On September 26, Amazon will be debuting its new original series “Transparent”. To get the ball rolling, the Internet retailer has released its trailer for the first season, and amidst the sound of Vance Joy’s Mess is Mine playing in the background, we get a pretty solid look at the show. Maura, played by Jeffrey Tambor of Arrested Development fame, … Continue reading
If you have a Smart TV at home and you’re an avid user of Spotify, you might be pleased to learn that Spotify has recently announced that they have added more partners to their Spotify Connect list. What this means is that there will now be some Smart TV brands that will play nicely with Spotify connect.
This is expected to kick off with Philips’ Smart TVs and other brands are expected to be added at a later date. Other partners added by Spotify include Bose, Panasonic, and Gramofon which Spotify expects to detail at an announcement they will be making at IFA 2014 which is taking place next week.
Spotify has also announced that Spotify Connect will gain Multi Room functionality which allows users to group speakers together in your home to play the same music, so that your guests or yourself will be able enjoy the same music regardless of which room you are in at the moment.
For those unfamiliar, Spotify Connect is a Spotify Premium feature lets you beam songs from the Spotify app on your phone/tablet to supported speakers. According to Stan Garmark, the VP of Product at Spotify, “Our mission with Connect was to give people a better way to listen at home, and we have delivered exactly that for music fans all over the world in just one year.”
Spotify Connect Makes Its Way To Your Smart TVs
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Swatting, for those who might not have heard of it, is a term used to describe a dangerous “prank” where someone will call the cops and claim that there is an incident going on at another person’s house, after which law enforcement could call SWAT teams over to check it out and to diffuse the situation.
It is dangerous because people could potentially get hurt in the process, but unfortunately despite the police’s best efforts, it seems that swatting is still a relatively common occurrence in the gaming community. A recent incident took place and this time the gamers who were targeted managed to film it on their live feed on Twitch.
Basically what happened is that a group of gamers call The Creatures were streaming their game of Counter-Strike on Twitch when they were abruptly interrupted by a real-life SWAT team. According to a news reports, the entire building was evacuated. This took place in Littleton, Colorado and according to the Littleton Police Department, “The caller claimed to have shot two co-workers, held others hostage, and threatened to shoot them. He stated that if the officers entered he would shoot them as well.”
They added, “There were no victims or any evidence that a shooting had taken place. If the investigation determines that today’s incident was a hoax, those involved will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.” We can’t imagine what it would be like to be in their position, but scary seems to get a good place to start. In the meantime you can check out the video above to see the entire incident in action.
Counter-Strike Game Interrupted When SWAT Kicks Down the Door
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The Microsoft Surface Pro 3 has been available in certain countries for quite a while now, but the good news is that if you were living in a country where the tablet was not officially available, hopefully it will be now. Microsoft has officially announced that the Surface Pro 3 will be making its way to 25 new markets around the world.
As it stands, the Surface Pro 3 is available in markets such as the US, Canada, and Japan, but with the addition of the 25 countries, the total number of markets it will be available in will be brought up to 28.
The countries that will now have the Surface Pro 3 for sale include Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, Malaysia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, the United Kingdom and the United States.
The tablet is expected to be available for purchase starting from today, and for those who have placed pre-orders for the tablets should expect their units to begin shipping. All configurations will be available for purchase as well, although those who are looking forward to the Surface Pro 3 dock can only expect it to begin shipping on the 12th of September.
Microsoft Surface Pro 3 Makes Its Way To 25 New Markets
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Most of the time, camera designs tend to be a little understated and usually sport a somewhat somber and boring black finish. Sometimes camera manufacturers jazz it up a bit by added leather accents and different colors, although admittedly Pentax takes the cake with their recently announced K-S1 DSLR camera.
As you can see in the image above, the K-S1 camera will come in a blue finish (it also comes in a black finish and other colors) and actually sports several glowing lights on its body. For starters there are LED lights embedded in the grip itself, and there also appears to be a glowing light around the shutter button, which we suppose makes sense.
However if you thought this was just for novelty purposes, it’s apparently not. For example with the grip LEDs, Pentax has this to say: “When the Face Detection function is activated, the number of LEDs illuminated on the grip corresponds with the number of faces that have been detected. The grip LEDs also act as a countdown timer during self timer operation.”
As for its other specs, the Pentax K-S1 camera will feature a 20.12MP CMOS sensor and an ISO range of up to 51,200. It also sports an in-body shake reduction mechanism, AA filter simulator, a 100% optical viewfinder, a top shutter speed of 1/6000 second, along with a host of filters and editing tools that have been built into the camera itself.
The Pentax K-S1 is priced at around $800 for the body and an 18-55mm kit lens and is available for pre-order via retailers such as B&H and Adorama.
The Pentax K-S1 DSLR Is A Fancy Looking Camera
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Back in July we reported on a Kickstarter project called the Coolest. It’s basically a cooler that comes with a speaker, blender, and USB charger all built into the cooler itself, thus making it a perfect item to bring with you during the summer to the beach, the park, or simply in your backyard while you have a BBQ.
It’s a novel idea but apparently people love novel because the Coolest managed to raise enough money to become the third most funded Kickstarter project. However it seems that the Coolest has moved onto bigger things and can now claim to be the most funded Kickstarter project in history.
The Kickstarter campaign has 2 days left in its funding and it has since managed to raise a whopping $10,804,373 at the time of writing. It has managed to surpass the likes of the Pebble smartwatch which used to hold the title at $10,266,845. Now we’re not sure what the attraction is about the Coolest, but it certainly seems to have piqued the interest of many backers.
There is still time for those who are thinking about getting their hands on the device. A pledge on Kickstarter of $185 will nab you the Coolest upon its successful funding and production, but if you were to wait, you would have to pay around $300 for the final product which you should be able to find in shops or on their website in the future.
Coolest Kickstarter Crosses $10 Million Mark, Beats Pebble’s Record
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It seems that controversy follows Dong Nguyen wherever he goes. Previously there were reports that Nguyen’s game, Flappy Bird, stole images from Nintendo’s games, although in all fairness Nintendo denied that they sent Nguyen legal notices. Now with Nguyen’s latest game, Swing Copters, the developers at Open Name claim the game is a ripoff of their own Bog Racer.
Interestingly enough Bog Racer was released in July but apparently during Google’s zeal at removing all clones/copycats of Swing Copters, Bog Racer was caught in the crossfire despite it being released first. Speaking to Pocket Gamer, the developers claim that Nguyen had “heavily borrowed” the ideas of Bog Racer to apply to Swing Copters.
However in a statement made by Nguyen in response to their claims, “Swing Copters project is exist since February 2014. It names Kitty Jetpackat that time. You can see the screenshot of it on Rolling Stonemagazine published in March 2014.” He adds, “I am sure this is a coincidence of two games use the same mechanism. But looking in game design aspect, these two games are different games.”
As for Open Name, they are hoping to get Nguyen’s game removed from app stores. “We will use all of our modest means to restore justice, and we intend to apply a request that Swing Copters be removed from the app stores. We are well aware that our chances are very slim, which is why we ask for the support of everyone who is partial to our cause.”
Will they be successful? We guess we’ll have to wait and see, but in the meantime you can check out the trailer to Bog Racer in the video above. What do you guys think? Coincidence or a ripoff?
Swing Copters Accused Of Ripping Off Another Game, Bog Racer
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There are many ways of informing the whole world and the people you care about that you have a new baby. You could tweet it, post photos of your baby on social networks, send out cards, make phone calls, send text messages, and etc. Well it seems that more conventional methods wasn’t enough for Andreas Kleinke, a former training manager for the Apple Online Store team.
Instead what Kleinke did was take his love for Apple and his baby and mimicked the Apple website, except that instead of showcasing Apple products, Kleinke’s Apple website clone featured photos of his baby which he attempted to describe in the same way and style that Apple would have described their products.
For example Kleinke has described his son has having a “20-inch seamless unibody enclosure”, “ten meticulously aligned fingers”, and a “maximum volume going all the way up to 120 dB”. According to Kleinke, he got the idea at the Apple company store in Cupertino where they sold a baby onesie which read, “Brand new mini”.
“Since I was messing around with WordPress at the time, one thing led to another. I even got around to making the site Retina-ready, but before I could get it responsive Jonathan arrived and I’m happy to say that responsive web design is the last thing on my mind right now.” It’s a pretty clever, funny, and incredibly sweet way of sharing his joy and if you’d like to check out the website for yourself, head on over to his website for the “specs”!
Former Apple Employee Announces New Baby In Typical Apple Fashion
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Children’s toys gone wrong, this is the stuff of nightmares. It’s
unsettling when we come across toys that seem to cross our society’s
wholesome boundaries, however, we can’t help but be a tad bit
intrigued. Here are some toys that make you go “Hmmm…” Let’s dive in
and I’ll explain as we go.
Television documentaries have become overproduced messes that focus too much on glitz and personality, and not enough on facts. Send me back to the time when series like BBC’s Civilization graced the TV screen. It’s all about the history, and its minimal style is utterly captivating.
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