Once Blackberry made BBM available to other platforms, the rush to check out an old favorite was on. We all ran to download the “new” app, find a friend, and revisit old times. Sadly, BBM was pretty much as we all remembered it; a straight-up chat platform. Today, Blackberry is introducing a few features to BBM designed to make their … Continue reading
Using a slight variation on the famous high-speed camera set-up by Doc Edgerton, the Edgerton Center at MIT shot a .22 caliber rifle through three peanut butter cups and captured this perfect image. Three peanut butter cups were harmed in the photographing of this photograph. [MIT]
You’d need a very big wrist to wear this year’s crop of fitness bands and smartwatches, but Microsoft believes the new Microsoft Band can elbow out the competition. Straddling the line between smartwatch and health tracker – not to mention spanning not only Windows Phone but iPhone and Android, in a play for cross-compatibility that rivals could learn a lesson … Continue reading
Today only, Amazon is offering steep discounts on a variety of JLab earbuds as their Gold Box Deal of the Day. Options range from $10 for standard buds to $18 for enhanced-bass models, to $20 for “high fidelity.” There are a ton of colors available, and the prices are terrific, so grab a pair before they sell out. [JLab Earbud Sale]
Roku was already the best little streaming device money could buy . But now, Google has gone and given Roku access to all your Google Play goodies. Which, more than just being an unprecedented move on Google’s part, makes Roku pretty much unstoppable.
Earlier this year, we relayed to you info about a service dubbed “Nearby”, which is believed to be Google’s way of having otherwise disparate devices in communication with one another. It seems that service might be nearing our devices, though it’s not entirely clear how Google plans to occupy this space just yet. With several references to a service called … Continue reading
Put a man on the Moon? Sure. Establish a continuously orbiting zero-gravity laboratory? Easy. Parachute a rover onto Mars? Ain’t no thang. Okay, fine NASA, but can you carve a pumpkin?
Already using Office 365 on your Mac? Well, if you fancy Microsoft’s email software too, you’re in luck. The new version of Outlook for Mac is now available to the aforementioned subscribers, and it carries a smattering of new features. Aside from…
When BT finally gets round to launching its own-brand mobile network running on EE’s 4G infrastructure, it’ll join Virgin Media and TalkTalk as a provider of all four main telecoms services: TV, internet, fixed-line telephone and mobile. This would…
If you prefer to carry Samsung’s most recent handset instead of that newfangled iPhone 6, Sprint is now offering the Android option for lease. Until now, the carrier allowed customers to rent Apple’s phone for $20 a month for two years. After that,…