What’s the point of getting a powerful laptop if you can’t drag it to a gaming party? Acer’s latest back-to-school update for its Predator series of laptops, the Triton 700, may actually be portable enough for those trips. It packs the latest NVIDIA…
An Arduino starter kit, Bissell’s carpet cleaner, and durable USB cables lead off Thursday’s best deals from around the web.
Arrow has been saying it was going to phase out the flashbacks for years. After five seasons—matching five years of Ollie was ostensibly “on the island”—it looked like they were finally coming to an end. But it seems the show can’t stop showing us Stephen Amell in a variety of ridiculous wigs that tell us we’re…
Yesterday the Department of Homeland Security launched a new hotline to “assist victims of crimes committed by criminal aliens.” The resulting “fuck you!” from average Americans was swift and hilarious.
I remember the first time I watched Aliens back in the day, it scared the crap out of me. I also remember the cool armored personnel carrier that the colonial marines wheeled around in. That thing had seats in the back and a big laser turret on top to blast xenomorphs.
Entertainment Earth is showing off a new 1:18-scale version from Hiya Toys, and it looks awesome. The turrets on top and the front, control stick, control panel seat, and passenger restraint bars all move. The collectible is made from PVC and ABS plastics, and it’s also got LED lighting, which makes all the monitors glow.
The incredibly-detailed vehicle comes with one appropriately-scaled marine figure, and can hold up to 12 of them total if you buy more to round out your squad. Each action figure is about 4-inches tall so this thing is gonna be big – probably somewhere around 20″ long or so.
It will land in August and will set you back $249.99(USD).
Nintendo came out with an impressive earnings report but it also confirmed something that enthusiastic fans of the company might not like too much. The company today confirmed that its legendary hardware visionary Genyo Takeda is stepping down as Nintendo’s director effective June 2017. Nintendo fans will know that Takeda has played an instrumental role in developing both Nintendo software and hardware.
Genyo Takeda currently holds the title of representative director at Nintendo and also serves as a Technology Fellow alongside Miyamoto. He has long been involved in shaping the direction of Nintendo’s hardware and software.
Takeda’s career at Nintendo spans an impressive 46 years. During his time at the company he produced and director some great classic games like Pilotwings 64, Punch-Out!!, and is even credited with designing Nintendo’s N64 analog stick.
That’s not the only claim to fame that Takeda has to his name. He also led the Wii project at Nintendo and it goes without saying that the 2006 console was without a doubt one of Nintendo’s biggest successes.
While Nintendo hasn’t confirmed as yet if Takeda is simply stepping down from his position as director or if he’s going to retire completely. For all we know he may continue to play a small role at the company in the years to come. Those who look up to Takeda will certainly want to have come clarity on the matter.
Nintendo’s Legendary Hardware Visionary Stepping Down , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
Amazon launched its first Echo device over a year ago and since then they have proven to be quite popular. The company has expanded the Echo lineup by adding multiple devices that further its hardware agenda. Just yesterday, Amazon announced a new product in this lineup called the Echo Look. According to a new report, Amazon might launch another Echo product next month and that it may even have a built-in display.
The Echo Look is meant to be your personal stylist. It combines machine learning with advise from fashion specialists to give you tips on what look you should wear for the day. It can save your look book and even provide recommendations on clothes to buy.
Since it’s an Echo product, the Echo Look has Alexa built-in, and Alexa on this device can do everything that it can on any other Echo device, so it can stream music, read news, call an Uber, and more.
CNET reports that Amazon is going to launch a new Echo product next month that’s going to feature a built-in screen. However, the possibility exists that Amazon might change the timing on this launch.
Having an integrated display will make the new Echo device more useful particularly in areas like online shopping and video chats. No technical specifications have been shared as yet and Amazon hasn’t confirmed anything about such an Echo device.
So we just have to wait for a few weeks until we find out for sure if this Echo device really is in the pipeline.
Amazon Echo With Display Might Arrive Next Month , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
We’ve known since late last year that TCL has developed a BlackBerry-branded smartphone that runs Android and features a full QWERTY keyboard. This handset was officially announced a couple of months back and now the company has finally confirmed when it’s going to be released in the United States. TCL first unveiled the BlackBerry KEYOne properly at the Mobile World Congress 2017 in February this year.
You might have already heard that BlackBerry is no longer making its own smartphones. It has selected TCL as its global licensing partner which means that TCL is now going to develop and sell BlackBerry-branded handsets. The KEYOne is a result of this partnership.
The BlackBerry KEYOne features a 4.5-inch 1620×1080 pixel resolution display, it has a Snapdragon 625 processor under the hood coupled with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of storage.
The handset also has a 12 megapixel rear and 8 megapixel front camera, a 3,505mAh battery with Quick Charge 3.0, USB Type-C port, a fingerprint sensor embedded in the space key, NFC, and it runs Android 7.1.1 Nougat out of the box.
TCL has confirmed today that the KEYOne is going to be released in the United States starting May 31st. It will be available to purchase unlocked and off-contract for $549.
BlackBerry KEYOne U.S. Release Date Confirmed , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
Samsung isn’t wasting any time in getting its mobile payments service to more markets across the globe. It already covers key markets in North America and Europe. We’ve been seeing it focus on Asia and the Middle East as well. Samsung today announced that it’s continuing with the global expansion of Samsung Pay by rolling it out in four more countries.
Samsung officially announced today that Samsung Pay has now been expanded to Sweden, Hong Kong, Switzerland, and the United Arab Emirates. It has been properly launched in the UAE and Sweden while customers in Hong Kong and Switzerland can only use it via an early access program right now.
Samsung Pay was launched by the company with an aim to enable customers to make mobile payments on the go with simplicity, security, and widespread availability. It has done a pretty good job of getting this service out to as many users as possible.
To ensure that customers get the best possible user experience, Samsung will be inking tailor-made partnerships for these markets to that its users in the aforementioned countries can get the best possible Samsung Pay experience.
UAE and Sweden are the first markets in the Nordic and Middle East regions respectively to receive Samsung Pay. It works with the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ in these markets as well and will soon function with the Gear S3 too.
Samsung Pay Expands To Four More Countries , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
It was no doubt a landmark moment when former President Obama decided to reset U.S. relations with Cuba after decades of nonexistent ties. It was a big step and plenty of American companies tagged along with the president to show the Cubans that opportunity was knocking at their door. Google was one of the companies that made the trip and it has now become the first foreign internet company to store content in Cuba.
Google’s role in Cuba is also going to involve setting up Wi-Fi and broadband access on the island, even Obama said so himself, and back in December the company inked a deal with Cuba’s national telecom ETECSA.
Google has become the first foreign internet company to go live in Cuba. It already made the Chrome browser available to users in the country back in 2014. The servers that it has flipped the switch on now are part of the company’s Google Global Cache.
The Google Global Cache is a network spread across the globe which stores content that’s popular with local users. This means that Cubans will now be able to experience faster speeds when trying to access content that’s popular in their region, like viral videos, faster than before.
All of the content stored inside the country will be accessible at higher speeds as the internet will be piped in through a submarine cable that’s connected to Venezuela.
Google Becomes First Foreign Internet Company To Go Live In Cuba , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
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