Zivix’s jamstik+ now teaches you to play 1,000 popular songs with Musopia partnership

Zivix, the technology company with a mission to make music accessible to everyone, today announced a new partnership with and Musopia, makers of the popular FourChords Guitar Karaoke App. The collaboration adds full jamstik+ integration into the app, and players learning with the jamstik+ will now be able to learn more than 1000 popular songs in a simple, fun and interactive way.

The jamstik+ is a portable Bluetooth MIDI controller which can be paired with an iPhone, iPad or Mac and be used to control various sounds. It its an ideal guitar learning tool for chords and strumming and it can also serve to control various MIDI and synthesized instruments and loops. 

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The Weeknd and more artists slated to perform at Apple Music Festival

Apple’s upcoming Music Festival has a few more big names to perform at the 10-day event. Those added to the roster of performers include The Weeknd, Take That, James Bay, Leon Bridges, and The Chemical Brothers. You can see the full roster of performers on the dedicated site as well as the schedules when they’ll be playing. Apple will probably unveil more of the acts in the coming days before the festival kicks off on September 19.

Source: MacRumors

Meet Lenovo’s new flexible Yoga tablets

There are three new Lenovo Yoga tablets to choose from. Unveiled at IFA 2015 in Berlin, we get a glimpse of the Yoga Tab 3 Pro and two versions of the Yoga Tab 3.

The Tab 3 Pro is the flagship model with a 10-inch QHD display and a pico projector at the edge of the “handle” of the device with 50 nits of brightness and can project a 70-inch picture. It runs on an Intel Atom x5-z8500 processor, 2GB of RAM, and 16GB internal storage. Lenovo boasts that its IP21 splash proof tablet and weighs 1.47 pounds. It features four front-facing speakers, a 10,200mAh battery, and 13-megapixel rear and 5-megapixel front. Design-wise it has metal accents and a black leather back.

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Lenovo outs new Vibe and tablet-sized phones

Lenovo Vibe S1

Lenovo’s been busy at IFA with its whole slew of new smartphones. There are three new Vibe smartphones and two “phablet”-sized devices. The new Vibe phones include the S1, P1, and P1m. The Vibe S1 is the selfie-centric device with two front-facing cameras. It has an 8-megapixel camera for those HQ seflies and a 2-megapixel shooter for depth information. These two cameras work hand-in-hand for things like refocusing, cut-outs, and background blur, among others. It’s powered by a 1.7GHz MediaTek octa-core processor, 3GB of RAM, 32GB of storage, and 2,500mAh battery. It has a 5-inch 1080p display, 13-megapixel rear shooter, and LTE capability.

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