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We’ve never paid much attention to BBK’s phones in the past, but today, this Chinese company — who’s actually the creator of the Oppo brand for the Western market — announced a rather interesting Android 4.1 device. The idea of this Vivo X1 is that BBK wants to take audio very seriously on its new flagship phone, which is why it’s been given a Cirrus Logic CS4398 digital-analog converter plus a CS8422 sample-rate converter — a combo that’s seemingly popular amongst Hi-Fi connoisseurs and manufacturers. And to match that audio performance, BBK’s also throwing in a pair of Beyerdynamic MMX 71 iE earphones (20Hz-22kHz, 12Ω, 104dB) as part of the ¥2,498 ($400) package; though you can also choose the AKG K420 or the Sennheiser CX215 instead when buying from BBK’s official online store.

The rest of the Vivo X1, however, is more bog-standard in comparison: MediaTek MT6577T processor (1.2GHz, dual core, Cortex-A9), 4.7-inch 960 x 540 IPS display, 1GB RAM, 16GB built-in storage, eight-megapixel main camera, 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera and WCDMA 2100 3G radio. The only real highlight here is perhaps the 2,000mAh battery, which is non-removable but still rather impressive considering it’s in a 6.55mm-thin body. Even the Oppo Finder has a 6.65mm thickness and yet lacks a 3.5mm headphone jack, whereas BBK’s thinner phone has one. What’s missing here is microSD expansion, but there’s 15GB of Baidu cloud storage should users wish to take advantage of that.

The Vivo X1 may just be available for pre-order now, but the folks at BBK couldn’t help but tease the highlights of its next-generation device already: bezel-free design, 1080p display, big battery and 13-megapixel camera. We look forward to that.

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Months after Coca-Cola rolled out their ‘Open Happiness’ vending machines, Pepsi is following suit. They won’t be giving away free bottles of soda for hugs, although you will be able to give people the gift of Pepsi and play a game to score free drinks.

You can buy drinks for yourself or for a friend. To send a gift to someone, all you have to do is punch in the recipient’s email address and name. The machine will then send them a code, which they can key in on the machine to claim. Of course, that assumes your friend is somewhere near one of these machines as well.

The Pepsi vending machine is also programmed with a game that you can play to win 20-ounce beverage bottles for yourself.

Pretty cool vending machine, but I prefer Coca-Cola’s because, really, what can beat getting free Coke for a hug? What do you think?

The PepsiCo Interactive Vending Machine dispenses Pepsi, Mountain Dew, Sierra Mist Natural, Aquafina and Lipton Green Tea, and can be found at Columbiana Centre (Columbia, SC), Clackamas Town Center (Happy Valley, OR), Oglethorpe Mall (Savannah, GA), Oakwood Mall (Eau Claire, WI) and Park City Center (Lancaster, PA).

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Just a friendly reminder to all of you Borderlands 2 players out there: Mr. Torgue’s Campaign of Carnage is available today across all platforms. This is the second DLC expansion to Borderlands 2, following the release of Captain Scarlett and Her Pirate’s Booty last month. It can be had on Xbox 360, PS3, and PC for $9.99 or 800 MSP – that is, unless you purchased a Borderlands 2 season pass, in which case you can just straight up download it.

Mr. Torgue’s Campaign of Carnage sounds a like lot Mad Moxxi’s Underdome Riot from the first game, with players heading off to the Badass Crater of Badassitude to participate in arena combat against waves of enemies. Unlike Underdome Riot, however, Campaign of Carnage features its own mini-campaign, complete with a number of side missions to complete.

That’s on top of the new enemy types and a new currency called Torgue Tokens that can be redeemed at special vending machines for powerful loot. It sounds like Mr. Torgue’s Campaign of Carnage should be a great addition to the base game, but sadly, the level cap isn’t going up in this DLC. We have no idea when that will happen – if that’ll happen at all – but there are two more DLC packs planned for Borderlands 2, so players might get their level cap increase in one of those.

Of course, Gearbox could also simply opt to raise the level cap without a DLC release, as the studio did with the original Borderlands. Either way, there are many players out there ready to level up their characters further, so we’re hoping that the level cap gets bumped up above 50 soon. Will you be picking up Mr. Torgue’s Campaign of Carnage, or is this one you plan on skipping?

Borderlands 2 Torgue DLC on all platforms today is written by Eric Abent & originally posted on SlashGear.
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There are two schools of thought to Thanksgiving preparation. You can spend weeks hunting down the perfect recipes, the freshest ingredients, and begin prepping the arduous feast well in advance of November 22. Or, you can run out to the grocery store the day before, pay a huge markup for a frozen turkey, and spend the entire night slaving away in the kitchen. More »

If you were already loving the lazy cloud storage skills of Dropbox and Google Plus‘ automated photo upload on iOS, you might have also thought Facebook would be the ideal place for it. The social network seems to think so too, as its latest app tweak (for a handful of people included in its early trial) offers a Photo Sync option that works in an identical manner to its Android opposite. Fear not, all photos taken will be whisked to an unpublished album to avoid any embarrassing early photo reveals. We’ve not been granted access to the test just yet, but you can reacquaint yourself with how it all works at Facebook’s official explanation at the source.

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