Apple’s OS X Yosemite operating system is arriving soon, and the fact that the developer preview just reached Golden Master status, alongside a 4th public beta preview update, means we probably don’t have long to wait. Last year, Apple released its Mavericks GM build about three weeks before it released the update to the Mac App Store for everyone to download, so Yosemite is on… Read More
Hey, who here gets excited about smart lightbulbs? Probably four of you raised your hands, and two of them were me. GE has taken a different approach to selling its new Link connected bulbs, eschewing sales pitches of convenience and connectivity in favor of trotting out a shirtless (and well-preserved) Jeff Goldblum.
The celebrated chaos theoretician is doing what’s known as… Read More
Another day, another *Gate. This time the Samsung Galaxy Note 4, the latest phablet to enamor the Android crowd, has been reported shipping with a thin gap between the screen and the walls of the case. The issue, reported on iTToday in South Korea, seems to affect a small number of devices. According to the piece, two pieces of paper or a business card can fit snugly into the gap. This… Read More
Show of hands if you had a pen pal at some point during your time in
school. Just as I figured, quite a few of you. Wayfare is letting you
relive your days of international correspondence with an app that pairs
you with someone from the country of your choosing for seven days. An interesting concept, but
how well does it work?
Improv Everywhere is an NYC-based guerrilla prank group who’s various missions have included planning a massive Best Buy infiltration and turning a busy New York subway stop into an underground spa. For their latest social experiment, the team gave 2,000 people instructions via headphones, severely confusing local residents.
Being able to control virtually everything in your home with just a few taps on a mobile device is fantastically convenient, except when you have to flip between a bunch of different apps for each individual device. But Swann’s new universal hub wants to help you run the entirety of your connected home from just one application.
In a factory that once made floppy disks, herbs are growing. Inside an old semiconductor factory, there’s lettuce taking root. Oddly enough, electronics factories make great farms. And Toshiba, Sony, Panasonic, are swapping industrial infrastructure for a business that’s as old as civilization itself.
It’s finally official: Windows 10 is on the way . It’s the Windows to rule all Windows, a single operating system for PCs, phones, and tablet, and it’s coming in 2015. But you don’t care about any of that. You just want to know about the goddamn Start Menu already.
To see the glow from a species of bioluminescent octopus used to require a trip to the deep sea and a fair amount of patience. Not anymore. Ambio, a mobile lamp from Amsterdam-based designer Teresa von Dongen brings the sublime light away from the ocean by creating a “artificial saltwater medium.”
If you thought that forking out $35 for the Google Chromecast is far too much of a burden on your pocket, or you are thinking that the entire ecosystem is not open enough for you, perhaps the choice of picking up Matchstick’s very own TV stick might prove appealing. After all, this particular TV stick will retail for $25 a pop as it hits the market in February next year.
The Matchstick will be powered by Firefox OS, where you can fling content from a phone or PC to a TV, not to mention it comes with support for a slew of Chromecast-compatible apps right from the get go. While the Matchstick remains as a working prototype, the Matchstick team has high hopes that they can raise the required $100,000 via Kickstarter in order to get the production line going. If you would like to be the early bird this time around, why not sign up to be an early backer? After all, that would give you the privilege of reserving the Matchstick TV Stick for a mere $12. Otherwise, it is going to be priced at $25.
In terms of design, Matchstick’s TV stick does resemble the Chromecast somewhat. In order to use the Matchstick TV Stick, you will first need to plug it into your TV’s HDMI port, and it will then go online via Wi-Fi. This would subsequently allow you to determine the right content to send over to your TV screen from a compatible smartphone, tablet, or PC.
Matchstick TV Stick Runs On Firefox OS
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