Bring connectivity to your devices with the Electric Imp

The Electric Imp is now out of beta and shipping developer kits. The Imp is an SD-card sized WiFi (802.11b/g/n) module with built-in antenna, 6 I/O, Arm Cortex M3 Micro-controller, and a Cloud-based infrastructure for programming and control. The I/O supports serial, I2C, SPI, A2D, D2A, and PWM interfaces. The Imp uses the Squirrel programming language, which is a small footprint C/C++ derivative for embedded devices. The programming interface is entirely web-based and offers both local, and server based API.

The "April" breakout board offers an SD Socket, 3.4-16v battery/DC input power supply, and USB power connections.

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Bump Is The Easy Way to Transfer Data Between Phones and Computers

Bump has announced an update to their popular content sharing app, which will allow users to share content between their smartphones and computers. Users can literally "Bump" videos, pictures, contacts and other files from their phones to their computers. The computer's browser is pointed to a special URL and the files are sent via the app on the phone. The best part, there is no lengthy setup.  The app only needs to be downloaded on the phone. At present, file transfer size is restricted to 30 MB."Those solutions work really well for people who take the initiative to set them up correctly," Bump CEO Dave Lieb told Mashable.

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Nixon's The Blaster: Blast Nonstop For 18 Hours

Nixon's The Blaster bluetooth speaker is the winner of an award in the accessory category at the 2013 ISPO awards.  The speaker sports a lightweight weather and shock resistant body with Bluetooth sync capability. But a lot of other systems also boast of the same features. So what is it that sets the Blaster speaker apart from its competition. The speaker's battery willlast up to 18 hours on a single charge. Most  portable speakers last up to 10 hours of play.

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Sony Xperia Z Available for Preorder on Vodafone UK

Vodafone UK has announced the Sony Xperia Z is now available for pre-order.  The phone which is 4G ready, is set to work the 4G network of Vodafone. Consumers have the option of buying the phone in either black or white color. The release date for the phone is set as February 28th. Vodafone is offering the device free on a contract of 24 months with a tariff of £42. The plan includes unlimited minutes, unlimited text messages and 2 GB of data. Alternatively Vodafone is offering monthly contracts of £29, £33 and £37, but consumers will have to pay £149, £99 or £49 for the handset.

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Brazilian iPhone Goes Ahead With Release

We reported earlier this month that Apple has lost its iPhone trademark in Brazil to a company known as Gradiente (aka IGB Eletrônica), as the latter had held the iPhone trademark in that part of the world all the way back in the year 2000, which is a good seven years before Apple first released their revolutionary iPhone. It does seem as though Apple executives are going to be hopping mad with word that Gradiente will be selling an Android-powered smartphone that they have called the iPhone, or iPhone Neo One in full.

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“Cancel Valentine’s Day” say a 3rd of UK singles, and as many as 40% of young British men

According to the same survey 56% of UK singles feel bullied into finding a date for Valentine’s Day, and only 22% think they will actually have a date.The survey of 1000 UK commissioned by dating website http://www.hititoff.co.uk/, showed that most singles in the UK feel under significant pressure to have a date at Valentines, with only one in five actually expecting to have a date this Valentine’s Day, a value that shrinks to only 15% of women who answered.

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Skyrim Dragonborn DLC Arrives

At last, the Jedi are no more. At last…wait a minute here. What am I doing, rumbling on about Jedis and the ilk. The long wait for the Dragonborn DLC for long suffering PS3 owners who love all things about Skyrim has finally come to an end, as the Dragonborn DLC is finally available. In Dragonborn, you will be able to journey beyond Skyrim to Solstheim, which is an island off the coast of Morrowind.

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Apple Maps Blamed for Poor Bushfire Response in Australia

This is were the fire are… maybe. The Country Fire Authority of Victoria (CFA), Australia, is blaming Apple Maps inaccurate mapping issues in its FireReady app. Officials are stuck with using Apple Maps for FireReady on iPhones and iPads. A large number of towns including Macedon are located incorrectly, due to inaccuracies in the app. This makes the job of finding the exact location of bushfires very difficult.

To shed some context, there is a Google Maps, but iPhone/iPad Apps that query iOS for geographical location have to use Apple Maps.

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Kohler Numi High Tech Toilet

Today's world is all about technology and how it has affected daily life. It would be quite unusual if there's any aspect of life not yet changed by technology. Even potty time needs a jolt of new technology, such as what this new Kohler Numi Toilet can offer. The Kohler Numi high tech toilet adds state of the art technology into making potty time all the more convenient. It features a motion activated opening and closing of the lid ensuring that users of hands free convenience. It also comes with a heated seat to prevent that cold jolt that users get when sitting on it.

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Treasury says auto bailout tally drops to $20.3 billion

In December, the US Treasury announced that it was going to sell all of its shares in General Motors within 12 to 15 months. The first tranche of the 500-million total shares was purchased by GM, which took 200 million of them at $27.50 per share. That price represents an eight-percent premium over the market price at the time. The remaining 300 million shares will be sold "through various means in an orderly fashion.".

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HBO Go Available On Apple TV Through Airplay Feature

Earlier this month, we heard news of Time Warner and Apple negotiating a plan to add the HBO Go application to the Apple TV. It's been 11 days since that story was published, and here we are with news of the HBO Go application now being available on Apple TV. kind of.

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Google Now Widget Possible Leak On Support Page Removed

Google seems to be adding a Google Now widget to Androids in the future.  A possible leak on their support pages shows a screenshot of the widget. Although this image does not show a lot of information, it seems to show information that is usually available on Google Now, which is a service aimed at providing users with up-to-date information about their day. You can think of it as an assistant, which knows what you're up to by looking at your emails, calendar information etc…. Is this the Google Now widget?

According to the support page (which is now removed) the widget can be used on the home screen or the lock screen.


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The Last of Us Release Date Delayed Until June 18

Fans of Naughty Dog's upcoming game The Last of Us were no doubt anticipating the game's release on May 7, but it seems like you'll have to wait a bit longer as Sony quietly pushed the game's release date. The good news is the delay will not be that bad as it's being delayed by a little over a month to June 18, which BestBuy has confirmed to their pre-order holders. Since Sony has yet to make the news official, there's no information at this time as to what exactly is the reasoning behind the delay.

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Poor Indoor Mobile Coverage and Capacity Affects 39 Percent of Large Businesses in Britain

But 47 Percent of Businesses are Interested in Managed Mobility Services from their Mobile OperatorSan Jose, California, February 12, 2013 SpiderCloud Wireless, Inc., a leading provider of scalable small cell Enterprise Radio Access Network (E-RAN) systems to mobile operators, today announced the findings of a survey conducted by international market research firm YouGov that reveals 39 percent of managers from large businesses surveyed, who also have IT decision making responsibility, say their businesses have had issues with poor in-building mobile coverage and/or capacity.

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Vertu's First Android Luxury Phone Unveiled

Vertu is back with vengeance. The luxury mobile phone brand, which used to be wholly-owned by Nokia before selling a majority stake to private equity group EQT VI in October 2012, brings out its first Android-powered phone. Costing 7,900 euros (about US$10,587), the Vertu Ti comes with sapphire glass display with 800 x 480 resolution, a 1.5GHz processor, and a 1,250mAh battery; all encased in a tough titanium frame. There is one thing absent from this luxury phone: 4G connectivity.

“Vertu will never be at the bleeding edge of technology,” Vertu's head of design Hutch Hutchison bluntly told BBC.

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Rod Millen to face Monster Tajima in Electric Division of Pikes Peak Hill Climb

The 91st running of the Pike's Peak International Hill Climb is scheduled to begin on June 30. Like last year's event, the 12.42 mile course – fully paved these days – starts at 9,390 feet elevation and doesn't stop climbing until it reaches an impressive 14,110 feet (the air is so thin up there that the FAA requires pilots to use oxygen at that altitude).

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Griff's Back to the Future 2 ‘Pit Bull' Hoverboard On Sale For $13k

Ask any Back to the Future fan what product they would want from any of the films, and the first response you're most likely to hear is a time machine made out of a DeLorean. The second response your bound to receive is a hoverboard. The Mattel Hoverboard is a fine hoverboard if you're a beginner, but for those of us who have somehow been practicing for years, we want a real hoverboard. We want Griff's hoverboard.
Griff's hoverboard, which if you recall was called “Pit Bull” and even growled when Griff stepped onto it, was featured in Back to the Future Part II and was probably the most badass looking hoverboard we've ever seen.

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Helicopter crashes on Top Gear Korea set while chasing Corvette ZR1

The formula of Top Gear Korea is seemingly about the same as it is everywhere else in the world, including the flagship British original: involve interesting cars in fantastical situations with charismatic hosts. That prescription has proved to be pretty reliable over the years, and has lead to some truly memorable and exciting pieces of television. Something like that was undoubtedly what the Korean producers were after when they lined up this segment – a drag race between a Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 and an AH1 Cobra military helicopter.



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Neverwinter – The Devoted Cleric Class Trailer

A new trailer for Cryptic Studios' upcoming co-operative online role-playing video game has just been released. The trailer shows a new character class called the Devoted Cleric. As a quick reminder, the game will hit PC in early 2013.

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