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Ambi Climate Gives Any Air Conditioner Nest-Like Powers
Ambi Climate wants to democratize smart home climate control, with a device that brings learning climate management even to standalone window air conditioner units, in addition to central air systems, freestanding systems or the single room machines more common in Europe and Asia, so long as the existing system can work with an IR-based blaster or remote. It originally launched in July on… Read More -
Nintendo 3DS Hacked To Work With A Gamecube Controller To Make Smash Bros Less Blister-Inducing
The new Super Smash Bros for Nintendo’s 3DS is pretty excellent — but for anyone who grew up playing the series on a controller, the 3DS’ control layout isn’t exactly… optimal. Fear not! Someone has figured out how to get a proper GameCube controller working with the 3DS. All you need is a steady hand, some damn fine soldering skills, an Arduino, and an utter… Read More -
RosterBot Launches Mobile Apps To Organize Little League And Pickup Games
Nearly six years after its debut in TechCrunch, and five months after raising $1 million in seed funding, the online organizational tool for little league and pickup games, RosterBot has launched a mobile app for iOS and Android. The company’s founders Ian Bell and Bret Hedican met in a pick-up hockey league and developed the service as an online tool to organize pick-up hockey games… Read More -
Alleged iPhone 6 Prototype Fetching Over $100,000 On eBay
How much would you pay for an iPhone prototype? $1,000? $10,000? How about $100,000? A 64 GB iPhone 6 said to be a prototype model is currently commanding more than $100,000 on eBay. The seller claims that Verizon shipped him the device by mistake. iOS is not installed on the device. Instead, the interface shows a proprietary developer’s mode. He claims (and his pictures show) that… Read More -
HP Pops 4.7%, Picks Up More Than $3B In Market Cap On Breakup News
Unlock that value. Following news and confirmation that HP will separate itself into two separate, public entities, investors sent its shares soaring more than 5 percent, to $36.87, at the end of regular trading. That’s a market cap gain of around $3 billion. Investors are enthused that the company is working to unlock whatever value may have been hidden inside of the conglomerated firm. Read More -
Foundation: Foursquare’s Product Future
In our latest Foundation interview, I sat down with Dennis Crowley at Foursquare’s New York headquarters. Dennis was on our Foundation series in 2011, and we discussed some of the exciting changes that have taken place since then, including the debut of Swarm. We also explored the direction consumer reviews are taking, and Foursquare’s focus on refining personalized local… Read More -
Of Course There Is A Gold BlackBerry Passport
Nothing screams spreadsheets and secure communication more than a gold BlackBerry Passport. We reached out to BlackBerry to confirm the authenticity and availability of the device, but have yet to hear back. Read More -
This App Avoided Being Made Useless By Using The iPhone’s Charger (But Not For Charging)
Remember Cycloramic? It was one of our favorite iOS apps of last year. It allows you to take hands-free 360° selfie panoramics by using the iPhone’s vibrating motor to propel it around your desk. A key component of this trick, though, was that the last few iPhones have had squared edges. Those edges allowed the phone to be stood upright for proper pano-selfie framing. Otherwise… Read More
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Vistaprint Buys $25 Million Minority Stake In São Paulo-Based Printi
Global printing heavyweight Vistaprint has acquired a $25 million minority position in Brazilian web-printing startup Printi. This is Vistaprint’s first footprint in Latin America, after assuming market leadership in the US, Europe and Asia. Read More -
Tesla Wants To Sell You A Used Model S
The only thing better than a new Tesla is a cheap Tesla, and the company reportedly is set to unveil a program to address the sticker shock and it isn’t a cheaper car. It’s used cars. Certified pre-owned vehicles are big business for luxury automakers. Speaking to automotive News, Tesla vice president of communications, Simon Sproule, confirmed that the electric car maker is… Read More -
What Is Happening To Bitcoin Right Now?
We’re back, baby! Almost! After a precipitous drop to below $300 over the weekend, the price of Bitcoin is slowly inching up this afternoon after an interesting 31,000 BTC sell-off that blew up the market early this morning. The “wall,” which appears to have been instigated by a single Bitcoin owner or a group which they’re calling the “Bitcoin Whale,”… Read More -
500px Announces Adobe Creative SDK Integration
Photo-sharing service 500px announced today that it’s one of the first developers participating in the public beta of Adobe’s Creative SDK, which allows app developers to integrate Creative Cloud services into their mobile apps. This will allow 500px iOS users to edit photos using tools from the Photoshop and Lightroom apps for iOS and upload to the cloud for further editing on… Read More -
Stream Live Video From A GoPro With Livestream’s Latest iOS App
Believe it or not, GoPro cameras just got a bit more functional thanks to Livestream. The company just added the ability to stream live video using its iOS app. Just think, now, thanks to Livestream, you can stream all of your hot skateboarding skillz live. It’s easy enough, too. The app is free yet Livestream charges for the most popular services. Using a GoPro’s WiFi network… Read More -
Watch What Happens When Someone Dumps Tens Of Thousands Of Bitcoin At Below-Market Rates
Recently, an individual or group put an estimated 30,000 bitcoin onto the market at a price of $300 per coin. It isn’t clear who was behind the sale, or what their motives were, but the sale meant millions of dollars in revenue for whomever pulled the trigger. Given the number of coins that were made available at the $300 mark, then below the market price, it took quite some time for… Read More -
eBay To Host Live Art Auctions On New Site
In July, eBay announced a partnership with noted auction house Sotheby’s to help bring its inventory of art, antiques and collectibles online via a new live auction format with real-time bidding. At the time, eBay said Sotheby’s was the “anchor tenant” to trial this new format on eBay.com. Today, the company is expanding on these earlier efforts with a number of… Read More -
ShipHawk Raises $5 Million To Provide Large-Item Shipping With No Sticker Shock
ShipHawk wants to take the pain out of shipping those items, with a platform that allows users to get shipping quotes from multiple providers and pick the one that makes the most sense for them. The company just closed on $5 million in new funding to expand its business and get its shipping engine integrated with a wider range of e-commerce platforms. Read More
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