Neptune unleashing Suite of wearable solutions for US $599 on Indiegogo

Fresh off the launch of Neptune Duo, Montreal based Neptune is unleashing the Suite, a slate of accessories to complement the company's hugely-anticipated Smart-watch/pocket screen combo.

The newer, smarter version of Neptune's inaugural Pine, the Duo is comprised of the Hub, a smart-watch with a powerful quad-core processor, as well as support for 3G/LTE, Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth and NFC. Accompanying the Hub is the Pocket screen, a 5-inch capacitive touchscreen with rear and front-facing cameras that is an interface for the Hub.

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Microsoft Band is now more widely available in the US

Just in time to cash in on the pre Apple Watch madness, Microsoft announced that it is making its cross-platform wearable, the Microsoft Band, more easily available from its own Microsoft retail stores as well as various other resellers. US residents can now get the Microsoft Band at Best Buy, Amazon.com and Target and the company has promised to ramp up availability of their once scarce wearable.

Microsoft Band is Redmond's take on a modern wearable. it focuses mostly on health tracking but also has the ability to send notifications and its unique form factor does allow for an unprecedented number of sensors including a UV sensor that can alert users to when they should apply more sunblock. No word of availability outside of the US and UK so we're likely not going to see this in Canada for a while. 

Source: Thurrott.com

YouTube brings cards format to in-video annotations

YouTube is introducing cards format for in-video annotations. Perhaps it harks to Google’s Material Design for its mobile platform but the move is said to help creators add more information about their content and the other things they offer. Plus, it works on both mobile and desktop, so you can share what you want on them. Right now, the six cards you can display include: Merchandise, Fundraising, Video, Playlist, Associated, Website, and Fan Funding. YouTube hopes this move will be able to replace annotations in the future.

Source: YouTube Creator Blog

Get a sneak peek of season 6 of ‘Community’

Waiting for the sixth season a.k.a. comeback of Community? Well, Yahoo released a teaser of it through Variety. The show was previously cancelled by NBC after its rocky run. But the fans wouldn’t hear any of this. That’s why Yahoo decided to pick it up and premiere it on their standalone streaming service, Yahoo Screen, on March 17 (today!).

The whole cast and creator Dan Harmon are back for this season and the series introduces two new cast members, too, in Paget Brewster and Keith David. There will be 13 episodes for the season and rumours are a movie is even in the works (but that isn’t confirmed). The great thing is you’ll be able to watch this for free. However, this comes at the price of having to sit through ads. You have to take what you can get then.

Source: Variety | Via: Netflixlife