Samsung set to unveil wristwatch-like smartphone next month

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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-08-16/samsung-said-to-introduce-smartphone-like-wristwatch-next-month.html / Samsung Electronics Co. wristwatch-like wrist watch like watch like watch-like device named the Galaxy Gear next month that can make phone calls surf Web handle email emails e-email e-mails Google Inc. Android operating system on sale this year potential potentially competing product from Apple Inc new industry wearable devices ket for top-end handsets nears saturation global watch industry multitask smartphones, tablets and TVs watch watches glasses /

iPad games for your cat (video)

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No, really! There are games for the iPad with cats as their target users. Android too.

Depressingly, accumulated scores in the game, "You vs. Cat", have cats winning, 28.2 million points to 19.7 million, as of 11 August. :(

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323838204578654670932191806.html

http://www.freemake.com/blog/awesome-ipad-games-for-cats/ / Worlds Best Video Game for Cats Apple iPad iOS developer Purina Friskies free games iPad gamer cat play games Cat Fishing Tasty Treasures Hunt Party Mix-Up games feature ish swimming around kibble exploding food treat cat paw paws) touch the screen party browser tablet thanks HTML5 iOS device Android /

Everything old is new again — Samsung Android flip phone

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http://bgr.com/2013/08/05/samsung-galaxy-folder-photos-leak/ / flip phone flipphone flip-phone Android smartphone leak leaked leaking leaks photo photos fold folding folder Samsung selling smartphones Galaxy Folder device form factor dual screen dualscreen dual-screen design basic user interface shrunken version standard Galaxy phone Android home screen feature 3.7-inch 3.7 inch AMOLED display resolution 800 x 480 pixels /

Hyperloop — theoretical, 760 mph transit system made of sun, air, & magnets

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Think passenger capsules fired along an airtight tube by manipulating air pressure & magnets.

Elon Musk is pushing this, so just before dismissing it, remember PayPal, SolarCity, Spacex & Tesla Motors ...

http://arstechnica.com/business/2013/08/hyperloop-a-theoretical-760-mph-transit-system-made-of-sun-air-and-magnets/ / magnet magnetic magnetically bearing seal sealed airtight vacuum hard partial passenger passengers futuristic transit system open-source open source proposed design Hyperloop ultra-fast transit system run between San Francisco Los Angeles Elon Musk’s Tesla Motors website founder SpaceX Tesla Motors system moves pods low pressure tube two cities I-5 freeway document aluminum pods two steel tubes direction of travel connected terminus tubes pylons spaced 100 feet apart tube 20 feet in the air tube covered solar arrays generate power PV photovoltaic photo voltaic tubes pods carry people 760 miles per hour pods 28 passengers departing every two minutes location 30 seconds peak times pod about 23 miles between one another while traversing the tube transport capacity 840 passengers per hour capsules’ speed low pressure low-pressure environment, 1/6 pressure atmosphere Mars Earth maintained by vacuum pumps. reduce drag 1,000 times document hard vacuum low pressure solution pneumatic tube passenger capsules passengers reclined chairs air bearing skis float pressurized cushion of air injecting air into the gap bearing /

iPhone 5S fingerprint sensor: sapphire used for home button

http://bgr.com/2013/08/12/iphone-5s-fingerprint-sensor-sapphire/ / iPhone high-end device Apple iPhone 5S new research note KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo scratch proof scratch-proof sapphire crystal iPhone 5S home button double fingerprint sensor Kuo plastic sapphire home button fingerprint sensor smartphone manufacturers material durable smartphone displays display fingerprint sensor device device’s functionality, Apple experience material currently sapphire crystal iPhone 5 protect handset handset’s rear camera /

Leonardo, an advanced photo editor app for iPad & iPhone

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http://the-gadgeteer.com/2013/08/11/leonardo-an-advanced-photo-editor-app-for-ipad-and-iphone/#more-137409 / advanced image editor app magic wand tool selective image adjustments iPhone iPad post process iOS device photos photographs sophisticated tools clone tool text tool paint tool adjustable brush sizes hardness? Leonardo full featured full-featured photo editor iOS publish published Pankaj Goswami recently released Leonardo available App Store discount $1.99 promotional promotion period layered collage complicated selection unwanted background feather edge background selection invert main subject selected copy and paste pleasing background transform selection more realistic proportions Curves color adjustments shado highlight histogram unsharp mask options layer layers Photoshop layer blend modes mode option mask options fast enough 25 photo effect presets real-time no status bar effect applied export your file .psd layers .png .jpeg file resolution iPad maxes 4096 x 4096 iPhone limited resolution camera view video tutorials view tool names how function feel familiar high end image editor Adobe Photoshop interface plug in plug-in 19 filters adjustable parameter repetition capable learning curve relic desktop PC clone app available iPhone iPad Mini iPod Touch iOS 5 /

Buying Apple products is a form of "Narcissism"

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This may be more popular with Android/Windows users than the iOS/OS X crowd.

http://www.wired.com/opinion/2013/08/buying-apple-products-is-a-form-of-narcissism/ / iPad iPhone iMac Macintosh Mac iOS OSX OS X smartphone phone computer pad Steve Jobs picture photograph himself /