Earlier this month, Google’s Senior Vice President of Android and Chrome Sundar Pichai did mention that Android Wear was coming in a “couple of weeks”, and more details about this new Android has come up today as Google officially announces Android Wear, an OS dedicated to wearables, but also smart appliances. (more…)
Android Wear, Now Available To Developers original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Yoda, R2-D2, Darth Vader, Chewbacca, and Boba Fett return to compete in This is Madness: The Star Wars Character Tournament 2014.
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Yoda triumphed last year as the most popular “Star Wars” character, but who will win this year’s geekiest bracket tournament in the galaxy? Darth Vader, R2-D2, Admiral Ackbar, Princess Leia, Han Solo, Chewbacca, Yoda, and other fan favorites compete for fan votes in This is Madness: The Star Wars Character Tournament 2014, which started earlier this month and runs through April 7.
Upgrades to this year’s online competition include real-time voting results, social-media sharing functionality, and new character divisions such as Rebels, Jedi, Scoundrels, Republic, Empire & Separatists, Sith, Bounty Hunters, and Underworld. There’s also an “Attack of the Play-Ins” round, which allows four wild cards to enter the main tournament.
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Google clearly knows what time it is. Today it announced Android Wear, a project to bring Android to wearable computers.
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For those of you who picked up a brand new iPad mini with Retina display, I am quite sure that you would have also mulled over whether you ought to pick up a protective case for the device itself. After all, who knows? You might even opt to sell the tablet in a couple of years’ time, and obviously the resale value would be a whole lot higher if it were to still be in pristine condition compared to having received knocks, scratches and dents here and there. What about those moments in life when you bring your iPad mini with Retina display to places where there is water – and lots of it? This is where LifeProof comes in with the announcement of the availability of nuud and fre, where these are the two very first waterproof cases for the iPad mini with Retina display.
LifeProof intends to offer the utmost security from daily hazards for the iPad mini with Retina display, where its renowned design would feature quad-levels of protection – waterproof, drop proof, dirt proof and snow proof. Dropped your iPad mini into the swimming pool? Not a problem, as it is capable of withstandinng submersion in up to 6.6 feet of water for up to an hour, and will also be able to brush off drops from as high as four feet.
LifeProof CEO Brian Thomas shared, “With both the LifeProof nuud and fre for the iPad mini with Retina display, our customers have the freedom to choose a style that best suits their lifestyle. Some customers prefer fre, with its built-in screen protector, while others opt for the nuud design that allows direct access to the Retina display. It’s a win either way because our cases are among the most highly engineered and versatile waterproof cases available.”
The LifeProof fre and nuud for iPad mini with Retina display will arrive in either black or white colors, where the LifeProof fre costs $99.99 while the nuud would retail for $119.99 a pop.
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[ LifeProof announces nuud and fre waterproof iPad mini cases copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]
This week the folks at Motorola have revealed their first wearable device working with Google’s new Android Wear software. This device will be round – both round and square devices … Continue reading
We just learned about Android Wear for the first time
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In November last year Microsoft released its much awaited next generation gaming console. Even though it has faced tough competition from Sony’s PlayStation 4 in the market, the Xbox One continues to fight and expand its footprint across the world. The company confirmed today that Xbox One is going to be launched in 26 new markets come September 2014. These include countries such as Japan, Korea, Russia, South Africa, several countries in South America as well as a swath of countries in Europe.
Xbox One Launches In 26 New Markets This September original content from Ubergizmo. 
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The world is full of firsts, and this time around, the Los Angeles Times happens to be the first newspaper in the world to publish a story concerning an earthquake which did send some TV anchors scurrying away, courtesy of a robot writer. This is made possible thanks to journalist and programmer Ken Schwencke, who managed to come up with an algorithm that is capable of generating a short article automatically each time an earthquake strikes.
Robot Writer Publishes Earthquake Story On LA Times original content from Ubergizmo. 
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It appears to be a banner day for smartwatch news. Engadget is reporting that LG is also cooking up a smartwatch of its own. It’s coming out next quarter and will run on Google’s just-announced wearables OS, dubbed Android Wear
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LG went first, and now it’s Motorola’s turn to unveil its Android Wear smartwatch: the Moto 360. Putting an emphasis on the tried-and-true design of classic timepieces, Motorola’s crafted a smartwatch that hews closely to a more traditional, premium…
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