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The new Nexus is shaping up to be an Android phone worth waiting for.

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It still isn’t quite official just yet, but a growing Great Lake of leaks points to a powerful new Nexus 5 that will hold its own against the iPhone 5S and other top Android phones.

A few leaked benchmark tests have the Nexus 5 scoring at the head of the class in graphics performance. The Nexus 5 is expected to pack an Adreno 330 GPU, and according to GFXBench’s data (as parsed by Phone Arena), it should perform on par with the GPU in the new iPhone 5S. It also outperforms the Sony Xperia Z1 and, perhaps most interestingly, the LG G2, which the Nexus 5 is rumored to be based on.

The test data is, of course, incomplete and unconfirmed, but it appears to at least show that the Nexus 5 will be capable of holding its own when it comes to gaming and that LG and Google don’t seem to be skimping on specs for their next Android reference device.

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Google announced earlier this year Provo City, Utah would be the next location it will be rolling out its Google Fiber to later this year. Residents in Provo City won’t have to wait long as a new promotional video comparing Google Fiber to broadband speeds has announced the service will begin rolling out in October. (more…)

Google Fiber Compared To Broadband In Provo City Promotional Video original content from Ubergizmo.

I’m a rather forgetful person. If it’s not written down the chances of me remembering to do it are pretty slim. That means I have a bunch of Post-it notes stuck all around my office to remind me of things that I have to do. The problem is if I’m not in the office to look at those Post-it sticky notes, I still forget.

That’s where these PA-Design’s wristwatch Post-it notes would come in. These things have sticky ends and you can write your own notes on the watch shaped paper. You can then wrap it around your wrist and stick the ends together so you have the reminder with you wherever you go.

These things are quite a bit more expensive than your normal pad of Post-it notes about $13(USD) per pack of 100 notes. The pad measures 8.25 x 1.5 x 0.4-inches. The only downside to these is that they appear to be out of stock on Amazon right now – though it looks like can still order them direct from PA-Design here.

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If Apple were to build a desk, it would look like this. Much like Nest, maker of the world’s sexiest thermostat, Stir is a company founded by someone who worked on the first iPods, and, it too is trying to make a mundane household item fashionable. In this case, of course, the product in question isn’t a thermostat or even a home appliance, but a standing desk. The Kinetic Desk, which will ship in the first half of 2014, has a thermal sensor that can tell when you’ve arrived, and over time, it learns how long you prefer to be on your feet before taking a break. To lower the desk over its 26-inch range, just double-tap the built-in touchscreen, located on the left end. From there, you can can set goals, like standing for 25 percent of the day, as well as see how many extra calories you’ve burned, or monitor how much time you’ve spent sitting. CEO and founder JP Labrosse tells us that the desk might eventually integrate with fitness-tracking services like Fitbit, though it won’t at launch. Still, the desk has WiFi and Bluetooth radios baked in, so if Stir ever did want to share data with third-party services, the hardware would at least be able to support it.

Like an iPod, the Kinetic Desk has just one button. Press it and you’ll be telling the desk to enter “active mode,” which will remind you to take periodic breaks by rising up and down ever so gently when it’s time for you to stop what you’re doing and walk around. (It’s less distracting then it sounds; in fact, Stir is using the name “WhisperBreath” to describe it.) Also like an Apple product, the desk has a stark design: it’s powered by a single cable, with eight AC ports and four USB sockets tucked into two hidden panels at the top of the desk. That makes for a minimalist look, of course, but it also means you don’t have to worry about dragging cables (and knocking things over) when you adjust the height of the desk. Once this starts shipping, you’ll have two color options for the lacquered wood surface, and four choices of accent colors for the underside and in the two charging drawers. As for the starting price, you’re looking at $3,890 and up — suffice to say, you’d better already be a standing desk convert before taking the plunge.%Gallery-slideshow98401%%Gallery-slideshow90897%

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It’s been a long while since Maxthon updated its iOS app, and hot on the heels of iOS 7, it finally has. Not only does it offer the usual speed and performance enhancements, the latest update to the mobile browser also reveals easier access to social media, a unique “shake-and-send” feature that lets you send content to the cloud by shaking the phone, localization in 15 more languages and a new “Push Away Menu” that supposedly helps you navigate the web one-handed. Seeing as Safari didn’t get a ton of updates with iOS 7, it might prove useful to hit the source and seek out a possible alternative.

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