Get fit without a gym with Madbarz street workout app

Want to get fit but don’t have the budget to splurge on a gym membership? Madbarz, a Croatia-based startup wants to help you out as well as promote street workout with its new app. Street workout is a simple yet challenging way to get fit. You just need to find a park with a couple of bars and you’re good to go.

The Madbarz app offers a bunch of workouts to choose from. You just need to select which ones you want and let the app guide you.  The app will also help you track your progress on a global leaderboard, track your weight, and even create your custom workouts on the Madbarz site. The app is available for free on both iOS and Android.

Source: Mashable | Download: Apple iTunes App Store (Free) + Google Play Store (Free)

Microsoft drops $150 off the Surface Pro 3

Anyone jonesing for Microsoft's 12-inch 2-in-1 portable Surface Pro 3 can now get the device for $150 off in US and Canada.  The Microsoft Store in Canada will even throw in a free sleeve for your new tablet (but you still need to pay $129 for the super-ncessary Type Cover 2).

Surface Pro 3 now starts at $799.00 for the Intel Core i3 processor with 64GB of storage up to $1799.00 for the top of the line Intel Core i7 processor with 512GB of storage. Is the price drop enough to get you to jump into the Surface Pro 3 camp?

Source: Microsoft Store

The Apple Beat: Evolution of Apple Ultraportables

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

It looks like a MacBook Air but that Retina Display is certainly fit for Pro users (as is the price tag). The specs are a bit confounding as well. It comes with a generous minimum of 8GB of RAM and 256GB of SSD storage, but the new Intel Core M processor sounds rather measly at 1.1GHz (which does Turbo Boost to 2.4GHz).

Apple’s latest MacBook is a revelation in ultraportable computing. It heralds radical new standards, pushes the cutting edge on design and engineering and continues a long tradition of Apple ultraportables.

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Vector promises a 30-day battery life for its simple smartwatch

With everyone rightfully griping about the abysmal battery life of smartwatches, a relatively unknown watch brand is hoping to one up the giants like Apple and Google with their take on the smartwatch. Vector announced at Baselworld in Switzerland that they are working on a family of smartwatches that promise a 30-day battery life. Don’t expect it to have all the bells and whistles of the Android Wear devices and the Apple Watch. It’ll have no touchscreen and will be controlled by three physical buttons. It’ll have a monochrome display and stainless steel body and metal link, leather, or rubber strap. We’ll only know for sure what the watch can do and offer when it comes out in the summer.

Source: Vector | Via: Gizmodo