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Friday, June 20, 2014

Apple reportedly is preparing to ship multiple versions of a smartwatch this coming fall, as competition increases in the wearable technology space. Its long-rumored smartwatch reportedly will be available in multiple screen sizes and will include more than 10 sensors that will allow it to track the wearer's health and fitness metrics, among other information. Apple wants to address the notion that smartwatches currently on the market do not provide significant additional functionality beyond what a smartphone can do, it seems.

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Apple Gets Ready to Tell Consumers Why They Want a Smartwatch

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Bitcoins are everywhere these days! CubeSensors, a Slovenian hardware startup that is making mini environmental sensors for homes, has just received a $700,000 seed round from the founders of BTC payments platform, Bitstamp. The cash came in the form of crypto currency. In addition to the funding, the company is also selling their Cubes for bitcoin in addition to fiat currency, which is a… Read More

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Hardware Battlefield Finalist CubeSensors Raises A $700,000 Seed Round In Bitcoin

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Best known for its computer chips, Intel has ventured into new territory with Pocket Avatars, a mobile messaging app that uses animated icons to mimic users' facial expressions. Now available for both Android and iOS, the free app can be used to create, send and receive personalized 3D video animated messages designed to convey emotions and mood. It uses a mobile device's standard camera and microphone to capture a user's facial expressions, head movements and voice, recreating them in cartoon-like characters.

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Intel (?) Gets Chat-Appy With Mood-Mimicking Avatars

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Best known for its computer chips, Intel has ventured into new territory with Pocket Avatars, a mobile messaging app that uses animated ic...

Thursday, June 19, 2014

If you like the economy of working in a lightweight desktop environment such as LXDE, you no doubt will love the tweaked performance of the LXQt desktop. It is a fusion of the LXDE and Razor-Qt desktop environments. The LXQt hybrid is the next generation of the popular Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment. The result is a lightweight, modular, very fast desktop environment that is user-friendly. LXQt 0.7.0 is a stable desktop environment that is usable in production desktop machines.

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LXQt Desktop Could Be a Real Beaut

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If you like the economy of working in a lightweight desktop environment such as LXDE, you no doubt will love the tweaked performance of th...

Lego fans are about to experience a new way to play with their favorite plastic bricks, both in the physical and virtual worlds. The company's line of Fusion playsets will become available in August. The sets combine traditional brick construction play with video games. The goal is to allow people -- especially children -- to engage with Legos both physically and virtually. Each Fusion playset includes a distinct set of Lego bricks, a free downloadable app for smartphones and tablets, and what Lego calls the "Fusion capture plate."

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Lego Fuses Physical and Virtual Gameplay

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Lego fans are about to experience a new way to play with their favorite plastic bricks, both in the physical and virtual worlds. The compa...

Despite entering the smartphone world late, Amazon managed to double down with a user-focused infusion of technical innovation to deliver a compelling new device: the Amazon Fire Phone. The most head-turning feature is its ability to track your face and create a three-dimensional effect on the home screen and in apps, which makes it seem as if you're peering into a lavishly illustrated diorama rather than a 2D smartphone screen. It looks fantastic.

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