Review: 2016 Ford Flex Limited

Text and Photos by Emily Chung

I asked for the 2016 Ford Flex road test because I just couldn’t understand what the appeal was with the vehicle. I didn’t get a feel for the rectangular shape, stylistically… well, to me it looks like a big brick! After driving it for a week, the Flex grew on me and I can see why owners love the vehicle. For an SUV this size, it wasn’t underpowered (thank you, Ford!) and true to its name the vehicle definitely offers a lot of flexibility in terms of carrying passengers and cargo.

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Fitbit's new Alta HR fitness tracker is thinnest with built-in heart rate monitoring

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Fitbit is making a big impact in fitness trackers and wearables by going small. The new Fitbit Alta HR, is the slimmest and most inconspicous fitness tracker with a display and built-in 24/7 heart rate monitoring. Continuing to dominat the  fitness tracking and analytics segment, Fitbit has also added New Sleep Stages, Sleep Insights and Fitbit Community available this week in the free Fitbit app available for Android, Windows, and iOS.

Fitbit is the leader in the connected health and fitness market. The announced the availability of Fitbit Alta HR, which starts at $199 is available starting today at major retailers across the globe. Alta HR has world’s slimmest fitness wristband with continuous heart rate tracking, Fitbit Alta HR combines the benefits of PurePulse technology with automatic exercise recognition, sleep tracking, battery life of up to seven days.

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Spotify tries out new look for its menu options

If your Spotify app updated recently, you’ll notice something different when you tap on options of a specific song. The contextual menu you see this time looks different. The icons are gone and are replaced by larger text. The black overlay that takes up the entire screen needs you to scroll to get through all the options. This might be a result of having the text take up more space. But it does require you to scroll a bit more to get to what option you want. There isn’t a change in terms of functionality. It’s purely a visual update. While it easy to read, the icons did make it easier to distinguish what you wanted to do. What do you think? Do you like this change?

Source: Android Police

LookOut Charger is designed like a power brick but is actually a security camera

If you’re looking for an inconspicuous security camera for your home, a new Indiegogo project has something you might want. The LookOut Charger is compact security camera that can keep watch on your home by just having it plugged into a socket. It even works as an actual phone charger with its 5V 1000MAH power output. The small camera inside the device is capable of recording 1080p video with audio thanks to a microphone also included. It has two storage options—16GB and 32GB—that can record three to four hours or six to seven hours, respectively.

This doesn’t come with any complicated setups or apps to link to. You just need to plug it in for it to start working. And running out of storage isn’t an issue. It has video looping capabilities, meaning it’ll record over older clips when it exceeds its storage limit. The Plug A/B type will work in the country. You can score one of these by backing the project, which can cost as low as US$45. Shipping is estimated to start in June.

Source: Android Authority