Spotify is adding to its growing apps platform with 12 new apps from taste-making record labels, including Def Jam and Matador, chock full of curated selections and starting points to discover new music on your own. More »

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AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING AVNET

In 1969, Seiko introduced the first quartz watch, and now they are introducing the world’s first solar GPS watch.  Using their own, patented, low-energy-consumption GPS receiver, the Astron is able to recognize all 39 time zones around the world to identify time zone and set the time and date data using the global network of [...]

Source: http://the-gadgeteer.com/2012/03/18/seiko-astron-the-worlds-first-solar-gps-watch/

UNISYS TRIQUINT SEMICONDUCTOR

When Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom spoke today at Federated Media's Signal conference, there wasn't much in the way of new info ? but the fact that Systrom was at the conference, and the angle he took, suggests that the company is starting to think a little more seriously about its business model. Systrom began his talk by reviewing some of the user numbers that Instagram has already shared ? it has more than 27 million users. Perhaps even more impressive is the fact that if someone opens Instagram, they're likely to open it eight more times that day. That reach and that engagement should already be pretty appealing to advertisers, especially when paired with Instagram's focus.

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UNISYS TRIQUINT SEMICONDUCTOR

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RADISYS RACKABLE SYSTEMS

The smarter, more capable, and tech-gorgeous our devices get, the more power-hungry they become. Even though battery technology is becoming more and more efficient, most of us regularly find ourselves looking for places to plug in our smartphone or tablet while on the fly. The Highway from Just|Mobile is a stylish option for charging your [...]

Source: http://the-gadgeteer.com/2012/03/17/justmobile-highway-review/

IDT IBASIS

If you have an artistic temperament, but you weren't blessed with steady hands or an eye for color, Konstruct might be the app for you. Not only does the iPhone app let you produce generative art using words, warbles and whistles, but it also uses augmented reality to bring your artistic creation to life.

To get started, you first need to print out the Konstruct marker and place it wherever you'd like to create your AR sculpture -- it could be on your living room wall, or on the floor of your bathroom, it doesn't matter. Open the app, point your iPhone at the marker, and start making some noises! Once you're done, you can save your creation, or simply wipe the slate clean and start again.

The volume of your voice affects the size of the shapes that are drawn on the screen, and you can move your head around to alter the path of your 'brush' -- but to change the shape of your brush or modify the color palette you have to use a menu. Without knowledge of the app's internal workings, it's hard to say what the actual difference between whistling, talking and singing is -- and judging by the developer's affinity for whistling in the demo video (after the break), the app probably doesn't perform that much analysis on your input.

Still, Konstruct is just a prototype! A later version could do away with menus and rely entirely on the location, tonality, quality and amplitude of your voice -- and judging by the the words of the developer, James Alliban, there is definitely more in store for Konstruct: "The idea of transforming entire cities into user generated virtual art galleries really appeals to me. I see Konstruct as an early prototype that will hopefully be realised in this form in the future."

Download Konstruct for free from the App Store (iPhone 3GS and 4 only)

[Thanks to Richard for the tip!]

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LAWSON SOFTWARE LAND SOFTWARE

With the webOS 3.0 SDK available for almost two months, HP has now given developers access to a beta download of webOS 3.0 -- which powers the upcoming TouchPad and will likely ride along on HP desktops and laptops in the form of an emulator.

Right now, the webOS 3.0 beta is only available to Early Access developers. The crew at PreCentral states that HP appears to have eased up on access restrictions, however, so hopefully more devs will get on board and those of you who are planning to buy a TouchPad in the next couple months will have plenty of slick webOS 3.0 apps to install on your new tablet.

webOS 3.0 beta now available to developers originally appeared on Download Squad on Thu, 31 Mar 2011 09:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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March Madness is in full swing and even if you're not a college hoops fan, that should extend to the rest of the TV schedule this week. After a surprisingly exciting season finale for The Walking Dead AMC is finally ready to bring back Mad Men. Also returning are favorites like Fringe and Mythbusters, although they're balanced out by Archer's third season coming to an end. HBO's Luck also airs its final episode this week and makes the most notorious exit of them all, alongside season finales from The River, Southland and Key & Peele. Look below for the highlights this week, followed after the break by our weekly listing of what to look out for in TV, Blu-ray and videogames.

Battle Royale
This cult favorite is finally getting a US Blu-ray release, offering the tale of Japanese teenagers trapped on an island and forced to fight each other in a game where only one will survive. It's kind of a bizarre story if you're not familiar with it, but well worth watching. Fans can nab either the first flick by itself or a pack including the sequel along with plenty of extras. Check out a preview trailer embedded after the break.
($31.99, March 20, Amazon)

Mad Men
After the longest of hiatuses, Mad Men is triumphantly returning to AMC. With its cast and director intact we don't expect the sordid tales of advertising execs and those who love them to have lost a step, but true fans have probably had this day marked on the calendar for a while.
(March 25, AMC, 9PM)

Fringe
Hey, everyone's favorite universe / time shifting sci-fi show is back. We've completely forgotten where Pacey is at this point but as usual, the team of agents and scientists will be investigating some weirdness like they always do.
(March 23, Fox, 9PM)

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Must See HDTV (March 19th - 25th) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 19 Mar 2012 17:52:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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INTEL INSIGHT ENTERPRISES

Wade through the post-St. Paddy's fog with the Engadget Mobile Podcast -- the only podcast that, if it were a mobile phone, it would be bathed in lightning, have its radio flashed, and have a pixel density three thousand times greater than even the most sensitive eagle could detect.

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POWERCHIP SEMICONDUCTOR PRICELINECOM

Verizon just gave us a heads up to a new update for the LG Revolution that, among other things, will add "Verizon Remote Diagnostics" to the smartphone.

Before anybody freaks out, Verizon describes this as a "new customer care solution to improve device issue diagnosis during customer support calls." You'll have to give a customer service rep permissions, and they they'll be able to "remotely view the user's device for troubleshooting and application demonstrations."

In other words, they'll be able to see and take over your phone -- again, with your permission -- to show and fix stuff. Different from a Carrier IQ-type analytics tool hanging out in the background (though we're willing to bet it's got full access to that same sort of information if need be). Should be interesting to see what folks pull out of this.

Other fixes coming down the pike in version VS910ZV8 include:

Device Enhancements

• Resolved reboot issue found during operating system upgrade from Froyo
• to Gingerbread.
• Playing AVI video files through HDMI no longer causes display to flicker.
• Placing an alarm on snooze while on a voice call will set snooze to 5 minutes.
• Dolby presets have been updated to use loudness, bass and spaciousness
• to improve the user’s experience.
• When placing the device into Airplane Mode, the 4G icon no longer appears.
• Email, Messaging & Web
• Sending a text message to a 7 digit number will display as sent and received.
• Improved device messaging to fix delays or incomplete sends.
• Pressing the back key while browsing will take the user back to the previous page.

Applications & Widgets

• Verizon Video is now preloaded.
• Calendar widget now displays correct month for November.

It'll be interesting to see if this is just the first Verizon phone to have Verizon Remote Diagnostics added. Either way, props to Verizon for being up front about the addition.

More: LG Revolution VS910ZV8 changelog (pdf)

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/androidcentral/~3/zKwWbrD5IAU/story01.htm

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