Jul 25
Jul 25
There are a lot of places where people like to listen to music. In the living room, in the car, at your desk, and of course, in the shower. Most of those places are easy to get music to, as there is usually a stereo or computer nearby. If there isn’t, you can always pop on some headphones and plug in your smartphone. Unfortunately, the shower isn’t somewhere that you want to stick an electronic device. However, what if there was a way to safely use your phone or tablet while in the shower?
The Shower Tunes shower curtain is one way to transport the music you love to one of your favorite places to sing. Essentially, what you have is a shower curtain with a plastic pouch for your device. You’ll slide in your phone, tablet, or mp3 player into the pocket from the outside, and then hook up the audio cable. Hit play, zip it up, and you’re ready to rock out. Rather than playing the music through your device’s built-in speakers, it will come out of two speakers attached to the curtain. There is one at the top left, and top right corner of the curtain. As for controlling the music, the pouch is touchscreen-friendly, so you can make sure that you’re listening to exactly what you want.
This might not be the most high tech way to listen to music in your shower, it’s still pretty convenient. It will work with any device that has an audio jack, and keeps it free from moisture. The biggest annoyance will be feeding it the three required AA batteries. If this sounds like what your bathroom needs, you can pick one up for $50.
[ Shower Tunes plays your music in the tub copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]
Jul 25
We’ve been hearing rumblings recently about a Gran Turismo-themed movie, but hot on the heels of those rumors is confirmation from Sony that such a movie is, in fact, “being made.” The 16-year-long racing series for the PlayStation is one of the most popular racing game franchises in the world, and it seems Sony wants to take advantage of that fact.
Speaking with Joystiq, an unnamed Sony Computer Entertainment UK spokesperson said that a Gran Turismo movie is “being made,” but that’s unfortunately all the details that they provided. Rumor is that The Social Network producers Michael de Luca and Dana Brunetti are on board for the racing film, and Sony Pictures executives Elizabeth Cantillon, Devon Franklin, and Hannah Minghella will be in charge.
However, the spokesperson didn’t confirm these details, so those are still up in the air at this point, and that simple confirmation leaves the door wide open as for what to expect from the movie. We know that a Need for Speed film is on the way, but it looks rather juvenile and not true to the actual racing industry.
We feel that the Gran Turismo movie will be more true and fitting to what actual racing looks like. As long as it doesn’t have explosions and far-fetched car crashes, I think it’ll be fine. The Gran Turismo series has always been one of the only true racing simulators out there, and we think Sony will take that vibe and put it into the movie without a problem. Until the release of the movie, enjoy the Gran Turismo 6 trailer above.
SOURCE: Joystiq
Gran Turismo movie confirmed by Sony is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Jul 25
Yes!
(Credit: EquinnoxX/Imgur Screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET)
The subject of love bedevils us all.
Yet once you’ve found it, how do you propose to the woman with whom you want to spend your doddering dotage?
For one gamer, there was an absolute solution: create a game that she would have to play to the end to win his heart.
I am tearfully grateful to Kotaku for revealing the tale of EquinnoxX, a passionate gamer.
He decided to meddle with a Contra cartridge in order to create the perfect proposal for his one true love.
He documented the whole process in words and pictures, accompanied by the quite beautiful tagline: “I hacked Contra because she’s worth it.”
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Jul 25
LG G2 Could Arrive This October
Posted in: Today's Chili
Jul 25
We had an amazing time at Expand SF this past March (couldn’t make it? see for yourself!), and we’re super excited about making Expand NY an even bigger and more spectacular show this November 9th and 10th. The tech luminaries you’ll be hearing from on stage are a big part of what makes the Expand experience one you won’t want to miss, so let’s start filling you in on who those folks are!
Filed under: Announcements, Meta
Jul 25
Jul 25
SlashGear 101: What is Chromecast?
Posted in: Today's ChiliGoogle’s Chromecast device is a Web media player, introduced by the company just a bit over a year after they first showed of a machine with very similar capabilities: the Nexus Q. Where the Nexus Q came into play as a bocce-ball-sized TV “box”, Chromecast is the size of a USB dongle, small enough to fit in your pocket. It connects through a television’s full-sized HDMI port and you’ll be able to pull it up with the input button on your television remote, the same as you would a DVD player.
Instead of playing physical content, like DVDs or Blu-ray disks, Chromecast uses the internet to pull content from web-based apps. Chromecast does not have a remote control included in the box it’s delivered with when you buy it because it’s able to connect with basically any smart device you’ve got in your home – or in your pocket.
Size: 72(L) x 35(W) x 12(H) mm
Weight: 34g
Video Output: 1080p
Connectivity: HDMI, Wi-Fi
RAM: 256k
Processor: N/A
OS: Chromecast
You’ll plug Chromecast in to your TV, plug a microUSB power cord (included in the box) into Chromecast to keep it powered up, and press the single physical button on Chromecast to send out a wireless signal that effectively says, “I’m ready to go!”
Turning the television on and the input to the HDMI port you’ve plugged Chromecast into, you’ll see a screen that directs you to google.com/chromecast/setup. Note that this URL may change over time, but this is the first place you’ll be sent in this initial launch of Chromecast when this article is first posted.
This one-time setup connects Chromecast to the web – if you’ve got a password on your Wi-Fi network, you’ll need to enter it. You can do this setup process from any device with an internet browser, while actually sending content to Chromecast is limited to the following:
• Android 2.3 and higher
• iOS 6 and higher
• Windows®7 and higher
• Mac OS 10.7 and higher
• Chrome OS (Chromebook Pixel, additional Chromebooks coming soon).
At the moment you’ll be able to use Chromecast to connect with Netflix, YouTube, Google Play Movies, and Google Music. Using Chromecast’s “Cast” protocol, you’re able to “fling” content from your control device (laptop, smartphone, tablet) to your TV.
So you’ll open up YouTube, for example, and play a video, but you’ll also be clicking the Cast button that, (once you’re set up), appears in the upper right-hand corner of your Chrome web browser or app. From there you’ll be able to control said media as it plays OR continue on with your regularly scheduled web browsing as the media plays on your TV.
Once the media you’ve chosen on your phone, tablet, or notebook has been flung to Chromecast, you no longer have to worry about it. If you DO want to control it again, you’ll have only to return to the app you were in and change it up. You can also choose to send something new to Chromecast, this immediately stopping the current media from playing, moving on to the next piece of media in kind.
There are also interesting side-loading features you can use if you’re not all about working with one of the few apps supported by Chromecast so far. At the moment Chromecast has a BETA mirroring feature that works with Chrome web browser windows.
You can open a file in a Chrome web browser window and fling it to Chromecast, your television then mirroring this window as you do so. This feature requires that you actually keep the window open if you want to keep watching it on your TV since the content is not on the web, it’s on your computer.
This BETA mirroring feature can be used for photos and video as well – we’ll be seeing how close we can get to real web-based gaming mirroring soon!
What else do you want to know about Chromecast? Is this a device (at $35 USD) that you’ll be picking up, supposing it’s not already sold out every which way from physical stores to Google Play? Let us know!
SlashGear 101: What is Chromecast? is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
© 2005 – 2013, SlashGear. All right reserved.
Jul 25
That’s right. For the second day in a row, Warner Bros. has released another trailer for Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity. Someone must be drunk at the wheel. But this one is especially scary and nearly made me pee my pants.
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Jul 25
io9’s wrap up of San Diego Comic-Con 2013—the yearly Big Bang of sci-fi and fantasy news—has a selection of the best and shiniest movies, TV shows and comic books that will keep you entertained this year, the next and beyond. It’s packed with really good stuff.
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