Tumblr takes on Reddit’s AMA with Answer Time Q&A

Tumblr takes a page (quite literally) from Reddit’s Ask me Anything series with its question and answer platform. The blogging site/social network is calling it Answer Time. It’ll let Tumblr users chat with celebrities and other important people. It kicks off on Monday, June 8^th with a daily Q&A session. They’re kicking it off with Fall Out Boy on Monday, and they’ll be followed by the likes of rapper Vic Mensa, Tumblr CEO Peter Karp, and Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards.

Source: Tumblr | Via: The Verge

Sony accidentally reveals new Smartband through a new app

Whether an intentional or unintentional slip, Sony might have unveiled its new wearable through a new app on Google Play Store (which has, of course, been taken down already). Called the SmartBand 2, it will supposedly still track different aspects of your life but adds a heart rate monitor. This means it’ll work as a better fitness tracker.

Like the current SmartBand, it can track steps and sleep, send notifications, and vibrate when there’s an alarm. It can also take screenshots of the data it has at a given moment via a dedicated button. If the accidental release of the app is any indication, the SmartBand 2 should be unveiled any time soon.

Source: The Verge

Skype users in the US and UK can chat on the web without app

Skype users in the US and UK are getting a pretty handy way to use the service. They can now make Skype calls right from the browser without having to install the app. Skype for Web is available for beta at the moment and in those two countries. It can be accessed via Skype’s official site.

Source: Cult of Mac

Review: ASUS ZenFone 2

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

The Asus ZenFone 2 is clearly designed as the company’s best vision for a modern Android smartphone. That they have managed to make it affordable and available contract-free, really shakes up the market and puts the ZenFone 2 at the very top tier of available affordable Android devices.

ASUS has made one of the most compelling 5.5-inch smartphones in the market today. The Zenfone 2, which comes to Canada this June, is designed as an affordable and contract-free option for anyone looking for a larger Android smartphone with all the power and functionality to match more expensive models from established competitors. 

A product of many firsts, the ASUS ZenFone 2 eschews the usual Qualcomm or NVIDIA processor for one of the first Intel Atom mobile processors designed for high-end smartphones and tablets. Both ASUS and Intel are avowed PC companies, so seeing them team up to take on the North American mobile market in this one device is surprising and very exciting.

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