Saturday
Aug022014

Travel photography site Fotopedia to shut down this August

If you’re a fan of the professional travel photography site Fotopedia, we have some bad news for you. The site will be shutting down on August 10. Fotopedia said this is because they “don’t think there is a suitable business in it yet.” Photographers who want to get their work can find out how to download them from here. After August 10 though, everything on their servers will be permanently deleted.

Source: The Next Web

Saturday
Aug022014

Nokia Lumia 635 and LG G3 now available at Rogers

 

Rogers has just announced that they’re making the Nokia Lumia 635 and LG G3 available to its subscribers. The LG flagship will be come in metallic black for $179.99 on select two-year Share Everything plans. Meanwhile, the more affordable Lumia 635 will also be in black for $0 on select two-year Share Everything plans. Both devices will be available at Rogers’ retail stores and online.

The Lumia 635 will also be available at Fido stores or online for $0 on some two-year plans. Customers who get these devices from Rogers or Fido will also receive a free interchangeable bright green shell included in the box.

Friday
Aug012014

Beats Official! Apple welcomes Beats Music into the fold

The Beats Music acquisition by Apple is now approved and official. Apple welcomed the new division to the family while Beats celebrated the event on their webpage by giving accolades to Apple as a long time musician's instrument and that by joining the fold they hope to add to that legacy. Like Apple and Beats, we can't wait to hear what's next and what this union will create.

Source: Apple

Friday
Aug012014

HP and designer Michael Bastian prepping a luxury smart watch

HP is no stranger to collaborating with designers to create special edition notebooks. This time around, HP's going with designer Michael Bastian to create a luxury smart watch. The working outline for this device, which is an Android Wear compatible watch, goes as follows, " it will feature a circular, 44mm stainless steel case and three swappable bands: black rubber, brown leather, olive green nylon and a limited edition black."

Interesting to see HP, which doesn't do smartphones anymore, try and capture some of that sweet wearables market buzz. The design inspiration for this as of yet unnamed watch will be taken from automobile industrial design and interiors and HP  apparently differentiate the experience by adding to, "the watch's smart features, which will include notifications like email, text and calls, along with user controls for music and other apps." The HP smart watch is earmarked for a fall release.

Source: Engadget