Leaks show BlackBerry working on a rival to Siri, Google Now (video)

Looks like Microsoft isn’t the only latecomer scrambling to add a voice-guided assistant to its mobile platform. A leaked test-build of the new BlackBerry firmware (version 10.3.0.140, if you’re curious) is rocking an app called “Intelligent…

Android Smartphones Can Finally Get Predator Vision Too

Android Smartphones Can Finally Get Predator Vision Too

Earlier in the year, FLIR got us all hot and bothered by revealing a thermal vision smartphone case that could actually see our excitement. Unfortunately it’s only for iPhone users, and won’t be available until the early summer. But Android fans will have the last laugh with their own thermal imaging add-on—the Therm-App—that’s already available.

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Crazy videos of fearless guys in kayak falling down huge waterfalls

Crazy videos of fearless guys in kayak falling down huge waterfalls

Another thing that I didn’t know was a thing. People who like to drop through big waterfalls, like Dane Jackson does in this video on the 60-foot La Tomata waterfall in central Veracruz, Mexico. And there’s more, like the 189-foot drop a reader posted below.

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The Best Nature Apps For Springtime Adventures Outdoors

The Best Nature Apps For Springtime Adventures Outdoors

With spring finally in the air, it’s time to grab your phone and go outside. No, not so that you can check your email on a hike, but because there are plenty of other ways that the little computer in you palm can actually make the outdoors more fun. We’ve rounded up some of the best stargazing, hiking, and wildlife apps right here.

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Skitch for Android gets new, finger-friendly toolbars to make mobile annotation easier

Are you a digital doodler? Odds are, then, that you’re familiar with Skitch, an annotation app from the folks at Evernote that lets users mark up PDFs, screenshots and pictures on phones and tablets. Today, the Android version of Skitch got a bit…

Snapshots of Sand in Mid-Air Look Like Otherworldly Explosions

Snapshots of Sand in Mid-Air Look Like Otherworldly Explosions

Armed with a shovel and a camera with a super-high shutter speed, photographer Claire Droppert made her way around a series of Dutch beaches and created these crazy Sand Creatures. The airborne formations look like the Sandman‘s brethren caught in the act of transformation.

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Droplet Is A Robotic Sprinkler That Knows Your Soil Inside And Out

Because your home can always be smarter, allow me to introduce Droplet, the smart robotic gardener.

Effectively replacing your sprinkler system, the Droplet tries to save you money and the world’s water resources by watering only the area where there are plants. Read More

This Cedar Cooler Promises To Totally Class Up Your Next Tailgate Party

This Cedar Cooler Promises To Totally Class Up Your Next Tailgate Party

Tailgate parties aren’t exactly known as the classiest of get-togethers. But thanks to Williams Sonoma’s new cedar-encased cooler, even a Sunday afternoon spent in a parking lot with thousands of drunken sports fans can feel like you’re having high tea with the queen.

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Mozilla appoints Brendan Eich new CEO

Mozilla has just announced a change in its management, with co-founder Brendan Eich, who formerly served as company Chief Technology Officer, being immediately appointed to the position of Chief Executive … Continue reading

Clever Photoshop Street Art is "Erasing" London

Clever Photoshop Street Art is "Erasing" London

Ever walk down the street wishing you could erase the ugly billboards and other urban detritus? These Photoshop-themed street stickers posted around London may be the closest you’ll ever get.

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