The hamburger icon is a classic. Even if you don’t know it by that name, its three black bars are as familiar as your mouse’s cursor—a constant companion on your cyber journey since the day you got your first computer. But who designed this icon?
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Cords and cables are boring and they get in the way. At least you can add some flair to your wires with one or two of these little things called Scalers. These will look great hanging from your headphone cables too.
Made by NECA, these little movie characters look adorable and they just snap onto almost any cord. The currently available Scaler 1 series features all the best bad guys like: Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees, the Predator and more! While the Scaler 2 series features Batman, The Joker, Spider-Man, and even the Knifehead from Pacific Rim and is available for pre-order with shipping scheduled for July of 2014.
These guys look pretty awesome and you have a lot to choose from. Buy them all and hang them everywhere. Your house will look super geeky.
[via Nerd Approved]
All that chatter about the death of skeuomorphism and the rise of flat design
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If you use a Sony or Fujifilm camera or Nokia phone or anything like that, you may notice a slight difference in future editions of your favorite camera and phones. The iconic Carl Zeiss imprint on the camera lens will now be just ZEISS. I guess they were growing tired of non photogs asking who the heck is Carl Zeiss?
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I’ve made my fair share of apps, and to me the one question that still bounces around my head is: When taking an app-first approach to designing a product, how should a designer decide on the look and feel of the icon? There are many different icon types I’ve considered, but I wanted to explore a few of the more pervasive methods I’ve come across. More »
Seen a few profile pictures change in support of gay marriage recently? The all-seeing eye of Facebook has seen quite a few, and from that ocean of data, it’s whipped up a comprehensive map of gay marriage support in the America. More »
Hate having that “Stock” icon hanging out on your iPhone? Even if you shunt it over to its own page with all the other misfits, it’s still there and you can’t get rid of it. Well, lucky for you, there’s an app in the App Store right now that’ll let you hide it, but act fast because it’s bound to be gone soon. More »
The cat is already well out of the bag, but we finally have some official information about the new Logitech Harmony Touch universal remote. Its first addition to the line in a while, Logitech is pushing its center-mounted 2.4-inch color touchscreen with support for control by tapping, swiping or scrolling through up to 50 channel icons as a way to “unprecedented control” of your home entertainment system. We’re still not entirely sure about the transport controls being placed so far up top or the usefulness of a screen focused on direct live channel access in the DVR and streaming age (check out our thoughts on this week’s podcast), but it does bring the usual control of up to 15 devices and backlit keys. Just as we saw in the stores, the price is set at $249 and it controls only via IR, not RF like the pricier Harmony 900. Check out more info in the press release after the break (along with quick demo and how-to setup videos) or on Logitech’s blog, fans of the new device should be able to find them released widely in the US and Europe this month.
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Logitech Harmony Touch remote officially announced, brings swipe, scroll and tap LCD for $249 originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 03 Oct 2012 04:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
It’s been a long time since we’ve seen any new blood refreshing Logitech’s line of universal remotes, but after indications of new devices on the way in an earnings call earlier this year tipster Andrew spotted this brand new Harmony Touch on store shelves. Arriving at Best Buy unheralded by any official announcement or specs so far, the box shots and list of features show the ability to control 15 different devices and (of course) that center mounted touchscreen. There’s no mention of it on the Logitech site either, however one leaked blog post we spotted referred to this device and a Harmony Plus.
As our friends at Tech of the Hub note, the Touch clearly draws a lot of its heritage from the Harmony One and 1100 touchscreen remotes although to have ditched the dedicated Activity button for “one touch” control. The touchscreen itself supports both taps and swipes as well as up to 50 customizable channel icons, and the box lists both online setup and on-remote customization as features. According to Andrew it’s rocking a price tag of $249 — $50 above the current price of the Harmony One but $100 shy of the RF-equipped Harmony 900 — hopefully we’ll find out soon if what Logitech has added this time around makes it worth the wait.
Update: Another one of our readers, Zachary also saw it at Best Buy and bought one, check out a few out of the box pics in the gallery below, and drop any questions about its capabilities in the comments. He’s digging it so far, saying that the touchscreen is responsive and it found icons for his area quickly, with options to change background, LCD brightness and screen timeout. There does not appear to be any RF support however, so it’s IR control only.
[Thanks, Andrew]
Filed under: Home Entertainment, HD
Logitech Harmony Touch remote pops up unannounced at Best Buy (Update: Pictures) originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 29 Sep 2012 19:13:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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