What do you do if you’re a fan of old-school video games, but at the same time, you can’t imagine your life without a good book to snuggle up with and read until the wee hours of the morning? You could always have a bookcase as well as a shrine to your love of video games, or you can combine them, just like Reddit user JHood_ did. (more…)
N64 Book Case Mod Combines Your Love For Reading And Video Games original content from Ubergizmo. 
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A prospective roadmap of releases has been leaked today detailing the upcoming arrival of both the Samsung Galaxy Note III and the Sony Xperia Z1, aka Honami. These devices have been tipped as getting their first full showing during the Berlin-based festivities at IFA 2013 at their own unique events on the 4th of September. […]
Modern smartphones only have a few buttons, which by default are stuck performing one or two actions. The pull down shortcut menu in Android devices is a great way to access some of the most toggled settings, but you might have other apps or actions that you want to activate quickly. That’s where Pressy comes in.
Pressy is a small button that plugs into the headphone jack of an Android device, providing you with an extra input method. It will have a companion app where you’ll set your shortcuts. The video below indicates that you can set 1, 2 or 3 clicks, and each click can be long or short. If that’s true, that means you can save up to 14 shortcuts at once. For instance, you can set a single short press of Pressy to activate your camera or three long presses to close all running apps.
Also, in the video you’ll see that users will be able to activate the shortcuts using headsets that have playback buttons, so in theory Android users will be able to enjoy Pressy’s features without spending a cent.
As of now Pressy will only work with devices running Android 2.3 and up. The company behind Pressy, Nimrod Back, said that Pressy may come to iOS but via Cydia, i.e. it will only run on a jailbroken iOS device. Pledge at least $17 (USD) on Kickstarter to earn a Pressy as a reward.
It seems like a great accessory, but as of this writing, backers have at least one crucial unanswered question about Pressy: Will a device recognize Pressy as a headphone? Because that might break some basic features. For instance, it could block the audio from an incoming phone call, because the phone is sending the audio to a headphone or headset that’s not actually there. Hopefully Nimrod Back responds to that soon.
[via The Next Web]
A bike can be a cheap alternative for your daily commute, but only if you don’t have to replace it every few months cause it keeps getting stolen. The Kwiggle—designed by Karstin Bettin—all but guarantees your ride won’t get swiped, because it folds to a compact package that can be easily stashed under your desk, instead of requiring you to lock it to an easily accessible rack
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There’s been a number of rumors circulating in regards to major U.S. carriers possibly blacking out dates so their employees would be in full force for when the iPhone 5S and / or iPhone 5C are potentially released next month. We’ve heard both T-Mobile and AT&T are rumored to have blacked out dates surrounding the possible release date range of the upcoming iPhones, and today, we’re hearing Verizon Wireless may also have blacked out dates. (more…)
Verizon Reportedly Blocks Out Vacation Days Surrounding Supposed iPhone Launch original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Thanks to super-light laptops, you’re not killing your back carrying a computer around any more. But, man, the terrible things we’re doing to our bodies anyway. This Samsung ad is just perfect. Oh the contortions of our spines.
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Sadly, this week’s round-up of the latest time capsule news is rather somber. We have people in Newtown looking for a time capsule at the site of last year’s brutal massacre, some prohibition-era workmen longing for the day when they can drink legally, and a 1965 church time capsule unsealed with a photo of nine men, only one of whom is still alive to see it.
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The two most anticipated smartphones of next week’s IFA show, the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 and Sony Xperia Z1, haven’t been officially announced, but neither manufacturer has made any secret of their existence. So, we aren’t at all surprised to see that the two devices are starting to become common knowledge amongst the employees at various carriers. An anonymous tipster who claims to work for Three UK has sent us images of an internal doc which shows when the carrier will begin selling the pair of devices, with the Note 3 arriving on the 16th of September and the Z1 following on the 24th. Even if this is accurate, we still can’t be sure Three will be the first to launch them — nor can we account for any potential delays — but it’s at least a solid indicator that the phones will arrive sooner rather than later. We don’t have much longer to wait before we find out, but it’s something to chew on over the weekend.
[Thanks, Anonymous]
Filed under: Cellphones, Mobile, Samsung, Sony
It looks like both Microsoft and American Express are looking to invest in Foursquare. According to details coming from Bloomberg, the two companies are looking to take an equity stake in the company. The interesting part here, both companies are said to be competing against each other. That is, as opposed to going in on […]
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