Hold on to your engagement rings. Diamonds, according to an industry report, are falling off a supply cliff in 2018. As existing diamond mines are depleted even as worldwide demand increases—thanks, especially to a newly rich Asia—three months’ salary might soon buy you a much punier rock.
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Apple has already started seeding beta versions of the next major iOS 7 firmware update, iOS 7.1, and according to a latest rumor it has already seeded iOS 7 beta 3 to various testing partners. As of now this build has not been seeded to developers because it hasn’t been long since Apple rolled out iOS 7 beta 2, that particular build was seeded to developers on December 13th. According to a “trusted source” who spoke to BGR, iOS 7.1 beta 3 includes important bug fixes as well as a several new features, however they have not been described.
The same source claims that iOS 7.1 will not be publicly released until March 2014. It was previously believed that this update might be rolled out for all iOS users in January, but that timeframe has now been contradicted. It is also unclear if iOS 7.1 beta 3 patches the exploit that has been used to achieve the iOS 7 untethered jailbreak that was released just yesterday. While it can go either way, Apple usually patches the exploits soon after the jailbreak has been released. There also exists the possibility that the company might not wait for iOS 7.1 and simply release an incremental update that patches the exploit. iOS 7.1 is going to be the first major update ever since iOS 7.0 was released back in September.
Apple Will Reportedly Release iOS 7.1 In March 2014 original content from Ubergizmo. 
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This week the teams at Google responsible for making the search engine a place for massive entertainment beyond the pale have created a Christmas wonderland for the masses. Here you’ll … Continue reading
The Nexus Q is a Google device that failed to take off. This media streaming sphere was unveiled last year at the Google I/O, and soon after making it official, the company decided that it won’t continue to sell it. However, there are a generous number of Nexus Q units out in the wild, and despite the fact that they shipped with Ice Cream Sandwich pre-installed and aren’t supported by Google anymore, an unofficial Android 4.4 KitKat build has been released for the Nexus Q.
This Android 4.4 build for Nexus Q is based on CyanogenMod 11 and is currently tagged as an experimental build by the developer. A number of issues exist at this point in time, such as stuttering audio playback in Google Music and an incompatible Chrome browser. There is a workaround for the latter though, users can use the latest Chrome apk that’s compatible with Android 4.4 and install it on the Nexus Q through ADB. Apart from this, all other features of the Nexus Q appear to be working even after being updated to an unofficial Android build that’s never going to be released for this device. So if you have a Nexus Q lying around and are feeling a bit adventurous, follow the developer’s instructions to install Android 4.4 on Nexus Q.
Nexus Q Android 4.4 Unofficial KitKat Update Released original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Behind on your holiday shopping? No worries. Amazon’s got free overnight shipping on thousands of products through tonight. Here’s the best of what can still get to you—for free—in time for Christmas morning.
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Gone are the days when our mobile devices used to have tiny screens and cluttered keyboards. The trend has shifted towards full screen devices with large displays, consumer preference has certainly tilted towards devices with displays from 5 inches and higher. With that generous screen real estate, its now possible to run two apps simultaneously. Samsung has the “Multi-Window” feature on a number of devices which lets users run two apps side by side. LG threw its hat in the ring as well with the G Flex, the flexible smartphone’s “Split View” feature has been ported to the LG G2.
The LG G2 smartphone was released earlier this year. Its impressive specifications and sheer performance earned it raving reviews. While the G2 doesn’t lack in the features department, Split View will definitely be a welcome addition for those users who are really into the concept of multitasking. Given the fact that this feature has been unofficially ported from another LG device, some apps are not totally copacetic with it, such as Hangouts and Tapatalk. Installing Split View on LG G2 isn’t complicated at all, the developer has created a ZIP file that can be flashed through the custom recovery. It works with a number of LG G2 variants including the D800, D802, LS980, VS980 and more.
G Flex ‘Split View’ Feature Ported To LG G2 original content from Ubergizmo. 
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This is something I never knew I wanted: it’s called BeatBuddy and it’s basically a crowdfunded guitar stomp box that allows you to cue up and play drumbeats through your amplifier. That means you can run this in line with your guitar effects and add some undistorted, funky fresh breakbeatery, making yourself into a formidable and frightening Voltron-like all-electronic band. And who doesn’t want that?
It’s essentially a drum machine in a pedal and is, according to the team, the first of its kind. You activate various fills and patterns with your foot and you can do a lot of offline editing on your computer. A knob turns the tempo up and down. The team has blown past its goal of $75,000 and is now hovering at $111,000. The early bird pledge is $150 for a pedal, and they expect to ship by April.
It’s a fairly simple system. You can trigger drumbeats by tapping the pedal to the tempo you want and you can also tap the pedal to add fills and alternate between verse and chorus. You can prepare MIDI beats that you can then load onto the device or just use the pedal’s 200+ built-in sounds.
3. Hold pedal down to begin transition beat
4. Release pedal to end transition and go to next song part (e.g. verse to chorus)
5. Use footswitch to add accent hits. Accent hits are customized to the song part (e.g. hand claps for verse, cymbal crashes for chorus)
6. Press pedal twice to stop beat with ending fill (or 3 times to stop immediately)
It also comes with GoranGrooves Studio, a drum-tracking program. The Miami-based team is led by David Packouz, a guitarist and songwriter. While there are plenty of ways to get drums onto your red hot rock-and-roll tracks, this one looks to be the most fun and it would be great if Union Square buskers used this to drown out their endless caterwauling of Brown Eyed Girl. Just sayin’.
Nice abs guys, but do you REALLY know Thor's origin story?
(Credit: Fake Nerd Guys)
As a geek girl myself, I’ve been accused of wearing a “Star Wars” shirt to “get attention from guys who actually care if Han shot first.” I’ve been told to move to the side and let “real gamers” — who happen to be guys — play the demos at conventions. I’ve even been branded a panderer for saying I liked Godzilla, supposedly just to get a date with a man cosplaying as Gamera.
Lately it seems elements of the geek community have become a lot less of a welcome wagon and more of a judgmental Jedi Council that refuses to let newbies in, especially if they happen to be girls. In a community once known for celebrating outcasts and underdogs, it sometimes now seems like you have to take some sort of Voight-Kampff Test to prove your geekdom is legit.
For the record, I’ve been a proud nerd since birth. I’ve watched “Doctor Who” since Tom Baker was handing out jelly babies to Daleks. I made m… [Read more]
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Google launched its $35 HDMI dongle earlier this year. Called Chromecast, the dongle became quite popular as it allows users to effortlessly stream content from supported services through their mobile devices and computers. After Chromecast’s release, well known Android developer Koushik Dutta released an app called AllCast, which allowed users to stream content from their device’s gallery, Google Drive and Dropbox to the dongle. Google released an update for Chromecast shortly after, which broke AllCast, because Chromecast SDK is limited to select partners right now. Dutta today released the app once again, though it doesn’t support Google’s dongle.
AllCast supports streaming to any open DLNA compatible device, which are a dime a dozen. Popular DLNA compatible devices include the Apple TV, Xbox 360 and Xbox One, Roku set-top boxes, Google TVs, smart TVs from a variety of manufacturers and more. Streaming content from AllCast to a DLNA device is fairly simple, all users have to do is tap on the file to have it streamed on the big screen. When videos are playing, a scrubber bar appears which offers essential controls. The pulldown notification menu contains quick controls for the app. AllCast basic version is available for free, but the premium version with no restriction on video lengths, no splash screens and advertising costs $4.99.
AllCast App Released Sans Support For Chromecast original content from Ubergizmo. 
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T-Mobile’s GoSmart brand of plans
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