Google Rumored To Be Opening Their Own Retail Stores This Year

According to an "extremely reliable source" from 9to5 Google, they claim that Google will be launching their own retail stores across metropolitan areas in the United States ahead of the holidays this year. Unsurprisingly the source claims that these stores will be used to show off Google's own brand of products, such as the Nexus lineup of Android smartphones and tablets, as well as Chromebooks running Google's Chrome OS. Google has yet to comment on these rumors, but considering that they already have their own online store, we wouldn't be surprised if they decided that going brick-and-mortar would be the next thing to do.

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Nikon Holding Press Event In Thailand On 21st February

It looks like come 21st of February, Nikon will be holding a press event in Thailand. The company has been sending out invites (via ThaiDPhoto) although they did not specify what exactly it is that they would be announcing. Nikon Rumors has suggested that Thursday seems like an odd day for Nikon to be announcing new products, but they have also speculated that it could be where Nikon announces the Nikon D7000's replacement.

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Analyst: Nokia Tablet Won't Debut At MWC 2013

A few days ago, we saw a possible leak of a new Nokia tablet at an event the company held in Pakistan which we expected would be revealed at MWC, if such a device even exists. According to market research firm Strategy Anallytics, we could be wrong in thinking MWC would be the place for Nokia to debut their tablet. In a blog post published earlier today, Strategy Analytics believes Nokia will only focus on its line of Lumia smartphones at this year's MWC as channel checks made by its Tablet & Touchscreen Strategies service believes Nokia's strategy at the show will be “smartphone first.”.

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Watch Dogs Coming To ‘All Home Consoles' This Holiday Season

Seeing how many rumors of the PlayStation 4 and next-generation Xbox have been circulating over the past few months, it's safe to say the next generation of video game consoles will soon be upon us. How soon has been anyone's guess, but if some leaked marketing materials for Ubisoft's upcoming game Watch Dogs is to be believed, then you better start saving up now to buy your next-generation consoles this holiday season. When Ubisoft's Watch Dogs debuted at E3 2012, we knew it would be a next-generation game shortly after its debut that would make its way to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 as well.

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COOKOO Bluetooth watch review

Do you like to always stay connected, but your phone is always in your jacket or bag. Then take a look at the COOKOO watch - a project originally funded on Kickstarter by Peter Hauser. The COOKOO watch is a smart looking and useful watch that always stays connected to your smartphone via Bluetooth 4.0, and alerts you when receiving a new email, alert, social media post, or call in real time. Note: Images can be clicked to view a larger size.

I received my COOKOO watch right before the new year.  It has a nice large face that displays various icon notifications, and comes in a clever, reusable birdhouse case.






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California HOV access could be extended 10 years for green cars

A few years ago it was not uncommon to hear a Toyota Prius buyer say, "I got it for the sticker." The yellow sticker they were referring to allowed the driver to use the High Occupancy Vehicle (carpool) lane even when alone in the car which, as every other LA driver knows, led to the frequent sight of a Prius with a sole occupant zooming by at 94 miles per hour along the center barrier. That dispensation for traditional hybrids ended in 2011, but there are both white and green stickers that remain good for sole-occupant HOV use until 2015.

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Buffalo – BSMPB05BK – Compact dual iPhone and Android smartphone battery charger

With 4 AA batteries, you can charge your iPhone or Android smartphone with Buffalo's new mobile battery charger “BSMPB05BK” anytime. It's a very compact, portable small stick, so you can take it with you in your pocket or bag very easily.






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Tamagotchi Celebrates Sweet 16 with Android App

Tamagotchi, the Japanese virtual pet you have raised and fed during the 1990's, turns 16. In celebration of the toy's coming-of-age, Namco Bandai has launched a new mobile app based on the original digital pet. Titled “Tamagotchi L.i.f.e.” (short for “Love Is Fun Everywhere”), the app simulates your experience with the egg-shaped toy, from feeding your pet to cleaning their pixelated poop. It also comes with more features. For one, the app and your pet come alive in color and in higher resolution.

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New PlayStation 4 Controller Leaked?

Game site Destructoid has stumbled upon a photo of what looks like a never-seen before PlayStation controller. Obviously, the first question that comes to mind is : is that the PlayStation 4 controller. First of all, let's take a look: the biggest change is in the middle, and there seems to be a glossy surface that could be a touch display or a display of some sort. Secondly the little holes in the middle do look like a microphone – possibly for voice commands. Or it may just be a weird speaker.

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Android And iOS Capture 91.1% Global Market Share

IDC has released its the latest numbers that it has gathered about the smartphone industry, and they show that Android and iOS have captured a combined 91.1% mobile operating system market share. While we all knew that they both accounted for the large majority of the market, the number remind us how much of an uphill battle it is for competitors like Windows Phone, Blackberry, Ubuntu mobile, Firefox OS and Samsung's Tizen.Windows Phone has been rising a little, going from 15% to 2.6%, but this is not really affecting Android and iOS, which are battling far away for the first and second place.

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Ram 1500 to get V6 diesel engine later this year

Happy Valentine's Day, diesel lovers. Chrysler announced today that the Ram 1500 will offer a light-duty diesel engine when it goes into production this fall. Using the same turbocharged 3.0-liter EcoDiesel V6 recently introduced in the 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee, the Ram 1500 is expected to get even better fuel economy than the current 2013 model's best-in-class 25 miles per gallon on the highway. -Clean diesel features low CO2 emissions and impressive V-6 capability

-Diesel engines praised for outstanding range and torque

-Ram first to market with game-changing technologies

February 14, 2013 , Auburn Hills, Mich.

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Olympus Denies Reports That They Are Discontinuing Their DSLR Products

When it comes to DSLR cameras, big brand names such as Canon or Nikon are typically mentioned, but let's not forget that there are alternatives out there. Companies such as Pentax, Olympus and Fujifilm have been known to put out pretty decent DSLR cameras, but it seems that a recent report has gotten customers worried that Olympus could be ceasing the production of their DSLR offerings. This report has since been refuted in an official statement released by the company. Olympus also states that they will continue offering DSLR cameras alongside their mirrorless camera range, the PEN series.

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Wayki Alarm Clock Toothbrush

Getting up in the morning for some people may be quite hard. This also goes with brushing teeth in the morning. Gadgets like the new Wayki Alarm Clock Toothbrush aim to help people with both. The unique Wayki Alarm Clock Toothbrush is a unique combination of an alarm clock and a toothbrush. The concept is for the device to work with two parts separated. The handle or base acts as an alarm clock while the brush tip is separated from it and stored conveniently in the bathroom.

The way it works, the Wayki acts as an alarm clock to rouse a sleepyhead to get up.

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Xbox Early Engineer: Apple Could “Easily Kill” Wii-U, Xbox, PlayStation

Nat Brown, a former Microsoft Engineer and a member of the early Xbox team, has published a personal blog post about how the past five years of Xbox were “painful” to watch, especially when it comes to the failure of turning Kinect into something bigger than what it is today. His article has a particularly harsh title: ” Stupid, Stupid xBox!!” — I recommend reading it in full, but here are a few things that I found of particular interest:.

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Amazon Gets Undercover Boss, Star Trek and More CBS Shows

Amazon has announced an extension of the content licensing deal that it previously had with CBS. As a result, more shows are being added for Amazon Prime Instant subscribers to watch. New titles include Undercover Boss, Star Trek, Everybody Loves Raymond, America's Next Top Model, The L Word  and United States of Tara – in no particular order.This comes in a context where video streaming behemoths like Netflix and Amazon are pouring money to either buy content licenses, or create their own shows. This is their way to attempt breaking the lock that cable companies have on that kind of content.

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Carrie Underwood's Projection Dress

Celebrities tend to be on the cutting edge of fashion as well, and at the recently concluded 55th Grammy Awards, the beautiful Carrie Underwood graced the stage during her performance of “Blown Away” and “Two Black Cadillacs” by wearing a unique "projection dress", which is a bespoke platinum colored satin gown from Theia. This unique dress enabled a series of animated images to be projected upon it, as though she was wearing a projection screen all the way.

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Cherry Mountain Thunder Hopes To Offer Plenty Of Bang For Your Buck

When it comes to entry level smartphones and mobile devices, you can expect to find a slew of devices to choose from, as there are dime a dozen manufacturers out there who would not mind seeing their wares in your hands. Philippines company Cherry Mobile has come up with the Cherry Mountain Thunder, but unlike Zeus-like performance that one would expect, the Cherry Mountain Thunder delivers a 4.5-inch FWGA (480 x 854) display at 218ppi, a dual-core 1GHz MediaTek processor, 512MB RAM and 4GB of internal memory, with a microSD memory card slot for expansion purposes.

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Looking East: 3CX Announces New Office in Poland

3CX aims to take a significant share of the Polish VoIP PBX marketLONDON and WARSAW, POLAND, 13 February 2013 – 3CX, developer of the award-winning Windows VoIP PBX 3CX Phone System, today announced it has opened a new office in Warsaw to increase the number of 3CX Partners in Poland and to support new and current partners with regular training and Polish-language marketing.

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Microsoft delivers patches for Windows 8 and Windows RT

Microsoft has released fixes and patches for a total of 57 known issues today. The updates will fix critical security holes and fix more than 12 vulnerabilities. The major fix is for Windows RT and Surface RT users who are experiencing issues with the App Store Downloading functionality. Automatic updates would start downloading updates and put the system in "Connected Standby" . Users were unable to get Windows Store applications.

Another fix is for the Wi-Fi connectivity and reliability of Surface. Language packs have been added to the updates as well. A few more updates include driver updates for windows volume up and down buttons.

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Lincoln dealers frustrated over slow MKZ production ramp-up

Lincoln has clearly been working hard to get the word out about its 2013 MKZ sedan. The Dearborn automaker has taken out lavish spreads to trumpet its boldly styled new model in magazines of every description, along with placing commercials for both the vehicle and the reborn brand behind it on all manner of television programs, including the super-costly Super Bowl earlier this month. Pity, then, that Lincoln dealers don't have enough MKZs to sell.

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Android 4.2.2 Update Hit Nexus 7, Nexus 10, Maybe Nexus 4

We've heard that Google was rolling out Android 4.2.2 to Galaxy Nexus owners, but it seems that the update is also making its way to Nexus 4 and Nexus 10 devices. At this point, we can confirm that the Nexus 7 got it since we just upgraded ours. Android 4.2.2 is supposedly a minor update that addresses some bugs and bring performance improvements. Google has not provided public details about the update, and we've been getting mixed signals from the industry.

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Calix E7-2 Delivers Ultra-Fast Broadband Services to England’s Overbury Estate

OVERBURY, THE COTSWOLDS, UK – February 12, 2013 – Calix, Inc. (NYSE:CALX) today announced the residential and farming villages of Overbury and Conderton on the Overbury Estate in the picturesque Cotswolds region are now receiving some of the best broadband speeds available in the United Kingdom, thanks to an innovative community fibre access project enabled by the Calix E7-2 Ethernet Service Access Platform (ESAP).

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eRecyclingCorps CEO David Edmondson to Speak at Mobile World Congress

Wireless device trade-in and renewal leader shortlisted for GSMA’s prestigious Global Mobile AwardsIrving, Texas and Brussels, Belgium, February 12, 2013 – eRecyclingCorps (eRC), the leading provider of operator-grade wireless device trade-in solutions, has announced that David Edmondson, eRC co-founder and CEO, will speak at Mobile World Congress taking place February 25 – 28 in Barcelona, Spain.

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BlackBerry Z10 Available In The U.S. For $999 Contract-Free

The BlackBerry Z10 has already been launched in the U.K. and Canada, but U.S. BlackBerry owners looking to upgrade their phone to the latest and greatest have been left out in the cold as no U.S. carrier has announced when the device will release on their network. The closest thing U.S. consumers have to a release date was T-Mobile's announcement last week of a possible mid-March release for the Z10.

Thankfully, it looks as though U.S.

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iPhone 5 Ranked Fifth In Customer Satisfaction Poll Behind Android Phones

For several years, Apple's devices have been ranked high in numerous customer satisfaction polls, but it looks as though their customer satisfaction dominance has slipped a bit with the iPhone 5. According to a study carried out by mobile research firm OnDevice Research, 320,000 mobile and tablet users across six different countries were polled how satisfied they were with their devices. In the U.S., Apple's iPhone 5 ranked fifth place (8.23) in customer satisfaction behind four Android devices: the Motorola Atrix HD (8.57), Motorola Droid Razr M (8.5), HTC Rezound 4G (8.32) and Samsung Galaxy Note 2 (8.26).

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