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Canonical wants you to see how Scopes are working under their awesome Ubuntu Touch mobile operating system, so they made a nice video presentation showing you an Ubuntu Phone Scopes walkthrough.
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Apple is hosting its annual splash on Wednesday to unveil a new version of its most important product, the iPhone.
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by Phil Nickinson from Android Central RSS Feed on (#KQR5)
The 2015 edition of the IFA Conference in Berlin has come and gone for us. But that doesn't mean we're you can't relieve all the exciting, incredible, outstanding and wonderful products we got to see. Here they are once again, in videographic form, and in a single handy playlist. We've got phones. We've got smartwatches. We've got tablets. We've got really huge tablets. And more phones and more smartwatches and other things. (That sums up IFA in a nutshell, really.) Take a few minutes out of your Labor Day holiday today and have a look at what we looked at, won'tcha?
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by Mark Walton from Ars Technica - All content on (#KPDZ)
LEDs, NFC, fitness tracker, and vibration motor are all buried in the Wena strap.
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from heise online News on (#KK5A)
Huawei zeigt auf der IFA seine erste Android-Smartwatch und die ist überraschend edel und teuer ausgefallen. Wir haben die Uhr mit wirklich rundem AMOLED-Display sowie schickem Metallgehäuse ausprobiert.
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by Jen Karner from Android Central RSS Feed on (#KJDV)
Moon Phase Lunar Watch Face for Android Wear is available now in the Google Play Store. It sports slick illustrations, a digital readout of the time, and-best of all-info about the current phase of the moon. This is definitely a watch face for those nocturnal folks out there, and we've got the details on it below. The Moon Phase Lunar Watch Face doesn't really come with much in the way of options. It is packed with information, and it does it without ever making your smartwatch seem cluttered. The screen is dominated by an illustration of the moon coinciding with it's current phase. The background changes every so often with different views of a night sky.
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by Phil Nickinson from Android Central RSS Feed on (#KGYH)
Miss the stream of the Samsung Gear S2 event ahead of the IFA conference in Berlin, Germany? Miss our liveblog? (For shame!) Miss our hands-on with the Gear S2 (C'mon, now!) Fine. It happens. You're a very busy person we get it.
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by Alex Dobie from Android Central RSS Feed on (#KGVX)
This is what a $1,200 Android Wear smartwatch looks like. The gold-plated LG Watch Urbane Luxe was announced ahead this week and shown to the world for the first time at IFA 2015 in Berlin. We've got a first look at LG's ostentatious new smartwatch after the break.
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by Xeni Jardin from on (#KFP7)
It's always the Russians, beating us in the never-ending arms race of Totally Unsafe Things That Are Fun to Watch. (more…)
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by Jen Karner from Android Central RSS Feed on (#KF79)
There is always something to be excited about, whether it's an upcoming holiday or the release of the next big Marvel movie. We've gotten used to seeing countdowns to that special something, and now you can wear one right on your wrist. Countdown Watch Face is available for your Android Wear device. It's got some nifty options to personalize how it looks and acts along with the important part — the countdown timer. The Countdown Watch Face is a really versatile watch face that you should definitely check it. It's got a futuristic feel, along with tons of options, and a countdown timer right in the middle of the screen. The default screen is red and black, with a digital readout of the time and an analog face around the edge of the screen. On your smartwatch, there actually aren't any options. At all. Your options are all available on your smartphone, and they're broken into multiple categories; Countdown, Watch, Weather, and Colors. There are two more categories, but neither have any options so we're just going to ignore them. In Countdown you can decide whether or not your timer will be visible, along with setting a date and time that you are counting down to, and text to show on your screen.
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by David Pescovitz from on (#KF3J)
The Weather Channel posted this incredible video of a "firenado" that erupted from a pond coated in 800,000 gallons of bourbon after lightning struck a Jim Beam warehouse in Bardstown, Kentucky in 2003. (Weather.com)More about the fire in this 2003 AP article.
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by David Pescovitz from on (#KEXM)
Romanian 5-year-old Claudio Stroe does pushups with his hands and feet on glass bottles. Claudio's older brother, Giuliano, is a World Record-setting child body builder and gymnast himself. Below, see one of Giuliano's impressive demo videos from 2013, when he was also around 5.
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by Rich Edmonds from Android Central RSS Feed on (#KE26)
Runtastic has announced a new wearable that combines the look and feel of a traditional watch with the functionality of a fitness tracker. The Runtastic Moment is available in four styles, offering a combination of different sized watch faces, band types and colors. Synchronizing with the Runtastic Me app opens up a world of tracking functionality for those who require said features but would rather opt for a watch base.
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by Andrew Cunningham from Ars Technica - All content on (#KDTT)
There's little reason to mix-and-match your phone and watch OSes.
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by ORF Online und Teletext GmbH & Co KG from news.ORF.at on (#KDFP)
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by Alex Dobie from Android Central RSS Feed on (#KD1N)
Alcatel OneTouch has today taken the wraps off a line of waterproof, dustproof and shockproof gadgets in its new "Go" series. Debuting at IFA 2015 in Berlin, Germany are the Go Play smartphone and Go Watch — colorful new devices that bring some unique features to their respective price points.
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Samsung debuted its gen 2 smartwatch: a round, 11.5mm thick “Gear S2? device with a 1.2-inch 360×360 pixel AMOLED display. As expected, it runs Tizen.
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by Sally Weale Education correspondent from Science | The Guardian on (#KCDT)
Cambridge University study suggests that 14-year-olds who spend even an hour a day watching TV or online fall behind peers
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by Xeni Jardin from on (#KCA3)
“Bird's-eye aerial timelapse cinematography.†Read the rest
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A thunderstorm watch has ended for Hamilton.
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from on (#KBVB)
A severe thunderstorm warning has ended for Hamilton but the city remains under a watch.
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by Phil Nickinson from Android Central RSS Feed on (#KBV6)
Smartwatches are coming a long way in a short amount of time, and so it's fitting that we had the LG Watch Urbane on our wrist as we went to check out the new (and Tizen-powered) Samsung Gear S2. LG mostly has been our favorite Android Wear manufacturer thus far — thanks in no small part to the excellent P-AMOLED display it's been using — and Samsung's brought something special in the Gear S2. Let's take a quick look at the two, then.
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I can't believe I'm going to say this, but I'm actually a very tiny, tiny little bit 'excited' about Samsung's (...eh) new smartwatch, the Gear S2. It looks pretty decent, seems to have a better input method than laggy touch (Wear) or a finicky jog dial nobody uses (Apple Watch), and the software - that's Tizen, so an alternative operating system! Right? Right? - looks nice, and seems to work well too.The impressive things with the Gear S2 don't end with its new design: Samsung's actually figured out a really smart interaction model for smartwatches that I'm shocked no one else has done yet. There's the touchscreen, yes, just like most other smartwatches, and the Gear S2 has a couple buttons on its side for home and back. But its real trick is in the rotating bezel, which lets you quickly and easily scroll through lists, apps, watch faces, and whatever else you might be looking at on the screen. It's more predictable and intuitive than the Apple Watch's Digital Crown and is a joy to use.I can't believe that upon first inspection, this Gear S2 actually seems like a really well-designed and well-thought out product, considering we're dealing with Samsung here. This thing still isn't watch enough for my personal taste, but there's no denying that Samsung seems to have done a decent job here.I hope I get to play with one soon.
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by John Callaham from Android Central RSS Feed on (#KBRS)
The upcoming Samsung Gear S2 smartwatch will not only offer buyers optional watch faces and bands by the company itself, it will also support custom faces and bands made by well-known Italian designer Alessandro Mendini.
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by John Biggs from Crunch Hype on (#KBH7)
Dear friends: there is now a robot that can kill starfish underwater by hunting them down and injecting them with poison. The starfish in question is the Crown of Throns Sea Star, a destructive seadweller that has been hurting coral reefs for a while. They are so pervasive that they create massive populations – 100,000 per kilometer – in a few years. So now there’s a robot… Read More
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from heise online News on (#KBEG)
Die Samsung Gear S2 lässt sich über einen Drehring bedienen. Die Uhr läuft zwar mit Tizen, ist aber mit Android-Smartphones ab Version 4.4 kompatibel.
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by Derek Kessler from Android Central RSS Feed on (#KBG5)
There's a new smartwatch in town. Since the launch of the Apple Watch, there hasn't been much in the way of true competition. Sure, Samsung had their older (and weirder) Gear S2 smartwatch with its relatively large curved rectangular display and built-in 3G radio. And sure, Android Wear watches have been steadily improving in capability, performance, and design. But when it came to hardware quality, interface design, and snappy performance, the Apple Watch really had no equal. Until possibly now, with the launch of the Samsung Gear S2.
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by Derek Kessler from Android Central RSS Feed on (#KBG7)
The Samsung Gear S2 is a surprisingly impressive smartwatch. It's light, it looks good, and it's seriously polished, fast, and responsive. While you might not yet get to wrap this thing around your wrist and spin that bezel with your fingers, you can check out our full bank of photos to tide you over until you can. More: Hands-on with the Gear S2!
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by Phil Nickinson from Android Central RSS Feed on (#KBGB)
One well-kept secret of the new Samsung Gear S2 smartwatch is one that is bound to make a lot of Android enthusiasts happy: The Gear S2 will work with non-Samsung smartphones. Consider that again: Samsung is opening its ecosystem a bit. There's a caveat, of course. You'll need a phone with Android 4.4 or higher — that comprises 57 percent of current devices as of Aug. 3 — and you'll need a phone that has at least 1.5 gigabytes of RAM.
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by Phil Nickinson from Android Central RSS Feed on (#KBG9)
(Or, why you should no longer turn up your nose at the Tizen-powered wearable.) When you think back, in this age of Android Wear and Apple Watches, Samsung actually was one of the first to enter the smartwatch game. And maybe it was a little too ambitious at the time. The watches tended to be pretty big — and as nerdy as you'd expect — and tried to do too much while not doing anything particularly well. And what's more is that they were constrained to Samsung devices only. While that's a big ecosystem, to be sure, it's still limiting. But do not ignore this, the new Gear S2. This is the beginning of the new generation of wearables from Samsung. A watch you wouldn't hesitate to wear on the street. Or in the gym. Or maybe even (and we'll have to give this a little more thought) dressed up and out on the town. And perhaps more important is that the walled garden has been opened, with Samsung setting things up so the Gear S2 will work with phones that don't have the Samsung logo on their front. Intrigued yet? We are. Let's take a look at the new Samsung Gear S2 smartwatch.
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by Graeme McMillan from Feed: All Latest on (#KBBX)
Also, some interesting things are happening at Marvel Studios. The post Cape Watch: We’re a Little Bit Closer to That Wonder Woman Movie appeared first on WIRED.
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by David Pescovitz from on (#KB6N)
To my eye, more is frequently less. Bonus finale with plus-size model Germaine Nichols, cancer survivor Danielle Orner, and androgynous model/activist Rain Dove.(Mode via Laughing Squid)
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by Jared DiPane from Android Central RSS Feed on (#KB7D)
Following ASUS' IFA 2015 keynote, Phil got to sit down with Erik Hermanson, the company's Mobile Marketing Director, and answer some Android related questions. From redefining "luxury" with the ZenPad line, to adding extra battery capacity in phones and much more, the conversation is a great one.
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'Misleading' animation takes a swing at new regs, and misses A strange new video designed to turn the so-called “Generation D†– generation digital, and the millennials in particular to you, chief – away from the EU's new data protection rules has met with criticism.…
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by David Pescovitz from on (#KB1W)
"Floating Cards" by Zach Mueller. (more…)
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by Matthew Lynley from Crunch Hype on (#KAM8)
Airbnb has found its way onto the Apple Watch.The company is releasing a new Apple Watch app today that’s centered around lightweight communication between hosts and guests. Hosts and guests can use it to get notifications as well as read messages and respond to messages. Hosts can also accept booking requests straight from the watch. Read More
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by Phil Nickinson from Android Central RSS Feed on (#K9X8)
Tonight's the big event — the Gear S2 launch — but Samsung's also got a pre-IFA event going on this morning here in Berlin. Here's the livestream:
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from heise online News on (#K9MN)
Lenovo zeigt auf der IFA gleich drei neue Varianten der Android-Smartwatch Motorola Moto 360. Die ist wie gehabt rund, nun aber mit neuem Prozessor in zwei Größen und als Sportversion erhältlich.
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by Ron Amadeo from Ars Technica - All content on (#K8N4)
This Lenovo smartwatch has two displays—a round LCD and a viewfinder.
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by Jared DiPane from Android Central RSS Feed on (#K8EG)
The Google Store is now accepting pre-orders for both the Huawei Watch and the Moto 360 (2015), with shipments starting in the next two to four weeks. Motorola has already opened pre-orders for the new watch through its Moto Maker site, and now Google is offering it as well. Unlike purchasing from Motorola, you will have only two options: 42mm in black or 46mm in cognac.
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by John Biggs from Crunch Hype on (#K884)
As a watch obsessive you can’t help but look at the new Huawei Watch and chortle knowingly. Announced a few months ago at MWC, the product lay dormant until now and our poor brothers at Engadget, forced to go to IFA, have some shots. They are very weird. Read More
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by David Pescovitz from on (#K7KA)
These ants circle an iPhone like it's the Ka'aba in Mecca. Read the rest
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from heise online News on (#K78B)
Anfang des Jahres hatte Huawei seine Smartwatch mit Android Wear gezeigt und einen Marktstart im Sommer versprochen. Naja, jetzt wird es September, und die Preise liegen eher hoch.
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by Russell Holly from Android Central RSS Feed on (#K6ZG)
Huawei thinks your smartwatch should look and feel like a watch all the time. So far, we agree with the sentiment. It has been a little more than six months since we last saw Huawei on a stage talking about its entry into Android Wear, and now that you can actually put money down for one of these pretty wrist computers it seemed like a good time to take a look at the final hardware and software. While not much has changed on the outside of the Huawei Watch from our initial hands-on, there's a lot less secrecy around the tech on the inside now. Additionally, Android Wear 1.3 is now here to take this experience and offer some additional functionality. Here's a more detailed look at what you can expect from the first Android Wear Watch from Huawei, from simple Stainless Steel to rich Rose Gold.
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by Phil Nickinson from Android Central RSS Feed on (#K6W8)
The Huawei Watch is now officially official — be sure to check out our complete and updated hands-on — and you can order one starting today! In the U.S. it'll be available starting at $349 from GetHuawei.com, the Google Store, Amazon and Best Buy. Preorders will start shipping Sept. 17. Elsewhere, the Huawei Watch goes on sale in Germany, Canada, France, Spain and Italy later this month, ranging from €399 to €699. The UK and UAE will get the Huawei Watch starting in October, and other regions will get it later this year.
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Microsoft responded to a pre- dawn fax from the FBI in January.
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by K.M. McFarland from Feed: All Latest on (#K6PV)
Here's how the VFX team merged CGI and Paul Bettany's performance to make the Marvel hero. The post Watch: How Paul Bettany Became Vision for The Avengers appeared first on WIRED.
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by Sarah Zhang from Feed: All Latest on (#K58S)
NASA will stream the launch live starting at 11:45 PM east coast time. The post Watch the Next Three Astronauts Launch to the ISS appeared first on WIRED.
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by Mark Frauenfelder from on (#K3KG)
A psychedelic substance advocate who goes by the handle Psychedsubstance makes videos of himself under the effects of different mind-altering drugs. In this video he takes 15 shots of hard liquor and tries to do things like catch a ball, do squats (holding his girlfriend on his shoulders), and take an IQ test. Then, on a different day, he takes LSD and tries the same things.
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by Rich Edmonds from Android Central RSS Feed on (#K2J2)
Honor wants you to name the company's new wearable (previously known as the HonorBandZero), and as a reward you'll receive five year's worth of Honor gear. That's right, for supplying a name for the wearable, you could be in line to receive all future Honor products until 2020.
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