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- Free WiFi and TV coming to all Taco Bell Restaurants
- Atlantis Shuttle Crew Testing Drinkable Pee Bags
- Groundbreaking Bionic Glasses Restores Poor Eyesight
- Steve Jobs Showcases New Tea Drink In Taiwan (Video)
- Panasonic Blames Hollywood For Ruining 3D
- Bungie’s Classic Marathon Game Launches For Free On The iPad
- Kinect Mod Lets You Use A Virtual Steering Wheel For Racing Games (Video)
- MightyText Mirrors Your Calls And Texts To Your Browser
- DIY Radio Controlled Quadrocopter (Video)
- Downloadable Maps Feature Added To Google Labs For Android Via Google Maps 5.7
- Electronic Instant Camera Prints Your Photo Onto Thermal Paper (Video)
- Adapter Enables You To Use Any DSLR Lens With Your iPhone
- Apple Announces App Store Hits 15 Billion Downloads
- Sony Confirms PSN Pass Will Arrive Shortly
- Apple To Patch JailbreakMe Exploit With iOS Update
- 3G Asus Eee Pad Transformer To Cost 499 Euros
- Twin-Lens Holga 3D 35mm Film Camera
- Apple Denied Injuction Against Amazon’s App Store
- Panasonic’s New Viera Connect Developer Portal Opens For Business
- Apple Developing New Charging Method For 2012 iPhone?
- The Plush Camera Lens Pillow
- Motorola Drops WiFi Xoom To $499
- Disguise Your iPad 2 As A MacAir Using The Buddy Aluminium Keyboard Case
- Motorola Droid 3 Gets Official, Starts At $199
- Boxee Box Remote Arrives On PC And Mac
- Google Maps For Android 5.7 Adds Transit Navigation (Video)
- Windows 8 Public Beta Coming At CES 2012
- Spotify Announces US Launch
- Terrafugia Car Plane Now Road Ready
- JailbreakMe Reaches One Million Jailbroken Devices
- Amazon’s Cloud Drive Now Offers Unlimited Music Storage For $20 A Year
- Stunning Speaker Systems By Richard Grant Are Quite Stunning
- LG Optimus 3D Will Come With Free Gameloft 3D Games
- Facebook And Skype Announce Deal For Video Chat
| Free WiFi and TV coming to all Taco Bell Restaurants Posted: 07 Jul 2011 12:27 PM PDT Back in college and high school, I ate a lot of Taco Bell. I ate it because it was cheap and in the dorm room the things would give you enough gas to keep people away from your side of the room. Taco bell is going upscale with a move that will surely bring more students in for cheap tacos and free WiFi. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| Atlantis Shuttle Crew Testing Drinkable Pee Bags Posted: 07 Jul 2011 08:52 AM PDT Ever drank your own pee? Don’t. There are toxic substances in the liquid. (Don’t say you weren’t warned.) But there are extreme instances when recycling pee proves very practical. When the Atlantis shuttle embarks on its final mission on Friday, the astronauts involved will have a new gadget with them up in orbit. It’s a compact conversion kit that removes the impurities in urine to produce drinkable water.
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| Groundbreaking Bionic Glasses Restores Poor Eyesight Posted: 07 Jul 2011 08:40 AM PDT Recently a scientist claimed that immortality was within the grasp of modern science. But all the way in Oxford uni England, the fruits of indefinite perfectibility are being used for a more altruistic purpose—restoring sight to the blind, or at least visually impaired. A new set of ‘bionic’ glasses embedded with advanced technology could allow the visually impaired to perceive their surroundings and restore a little normalcy to their lives.
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| Steve Jobs Showcases New Tea Drink In Taiwan (Video) Posted: 07 Jul 2011 08:32 AM PDT If the title of this post grabbed you by the collar, well and good. Problem is Steve Jobs was never in Taiwan—an impersonator was though and he was giving a keynote about a tea brand. There’s a rather awkward video after the jump, but before that, won’t you agree that dear old Steve is one of the greatest salesmen on Earth? (He is! He is!) (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| Panasonic Blames Hollywood For Ruining 3D Posted: 07 Jul 2011 08:14 AM PDT In a heroic exclamation that championed substance over form, a Panasonic marketing director panned Hollywood’s 3D fever. If you ever endured the Clash of the Titans remake from summer 2010, you probably have a good idea from whence his rage emanates. The setting of this broadside was at the Intellect Consumer Electronics show 2011. The courageous man who uttered the biting words was Andrew Denham, who shared a very poignant insight: Everything after Avatar sucked and 3d movies since have been awful messes.
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| Bungie’s Classic Marathon Game Launches For Free On The iPad Posted: 07 Jul 2011 07:51 AM PDT If you are a big fan of the Bungie game Marathon you are going to be delighted to know that the highly anticipated port to iOS has now arrived on the iPad and is now ready to play. The classic FPS Marathon game is free to download but if you would prefer a more graphically enhanced experience there is a optional upgrade for $3.99 to download the high resolution texture add-on pack. The game includes 27 levels of play split into six chapters and includes exploration, puzzles and extermination. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| Kinect Mod Lets You Use A Virtual Steering Wheel For Racing Games (Video) Posted: 07 Jul 2011 07:17 AM PDT We have featured quite a few different mods for Microsoft’s Kinect here at Geeky Gadgets, the latest one let you control a range of different computer games using your hands. As you will see in the video below, the mod lets you steer a car on Need For Speed, with a virtual steering wheel and other games can also be controlled by hand movements.
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| MightyText Mirrors Your Calls And Texts To Your Browser Posted: 07 Jul 2011 07:10 AM PDT If you use Google Voice but find it lacking in a few areas a new service currently in its beta stage of development called MightText might provide you with a few of those missing features. Co-creator of the MightText service Maneesh Arora thinks its strange (as do many of us) why we still can’t view our text messages on a computer. With this in mind Arora created MightyText a service that pushes your texts messages and phone calls from your Android smartphone. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| DIY Radio Controlled Quadrocopter (Video) Posted: 07 Jul 2011 06:41 AM PDT We have featured quite a few different quadrocopters here at Geeky Gadgets, although I think this may be first DIY one, it was created by Frank who is an electrical engineering student at the university of Waterloo. Frank built the quadrocopter from scratch and even built his own software to control it, have a look at the video of it in action below. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| Downloadable Maps Feature Added To Google Labs For Android Via Google Maps 5.7 Posted: 07 Jul 2011 06:37 AM PDT Its happened to me a number of times and probably to some of your guys, and it always happens when I need it the most : no signal on my phone to use Google Maps! Well Google is looking to help eradicate this problem and has today added a new feature to its Google Labs designed for Android Google Maps which will allow you to download maps for a specific area to your Android smartphone and view them within Google Maps. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| Electronic Instant Camera Prints Your Photo Onto Thermal Paper (Video) Posted: 07 Jul 2011 06:26 AM PDT We have seen quite a few cool camera mods here at Geeky Gadgets, the latest one is from Niklas Roy who created the Electronic Instant Camera, suing an old black and white video camera. The black and white camera was connected to a thermal printer using an ATMeg8 micro controller, the subject then has to sit or stand still in front of the camera whilst it takes their photo.
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| Adapter Enables You To Use Any DSLR Lens With Your iPhone Posted: 07 Jul 2011 06:12 AM PDT Just before I wrote this article about this iPhone DSLR lens adapter I have to admit I did need to check if it was indeed April 1st, as it does seem to good to be true. However a new adapter is currently on sale at the Photojojo website which enables you to use any DSLR lens from either Nikon or Canon with your iPhone. The new adapter allows any DSLR lens to be attached to your iPhone, whether it be a Telephoto, wide angle, macro, or your fixed fifty lenses and then enables you custom control over the depth of field and manual focus. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| Apple Announces App Store Hits 15 Billion Downloads Posted: 07 Jul 2011 06:01 AM PDT Apple has just announced that its App Store has now reached a massive 15 billion downloads, the 15 billion apps have been downloaded by more that 200 million iOS users who own the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. Apple also announced that the App Store has over 425,000 applications available to download, with over 100,000 being available for the Apple iPad, those certainly are some impressive numbers considering that the Apple App store was launched just over 3 years ago.
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| Sony Confirms PSN Pass Will Arrive Shortly Posted: 07 Jul 2011 05:49 AM PDT After logos for a Sony PSN Pass scheme were spotted on a hardware bundle packaging for the Insomniac shooter. Sony has been quick to confirm that yes there will be a “PSN Pass” program launching soon with games. Which has been created to “accelerate its commitment to enhancing premium online services in its first-party line-up”. Sony said in an interview with vg247 games website. Very little is still know about exactly how the PSN Pass program is to be implemented but it could enable developers to charge extra for online gameplay and/or functionality within their games. Also second hand games sales could be affected as players that purchase a secondhand game with PSN Pass will then need to pay extra to play the game online. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| Apple To Patch JailbreakMe Exploit With iOS Update Posted: 07 Jul 2011 05:44 AM PDT The JailbreakMe jailbreak which jailbreaks the iPhone, iPad and the iPod Touch was only released the other day, and it has already jailbroken over 1 million iOS devices, and now it looks like Apple will be releasing a software update which will probably stop the JailbreakMe jailbreak from working. The JailbreakMe jailbreak uses an exploit which takes advantage of a security hole in Apple’s mobile Safari, and the security hole could also be used by criminals to gain access to a users iOS device and get their personal details from the device. It looks like Apple plans to close the security hole, as Apple has said that they are aware of the issue and are developing a fix that will be released via a software update. If Apple fixes the security hole, then it will probably stop the JailbreakMe jailbreak from working on iOS devices like the iPad 2 and the iPhone 4. Source The Next Web
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| 3G Asus Eee Pad Transformer To Cost 499 Euros Posted: 07 Jul 2011 05:14 AM PDT It looks like the new 3G version of the Asus Eee Pad Transformer will go on sale in August, and Asus have updated their Italian website with details of the the 3G version including the pricing. There will be two different 3G versions of the Asus Eee Pad Transformer available, with the 16GB version retailing 499 Euros and the 32GB version retail for 599 Euros, and both versions will go on sale in Europe in August.
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| Twin-Lens Holga 3D 35mm Film Camera Posted: 07 Jul 2011 05:10 AM PDT If you are looking to add a little creativity to your photography and drop all the digital ones for a true retro style 35mm film camera, then this cute Twin-Lens Holga camera complete with colour flash for $60 might well be worth a look. Described as “10 cameras in 1″ on the Photojojo website the Twin-Lens Holga is capable of shooting either half-frame and 3D photos and comes with a colour flash with 5 filters to choose from to add a little originality to your photos. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| Apple Denied Injuction Against Amazon’s App Store Posted: 07 Jul 2011 04:54 AM PDT Last month we heard that Apple had filed an injunction against Amazon after Amazon launched its Android app store which it called the ‘Amazon Appstore’, and now the judge dealing with the case has denied Apple’s injunction. The judge ruled that Apple had not established that the term ‘App Store’ was famous, and said that there is evidence that the app store term is used by other companies, even though Apple holds various trademarks for the term.
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| Panasonic’s New Viera Connect Developer Portal Opens For Business Posted: 07 Jul 2011 04:50 AM PDT Today Panasonic have opened the doors on their new Viera Connect Developer Portal allows developers to take advantage of Panasonic’s Viera Connect platform and create applications which can now be used on the platform. Panasonic Viera Connect, is a cloud-based TV service which allows applications to be stored online and then which become accessible through Panasonic internet-connected TVs and devices. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| Apple Developing New Charging Method For 2012 iPhone? Posted: 07 Jul 2011 04:29 AM PDT Following on from yesterdays news about the proposed new Apple iPhone that will be arriving in 2012. A new report published by the WSJ has revealed that Apple is currently looking at new ways to charge its six generation iPhone without the need for cables. Its still unclear as to what method of iPhone charging Apple is working on, but induction charging might be a preferred way, allowing you to place your iPhone on a charging pad to top up your battery. This new method of charging and Apple’s new cloud storage might see the end of sync cables and docks. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| Posted: 07 Jul 2011 03:48 AM PDT Yesterday we saw some fun Canon camera lens mugs, and now we have another fun accessory shaped like a DSLR camera lens, the Plush Camera Lens Pillow, which would be an ideal accessory for all the photography fans out there. The Plus Camera Lens Pillow is available in three different versions, the first one is the Canon 24-105mm f/4 L Pillow, which measure 9.5 inches by 9.5 inches by 18 inches.
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| Motorola Drops WiFi Xoom To $499 Posted: 07 Jul 2011 03:25 AM PDT Motorola has obviously realized that their Xoom tablet cant compete against other tablets like the Apple iPad and Android Honeycomb tablets with its high price, so the company has announced that it has now dropped the price of the WiFi model to $499. We are not sure as yet whether the WiFi and 3G model will get a price cut, but will this price drop be enough to boost sales of the Motorola Xoom which have been lower than Motorola had hoped for.
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| Disguise Your iPad 2 As A MacAir Using The Buddy Aluminium Keyboard Case Posted: 07 Jul 2011 03:20 AM PDT We have featured a number of different iPad keyboard cases here on Geeky Gadgets since the arrival of Apple’s iPad, but none to quite the style this Aluminium Buddy Case, which almost transforms your iPad 2 into a Macbook Air look alike when fitted. The Aluminium Keyboard Buddy Case for iPad 2 is similar in design to a few other cases which transform an iPad tablet into a more using friendly typing notebook. The Buddy Keyboard Case is fitted with its own integral rechargeable lithium-polymer battery and has a full size QWERTY keyboard, complete with keys to control iPad functions like media playback and brightness. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| Motorola Droid 3 Gets Official, Starts At $199 Posted: 07 Jul 2011 03:15 AM PDT Motorola has finally made the Droid 3 official, and it is now available to buy on the Verizon website, with prices starting at $199.99 when you sign up to a new two year contract, and it is also available for $459.99 SIM free. The Motorola Droid 3 comes with Android 2.3 Gingerbread, and it features a 4 inch qHD touchscreen display with a resolution of 960 x 540 pixels, it also features a slide out QWERTY keyboard.
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| Boxee Box Remote Arrives On PC And Mac Posted: 07 Jul 2011 02:59 AM PDT If you use Boxee Box on either your mac or PC you will be pleased to know that D-Link have just released a new remote tailored for computer systems. Together with promised software updates to arrive very soon. To use the dual sided remote simply plugin in the RF dongle into a spare USB port on either your Mac or PC and your are away. On one side of the D-Link Boxee Box remote is a full QWERTY keyboard and on the other a simple browsing controls. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| Google Maps For Android 5.7 Adds Transit Navigation (Video) Posted: 07 Jul 2011 02:32 AM PDT Google has released a new version of its Google Maps app for Android devices, the latest version is Google Maps 5.7 for Android and it brings a range of new features to Google Maps for Android. The latest version of Google Maps for Android has a new feature called Transit Navigation (Beta), which adds detailed public transport information for major cities around the world, with a total of 400 different cities now supported by the feature. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| Windows 8 Public Beta Coming At CES 2012 Posted: 07 Jul 2011 01:31 AM PDT The last thing we heard about Windows 8 is that Windows 8 RTM (Release To Manufacturing) would be released in April of 2012, and the final version of Windows 8 would be released later in the year. Now it looks like the first public beta of Windows 8 will be shown off at next years Consumer Electronics Show, CES 2012, and it is expected to be unveiled by Microsoft’s CEO Steve Ballmer in his keynote speech on the 9th of January 2012.
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| Posted: 07 Jul 2011 12:48 AM PDT We know that Spotify has been working to get agreements with the major record and music labels in the US, and we have heard recently that they have secured a number of deals which will bring Spotify to the US. It looks like Spotify is getting ready to launch in the US, as they have announced on their website that ‘Spotify is coming to the U.S.’, and they are now letting people sign up for invites on their homepage.
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| Terrafugia Car Plane Now Road Ready Posted: 07 Jul 2011 12:40 AM PDT The Terrafugia is a very excellent machine that really makes you believe flying cars are feasible and a noir-ish Bladerunner future is a few years away. Sure, it might not be super sexy like a few concepts that have been featured here at Geeky Gadgets, but the advantage the Terrafugia has is it’s been a round for some years. In fact, its maiden flight was on 2009. (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| JailbreakMe Reaches One Million Jailbroken Devices Posted: 07 Jul 2011 12:35 AM PDT Yesterday we heard that Comex had released a new web based Jailbreak which was capable of jailbreaking a number of iOS devices including the iPhone 4 and the iPad 2. It looks like the JailbreakMe iOS jailbreak has become popular amongst iOS device owners, as the team behind the jailbreak announced on Twitter that they have now reached one million jailbroken devices.
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| Amazon’s Cloud Drive Now Offers Unlimited Music Storage For $20 A Year Posted: 07 Jul 2011 12:28 AM PDT Amazon has updated it Cloud Drive music and file storage offering, the latest version now adds a paid option which will cost you $20 a year, and for this you get unlimited music storage and 20GB of file storage. The free version of Amazon’s Cloud Drive is still available and users get 5GB of free cloud storage, and Amazon now offers free storage for any music you have purchased directly from Amazon.
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| Stunning Speaker Systems By Richard Grant Are Quite Stunning Posted: 07 Jul 2011 12:00 AM PDT Designer Richard Grant sure has vision. The UK-based designer unveiled a series of speaker sets a while ago that borrowed heavily from the pantheon of sculpture. The pieces look great and the specs aren’t to be trifled with either. The bestselling item in the rare collection is the Ghanian mask, which costs upwards of a thousand dollars. Expensive, yes, but the design is exquisite. That, and if you have a couple f these in your place, people are sure to take notice and scratch their heads as well. “Nice statue. Where’d you get it?” (...) © Geeky Gadgets, 2011. | Permalink | Unauthorized duplication and or distribution of our content is strictly forbidden © Geeky Gadgets, 2011 |
| LG Optimus 3D Will Come With Free Gameloft 3D Games Posted: 06 Jul 2011 11:40 PM PDT LG just dropped us an email to let us know that the LG Optimus 3D will come with 3D games pre-installed, LG has teamed up with Gameloft and will be offering some of Gameloft’s most popular games in 3D for the LG Optimus 3D. The Optimus 3D will come with three Gameloft 3D titles installed which include the popular Asphalt 6: Adrenaline, N.O.V.A – Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance and Lets Golf 2, there will also be 14 additional 3D games available to download for the Optimus 3D.
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| Facebook And Skype Announce Deal For Video Chat Posted: 06 Jul 2011 11:15 PM PDT Yesterday we heard a rumor that Facebook would announce that they would be bringing Skype video chat integration to the worlds largest social network, and now Skype video chat for Facebook is official. You can made video calls direct to your friends from within Facebook, and Skype has also integrated Facebook into their Skype desktop program, this means that more than 750 million Facebook users will now be able to use Skype for video chat.
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