Hasta La Gadget!

It is not surprising to hear that Flickr has finally taken the step to do something that small startups had long ventured into – the creation of photo books. After all, Flickr is a repository of memories for many people, whether it is a vacation or a family outing, organizing your photos online on Flickr is but a snap. This digital photo sharing site has finally decided to make the jump into the world of physical photos printed out.

The new Flickr Photo Books service is said to be able to “analyze your photos and intelligently crop, position, and place them automatically”, where turning a digital collection into a physical one is as simple as a solitary click. All you need to do (apart from having some photos uploaded over to Flickr, of course) would be to make use of the provided product editor, before selecting the photo set that you would like to take advantage of. This means you are able to edit, crop, zoom, and position photos in a manual manner, or to sit back and let Flickr’s system do all the heavy lifting. All Flickr Photo Books will come with a maximum 240 page count, where they will arrive at your doorstep in 11″ x 8.5″ glossy hardcover glory. The asking price of a single book of 20 pages? $35, while additional pages will cost you another $0.50 each. Do expect a shipping time of 5 to 7 business days after placing your order, and unfortunately for the rest of the world, this service remains limited to those living in the continental United States.

Flickr Photo Books Service Launched original content from Ubergizmo.

I would suppose that as a company, the suits at the top would always seek out the best result in any deal. Dropbox is no different, either, although the company might have just raised an eyebrow or two with plans to raise additional money (touted to be in the region of at least $250 million in the weeks to come by those who claim to be in the know), while sporting a valuation that stands at a minimum of $8 billion – which would be more than double in its previous round that closed in October a couple of years ago.

Ana Andreescu, a Dropbox spokeswoman, when enquired concerning the funding round, said, “What we can say is that with over 200 million users and 4 million businesses, Dropbox has continued and strong momentum.” Do you think that $8 billion is thinking too highly of itself as a company? Dropbox CEO and co-founder Houston was touted to have been bragging recently that the company has not spent all of the money it raised in the previous round of funding, but could make do with a cash infusion in order to bring its growing ambitions to new heights. What do you think of Dropbox and its self evaluation? $8 billion certainly sounds like a whole lot, won’t you say so?

Dropbox Figures Out It Is Worth $8 Billion original content from Ubergizmo.

The holiday season is right around the corner, although considering how many holiday commercials and advertisements have been popping up over the past couple of weeks, we guess the holiday season has once again started way too early. No matter as if you’re feeling the holiday spirit and you’re interested in picking up or trying out a number of Google products, you’ll soon be able to do so as the company is announcing they’ll be opening showrooms in six U.S. cities. (more…)

Google Opening Showrooms In Six U.S. Cities For The Holidays original content from Ubergizmo.

When the MacBook Air from Apple was first introduced to the world, just about everyone was more than impressed with it. In fact, the extreme thin profile coupled with exceptional battery life (back then) did get Windows-powered notebook users asking just when will they be able to enjoy something like that? Good to know that the Ultrabook scene has grown since then, coming up with some decent designs to date. Toshiba’s latest foray into the Ultrabook market has resulted in this latest Kirabook which has been rated to feature up to 22 hours of battery life on a single charge, now how about that?

Of course, one would need to see just what kind of pace has the Kirabook V654 been put through before it could achieve that phenomenal battery life rating. I am quite sure that Intel’s new Haswell chips has something to do with it. The new KIRA V654 will feature a 13” display at 1,366 x 768 resolution, tipping the scales at 1.12kg. There is also a high-resolution model just in case you need to work with higher resolutions on the go, all of it running on Windows 8 as the operating system of choice. Expect the KIRA V654 to hit Japan this November 20th from approximately $1,446 onward.
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Toshiba Dynabook KIRA V634 Boasts Of 22 Hour Battery Life original content from Ubergizmo.

iiyama has once again expanded its line of desktop PCs by launching the MD7000-i7-HLB. Specs-wise, the system packs a 3.40GHz Intel Core i7-4770 processor, an Intel Z87 Express Chipset, an Intel HD Graphics 4600, an 8GB DDR3 RAM, a 500GB hard drive, a DVD Super Multi Drive, a 500W power supply and runs on Windows 8.1 64-bit OS. The MD7000-i7-HLB is available now for 89,980 Yen (about $898). [Product Page]