[Kickstarter] 3Doodler: World’s First 3D Printing/Writing Pen

June 18, 2013

  3Doodler 3d printing pen 

3D Printing technology has a bright future. It’s up to us to take advantage of it and enhance the technology. One of the newest innovations is this 3Doodler said to be the first 3D printing pen in the world. Read more

HTC One is No. 3 in the US

June 18, 2013

 htc one 

Believe it or not, the HTC One is the 3rd best selling mobile in the US. The company may going through difficulties right now as executives are resigning the past few months. We heard that it would concentrating on smaller tablets. HTC is still one of the top phone manufacturers just below Apple and Samsung so we can say it’s still in the game.

The HTC One is No. 3 at T-Mobile, Sprint, and AT&T. I don’t doubt this because the HTC One is a great smartphone. HTC’s profits may be dropping but it still has a winner in its hands–the HTC One.

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Oculus Rift gets $16 million funding

June 18, 2013

 virtual reality gaming oculus

The Oculus Rift might reach the market sooner than soon. Oculus just secured a $16 million funding from various investors. This is only the first round according to the company and it’s still determined to bring the product to the consumers. The first few who will experience the Rift are those who backed the team via Kickstarter. Read more

3D Pentax Concept Camera is for the blind

June 18, 2013

Designer Prevoteau Mathieu

A concept camera for the blind? I don’t get the point but I admire the noble intention of designer Prevoteau Mathieu. The blind are known to have sensitive imagination and intuitiveness that they could “see” the wonders of things. To help the blind “see” their surroundings is a conceprt 3D Pentax camera. The camera prints 3D images of the photos captured. Obviously, this is inspired by the 3D printing technology. Read more

[Study] More people want smaller tablets

June 18, 2013

 small tablet category ipad mini

The tablet market sales is stronger than ever. It only continues to grow with the iPad mini as among the preferred devices. Actually, more and more people now are wanting 7-inch tablets because the size is just right according to DisplaySearch’s recent study. The market research firm discovered that about 48 percent of tablets being delivered are in the 7-inch class. The small tablet’s popularity could be because of the affordable price. Most of the 7-inchers sold are priced below $100 but there are only a few choices. Read more

Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini now ready for pre-order in UK

June 18, 2013

 Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini 

Samsung isn’t taking a break with producing Galaxy devices. We’ve seen a lot the past weeks and soon, the Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini will be available in the UK. The smartphone is now ready for pre-order in the region via mobile retailer Clove. Read more

BlackBerry 10 software update for PlayBook coming soon

June 18, 2013

BlackBerry PlayBook BlackBerry 10 software update   

We had no idea when the BlackBerry 10 software update for BlackBerry PlayBook will be released but looks like it’s coming as spotted on a website. Our friends over at N4bb saw the reference as BlackBerry OS 10.1 in the Vendor Portal. Read more

Yahoo says more than 12K customer data requests were made

June 18, 2013

 yahoo 

Yesterday, we learned Apple disclosed about 4,000 to 5,000 customer data were requested by the U.S. law enforcement. Yahoo followed by revealing how many requests we made by the government: between 12,000 and 13,000 requests. The number is only for the past six months, making it higher than the requests made to Facebook, Microsoft, and Apple. Read more

Microsoft Office app is coming to the iPhone

June 18, 2013

 microsoft office for iphone 

Finally, Microsoft Office is coming to the iPhone via the Office Mobile app. Right now, only quick editing is allowed. PowerPoints and documents can be shared. Someday, creating documents fully from scratch on the iPhone will be possible but not right now. Read more

[Video] Jay Z’s Magna Carta Holy Grail album free for select Samsung device owners

June 18, 2013

Jay Z Magna Carta Holy Grail album  

Jay-Z teamed up with Samsung to promote the “Magna Carta Holy Grail” album. The album will sent for free to the first one million users of an app that is Samsung device-enabled only. Read more