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We’ve heard several whispers that Olympus could be set to release a new camera under the model number, E-M1. In fact it wasn’t too long ago that a detailed description (alleged) of the camera surfaced which basically shared some details about the camera’s body, design, placement of buttons, and etc. Well thanks to the folks at Photo Rumors, it seems like they have managed to get their hands on additional specifications of the Olympus E-M1 camera, although their authenticity is questionable since Olympus has yet to make an official announcement of sorts.

According to the specifications, it seems that we can look forward to the E-M1 camera sporting a 16MP sensor with a DSLR-type grip. It will also have 81 AF points, shoot at 10fps, come with built-in WiFi for wireless transfer of photos/videos, an ISO range of 200-25,600, a 3” tiltable TFT LCD touchscreen display, a shutter speed of 1/8000s-60s, and a Micro Four Thirds Mount. Unfortunately details such as price or when the camera will be announced continues to remain a mystery, but hopefully Olympus will step forward with the official details soon, until then be sure to take this with a grain of salt.

Additional Olympus E-M1 Specifications Leaked original content from Ubergizmo.

Any computer gamer worth his or her salt would have known that the Civilization series has been revered to be one of the best strategy games around, and in order to capitalize on its popularity, there was an announcement made last year concerning an MMORPG which will be based on the Civilization series, where it will obviously be known as Civilization Online. Well, not much was known about Civilization Online – not until today, that is, when XL Games CEO Jake Song, who happens to be the designer of Lineage and ArcheAge, sat down with XL Games senior vice president Jung Hwan Kim and 2K Games producer Garrett Bittner, talking about Civilization Online being a true blue MMORPG.

Forget about turn based action unlike the Civilization titles of yore – you will function as a single unit within your civ, and your task is to assist it advance through the different eras. Four four civs are available at launch, and we would presumptuously wager that additional civs will be thrown into the mix down the road should it be successful, with the half dozen eras being Ancient, Classical, Medieval, Renaissance, Industrial, and Modern. You have the freedom to create your own avatar, choose your preferred civ, and do all within your power to help your civ advance. Civilization Online will run on CryEngine 3 and is developed for the PC platform.

Civilization Online Revealed original content from Ubergizmo.

One of the chips which can be found within the heart of a smartphone that has certainly looks set to impress the masses in the days and months ahead would be the Qualcomm Snapdragon 800, and we do know that it will also make a bow in the Galaxy S4 Active, LG G2 as well as the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Note 3. Well, apart from an obvious increase in clock speeds, there is another feature about the Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 which will certainly impress – that is, the integrated support for always-on voice recognition.

In a nutshell, this would mean that should hardware manufacturers decide to go ahead and support this particular function, then you can expect the latest slew of Android-powered flagship devices to receive a similar feature, the Moto X included. With the always-on voice recognition, it paves the way for features like Motorola’s Open Mic to take a bow, making it possible to interact with your device solely simply by speaking to it without having to go through the unlocking process. Well, do you think an always-on voice recognition feature is something that would influence your purchase decision down the road, or would you still prefer your fingers to do all the “talking”?

Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 Always-On Voice Recognition original content from Ubergizmo.

While we don’t advocate the stealing of iPhones, we guess it is sort of common sense for a thief who stole the phone to disable the Find My iPhone feature, reset the operating system, and get rid of the current SIM card, all of which are pretty easy. However at the same time not all thieves were built the same way, and one thief from Dubai by the name of Burj Khalifa is a shining example of one of them. According to the author of the blog “Life Of A Stranger Who Stole My Phone”, her phone was stolen when it was left on the beach of Ibiza, Spain, and while that might have been the end of that, it seems that thief forgot to disable the photo upload option and the subsequent photos of himself have since been uploaded constantly onto the owner’s Dropbox account.

The existence of the blog is to basically try and shame the thief who stole the phone, as well as expose his life without him knowing about it. They are pretty innocuous but at the same time we’re pretty sure he’s going to have the shock of his life when he realizes he’s more popular than he had expected, especially when his photos are making their rounds on Tumblr! In any case we guess at the very least she managed to turn this bad situation into a somewhat humorous one. The entire list of photos (to date) can be found on her blog, so hit it up if you’re curious.

iPhone Thief Has His Life Unwittingly Documented On Tumblr original content from Ubergizmo.

An app should never, ever, remain just where it is – being stagnant is a surefire recipe for disaster in this fast paced world. Well, in March this year, we did mention that Pinterest would be introducing a new look for all its users (where it did bring back some old features along the way), and a couple of months later, Pinterest did roll out an app update for Android as well as iOS platforms. Just last month, Pinterest now allowed users to search through their own pins for a higher degree of usefulness.

The latest iOS version of Pinterest now has the advantage of an animated shortcut which would come in handy if you want to repin, like or send pins to your mates whenever you press on an entry. Some will say that this is rather similar in function to Tumblr’s sharing tools, but it must be noted that the menu itself will boast of fancier graphics which will definitely fall in line with the social networks’ overall aesthetic. Apart from that, Pinterest has also thrown in an Edit Home Feed button that makes it easier to housekeep your pins on the iPhone, in addition to sending pins to your friends from the iPad. [Pinterest iTunes Link]

Like It , +1 , Tweet It , Pin It | Pinterest For iOS Gets Animated Pinning Shortcuts original content from Ubergizmo.