Toshiba sticks to what it knows with new LED HDTV range

Toshiba’s already spilled the beans on its 4K TV line-up for this year, and right on cue, it’s just revealed the new range of 2014 LED sets that might interest us folk still clinging on to the regular HD era. The entry-level 3 series gains a number…

Ting lets you bring your iPhone 5 to its pay-for-what-you-use cellular service

You haven’t had many choices for non-Android phones if you’ve wanted to switch to Ting, where you only pay for the cellular service you use — aside from the since-vanished HTC 8XT, you’ve had to bring over an aging iPhone 4 or 4S from Sprint. Your…

WSJ Reaffirms Rumors That Music Streaming Is Headed to Amazon Prime

WSJ Reaffirms Rumors That Music Streaming Is Headed to Amazon Prime

Last month, Re/code reported that Amazon was in talks to create a streaming music service to bundle with Prime subscriptions. Now, the Wall Street Journal is reaffirming that rumor.

Read more…


    



Cherry Blossom Report – 2014

Rumors of an Amazon music service, TV set-top box swirl yet again

We’re still not sure whether Amazon’s truly launching a music streaming service, but if it does, you might only be able to access songs and albums for a limited time. According to the Wall Street Journal, the e-commerce company hopes to offer music…

Honda Monkey motorbike – Kumamon version

​Rdio plans to stop using Echo Nest, because Spotify bought it

Rdio’s CEO, Anthony Bay, doesn’t want Spotify knowing what it knows, and to that end, the music service is looking to break away from Echo Nest. However, the music intelligence company, recently bought by Spotify, is just one of several partners that…

This Drone Footage of an Erupting Volcano Is Absolutely Nuts

Put your face close to your screen and hit play. This short video, uploaded by YouTuber Shaun O’Callaghan, was shot from a DJI Phantom quad-copter as Yasur volcano on Tanna Island in Vanuatu erupted.

Read more…


    



Google buys an Android gaming platform, possibly with a set-top box in mind

Green Throttle Games was late to the Android gaming platform party, and paid the price for it — the company effectively wound down at the end of 2013. However, its efforts may not have been in vain. Google has confirmed to PandoDaily that it has…

KUKA Robot Falls To Timo Boll In Ping Pong Match

It was not too long after Valentine’s Day when we brought you word that German table tennis (or ping pong) champ as well as the former top player in the world for that sport, Timo Boll, would go up against a one handed robot known as KUKA in a game of table tennis this March 11th. Well, the results have been posted, and Timo Boll managed to eke out a victory. The thing is, the entire deal was an ad, as it depicted how the KUKA robot might not be the best in table tennis, although it is the best in robotics, or at least this is what we are led to believe.

(more…)

  • Follow: Robots,
  • KUKA Robot Falls To Timo Boll In Ping Pong Match original content from Ubergizmo.