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Apr

9

2012

Toray Introduces Self-Repairing Screen Protector, Heals Scratches In Under 10 Seconds

by Stacy Bruce
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Ready to meet the last screen protector you will ever need? Meet Toray’s self-repairing film that has the capability of healing minor scratches and blemishes in under ten seconds flat. The film’s self-cure coating can repair itself up to 20,000 times as long as the damage doesn’t go beyond the special elastic cushioning layer. Toray uses [...]

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Apr

7

2012

Lenovo to begin Taking pre-orders in China for their New Line of Smart TVs

by Spencer McClendon
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  Lenovo has launched a Chinese website detailing their plans to begin taking pre-orders for their new smart TV product. Unfortunately this is only a test for China because Lenovo doesn’t have high expectations for their TVs just yet. Lenovo wants to test the market to see if the demand is there but I’m sure [...]

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Apr

7

2012

HTC no longer will bundle Beats headphones with future smartphones

by Emily Aquin
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In an attempt to separate itself from the many Android manufacturers, HTC’s latest partnership with Beats Electronics has developed the Beats Audio software making the music-listening experience much more enjoyable and customizable for a small amount of their current Android users. To help create awareness, HTC had decided to bundle Beats headphones with the purchase [...]

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Apr

7

2012

Refurbished Vizio 8-Inch Tablet Available For $160 In A One Day Sale

by Roy Alugbue
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If you all are in the market for a new tablet, you may want to take a look at this awesome deal. An attractive Vizio 8-inch tablet bundle is available for a mere $159.99 (plus $5 shipping) during a special One Day, One Deal sale. Included in the tablet is a refurbished Vizio VTAB1008-B Gingerbread-powered [...]

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Apr

6

2012

Google’s own Sergey Brin spotted in the wild sporting Project Glass prototype

by Chris Stewart
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Perhaps the future really is now. Just hours after Google gave the world a glimpse of the future with the Project Glass announcement, the augmented reality glasses have already been spotted out in public on none other than Google co-founder Sergey Brin himself. Sergey showed up to the ‘Dining in the Dark’ charity event at [...]

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Apr

5

2012

Samsung Introduces Ultra High Speed Memory Cards Destined for LTE Devices

by Stacy Bruce
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First Samsung try’s to impress us with sexy looking microSD cards and now they want to impress us with speed. I don’t know about you but when it comes to microSD cards I am more concerned about speed so I will pay a little more attention to these new Ultra High Speed Class 1 (UHS-1) [...]

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Apr

5

2012

Is Beats Audio Preparing to Release A New Streaming Music Service?

by Stacy Bruce
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As if creating the most popular and arguably the best sounding personal audio equipment wasn’t good enough, Beats Audio co-founder Jimmy Lovine revealed to Bloomberg Businessweek that the company is looking to attack the streaming music market next. Lovine told BB that ”subscription music online is culturally inadequate” and “it’s not satisfying right now.” He feels [...]

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Apr

4

2012

Motorola Android Powered Home Phone Visits the FCC

by Stacy Bruce
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According to a recent FCC filing Motorola is prepared to bring an Android phone into your home via your land line. Yes, land lines are still being used apparently as Moto plans to offer up the HS1101 and MBP2000PU to users who desire a more smartphone-esque experience with their home phone. The two devices that [...]

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Apr

4

2012

Google Reveals “Project Glass”: Google-Powered Glasses Showcasing Navigation, Camera And Music

by Roy Alugbue
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Ok everyone it’s official: the future is now. I don’t mean this year— I literally mean now thanks to the Mountain View giant. We had previously heard about Google pondering development of a mysterious HUD device and eventually knew it was clearly intent on making the concept a reality for users, but like anything else with [...]

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Apr

4

2012

Ice Cream Sandwich Update To Motorola DROID Razr Indicates Major Changes To Custom WebTop Software

by Roy Alugbue
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  Somewhere out there are a handful of Motorola DROID RAZR smartphones with a leaked Android 4.0 build. In addition to the standard frills of ICS, there was mention of updated WebTop software in the form of WebTop 3.0 Beta. A curious DROID RAZR owner decided to test out the new enhancements to the WebTop [...]

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