Gold-colored Huawei Nexus 6P finally available in the States

It was back in September, when Google announced its duo of 2015 Nexus devices – the budget-conscious Nexus 5X and the all-metal, premium class Nexus 6P. The latter was available in three colors internationally — Aluminium, Graphite, and Frost — while a special Gold finish was initially only available in Japan.

If you’ve been feeling that gold fever, grinding your teeth in anticipation for the gilded variant of the Huawei-made Nexus, you will be happy to know that, starting today, you will be able to purchase it in the US. The special Gold Edition will be sold only in the Google Store and … – Source

Gold-colored Huawei Nexus 6P finally available in the States

5 Questions To Answer Before Launching A Social Campaign

People still don’t get social media. And I’m not just talking about Donald Trump. It’s an established best practice for building community support for a point of view or an initiative, and that’s because it works. There’s no better way to harness those who already agree with you as surrogates to carry your message to other people who know and trust them, whom… Read More

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5 Questions To Answer Before Launching A Social Campaign

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Icon Smartech’s Icon Home wants to replace your thermostat with a Wi-Fi-enabled Android tablet.

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Garmin’s Augmented Reality Headset Could Be A Dream Come True For Cyclists

Garmin‘s new Varia Vision device could either be a dream come true for cyclists or a work in progress, but this is definitely an interesting accessory. The Varia Vision is an augmented reality display that you mount to your sunglasses. And it’s not just about displaying how well you’re doing, it can alert you about traffic and directions. Read More

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Garmin’s Augmented Reality Headset Could Be A Dream Come True For Cyclists

Report from iPhone 7 supply chain says no 3.5mm audio jack

Prepare to kiss your tangled headphones goodbye – a report allegedly from the iPhone 7 supply chain claims that Apple is indeed dropping the analog 3.5mm audio jack. Instead, wired headphones will connect to the Lightning port and, of course, there’s the wireless Bluetooth option too. A Lightning-to-3.5mm will also exist.

Apple’s motives are two-fold – the make the iPhone thinner and to push sales of wireless headphones. We’re going back to the dark ages of proprietary audio. Also, your expensive Lightning headphones probably won’t work with your computer and other non-Apple devices.

It seems that the Lightning port does not support analog audio (the old 30-pin connector did). No analog from the port itself means that wired headphones will have to carry their own DAC and amp with them.

This will make them complicated, expensive and probably more battery hungry (not to mention that occupying the Lightning port prevents you from charging your phone). Remember the $50 Lightning-to-HDMI adapter? The one with a built-in chipset with 256MB of RAM? Yeah.

As usual, take this unconfirmed report with a grain of salt. Nay, keep your fingers crossed that it’s just plain trolling.

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Indonesia Cashback Service Snapcart Lands $1.7M Ahead Of Southeast Asia Expansion

Snapcart, an Indonesia-based startup that runs a service offering consumers rewards in exchange for scans of their shopping receipts, has closed $1.675 million in funding just four months after launch. Read More

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Indonesia Cashback Service Snapcart Lands $1.7M Ahead Of Southeast Asia Expansion

This transforming robot rolls around your home and shoots projections everywhere

LAS VEGAS — In between the million of TVs, laptops, and wearables at CES are a whole bunch of weird gadgets, like Cerevo’s Tipron robot.

Tipron is a “transforming, Internet-connected projection robot” as one company spokesperson explained to meMashable video producer Keith Hopkin and I joked (but are now dead serious about) that it’s basically a really dumb and not adorable version of R2-D2.

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Designed for the home, Tipron has wheels, which lets it roll around from room to room. Its body transforms and expands to reveal a built-in projector capable of projecting an 80-inch 720p HD resolution screen on walls and ceilings from about 10 feet away. The robot’s body can twist to different heights and angles. …

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Electronics retailer Dick Smith goes under, gift cards and deposits won't be refunded

Spare a thought for everyone who got a Dick Smith gift card for Christmas. They’re now not worth the paper they’re printed on.

On Tuesday, the electronics retailer, which operates 393 stores across Australia and New Zealand, went into voluntary administration after significant financial troubles.

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The business’ “sales and cash generation” in December 2015 were below expectations, the company chairman Rob Murray said in …

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Surface Book coming to 10 new markets, already up for pre-order in certain countries

Yesterday, Microsoft announced that the Surface Book will soon land in 10 new markets, including Australia, Austria, New Zealand, as well as certain European and Asian countries. And now, it is available for pre-order in many of the aforementioned regions.

Those living in France, Germany, New Zealand, and the UK can now pre-order the hybrid device from their respective local Microsoft Store website- shipments begin 28 January in New Zealand and 18 February in other regions. Prices start at £1,299 in the UK, €1,649 in Germany and France, and NZD 2,749 in New Zealand.

However, if you’re in Australia, you’ll be glad to know that the Surface Book is already available for purchase in your country for AUD 2,299.

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Surface Book coming to 10 new markets, already up for pre-order in certain countries

Augmented Reality Versus Virtual Reality: The Battle Is Real

Although virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) have existed in some form for decades, only recently have they garnered mainstream attention. VR is blowing up right now, and its content and hardware advances have been exciting to watch. VR will gain ascendancy throughout 2016, but my money’s on AR becoming the dominant technology in our daily lives. Read More

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Augmented Reality Versus Virtual Reality: The Battle Is Real

Hands on with the HTC Vive: Why it could be the VR headset to beat in 2016

The HTC Vive’s hand controllers make virtual reality truly immersive, and that could be the edge it needs against Oculus Rift.

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Hands on with the HTC Vive: Why it could be the VR headset to beat in 2016

See the mesmerizing trailer for Werner Herzog's Internet documentary

We already know that we live in the future. But when the trailer for Werner Herzog’s upcoming Sundance film describes life with computers as “far-fetched,” you can’t help but stop and think about how far we’ve come.

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Herzog’s documentary, Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World, takes a look at the perils and promise of living connected — and what this means for current and future generations

“This is an extraordinary moment in the life of human beings,” the trailer declares.

“For all of its detailed analysis, this documentary also wrestles with profound and intangible questions regarding the Internet’s future,” reads the Sundance …

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How much do greenhouse gas emissions warm your part of the world?

Climate science attempts to answer a lot of questions, but Earth’s population probably cares about just one of them: what is the amount of global warming we should expect from a given amount of greenhouse gas emissions?

There are a variety of metrics researchers use to describe that variable, differing mainly in how long you give the climate system to equilibrate. One handy metric is called the “transient climate response to cumulative carbon emissions”—TCRE for short. Given a total amount of CO2 emitted up until a point in time, this relationship tells you about how much warming will have already occurred.

It’s a straightforward and (nearly) linear relationship that was highlighted in the last Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report. Find your place on the graph by totaling up historical CO2 emissions and you get an idea of how much of the “carbon budget” remains before you reach, say, 2°C warming.

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How much do greenhouse gas emissions warm your part of the world?