Is Psycho-Pass just another run-off-the-mill anime, or is it actually worth your time? A sneak glimpse of its first episode tells you as it is. To give you a bit of a background, let’s take a trip down memory lane and uncover some interesting trivia about this thrilling anime. The guy behind its creation is…
HTC Deals Coming Soon! The all new flagship phone from HTC, the HTC One, hasn’t even hit the shelves yet but there are numerous deals for the the device in place already. Although, the handset will be on sale in U.S starting at the end of the month. Retailers and Carriers have already started dishing…
Konami’s decision to hand over the reigns of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance to Japanese developer Platinum Games may have been a risky move, but the results speak for themselves. Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance is a brutal sci-fi action extravaganza of high-tech samurai, severed limbs and cyborg philosophy. Now that the dust and scrap electronics has…
The Samsung Galaxy S4 has not started shipping anywhere yet. But that hasn’t stopped folks from rooting this year’s Samsung’s flagship. I9000, a senior developer at the xda-developers forums has posted online instructions on how to gain root access to the Galaxy S4. The root has apparently been worked on by a couple of more developers. Users…
According to rumors, Google is planning to launch a unified messaging service called “Babel”. It’s not just another addition to Google’s already huge stream of chat clients, but will be a platform that is going to unify all Google messaging services into one client. Babel will merge all Google chat services like Gtalk, Google+ Messenger,…
YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley finally revealed his video sharing site competing with his former company, which is now one of Google’s largest breadwinners. Today Hurley announced, by way of Twitter, that he will soon launch his new site, MixBit. As mentioned in our original article, Google acquired YouTube’s services in 2006 for an astounding $1.65…
The White House has announced the initiation of a much-awaited research project which would aim to map the human brain. BRAIN (or Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies) will launch in 2014, and the Obama administration is funding it with a $100 million. The research project is also backed up by other agencies, like the…
Nowadays, smartphones are not limited to the younger generation – more and more elderly people are starting to realize that smartphones are useful and can be fun as well. In fact, one in four people over the age of 50 own a smartphone. Naturally, smartphones are not complete without smartphone apps, and since there are…
If you are a fan of monster truck games, then you will love Offroad Legends. This game looks like an arcade type game, and is by far one of the best when it comes to monster truck games available on Android. The Basics Developed by DogByte games, Offroad Legends has been downloaded more than a…
As I watch my computer screen intently, Novastar duels ferociously with his light saber, mere inches away from slicing through arms, torsos and jugulars. Sounds like a scene from the newest Star Wars film, doesn’t it? You wouldn’t be too far off with that assumption… [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBjbSfSLHR0] Regular Guys or Jedi in Disguise? So how…
Experimental Sound Interactions with SoundSelf A while ago, I had the chance to play sound designer Robin Arnott’s previous game / sound / artwork, Deep Sea. Arnott’s new project, SoundSelf, also plays with sound and interaction. Mostly simply described, a player uses their voice to create hypnotic visuals, but that’s just the beginning of the…
Apple has filed a patent that describes a wraparound display on a phone fully encased in glass. This could be the next iPhone. Foldable Screen – Transparent Body AppleInsider reported last week about this new patent – “In a patent filing published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday, Apple describes a…
If you feel that these top 5 geek habits describe you, then welcome to the club! You are not alone – we get what you mean. As Geeks, we consider ourselves a rare breed of species. As such, we also come with rare geek habits others may find annoying. Geek habits that only other Geeks…
A mind-boggling 4 Gigapixel panorama image of the surface of Mars has been created by stitching together another mind-boggling 407 photos of the red planet. Thanks to NASA’s robotic rover – Curiosity – we earthlings have been getting to see a lot more of Mars recently. Andrew Bodrov, however, made it more interesting. Petapixel put…
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