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Blackphone returns for round 2 with the Blackphone 2 and Blackphone+ tablet
Digital Trends - 3 Mar 2015 19:06
Silent Circle returned to MWC this year to announce both the Blackphone 2, the sequel to last year's privacy-focused Android smartphone, and the Blackphone+, the company's rumored Blackphone tablet. The post Blackphone r...
Netgear Ario Smart Home Security
The Gadget Flow - 3 Mar 2015 09:01
With an Arlo system, you’ll have everything you need to get started. Just connect the base station to your WiFi router, sync your cameras, fire up the free Arlo app, and you're done in minutes. Make sure to upgrade you...
Gesture tech will bring hands-free control to your phone
Cult of Mac - 3 Mar 2015 17:22
You taking a selfie and a dolphin hunting for prey doesn’t seem to have much in common. But what if you could operate your smartphone with a similar type of signaling dolphins use to find food? Elliptic Labs, which has...
'Half-Life 3' News: Popular Franchise May Be Coming To Valve-Powered VR Headset
IBTimes - 3 Mar 2015 17:48
HTC and Valve announced their upcoming virtual reality headset, the Vive, on Sunday, and the Taiwan-based HTC revealed on Monday that it wants to see Valve's popular science fiction first-person shooter series come to th...
Photographer Captures Weasel Riding on the Back of a Flying Woodpecker
PetaPixel - 3 Mar 2015 17:33BlackBerry Leap is a mid-range smartphone in the right direction
Coolest Gadgets - 3 Mar 2015 19:30
BlackBerry might not be doing too well in the smartphone arena these days, what with some rather mediocre releases in recent memory, but this does not mean that the company is about to throw in the towel and call it a da...
Sony's voice-controlled speaker can follow you around the room
Engadget - 3 Mar 2015 17:42
The jury is still out on Amazon's voice-controlled Echo speaker, but that hasn't stopped Sony from developing a competitor. The 'Smart Bluetooth Speaker BSP60' is a petite black orb that pairs with Android devices and vo...
The Igloo Dome Pillow makes sure you always have a quiet, dark place to sleep
Coolest Gadgets - 3 Mar 2015 23:01
If you live near a busy area, there's a good chance your room is not actually dark. Street lamps, outdoor lights, and headlights from cars randomly passing by make it hard to fall asleep and stay that way. Not only that,...
Nikon Coolpix P900
The Gadget Flow - 3 Mar 2015 09:01
The zoom power of the COOLPIX P900 is nothing short of spectacular. This is 2000mm of optical zoom--more than any Nikon COOLPIX yet. Advanced shooters will appreciate the outstanding image quality and DSLR styling--a sur...
12 Bubblicious Photos Of Bubbles
Gizmodo - 3 Mar 2015 21:00
Bubbles are micro-thin orbs of liquid suspended around gas. That's nuts. And yet they're never more than a squirt of dish soap away. These 12 photos from this week's Shooting Challenge are a small reminder that the littl...
Photographing in the Rain at Chinese New Year 2015 or Year of the Goat
Lightasm - 3 Mar 2015 13:48
Chinese New Year 2015 – Goat had to contend with the rain making for a damp and moody shoot with people making the best of the situation as fireworks roared in the distance and children ran among performers, the festiv...
Wacom Cintiq 13HD touch launches this month
Slash Gear - 3 Mar 2015 03:19
Wacom has introduced a new Cintiq tablet for artists and related professionals, the Cintiq 13HD touch. This joins the maker's other myriad of slates (including those we saw during CES), giving many of the features users ...
Vomit comets and 43-foot pools: NASA astronaut training over the decades
Mashable - 3 Mar 2015 23:51What is the Bootleg Universe? Power/Rangers, Bond, Punisher short films and more
Pocket-lint - 3 Mar 2015 14:48
If you've not yet heard of the Bootleg Universe but enjoy short films, prepare for some treats. These are films shorts based on big name franchise films, comics and TV shows that have been made into gritty versions of th...
New technique allows analysis of clouds around exoplanets
MIT - 3 Mar 2015 07:00
Team describes use of method to determine properties of clouds surrounding the exoplanet Kepler-7b.
Uber Family offers kids-friendly tablets in Washington, DC
Engadget - 3 Mar 2015 23:51
If you live in Washington, DC, and are a fan of Uber's family-focused option, you don't have to hand your phone over to the little ones to keep them busy during the ride. The transportation company is partnering with Fuh...
Forget Android Wear, MyKronoz ZePhone is a full Android smartwatch (hands-on)
Pocket-lint - 3 Mar 2015 23:45
When is a smartwatch more than just a smartwatch? When it's a wrist-strapped phone, that's when. The MyKronoz ZePhone is exactly that: a giant scale watch that doesn't run Android Wear like so many competitors, but is bu...
Pushing the aural envelope with high-res audio evangelist Steven Wilson
Digital Trends - 3 Mar 2015 23:15
Steven Wilson doesn't just prefer the clarity of high-resolution recordings, he's genuinely dumbfounded by artists that choose not to make them in 2015. And his new album, Hand. Cannot. Erase. , is a perfect showcase of ...
YotaPhone 2 to arrive on Indiegogo this spring
Slash Gear - 3 Mar 2015 22:27
Remember the YotaPhone 2? It's the sleeker second-generation version of the smartphone with two displays: a regular LCD on the front, and an energy-sipping e-paper display on the back. We got our hands on the phone back ...
Vanishing Binary Star Calibrates Space-Time Warp | Animation
SPACE.com - 3 Mar 2015 22:10
Two stars, each more massive than our Sun but orbiting 100 times closer, affect each others gravity wells allowing astronomers to gauge space-time itself.
AMD LiquidVR SDK 1.0 launching today
Slash Gear - 3 Mar 2015 20:15
This week we've heard direct from AMD about their VR initiative, LiquidVR by AMD. This system will be pushed to developers with a LiquidVR SDK, a system that'll be launched this year. Inside LiquidVR SDK 1.0, users will ...
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9 to 5 Mac - 3 Mar 2015 19:01
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