Day: February 24, 2014

Entertainment

Watch Die Hard and Other Classics in 60 Seconds Flat

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As reported on Wired. BY LAURA HUDSON In this fast-paced modern world of ours, it can be hard to find time for the things that matter, like watchingDie Hard for the 50th time. Thankfully, 1A4 Studio has you covered: their recent video condenses John McClaine’s 132-minute adventure at Nakatomi Plaza into a tight 60 seconds of stick-figure animation. It’ll only be fun for fans of Die Hard, but since that covers pretty much everyone, we’re good to go.…

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Moviefone’s iconic phone service is shutting down after 25 years

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As reported on The Verge. By David Pierce If you call 777-FILM right now to try and order movie tickets, the greeting will be a warm bath of nostalgia for anyone who saw Titanic or Dumb and Dumber in theaters: “Hello, and welcome to Moviefone!” Hang up immediately. What comes next is a different, sadder voice, asking you to hang up the phone and download the Moviefone app instead. That’s because after 25 years, Moviefone is shutting down its phone…

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Sony’s Waterproof Wearable To Be Available Worldwide In March

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As reported on TechCrunch.  by Matt Burns Sony introduced the SmartBand SWR10 at CES 2014. The diminutive wearable is part of Sony’s push into an ever-connected experience centered around its Xperia products. Sony was mum about the release schedule back at CES, but today, at Mobile World Congress, the company announced that the device will be available in 60 markets next month. The SmartBand sports the standard affair of fitness tracking. But Sony is positioning this device…

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Garmin’s new app turns Sony’s Smartwatch 2 into a tiny sat-nav

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As reported on Engadget. BY DANIEL COOPER We like the idea of hooking our watches into our phones, so when we wander around foreign lands, we don’t look like as much of a tourist. Garmin agrees, and has launched a navigation app specifically for Sony’s Xperia devices that’ll push real-time directions straight to the SmartWatch 2. Acting like a premium sat-nav, the app offers offline maps, walking directions, real-time traffic and active lane guidance. It’ll launch in March, and when you’re…

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Alcatel’s ‘smartbook’ concept: a laptop powered by a smartphone over the air (video)

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As reported on Engadget. BY RICHARD LAI At MWC, Alcatel was kind enough to give us a preview of its working “smartbook” prototypes. The idea isn’t too far off from Motorola’s doomed Lapdock or the first-gen ASUS PadFone, where an Android phone powers an otherwise brainless laptop. What’s different with Alcatel’s implementation is that instead of having to physically dock the phone somewhere, you hook it up to the laptop wirelessly: video signal over WiFi, and keyboard plus trackpad input over…

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