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Monday, July 1, 2013
Google looking To Build Gaming Console..!!
Google Looking To Build Android-Based Video Game Console

Google could be planning to expand its Android ecosystem from smartphones and tablets to smartwatches, video game consoles and a spherical entertainment hub called “Q.”
According to The Wall Street Journal, Google is developing these devices to compete with Apple’s alleged upcoming products of the same nature. Though rumors of an Apple and a Google smartwatch have been hovering for some time, talk of a Google-built gaming console has been thin, if not entirely nonexistent.
Android is the most popular mobile OS in the world, commanding a 75 percent global market share in smartphones alone, according to an IDC report. It’s this kind of popularity which Google could capitalize on by branching Android out to new kinds of devices.
The two-horse smartphone race between Android and iOS has all but left game console makers in their wake. As more games become available on a mobile platform it becomes difficult to sell an expensive console and title. There are those, however, that are using the popularity of mobile gaming to revitalize the console market.
Ouya, a small and open source gaming box, also runs Android and is capable of playing the typical pocket games found on mobile devices everywhere or other games developed specifically for the platform. As a gaming powerhouse in their own rite, Apple has before been rumored to make an entry into the gaming market.
The Cheapest Game Console Is Out..!!
OUYA console

Crowdfunded last year with its promise as an indie alternative to mainstream consoles, OUYA has finally made it to retail with the gamer-friendly price tag of £99 and USP of allowing independent developers to sell games directly to players through its online store.
Unfortunately, that promise has translated into a disappointingly limited selection of games for this Android-powered device. Worse, most of what is available now are remakes of existing titles for phones and browsers. Generally these don't capitalise on the controller or screen size the console provides, making the OUYA version seem inferior or pointless. Graphics range from the passable to the outright bad and there aren't many truly interesting titles, save for the spectacularly entertaining BombSquad. There are also few other applications, with no Netflix or TV catch-up services, although there is a TwitchTV app for watching other people play games the OUYA can't run.
The design at least is admittedly quite appealing. It's sleek and remarkably small; the whole thing can be held comfortably in one hand. The controller is unimaginative but fine, and does feature a handy mouse touch-pad in the middle. Unfortunately it also feels a tad cheap yet cost £40 each, which becomes pretty expensive if you want to OUYA with friends.
The device only really comes to life for the more technically inclined; emulation and "side-loading' applications from Android phones may drastically increase the console's potential. But most of what the OUYA does is better covered by other gaming devices, making this feel more like an expensive toy than a cheap console.
Sunday, June 30, 2013
A Car You Assemble Entirely By Hand..!!
Here's a Car You Assemble Entirely By Hand
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Most of us will never build our own car from scratch. Hell, most of us can't even hack together Ikea furniture. Understanding that, Toyota has built a prototype for the Camatte57s, a car you assemble yourself very easily, apparently.Toyota designed the Camatte57s with pedals and seats that can be adjusted to their little legs. Meanwhile, an adult can still fit in the right rear seat supervising. The good news about a car that kids can drive, they can't drive it on the street because, well, it's a toy. Some assembly required.
Get this-the compact three seater is supposedly so simple to cobble together, you could do it with your kids. Oh, and your kids should be able to drive the thing too. Because it's actually sort of a toy. But it's the kind of toy that doesn't look like a toy. It's like the set of Hot Wheels you never had.Saturday, June 29, 2013
Catch If Someone's Drunk By Your SmartPhone ..!!
Smartphone Breathalyzer Alcohoot Unveiled for the First Time Ever
Israeli army veteran Ben Biron’s new invention could save more lives per year than racks of Kevlar vests and warehouses full of armor plating. Also, it tells you where to get cheese fries late-night.
At 24, he’s created Alcohoot, the world’s first smartphone breathalyzer. Biron hopes the product’s sleek design -- along with an app that charts blood-alcohol levels over the course of a night and connects users with nearby taxis and post-bar eateries -- will increase its appeal and decrease drunk driving.
Biron and his co-founder, Jonathan Ofir, first witnessed the problem in 2010 during their time in the Israel Defense Force. A sign posted at the army base’s entrance listed drunk driving as a leading cause of death among soldiers -- a tall order in a place where ducking rockets is just another day at the office.
Microsoft unveils new Windows 8.1 update..!!
Microsoft unveils new Windows 8.1 update
TAIPEI, TAIWAN: Software giant Microsoft has unveiled the updated version of its touch-enabled Windows 8 operating system at the world's second largest computer show in Taipei.
Tami Reller, chief financial and marketing officer of the company's Windows Division, said that Windows 8.1 would be available on both PCs and tablets later this year.
Speaking at the Computex show on Wednesday, Reller said the Windows 8.1 update took into account input from consumers on the Windows 8 system, which has received only lukewarm reviews.
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TAIPEI, TAIWAN: Software giant Microsoft has unveiled the updated version of its touch-enabled Windows 8 operating system at the world's second largest computer show in Taipei.
Tami Reller, chief financial and marketing officer of the company's Windows Division, said that Windows 8.1 would be available on both PCs and tablets later this year.
Speaking at the Computex show on Wednesday, Reller said the Windows 8.1 update took into account input from consumers on the Windows 8 system, which has received only lukewarm reviews.
Samsung Unveiled Games Console First : Sorry Google And Apple
Samsung Unveiled Games Console First : Sorry Google And Apple
There’s been a flurry of excitementover the last 24 hours after news that Google and Apple were both planning a games’ console. The story first appeared in the Wall St Journal, whose reporters spoke to people inside Google. The Journal does not make clear what type of device Apple and Google plan, but it does suggest that Google’s is related to the next Android release, which is aimed at supporting lower cost Android smartphones for developing markets. So chances are it’s a mobile device.
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