New Pioneer receivers feature advanced connectivity options for smartphones and PCs

As technology in the home entertainment space continues to progress quickly, Pioneer Electronics of Canada Inc. ensures its products meet the demands of these rapid changes, and today introduced four Pioneer branded home theater receivers designed to support the most up-to-date high quality audio and video formats. The VSX-824 5.2-channel and VSX-1024 and VSX-1124 7.2-channel receivers offer the latest connectivity and performance features to make any home theater listening and viewing experience truly exceptional, including the recently announced HDMI 2.0 specification for the highest video signal transfer, Roku Ready certification, ESS SABRE Premier Audio DAC, multi-channel high resolution playback, and Pioneer’s proprietary iControlAV5 App.

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Read 5000 newspapers from all over the world on your iPhone/iPad with Ynews

Following the success of myTuner Radio, AppGeneration has just released a brand new media app for iOS, named Ynews. With this new app you can browse more than 5000 online newspapers in 80 countries. It also allows you to read the news on your native language without needing to leave the app. Since it auto translates newspaper websites, it enables you to read a Chinese newspaper in Russian, an English tech magazine in Spanish or a Thai economic newspaper in French!

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Samsung introduces Gear Live smartwatch

LG isn’t the only new player in the Android Wear-powered market. Samsung has launched its own Android Wear device, the Gear Live. It will also be powered by a 1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor and have a 1.63-inch Super AMOLED screen with a 320x320 pixel resolution. It has 4GB of internal storage, 512MB RAM, and 300mAh battery. The sensors include a heart rate monitor, accelerometer, compass, and gyroscope. Of course, you can connect to it via Bluetooth 4.0. The Gear Live will be available in Wine Red or Black and is IP67 water- and dust-resistant as well. It is also up for pre-order on Google Play for US$199.99.

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Use the force to power your smartphones with ‘Star Wars’ mobile power chargers

Mimoco is bringing more Star Wars into your mobile life with new mobile battery packs. The Boston-based company collaborated with Lucasfilm directly to create these officially licensed characters. The 5200mAh battery pack is first available in R2-D2 and Darth Vader forms. The charger works with DC 5V 1A input and DC 5V 2.1A output and has a 500-charge life-cycle. It comes with a USB charging cable and various converter tips, including microUSB, Apple 30-pin, Apple Lightning, and mini USB. It also has a carrying case. Charging time for the battery pack is somewhere between three and four hours. The Star Wars mimo PowerBot series is up for pre-order with a starting price of US$69.99. The initial price is $10 off though so you can get them now for $59.99.

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