virtual reality headset straight from Samsung’s German and Dutch online store. Both stores, at the time of this writing, seem to have different ship dates, with the German-based store saying shipments will begin sometime in January 2016, while the Dutch product page indicates that headsets will begin to ship in just a couple of days.
Samsung’s Consumer Edition of the Gear VR is said to feature better foam cushioning as well as an improved trackpad for easier control and navigation.
It’s hoped that Samsung also designed the Gear VR for the Samsung Galaxy S7 so that consumers won’t have to go out and buy yet another Gear VR in the future, as was the case with the Galaxy Note 5 and the last generation of the Gear VR.
Anyone plan on pre-ordering a unit?
source: Galaxy Club
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[Deal] Get one year of free service and the LG G3 for only $289
When it comes to picking a device on a new phone plan, the choices can be tough. Monetary issues arise often, and can greatly influence your decision more than anything else. However, there are deals that crop up out of the blue that make you just want to jump at the chance. Today’s deal is one of those.
The fine folks over at FreedomPop have a deal that you may not be able to pass up on, no matter how much you try to talk yourself out of it. Today’s deal is for the LG G3 and ONE YEAR of FREE service from FreedomPop. You’ll get one of LG’s greatest phones with the G3, and one that is still very capable even though it has been surpassed by two iterations, the LG G4, and the LG V10.
Additionally, you’ll get a year of unlimited talk and text, along with 500MB of 4G/3G LTE data from FreedomPop. Now, that’s not a whole lot of data, however, if you’re connected to Wi-Fi all the time, that should be enough to perform daily tasks without any hiccups.
Now, you’re probably wondering how great this deal really is. But before I give you the exact number, let’s take a look at what you’re getting.
- 1-year of unlimited text & talk, plus 500MB 4G/3G LTE data per month (normally $10.99/month)
- 1-year of premier service: premium voice, voicemail, data rollover, tethering, usage alerts, Internet security, VPN & more! (normally $9.99/month)
- Switch to the 100% Free Plan at any time to get 200 Minutes, 500 Texts & 500MB each month
- Android’s trusted technology
- 13 MP OIS+ Camera
- Large, clear display
- Smart interactivity
- No contracts or early termination fees
All of the great features that are found with the LG G3, and a year of free service plus goodies for only $289.99. This is a great deal for anyone who doesn’t want to break the bank for a new phone plan, and for a device that is still really capable.
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IBM’s supercomputer knows what’ll be hot this holiday
After elbowing its way into hospitals and restaurants, it was inevitable that IBM’s supercomputer would turn its attention towards the retail business. IBM has launched Watson Trend, a service that harnesses Watson’s deep learning smarts in order to discover the hottest and most desirable products to buy this holiday season. The machine will work out what’s hot (and what’s not) by trawling the web, looking through everyone’s public conversations on social media, blog posts and product reviews. Once the information has been found, it’ll run sentiment analysis to determine how people really feel about their new smartphones, TVs and tablets to work out the ones folks love the most.
Source: IBM
Ring’s video doorbell let me banish unwanted visitors
If you live in a well-heeled apartment building it’s likely that you have the use of a video intercom. People ring your bell and you can not only speak to them, but see them as well, which is useful for screening out folks you don’t want to invite in. Ring’s $199 smart doorbell offers a similar solution for everyone else, swapping out a wall-mounted videophone for a direct connection to your smartphone. In the interests of science, I decided to drill some holes into my front porch and see if having one is worth the effort.
Source: Ring
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