Archive for March, 2010

Will electricity fade out too? Power your portable devices with a USB connection

Mar 29 by Jay Perry | add comment

We’ve all been stuck in a situation using our laptops in a Wi-Fi hotspot only to look at our battery life and see 5% left. In a panic, we quickly scan the area for an electrical outlet only to realize you are outdoors or forgot your plug at home. RCA has introduced this amazing technology that will power more »

Prop up your iPhone anyway you want with the MoviePeg

Mar 29 by Jay Perry | add comment

One of the newest and SIMPLEST gadgets out there for your Smartphone, is the MoviePeg iPhone dock. Coming in an vast array of colors, it will allow your iPhone to situate almost any way you can imagine. Just like My Applecore, this is one of those inventions that we shake our head at thinking, “Someone is getting more »

Samsung introduces new 25-degree active angle lens to avoid wrist injuries

Mar 29 by Jay Perry | add comment

Doctors all over the world will soon be treating less wrist injuries. Samsung has released its ultra compact SMX-C20UN camcorder that features at 25-degree active angle lens. The idea behind this feature is to allow owners to have a more comfortable hand position while recording. This means more »

Avatar on the Mac? Apple to release new MacBook with 3D Glasses

Mar 29 by Jay Perry | 1 comment

With the trend quickly leaning towards a Hollywood in 3D, Apple has jumped on board with the technology and released its concept of the MacBook 3D. Equipped with Apples version of 3D glasses, you can now enjoy the “Avatar experience” from the comfort of your own computer desk. The majority of the more »

Verizon App Store Will Cause Big-time Controversy

Mar 29 by James Mowery | add comment

Verizon and friends want to create their own application stores to compete with the likes of the Apple App Store and Google Apps Marketplace. That’s good, right? After all, isn’t competition a good thing? In most cases, that would be true, but when a competitor holds the keys to all the doors and more »

Impossible Project releases a new Polaroid camera. Yes, thats right, a new Polaroid.

Mar 29 by Jay Perry | add comment

Polaroid? They still exist? Everyone once and a while we rummage through our grandparents closet and stumble upon this old metal box that when the shutter is pressed, prints out a photo. We shake the photo, at rapid speeds hoping that it will dry quickly and we can look at the instant quality of a polaroid more »

Sony PS3 3.21 Update Crippling 'Other' OS Installs?

Mar 29 by James Mowery | add comment

The Sony PS3 is highly regarded in the gaming world. Heck, it is even looked upon favorably by the U.S. Military as a number-crunching beast. But it is also innovative in that it allows other operating systems like Linux to be installed. Unfortunately, Sony has decided to kill off that feature for more »

LeapFrog Didj: When The Hackers Take Over

Mar 29 by James Mowery | add comment

What do you get when you have a cheap but powerful device that was created to do simple tasks and a bunch of hardcore hackers that are determined to undermine those limitations? You get something more than you bargained for. You get the LeapFrog Didj. The Didj is a gaming system released by LeapFrog that more »

Zinio Reader 4 Enables Multi-platform Access To Interactive Magazines

Mar 29 by James Mowery | add comment

Zinio, a company focused in digital publishing tech, has just released Zinio Reader 4, an Adobe AIR application that enables access to thousands of magazines — interactive magazines too, and National Geographic celebrates with a freebie. Zinio Reader 4 allows users to instantly access over more »

This Sony Concept Lets Your Booty Feel The Beat

Mar 29 by James Mowery | add comment

We’ve all heard of the hand massage, but what about the sound massage? Perhaps that idea won’t be so foreign after feasting your eyes on the Sony Sound Lounge, a concept design by Sharifah Nasser. Nasser has created something that looks futuristic, classic, and eloquent all at the same time — more »

Apple iPad Dashboard Video Footage

Mar 29 by James Mowery | add comment

The Apple iPad can’t come soon enough for some people, especially as details continue to trickle out at a snail’s pace. That is why we are proud to share with you video footage of the iPad’s dashboard in action. Does it look familiar? Well, to anyone who has owned a Mac, we are confident that it does. more »

Say Cheese and SMILE! Camera that puts a smile on your face.... literally

Mar 29 by Jay Perry | add comment

As a photographer, I understand how difficult it is sometimes to make people not only smile, but have a naturally looking smile. Stefan Stubble and Adnreas Schmelas of the University of the Arts in Berlin, have came up with a camera that no matter what, will take your photo with an artificial smile. more »

Cook a pizza pocket and watch YouTube all at the same time

Mar 29 by Jay Perry | add comment

So I decide to cook something in my microwave that takes 4:52 to cook and look, Chocolate Rain by Tay Zonday comes up on the screen. Life is good. The CastOver developed by researchers at Keio University in Japan features a 10.4 inch screen instead of a window on your microwave. It runs Adobe Air and will grab videos from your internet more »

TheAppleBlog Pretends that Apple Offers 30,000 Free eBooks

Mar 27 by Andrew Kozloski | add comment

Yesterday The Apple Blog announced that the new iPad was going to be offering 30,000 free eBooks. The thing is, the free books are all hosted at Project Gutenberg (and have been for years) so any device with a web browser can access these eBooks, even a Blackberry. The headline, “iPad to Offer 30,000 Free e-Books at Launch” actually more »