Platforms that Rdio supports (Image: Rdio/supplied)
Finally, we’re getting somewhere! Streaming music site Rdio is expanding from the US and Canada, with the launch of its Brazil partnership and confirmation that it will expand in “early 2012″ in Germany and Australia. Yes, you heard that right. Australia.
A report has been circulating that Google is set to launch an official Gmail app for the iPhone. While Gmail users have always been able to access their messages through Apple’s stock Mail app and the Gmail web app, having an official app could fill in some of the holes left by those methods, namely [...]
Pictured above is the “I’m Watch”, the latest entry into the Android powered watch market. Developed by an Italian company also named “I’m”, this new timepiece is different than the others that have been announced recently as it is not dependent on another Android mobile device to run. It will have its own app and [...]
On August 31st AMD and a group of well-known overclockers including Brian McLachlan, Sami Makinen, Aaron Schradin, and Simon Solotko managed to set a new world record for CPU frequency using the unreleased and overclocked FX-8150 Bulldozer processor. Before that day, the record sat at 8.309GHz, but the Bulldozer combined with helium cooling (liquid nitrogen [...]
Teachers across the world are cringing this morning as Nerf has introduced a high-powered spitball sniper rifle for the ruffians seated in the back of their classrooms. Called the Max Force Shadow Hawk – 100, it uses paper pellets that are soaked in water for ammunition rather than the traditional foam darts we are used to [...]
Amazon’s timing could not be better with all the issues Netflix is having retaining angry customers. The Internet shopping giant has announced that it has inked a deal with Disney-ABC to bring a plethora of content to Prime Instant Videos. The deal adds 800 titles to Amazon’s library of movies and TV shows, including shows [...]
If you grew up in the 1980s, then you may remember a televised public service announcement that was part of that decade’s “war on drugs.” A mustachioed father approaches his teenage son and interrogates him about a box filled with (unspecified) paraphernalia. After a series of denials and evasions on the son’s part, he finally erupts with [...]
Usually, when you choose to build or buy a Mini PC it is to save on space rather than maximize performance as surely you need a full tower case for that, right? Not so in the case of the Shuttle XPC H7 5820s, which can support up to 16 displays. The 5820S is a very [...]
When HP decided to discontinue the TouchPad tablet and drop the price to just $99, it wasn’t surprising to see the devices fly off the shelves. The market was there for a tablet that performed at the right price point, and led us to suggest every tablet should be $99. Supplies soon dried up, but [...]
Deciding to purchase a new hard drive comes with a range of choices based around performance and power. Do you want a 5400 or 7200rpm drive, 16, 32, or 64MB cache, 3Gb/s or 6Gb/s interface, and what amount of storage is available with your chosen configuration? In the past Seagate has catered for every scenario [...]
It looks like Verizon’s solo moment in the LTE spotlight is about to end. AT&T, who has had several LTE tethering devices on the market since this summer, is set to launch their first smartphones on the speedy 4G network. The HTC Vivid and the Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket are lined up to kick [...]
Blogs were abuzz last week with news of an Apple patent that could open the door to 3D gesture control in future iPads. As exciting as that may sound, Korean manufacturer Pantech is already set to bring their version of the technology to market, in their upcoming Vega LTE smartphone. As you can see in [...]
Not exactly playing their hand close to the chest, Verizon has posted flyers in their stores that feature the upcoming HTC Rezound. The handset isn’t set to be officially announced until Thursday, but with this confirmation and a leaked prototype video, we now know most of what there is to know about this beast of [...]
To many, pinball machines are relics of a bygone age of noisy, crowded arcades where people waited in line to get their hand on the flippers. Many a quarter was gobbled up by pinball machines worldwide, as they used to be the staple of the arcade economy. With video gaming having moved to the home, [...]
As an amateur photographer, one of the struggles experienced in the field is taking an image that you think is killer only to return home and find that it was pretty useless because it appeared much different on the screen of your camera. Many a curse and wish has been uttered for need of an [...]
