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| YouTube for Google TV Gets Faster, Easier to Navigate | |  Google has updated its YouTube app for Google TV with smoother navigation and several new features. YouTube for Google TV now has new channel pages, which let you navigate through playlists and videos in your favorite channels and subscribe to them with a click. Furthermore, you can now see related videos and other videos by the same users by pressing up and down keys on your remote. You can also interact with the video by voting it up, commenting on it or adding it to your playlist. A new feature called Discover lets you browse YouTube channels by categories such as comedy, news, celebrities & gossip, animation, gaming and others. Finally, Google promises that the new version of the app is faster than before, with smoother navigation and an overall better experience. Users can update their app to the latest version through Android Market. |
| Leaked ROM Of Upcoming HTC Endeavor Confirms Specs | |  The HTC Edge we've seen leaked in November of last year was renamed to HTC Endeavour, as reports indicate. It is expected to be a flagship Android phone with the nVidia Tegra 3 quad-core chip at its core. A leaked HTC Endeavour ROM has been posted on XDA Developers and it not only confirms Sense 4.0 but also some of its rumored specs, like the 720p resolution screen. The build.prop file also contains references to the Tegra chipset, Dropbox integration, eight megapixel camera, 1.3-megapixel front-facer, WiFi a/b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0 and the "Endeavor" name. The platform seems to be Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich but if you're a techy person head over to the source link and check out the goodies yourself. As far as the phone is concerned, we're waiting for HTC to unveil the device, together with some other phones and tablets at next week's MWC in Barcelona. Source: XDA Developers Thanks: Jonas |
| 10 Apps for Finding Apps | | Sunday, February 12, 2012 5:35 PM | Jeana Lee Tahnk |
|  With the bounty of apps available for mobile devices, it would take a full-time job to customize the best apps to suit our needs and populate our devices. Of course, there are the good 'ol standbys like Facebook, Shazam, Twitter, Pulse, Angry Birds, (insert your favorite app here), but there are so many others that are worth the real estate on your phone -- it's just a matter of finding them. Luckily, there are apps for helping you find apps. Thank technology for doing the work for you and saving yourself from the hours it would spend researching and hand-picking. The following 10 apps will help you find the best deals, the best within specific categories, the best for different genders, the best for moms, the best your friends like.... But what's best about these best-of apps? They're all free. Before you waste any more of your company's time trolling through iTunes or the Android Marketplace (you know you do it), check these apps for finding apps first. Image courtesy of iStockphoto, svariophoto |
| 4 Reasons to Love the New Tesla Model X (And 1 Reason You Won't) | | Sunday, February 12, 2012 3:20 PM | GeekSugar |
|  Tesla announced the latest edition to its eco-friendly car lineup, the Model X, earlier this week. Staying true to its roots, the Tesla Model X will be sleek, powerful, and of course, easy on the planet, thanks to its all-electric motor. But more than just a pretty face, the Model X comes with some features you may not want to pass up. Check them out below and stay tuned for the Model X to hit the streets in 2014. All electric motor: Of course, the most attractive thing about the Model X is its ability to go 200 to 270 miles on a charge from its electric motor, omit zero emissions, and go from zero to 60 in just 4.4 seconds. It's an eco lover's dream! It's big enough for the family: Seating seven adults, the Model X is perfect for a growing family or car-share commuters. Three rows make for an easy ride! Falcon Wings: You heard me right. Falcon Wings. Instead of sliding open like a minivan or swinging out like an SUV, the back doors on the Model X open up and out of the way to allow for more space to get in and out of the vehicle and to squeeze into narrow parking spaces. Easily one of the coolest things I've seen on a car. The dashboard: The front panel of the Model X comes with a massive touch screen display to provide GPS and battery information, entertainment, and lots more. Why on earth would you have a reason to hate a car that looks like this? The price: The Tesla Model X will start at $49,900 with options and upgrades, taking the price tag to $97,900. Ouch! Plus, you'll have to wait until 2014 to actually drive the thing. That's just painful. |
| SNL Spoofs Confusing Smartphone Marketing [VIDEO] | | Sunday, February 12, 2012 12:34 PM | Charlie White |
|  When Saturday Night Live decides to make fun of Verizon, there's something deeply satisfying about it. See if you agree when you watch this skit that aired Saturday night on SNL, poking fun at the alphabet soup and numerical nightmare that you'll find yourself embroiled within if you decide to buy a connected device. Unless you're an absolute expert about smartphones and 3G and 4G and all the various protocols and model numbers and powerful sounding names attached to such products, you might feel lost if you find yourself inside a store like this. Whew! Don't feel bad. It's complicated. Many people have no idea what kind of connectivity they have. We run into the same problem when reviewing smartphones, especially when we're trying to describe how fast a certain smartphone or tablet is when using 4G LTE. It's fertile ground for deliberate confusion on the part of Verizon and other cellphone carriers, because wireless connectivity can vary from block to block, and even from room to room in your house. In addition to the plethora of connectivity confusion, we're especially amused by this video's skewering of the barrage of choices when it comes to smartphones. Because there are so many different handsets from which to choose, many consumers are tempted to throw up their hands and give up, keeping the cellphone they're using now. When presented with too many choices, people are less likely to choose anything. In a classic Columbia University study of consumer choice, when given a choice of six flavors of jam in a supermarket taste test, people were 10 times more likely to buy one than if they were given a choice of 24 flavors. Now think about this in the context of buying a smartphone: As of today, Samsung has an absurd 134 cellphone choices on its website. How likely is a novice going to choose one of these, or just give up and keep the cellphone he's using now, or make a snap decision based on getting out of the store as quickly as possible? Maybe Apple is onto something with its single smartphone brand name: iPhone. What do you think? Are there too many choices in the smartphone world? How about in the tech world overall? For those outside the U.S., here's a YouTube version of the video. |
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