Geeky Gadgets - Newsletter

PayPal launches online gift store
Micro Python Offers Python For Micro Controllers (video)
Nintendo Unveils New 3DS XL Mario & Luigi Dream Team Bundle
The Copenhagen Wheel Turns Your Bicycle Into An Electric Hybrid (Video)
Gameloft Dragon Hunter 4 RPG Launches On Windows Phone (video)
Canon Eos M2 Mirrorless Digital Camera Debuts In Japan
UPS Testing Drone Delivery Systems
FotoPro Master Kit Offers Everything You Need For Creative Smartphone Photography
Apple Scores Patent For Facial Recognition Technology
Metal 3D Printer Created With $1,500 Worth Of Parts
Star Wars Joins Instagram With A Darth Vader Selfie
Digital Taste Interface Electronically Recreates Taste Patterns (video)
Sales Of HTC One Mini Banned In The UK After Nokia Court Ruling
Bitcoin Mining Developer Sells $8 Million Worth Of Mining Hardware In Just 24hrs
Google Compute Engine Gets An General Release
Call of Duty Online Robot Zombie Trailer Released (video)
LED-embedded Carpets Could Replace Public Signs In The Future
BenQ F3 And BenQ A3 Budget Android 4.2.2 Smartphones Unveiled
UK Mobile Carriers To Put £50 Usage Cap On Stolen Smartphones
Ninja Sphere Next Generation Home Automation System Unveiled (video)
More Evidence That The Samsung Galaxy S5 Will Feature A Metal Casing
Reactive Grip Virtual Reality Touch Feedback Games Controller (video)
Nvidia Shield Receives Major Update With Support For 1080p Streaming And Four New Games (video)
Porta-Pi Raspberry Pi Mini Arcade Cabinet (video)
Han Solo Blaster Up For Auction, Expected To Fetch $300,000
Despacio Sound System Pumps Out 50,000 Watts (video)
Apple Buys Social Analytics Firm Topsy For $200 Million
Insectbot Arduino Based 2-Servo Walker Robot Kit (video)
Google Glass Gets Google Play Music
Oppo R1 Android Smartphone Announced, Headed To China This Month
China Mobile to Launch iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C Starting December 18th (Rumor)
Volvo To Launch Large Scale Driverless Cars Test In 2017
Haloband Lets You Use Wrist Movements And Taps To Control Your Smartphone (video)
Microsoft And Nokia $7.3 Billion Deal Approved By US Regulators
CyanogenMod 10.2 Released, Company Now Focusing On CyanogenMod 11
Motorola To Offer $150 Discount On Moto X Again on Wednesday and Monday
Android 4.4 Kit Kat Now On 1.1 Percent Of Devices
Xbox One Hard Drive Upgrade To SSD And SSHD Tested (video)
Qualcomm Toq Available for Sale for $349, Ships in 1-2 Weeks
Sony Sells 2.1 Million PlayStation 4 Consoles In November
New Audi Q1 Compact SUV Coming In 2016
All Xbox One Consoles Are Developer Kits Already, But Require A Sandbox ID (video)
Android 4.3 Update for Samsung Galaxy Note 2 Rolling Out in Canada
Amazingly Realistic Painting Of Morgan Freeman Created On The iPad Air
TiStand iPhone Stand Doubles As A Keychain
WhatsApp for iPhone Updated With iOS 7 Redesign
Batman Arkham Origins Ninja DLC Arrives Today (video)
Nokia Lumia 929 Leaked From Mexico In Several Images
All-In-One Howler Open Source Arcade Controller Will Help You Build The Ultimate Arcade Cabinet (video)
The Walking Dead: Season Two to be released before Christmas

Posted: 03 Dec 2013 07:35 AM PST

PayPal, the king of online payments, has just launched an online gift store, along with Apple who is its only launch partner to start. The PayPal Digital Gifts store comes a week after the service provided support for prepaid credit cards and will allow existing PayPal users in the United States to buy gifts and […]

Posted: 03 Dec 2013 07:32 AM PST

Micro Python has been developed by Damien George over the last 6 months and might be worth more investigation if you enjoy programming in Python or would like to learn a new programming language. George has rewritten the Python programming language to provide users with a language made lean and fast to run on micro […]

Posted: 03 Dec 2013 07:22 AM PST

Nintendo has announced the launch of a new 3DS XL bundle just in time for the holiday season .The new bundle is the 3DS XL Mario & Luigi Dream Team bundle and it includes a game of the same name and a customized 3DS XL console. The limited edition bundle has a silver console with […]

Posted: 03 Dec 2013 07:13 AM PST

The Copenhagen Wheel was first announced by MIT back in 2009, it has now gone on sale and will turn your existing bicycle into an electric hybrid bicycle. The wheel is being produced by start up Superpedestrian, who have licensed the wheel from MIT, and the company is now taking pre-orders on the device. The […]

Posted: 03 Dec 2013 07:12 AM PST

Windows Phone owners who enjoy RPG games might be interested to learn the Gameloft has this week launched their Dragon Hunter 4 RPG game on to Windows Phone devices and it is now available to download from the Windows Phone Store for free. Watch the trailer after the jump to learn more about the Dungeon Hunter […]

Posted: 03 Dec 2013 07:05 AM PST

Canon has officially unveiled a new digital camera that promises high quality images and interchangeable lenses. The mirrorless camera is called the Canon Eos M2 and it is the follow up to the Eos M. The M2 gets a new hybrid CMOS AF II sensor that promises very fast autofocus performance. The camera also gets […]

(Read more...)

UPS Testing Drone Delivery Systems

Posted: 03 Dec 2013 06:46 AM PST

Amazon recently announced their new Amazon Prime Air drone delivery systems, and now according to a recent report, UPS is also looking into a drone delivery system. According to The Verge, UPS have been testing and evaluating a drone delivery system, although as yet it does not look like any plans have been finalized. “The […]

Posted: 03 Dec 2013 06:33 AM PST

If you enjoy taking photos with your Apple iPhone 5 camera phone you might be interested in a new set of accessories which had been launched by FotoPro in the form of the FotoPro Master Kit which has been specifically designed for the Apple iPhone 5. The FotoPro Master Kit for iPhone 5 has been […]

Posted: 03 Dec 2013 06:17 AM PST

Apple has been awarded a new patent for facial recognition technology by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, with patent number 8,600,120. The patent relates to a "Personal computing device control using face detection and recognition.", and it is described as a three point system which is made up of a face detection application, […]

Posted: 03 Dec 2013 06:12 AM PST

A team of researchers over at the Michigan Technological University have announced this week that they have created a metal 3D printer using duct $1,500 worth of parts, which include a small commercial MIG welder and an open-source micro controller. The design for the metal 3D printer will be released for free to all as an […]

Posted: 03 Dec 2013 06:02 AM PST

You know when something is becoming even more popular when Darth Vader starts using it, the Sith Lord is already in Twitter, and now he has decided to join Instagram, and has posted a ‘Selfie’ which you can see below. Disney have launched an official Star Wars account on Instagram, although at the moment there […]

Posted: 03 Dec 2013 05:56 AM PST

A team of researchers has this week unveiled new footage of a Digital Taste Interface they have created which can be used to simulate primary taste sensations on the human tongue using electrical and thermal stimulation. The innovative and unique Digital Taste Interface is built using of two main components, the control module to formulate […]

Posted: 03 Dec 2013 05:37 AM PST

Nokia and HTC have been fighting it out in court over Nokia patents which have apparently been used by HTC in some of their smartphones, which include the HTC One and HTC One Mini. Now a court in the UK has banned sales of the HTC One Mini from the 6th of December, and HTC […]

Posted: 03 Dec 2013 05:32 AM PST

KnCMiner the developer and manufacturer of a new Neptune Bitcoin miner board which cost $12,995 each, has this week revealed it has sold $8 million worth of stock of the new Bitcoin miner boards in just 24 hours. As you might already known the mining of Bitcoins is a computer intense and power hungry process as […]

Posted: 03 Dec 2013 05:14 AM PST

Google has announced that its cloud hosting platform, Google Compute Engine is now available for general release, and the company is looking to take on the likes of Amazon, Microsoft and other hosting providers with the Google Compute Engine. The Google Compute Engine is part of Google’s Cloud Platform, which provides computing, application services and […]

Posted: 03 Dec 2013 04:57 AM PST

The Chinese Call of Duty Online free-to-play game has received a new trailer from its creators this week revealing a new robot zombie mode which has been added to the mix by Activision. The new robot zombie monsters are a little are a little contradictory as zombies as you well know are animated corpses, yet […]

Posted: 03 Dec 2013 04:49 AM PST

Philips is working on a new LED-embedded carpet which could be used in the future to replace public signs, instead of the sign giving you directions being place on a wall, or ceiling, it would actually be integrated into the carpet you are walking on. The company has teamed up with carpet maker Desso, and […]

Posted: 03 Dec 2013 04:43 AM PST

If you are in the market for a new budget Android smartphone you might be interested in 2 new devices which have been unveiled by the BenQ this week, in the form of the BenQ F3 and BenQ A3. The BenQ F3 is the higher specification smartphone of the two and is equipped with a […]

Posted: 03 Dec 2013 04:27 AM PST

Stolen smartphones can be a problem if someone uses your device to make calls, send texts and use the Internet, as the thief can run up large bills on your device, for which you are then liable for the charges, until your mobile carrier blocks the device. Now the UK Government has announced that four […]

Posted: 03 Dec 2013 04:13 AM PST

Ninja Blocks the developers and manufactures behind the awesome Ninja Blocks open source cloud enabled computers which has been designed to provide users with easy home automation, have this week unveiled their latest invention in the for of the Ninja Sphere. The Ninja Sphere is marketed as the next generation control for your environment which […]

Posted: 03 Dec 2013 04:03 AM PST

We previously heard that the Samsung Galaxy S5 would come with a metal casing, Samsung are said to be changing from plastic to metal on the Galaxy S5 to give the handset a high end look and feel. According to a recent report, Taiwanese company Catcher will apparently supply the metal body for the Samsung […]

Posted: 03 Dec 2013 03:58 AM PST

Tactical Haptics has this month started a new Kickstarter campaign for their new Reactive Grip controller prototype which was developed just prior to GDC 2013 and is now looking for developers to help with progressing the innovative controller. The Reactive Grip controller has been designed to add additional feedback and touch to virtual reality games […]

Posted: 03 Dec 2013 03:29 AM PST

Nvidia has today rolled out a new major update to their portable gaming Shield gaming console which brings with it a number of new features, bug fixes and performance tweaks and support for four new games Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, Battlefield 4, Call of Duty: Ghosts, and Batman: Arkham Origins One of the major new […]

(Read more...)

The post Nvidia Shield Receives Major Update With Support For 1080p Streaming And Four New Games (video) (C) Copyright 2013 Geeky Gadgets. Republishing of this feed is forbidden without our written permission.

Porta-Pi Raspberry Pi Mini Arcade Cabinet (video)

Posted: 03 Dec 2013 03:05 AM PST

Raspberry Pi fans that also enjoy a good video game session are sure to enjoy this awesome Porta-Pi Raspberry Pi mini arcade cabinet, which has been designed by Ryan Bates. The Raspberry Pi mini arcade cabinet is available to purchase as a kit offering just the laser cut wooden shell for you to add all […]

Posted: 03 Dec 2013 02:54 AM PST

The Han Solo Blaster from the Star Wars movies will go up for auction later this month, this is not the blaster used in the first Star Wars movie, where Han shot Greedo, but the blaster used in the second and third movies. The Han Solo Blaster was used in the Empire Strikes Back and […]

Posted: 03 Dec 2013 02:42 AM PST

If you are looking to get the best sound you can whilst dancing you might went to check out the new Despacio sound system which has been created and pumps out 50,000 watts of music power and was built after 2 years of development. The Despacio sound system has been designed by LCD Soundsystem and […]

Posted: 03 Dec 2013 02:38 AM PST

Last week we heard that Apple had purchased 3D sensing company PrimeSense, and now Apple has made another acquisition, this time it is social analytics firm Topsy. The deal is said to be worth $200 million US dollars, the company is provided of analytics for the social web, specifically Twitter, and according to the WSJ, […]

Posted: 03 Dec 2013 02:24 AM PST

If you are looking for a weekend Arduino project to keep you busy you might be interested in this cute little Insectbot Arduino based 2-servo walker robot kit. The Insectbot has been built using the world's smallest Leonardo in the form of the Beetle development board, and can be programmed using the Arduino IDE. […]

(Read more...)

Google Glass Gets Google Play Music

Posted: 03 Dec 2013 02:21 AM PST

Google Glass users will now be able to listen to their favorite tracks through Google Glass, as Google has announced that they have launched an official Google Play Music app for Google Glass. As well as releasing the Google Play Music app for Google Glass, Google has also launched some new Stereo Earbuds that can […]

Posted: 03 Dec 2013 02:04 AM PST

With the Oppo N1 about to launch in the US and Europe, Oppo has announced a new Android smartphone in China, the Oppo R1 which will launch in China in the second half of December. The Oppo R1 will apparently come with a 5 inch qHD display with a resolution of 960 x 540 pixels, […]

Posted: 03 Dec 2013 01:50 AM PST

Since the announcement of the iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C, several rumors suggest that China Mobile, world’s largest carrier with over 700 million subscribers, will sell Apple’s latest offerings on its 4G TD-LTE network in China. We’ve seen several reports in the past confirming the availability of the handsets on China Mobile, but we’ve yet to […]

Posted: 03 Dec 2013 01:48 AM PST

Volvo has announced that it will launch a large scale driverless cars test in 2017, the project will see 100 driverless cars hit the street of Gothenburg in Sweden in 2017. This will be the first large scale test of driverless cars in the world, and the cars will drive around Gothenburg in normal conditions, […]

Posted: 03 Dec 2013 01:45 AM PST

If you would like to add a little extra functionality to your smartphone and be able to easily control it with wrist movements and simply taps. You might be interested in a new device launched today on Kickstarter called the Haloband. The Haloband uses NFC connectivity to connect to your smartphones and allows you to […]

Posted: 03 Dec 2013 01:30 AM PST

The Microsoft and Nokia deal has already been approved by Nokia’s shareholders, and European regulators, and now the buyout of Nokia’s smartphone business by Microsoft has been approved by US regulators. The Federal Trade Commission in the US has now approved the deal between the two companies, which is worth a total of $7.3 billion […]

Posted: 03 Dec 2013 01:21 AM PST

The CyanogenMod Team have announced they are releasing their latest stable CyanogenMod 10.2 build, and going forward they are working on building CyanogenMod 11. CyanogenMod 10.2 is based on Android 4.3 Jelly Bean, the next major version of the custom Android ROM, CyanogenMod 11 is based on Google’s latest Android release, Android 4.4 Kit Kat. […]

Posted: 03 Dec 2013 01:05 AM PST

Motorola announced last week that the Google-owned company will offer a discount of $150 on Moto X (both developer and Moto Maker Editions), bringing the off-contract price of the handset down to $349. However, it seems things didn’t turn the way Motorola expected as their website was swamped with prospective buyers and a majority of […]

Posted: 03 Dec 2013 12:56 AM PST

Google has released its latest Android distribution figures, and Android 4.4 Kit Kat is now on 1.1 percent of all Android devices, Kit Kat was launched about a month ago. Google also shared details about other version of Android, Jelly Bean is now on a total of 54.5 percent of device, and android 4.0 Ice […]

Posted: 03 Dec 2013 12:51 AM PST

If you are considering upgrading your Xbox One 500GB hard drive you might be interested in these tests which show how the Xbox One hard drive upgrades compare to the standard 500GB version supplied by Microsoft when using a new solid state disk (SSD) or SSHD. The Xbox One hard drive tests include larger storage drives […]

Posted: 03 Dec 2013 12:42 AM PST

Last week, Qualcomm started taking pre-orders for the highly anticipated Qualcomm Toq smartwatch for $350. Yesterday, the smartwatch went on sale, as expected before, for $349 which is $50 higher than Samsung Galaxy Gear and works with any smartphone running Android 4.0.3, although it works best with Jelly Bean or higher (Android KitKat). The smartwatch […]

Posted: 03 Dec 2013 12:30 AM PST

Sony’s PlayStation 4 went on sale just a couple of weeks ago on the 15th of November, and now Sony has announced that they sold a total of 2.1 million PlayStation 4 consoles in November. Sony also revealed that they sold a massive 1 million units in the first 24 hours of the console going […]

(Read more...)

New Audi Q1 Compact SUV Coming In 2016

Posted: 03 Dec 2013 12:19 AM PST

Audi has announced that they will be adding a new compact SUV to their ‘Q’ range of 4 x 4 vehicles in 2016, the Audi Q1, which you can see in an rendering below. The Audi Q1 will join the Q3, Q5 and Q7, and will be the smallest of Audi’s 4 x 4 range, […]

Posted: 03 Dec 2013 12:13 AM PST

If you have just bought or are thinking of purchasing the new Xbox One console recently launched by Microsoft you might be interested in settings that transform your Xbox One in to a developer kit. The video after the jump created by YouTube user GameTuts show how owners of the new Xbox One console are […]

Posted: 03 Dec 2013 12:12 AM PST

Last month, Samsung released the Android 4.3 update for Samsung Galaxy Note 2 (GT-N7105). The update even rolled out on Sprint in the US, and it seems that it’s time for the update to roll out for Canada as well. Android 4.3 update is rolling out for Samsung Galaxy Note 2 on various Canadian carriers […]

Posted: 03 Dec 2013 12:01 AM PST

You can use your iPad for a lot more than just watching movies and browsing the web. You can play games and even be genuinely artistic. The tablet is a great tool for drawing, and with the right artist you can do some amazing things with it. Artist Kyle Lambert created what you see here […]

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 11:58 PM PST

We have featured a number of different iPhone stands here at Geeky Gadgets, the latest is a simple, but very clever idea, the TiStand, which can be used as a keychain as well as an iPhone stand. The TiStand is made from one piece of titanium, and it is designed to be durable, light and […]

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 11:45 PM PST

After the release of iOS 7 on September 18th, several developers updated their applications to give them a similar look and feel as iOS 7. WhatsApp recently updated their application for iPhone, bringing a bunch of improvements and features, along with an iOS 7 redesign with flat UI. It’s interesting to see that it took […]

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 11:35 PM PST

Gamers looking forward to the launch of the new Batman Arkham Origins Ninja DLC later today might enjoy this new trailer released for the DLC which allows you to enjoy the story of Bruce Wayne training as he becomes Batman. The new Batman Arkham Origins Ninja DLC challenges take place in the Paektu-San Mountains of North […]

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 11:25 PM PST

Nokia Lumia 929 leaked extensively in the past few weeks. Over the weekend, we saw a few leaked photos of the purported Nokia Lumia 929, which also mentioned that the handset will see the daylight by the end of December. Today, a bunch of photos of the unannounced Nokia Lumia 929 surfaced on the internt, […]

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 11:25 PM PST

If you fancy building your very own custom arcade cabinet, then the Howler all-in-one open source arcade controller designed by Josh Wolf based in Calgary, Canada is definitely worth more investigation. The Howler open source arcade controller is a 4 joystick, 26 button, gamepad controller, keyboard controller, mouse controller, 96 channel LED driver USB composite […]

(Read more...)

The post All-In-One Howler Open Source Arcade Controller Will Help You Build The Ultimate Arcade Cabinet (video) (C) Copyright 2013 Geeky Gadgets. Republishing of this feed is forbidden without our written permission.

The Walking Dead: Season Two to be released before Christmas

Posted: 02 Dec 2013 11:24 PM PST

The Walking Dead franchise is a lot like a zombie. It just shambles along and dominates all media it encounters. At this point it has expanded its dominance from television and comic books to board games and video games. The Walking Dead: Season One, developed by Telltale Games was critically acclaimed and was given several […]

(Read more...)

Anything For You All

Advertisement

Selasa, 03 Desember 2013

Geeky Gadgets - Newsletter

Geeky Gadgets - Newsletter

Tidak ada komentar:

Posting Komentar