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Do you love playing around with remote control toys? Back in the days when there was no such thing as a mobile phone, remote control toys were the bomb. They might not have the kind of clout over kids these days, but they are still interesting to tinker around with once in a while. Thinkgeek has come up with the $89.99 Zen Wheels Precision Control Bluetooth Micro RC Car which is said to deliver “unbelievable proportional precision controls” right in the palm of your hand, and this particular ride might be small, but that does not mean “safety” is compromised, as it comes with fully functional indicator lights and a horn to boot. Toot your way around the home, indicating just where you would want to go with it!

The Zen Micro RC will be controlled via Bluetooth, so make sure you do not go beyond the theoretical 10 meter radius that a Bluetooth “bubble” normally takes up, and with the app ony our iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad, you will be able to zip around the home with the Zen Micro as your “dog-on-wheels”, so to speak. Each purchase comes with 10 mini traffic cones and roll-over timing gate for that added challenge when you play with it around the house.

[ Zen Wheels Precision Control Bluetooth Micro RC Car copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]

Your average e-bike is just a regular bicycle fitted with an electric motor. When the battery dies, you can just revert to pedalling so you’re not stranded. The new Footloose from Mando, however, takes a different approach. There’s still a set of pedals, but they’re used to power an alternator which generates electricity keeping the motor running. It’s like the bicycle equivalent of the Chevy Volt. More »

Even if you live in an area with 4G coverage, you might not get the best service inside certain buildings, and that’s where companies like Wilson Electronics come in — just take a peek at its Sleek 4G-V, for example. At MobileCon 2012, the antenna maker added three more to its lineup. They are the Tri-band 4G-V, the Tri-band 4G-A, and the Tri-band 4G-C, and are meant for Verizon’s 4G LTE, AT&T’s 4G LTE, and T-Mobile’s “faux-G” network — the latter of which is also recommended for use throughout Canada. The antennas are designed to boost the signal of older legacy networks too, so no worries if you don’t live in an area blessed with 4G. No pricing and availability just yet, and we don’t see any sign of a Sprint antenna either. To get more details, catch the full PR after the break.

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Twitter has reportedly purchased a new video sharing startup called Vine. Vine hasn’t launched at this time and is said to be a three-person company based in New York that formed in June. So far, there is some indication that Vine could launch as a standalone service, but there has been no official comment at this time.

Vine describes itself as “the best way to capture and share video on your iPhone.” The video sharing service specializes in very short clips spanning only a few seconds each. That would fit in well with twitter, and its hard character limit focused on short messages.

Vine is different from other video sharing services on the market according to AllThingsD. Vine reportedly supports the ability to grab a few quick video snippets to upload. Vine will then automatically generates a longer video stitched together from those small video snippets that were uploaded.

This video service may prove interesting to users who like to record video but don’t have the bandwidth needed upload a single large file. We’ll have to wait for the official statement from twitter or Vine to figure out exactly what’s going on. I’m not a big twitter user personally, is the ability to share videos something twitter users want on the service?

[via AllThingsD]

Twitter buys video firm Vine is written by Shane McGlaun & originally posted on SlashGear.
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The whole point of beta releases is so that beta testers can weed out the bugs in a program before it is released to the general public. That being said, it seems that Apple had known about the various bugs plaguing its Maps app before it was released in the iOS 6 update. This is according to six iOS developers who spoke with CNET, claiming that they had sent various emails, filed multiple bug reports, and posted the issues on private message boards about the Maps app while it was still during its beta period.

While Apple did fix some of the issues brought up about its Maps app during the beta phase, they were not the problems that the public complained about when it launched. The developers also revealed that glaring issues such as incorrect location data, cloud-covered areas and etc. were well documented but in the end Apple chose to ship the app as it is. However there have been recent reports which have indicated that Apple’s Maps app is starting to improve, although there’s still quite a ways to go before it will be on par with Google Maps.

By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Apple to get retail store employees to help improve their Maps app [Rumor], Google exec says no new Maps app has been submitted to Apple,