Skype Translator is one of those technologies that makes you stop and say “woah, future.” A mythical service that can translate your speech in seamless real time, with accompanying transcripts, could eventually surmount the language barrier. But until then, we have Skype Translator, and it’s a great start.
With Periscope’s most recent update, the ability to sign up with your phone number was added, creating a secondary way to use Periscope if you didn’t have (or want to use) your Twitter account. It’s the first time Periscope has ventured outside the Twittersphere for gaining users, but they didn’t stray too far. We’ve confirmed that Periscope’s new phone number … Continue reading
How many cores does your smartphone have? If it’s anything less than ten – and it’s almost certain to be – then MediaTek has just eclipsed it, its new Helio X20 mobile processor packing a whopping ten cores. The company calls it Tri-Cluster architecture, and is promising the usual mantra of simultaneous power and efficiency. Still, before we discount the … Continue reading
If you wanted, say, acting lessons from Dustin Hoffman, you’d probably have to write a check that’s bigger than the Empire State Building to make it happen. That’s why Masterclass has such an appealing idea, a video-based tutorial site where, unlike …
There are already computer chips with brain-like functions, but having them perform brain-like tasks? That’s another challenge altogether. Researchers at UC Santa Barbara aren’t daunted, however — they’ve used a basic, 100-synapse neural circuit to …
Last we heard of BitTorrent’s chat client, Bleep, it was just debuting. Today the news is that the secure messaging client is moving from open alpha to a release aimed at the general Android and iOS owning public. With it comes peer-to-peer messaging…
We’ve been hearing plenty about the “Internet of Things” (IoT) lately, but despite all the hype there’s still a sore lack of compelling connected gadgetry for you to buy. Now Samsung hopes to change that with Artik, its new platform meant to make it …
We have the likes of smartphones and smart homes, but how about another category of “smart” devices that might just pique your interest? I am referring to the ilumi, which has been touted to be Tesla’s smartest light bulb. Hmmm, a smart light bulb certainly sounds interesting, especially when you take into consideration how there are many environmentally friendly light bulbs in the market already, so to have one that has brains to go along with it would be worth checking out.
The ilumi smart light bulb happens to be Bluetooth connected, where they will connect to free app in order to deliver total control to the user. From your smartphone or tablet, you will be able to perform adjustments such as the brightness level, color, and change its settings. Not only are you doing your bit to save the planet, you would also look cool while doing so. Depending on which model you choose from, the ilumi will cost you anywhere from $89.99 to $99.99, where the small ilumi LED Smartbulb will sip a mere 13W of power – which in turn, produces an amount of light which is the equivalent of a 60W incandescent bulb.
[ ilumi happens to be Tesla’s Smartest Light Bulb copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]
To overcome its perception problem with customers in the Land of the Rising Sun, Samsung decided to go with a drastic rebranding agenda that involved removing its corporate logo from new mobile devices being sold in the country. They’ve now been branded under the “Galaxy” umbrella but that doesn’t seem to have done wonders for the company’s sales, particularly sales of its new flagship handsets.
Apple dominates Japan’s smartphone market and at one point it happened to be the company’s fastest growing market for smartphones. Out of the top ten handsets in the country’s market six are iPhones, so you can imagine how drastic a change Samsung has had to make in order to claw some share from Apple.
It didn’t work apparently because market research firm BCN’s survey shows that during the week of April 27th to May 3th, lackluster Galaxy S6 sales put the flagship handset at 26th place on the list of most popular smartphones in the Japanese market.
The highest the Galaxy S6 was ever able to go on this list was 10th place which it barely held on to during its launch week. It has all been down from there.
The major reason why Samsung’s new handsets are struggling in the country, even though they perform spectacularly elsewhere, is because Apple is just too dominant in the market and the iPhone has become more of a status symbol than a tool for communication.
Samsung will have to pull something else out of its sleeve if it wants to establish a firm grasp on the Japanese smartphone market.
Samsung’s Rebranding In Japan Didn’t Work Apparently , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use. 
Have a break, Have a, er, YouTube Break? Well, that’s what Nestle wants you to do. The company has teamed up with Google to rebrand its KitKat chocolate bars to YouTube Break. Don’t worry though this isn’t going to be permanent. The rebanding is limited to a 600,000 bar run and that too only to the United Kingdom.
Many of you will know that this isn’t the first time that Nestle and Google have teamed up. Most notably the companies got together in 2013 when they decided to name the latest version of Android, version 4.4, to KitKat.
Nestle’s press release explains the reason behind this temporary rebranding, it’s to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the KitKat bar as well as the 10th anniversary of YouTube. This rebranding effort actually is the first major package redesign of the KitKat bar in nearly eight decades.
The press release also mentions that this campaign is based on the insight that KitKat consumers are also YouTube fans, so basically this was the right thing to do as the two entities celebrate major milestones.
Google’s services are also a part of this campaign. Saying “YouTube my break” to your Android device will bring up the top four videos trending on YouTube on that particular day.
The rebranded KitKat bars are only being distributed in the United Kingdom though.
Nestle Teams Up With Google And Rebrands KitKat To YouTube Break , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use. 
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