California’s chief snow surveyor ventured into the Sierras this week to see how much water the state can expect from the spring melt—and he came back with very bad news. The devastating drought that the state’s been dealing with the past few months will continue to devastate for the foreseeable future.
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The mid-range phones Nokia 630 and 635 running on Windows Phone 8.1 have been announced during the Build 2014 Keynote yesterday morning, but it is only later at a Nokia event in San Francisco that we have been able to get our hands on them and check them out for ourselves. First, here’s a short video that shows you what they look like in the real world: (more…)
Hands-On : Nokia 630 And 635 Review original content from Ubergizmo. 
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According to geologist Hans Amundsen—of the Natural History Museum in Oslo—you’re looking at the first ever film of a meteorite falling through its dark flight stage. The lucky guy who filmed it was skydiver Anders Helstrup, who survived the encounter unscathed.
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After a slew of criticism and increased scrutiny over his donations to an anti gay-marriage bill in California, Mozilla’s newly appointed CEO Brendan Eich has stepped down. The company recently published a blog post that read, “Mozilla prides itself…
Just days after OKCupid called out Mozilla’s CEO Brendan Eich
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Over the past few weeks we have been hearing a lot about an unreleased Huawei smartphone. The Huawei Ascend P7 has made numerous rounds of the rumor mill, we have seen leaked images and purported specifications. While all that is yet to be confirmed, at least we now know when the company intends to do that. Huawei has started sending out press invites for an event in Paris on May 7th. At the event it will officially unveil the Ascend P7.
Huawei Ascend P7 Launches May 7th original content from Ubergizmo. 
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It is not surprising to hear that Samsung is working on the Samsung Galaxy S5 Zoom, considering how that is the route that they took with the Galaxy S5’s predecessor, the Samsung Galaxy S4. Hence, a sequel to the Galaxy S4 Zoom is not far fetched, and it seems that the Galaxy S5 Zoom has been caught in the wild, in the form of a photo that is clearer than most of the other hurriedly snapped leaked photos of other devices in the past.
Samsung Galaxy S5 Zoom Spotted In The Wild original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Federal regulators just alerted banks across the country of a very dangerous new skill ATM hackers have picked up. They can trick ATMs into spitting out unlimited amounts of cash, regardless of the customer’s balance. Not only that, but also schedule the illicit withdrawals for holidays and weekends, when the ATMs are extra flush.
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By now you’ve probably heard the theme song and seen the intro to Game of Thrones a thousand times. If you really enjoy it, you’re going to love this version of the intro for Skyrim.
Skyrim’s world layout and gameplay don’t have anything to do with George R. R. Martin’s epic books, but there are enough similarities to mash the two together into a neat new opening video called “Thrones.” Because why not? In fact, I would guess that more than half of Skyrim players have already read the books or watched the show. Check the intro out for yourself:
Skyrim fans will recognize recreations of each of the major game areas, portrayed as if they were the separate family-owned lands from Game of Thrones. Brady Wold, the creator of the video, says that it started off as a fun project to kill an afternoon, but soon turned into thousands of hours of work, using After Effects, Cinema 4D, Maya, Photoshop, Premiere, and ZBrush.
[via Geek]
If you like to keep an eye on viral stuff, you might have come across David Ortiz’s selfie with U.S. President Barack Obama. The hitter for Boston Red Sox met the president after the White House invited the World Series winning team for a visit. At the event Ortiz asked the president if he would pose for a selfie, which he did. Ortiz tweeted it, and the image was then retweeted by Samsung Mobile’s official Twitter account. Ortiz is sponsored by Samsung, and he used a Galaxy Note 3 to take the selfie, this has led to allegations that this whole thing might have been a marketing ploy.
White House Reportedly Unhappy With Samsung’s Selfie Stunt original content from Ubergizmo. 
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