Google this week launched AdMob—an SDK developers use to build ad units into iOS and Android apps—for Windows Phone 8 for the first time. The release happened just as Google ads started showing up in the Promotions tab in Gmail for Android. The Windows Phone 8 SDK for AdMob is in beta mode, and it […]
After years of playing multiple The Legend of Zelda games, we’re sure there are many sights and sounds that you’re probably familiar with without even realizing it. One sound that we’re sure you’ll never forget is the sound you hear when you open a treasure chest in any The Legend of Zelda game as you can’t help but get excited over what you just stumbled onto. If you want to enjoy that sound over and over again, you could always head to YouTube, although it certainly isn’t the same if you don’t have a treasure chest to open. Now you can get the full experience now that a life-sized musical treasure chest is available.
Etsy seller BygonesandPowerUps has a life-sized The Legend of Zelda treasure chest available for $150. The chest is completely made out of wood and is approximately 5.75 inches deep when opened, which includes the triforce emblem sprayed onto the inside portion of the treasure chest lid. The outside of the chest looks exactly what you’d expect a treasure chest to look like from The Legend of Zelda, although the added bonus of the chest playing the iconic fanfare is one we’re sure you’re not going to want to pass up.
This Legend Of Zelda Life-Size Musical Chest Would Be A Great Find For Link original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Gravity is a stunner of a movie in large measure because of what it doesn’t do—it’s restrained and elegant in the way that most big space epics aren’t
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When is Sony’s PlayStation 4 mobile app coming to Android and iOS? That’s still unknown, but apparently it’ll arrive on Sony’s own PlayStation Vita handheld in the “next update.” That’s according to SCE Worldwide Studios head Shuhei Yoshida answering questions on Twitter (as per usual). He also …
While the world has been looking forward to the release of the Samsung Galaxy Note 3, the company had another Galaxy device up its sleeve they had planned to release only in Japan called the Galaxy J. Samsung devices released in Japan don’t tend to offer anything outside of slight modifications over the original device, but the Galaxy J seems to be quite the powerful smartphone. (more…)
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We’ve seen software updates for the HTC One roll out on Verizon and Sprint over the past few weeks, and it looks like it’ll soon be HTC One owners on AT&T to get their respective update. How soon? October 8, soon.
The AT&T HTC One will be receiving its Android 4.3 Jelly Bean update, which will be rolled out starting on October 8. The news of the AT&T HTC One’s upcoming update comes from none other than HTC America president Jason Mackenzie as he announced the upcoming release through his Twitter account over the weekend. In his tweet, he revealed the Android 4.3 Jelly Bean update has passed certification and will start updating “early next week.” Mackenzie follows up his original tweet with a response to a Twitter user asking if he had a specific date in mind for the rollout, to which he says “should begin on Tuesday.
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It goes without saying that these days, whenever you pick up a new handset or particular mobile device, chances are there is already a ready array of protective cases at your disposal. After all, why take the risk of ruining your spanking new smartphone with a scratch simply because you do not want it to look too bulky in the first place? The folks over at Booq have come up with the Complete Protection Kit which is meant to work as it has been named, boasting modern simplicity and intelligent design so that iPhone 5c as well as iPhone 5s users will be able to keep their brand new Apple devices in tip top condition right from the get go. This is certainly the smart thing to do if you want to make sure that it has a good resale value when the iPhone 6 arrives, right?
The Booq Complete Protection Kit would offer an all-encompassing solution for their iPhone devices, where it is composed of four different parts. There is a tempered glass screen protector, an ultra-thin snap case, a microfiber cleaning cloth, and a couple of adhesive home button covers. Needless to say, the Complete Protection Kit is scratch-resistant and lightweight in nature, where protection is a snap to apply and will never peel so that this ends up as a permanent solution which would make your device looking as pristine as possible for the longest time even years down the road.
Just how is this made possible? Well, thanks to an anti-smudge oleophobic coating and polycarbonate lining, the Complete Protection Kit delivers the relevant and necessary fortification required without sacrificing on its pocket-ability. A tempered real glass, crystal clear exterior is ultra-resistant against scratches, and the two adhesive home button covers will offer protection for the iPhone 5c so that no functionality is sacrificed along the way. The Complete Protection Kit for iPhone 5c and iPhone 5s will retail for $34.95 a pop.
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[ Booq Complete Protection Kit for the iPhone 5c and iPhone 5s copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]
As someone who doesn’t know a lot about building electronics, I love learning about products that manage to teach the basics of the field. Bare Conductive’s Paint Pen is one such product. It’s a liquid wire that you can use to make simple circuits or electronic prototypes.
The ink also works as a solder or adhesive, meaning it can be used to repair circuit boards or attach parts to electronics. Adafruit Industries made a short video that provides a few applications of the pen:
You can buy the pen from ThinkGeek, Amazon, Adafruit Industries or from Bare Conductive itself. Price starts at $10 (USD). MIT also has a great article on conductive paint that also has links to instructions for making your own paint.
[via UniqueDaily]
It was only a year and a half ago when Olympus showed that a small, stylish camera with no mirror and a little sensor could hang in the big leagues. Many photographers instantly fell in love with the OM-D E-M5
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