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New iPad Mini and FREE Apple software

steve — Wed, 23 Oct 2013 08:43:07 +0000

Apple has made a big surprise announcement, and it’s got nothing to do with their new tablet offering. It is in fact, the announcement that they’ll be giving away Mac operating and work software free to its users. That’s um…how can I put this…NOT WHAT MICROSOFT OFFERS ITS USERS.

What this means for you and me is that Apple’s Mac OS and iWork software suite, which compete with Microsoft’s Excel, Word and other applications, will now be offered free to all users. Amazing. And they say that it’s simply because they want their users to have their latest software and has nothing to do with fear that their stock price is dropping or that rival tablets on the market like the Kindle Fire and the Google Nexus are chomping away at it’s market share. Right. Call me a cynic, but I think that when the iPhone 5 came out with that ridiculous new charging port, forcing iFans to buy adapters for all their expensive docking stations and accessories, Apple made it quite clear that it’s users’ needs are not top priority at the company. But like I said, I’m a cynic who is looking forward to burning in cynic hell.

Either way, it’s good news.

And there’s more, they also announced a new iPad called the iPad Air which is 20% thinner than it’s predecessor, has a 9.7-inch Retina Display and an A7 chip with 64-bit architecture and M7 motion coprocessor. Looks like a lightweight (500g or so) beast.

iFans, hit the streets and start telling everyone about how you can’t wait to get your hands on the new device.

Get it: Anywhere from R6000 – R10 000
From: www.zastore.co.za

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Libratone Loop speakers NEW GADGET

steve — Sat, 19 Oct 2013 08:19:17 +0000

I truly love it anytime companies like Libratone, who focus as much on design as tech, bring out a new product and the new Loop is no different.

The Loop are completely portable while also capable of being wall mounted and although it’s a small thing, it’s important, they can play wirelessly without having to connect to a Wi-Fi network thanks to their “PlayDirect” technology.

The Loop are controllable remotely via your iDevice or Android and they’ll stream music from your radio service of choice.
Now sit back and enjoy.

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Official PlayStation 4 Perfect Day Commercial

steve — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 10:14:54 +0000

Looks awesome.

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Simfy launches “Playlists” website

steve — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 09:23:02 +0000

One of my favourite local music services (purely for all the good they do for SA music) has gone to the next step of service by offering their Playlists website, a site offering easy access to its many playlists, essentially doing all the heavy lifting for you.

It sounds a bit childish, but many of us really have become too busy to create our own playlists, so it’s nice to just let someone else do it for you (the 120 000 already created on Simfy in 2013), click play, and listen.

Let the good times roll.

Get it: http://www.simfyplaylists.co.za/

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Concept Cars INFOGRAPHIC

steve — Mon, 14 Oct 2013 12:05:18 +0000

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GoPro HERO 3 promo vid

steve — Fri, 11 Oct 2013 09:32:43 +0000

Almost 5 minutes of absolute visual awesomeness promoting the new GoPro HERO3. They said it best with: “smaller, lighter, mightier still”.

Enjoy

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E-Toll video currently going Viral in South Africa

steve — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 11:33:18 +0000

Please watch and share this vid. Currently making a huge noise in SA. Let’s make it more viral than an AIDS gene that’s contracted Cancer from a bag of Herpes.

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First official play with the Galaxy Note 3 and the Gear

steve — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 11:30:02 +0000

A vid released by Samsung showing a pretty in depth look into the new Galaxy Note 3 and the Gear watch. Kind of like their first play date.

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Split audio earphones NEW GADGET

steve — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 09:20:40 +0000

The age-old portable audio question of how to stop your wires getting tangled has been answered by creators of the Split audio, hands free music player. The small coin-sized devices fit unnoticeably into your ears and autonomously stream the sounds without having to sync up to each other (thanks to two high-precision crystal clocks).

Each earbud has it’s own a small circuit board, button cell battery, 256mb memory chip and a 32 bit ARM processor and sound is delivered courtesy of a pair of 6mm neodymium dynamic drivers.

Now here comes the really cool bit: changing tracks is done by chomping down on your teeth and the vibration is picked up by an accelerometer. Obviously they’ll need to connect via cable to charge and transfer songs, and they do this via USB.

Kickstart them here: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/701992503/the-worlds-only-earbuds-with-no-strings-attached

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LG Image Stabilisation commercial is a #WIN

steve — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 07:58:34 +0000

Here’s an ad courtesy of LG (who we don’t hear much from lately) showing off the concept behind their new Image Stabilisation technology. Or is it a belated April Fool’s joke? Perhaps it’s a Gallus-Scam, not a Galluscam.

Either way. Very funny.

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