Lollapalooza to offer cashless wristbands for attendees

If you’ll be making your way to the U.S. music festival Lollapalooza this year, it might be easier to purchase merchandise without carrying cash with you. The festival will be offering cashless wristbands to let you pay for festival goods, food, and drinks. This means you don’t have to carry around your cards with you to the concert grounds. It isn’t just convenient but it also gives you a bit of peace of mind.

The wristband comes with an RFID chip that is linked to your debit or credit card. It also needs a PIN number to work so you don’t have to worry about someone swiping your wristband to go on a festival shopping spree. But those who don’t want to try this method can still use cash and credit cards at the festival.

Source: Ubergizmo

OnePlus One to deliver Android L ‘within three months’ of Google’s release

In case any of you have been wondering if Android’s upcoming operating system will be making its way to the OnePlus One device, wonder no more. A representative from the company posted on its forum announcing that the device will be “getting the L treatment” within three months of Google’s release of the final build. OnePlus One currently uses CyanogenMod’s 11S build, a highly modified version of Android 4.4.2 KitKat. We’d like to see how they’d treat Android’s upcoming OS.

Source: Android Central

iPad finally gets Facebook Messenger

It took Facebook a while but now iPad users are getting the standalone Messenger app. You can now use the iPad to shoot silly videos to send to your friends and save these on the device’s Camera Roll; send free texts and calls; as well as share photos and voice messages. It might even be easier to use the app on the larger screen. You can download Facebook Messenger here.

Source: Gizmodo

Sonos demoes Playbar, Sub and Play 1 speakers during FIFA World Cup games

Sonos recently demoed its Playbar, Sub and Play 1 wireless streaming speakers when it hosted viewings of the FIFA World Cup games. Showing how immersive an experience their wireless speaker can offer viewers, they connected it to a a 70” Sony BRAVIA 4K TV. Sonos showed how easy it was to set up their speakers and how dynamic it is as a solution to cinematicHDTV setups.  With ultra clear picture coming from the Bravia 4K set as well as stunning surround sound from the Sonos speakers and subwoofer, the thrill and excitement of the matches was intesified. Sonos products were also recently made available for preorder on Amazon.ca.