Periscope, Twitter’s Live Video Broadcasting App, is Now on Android

Periscope is now on Android! I don’t know why I’m acting even remotely excited about this bit of news, but hey, it’s exciting, right? You can now live broadcast your life to random strangers or friends or the tech journalists who keep telling you that this is a big deal. Fun! Such fun. 

In all seriousness, Periscope has proven to be a pretty popular platform for needy, attention hungry tweens (and tech journalists). Broadcasting your life or breaking news happening in front of your face or chatting live on video from your phone with all sorts of people is apparently a big deal. You remember Meerkat? (R.I.P., Meerkat.) This is just like that, only backed by Twitter.

You can stream live video publicly, chat in real-time with the people stalking watching, replay missed feeds, go private with only select people (Craigslist, do work!), and so, so much more.

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IKEA’s Wireless Charging Furniture is Now Available

Included in the series of announcements surrounding the launch of the Galaxy S6 from Samsung, was word from IKEA that they had partnered with the Korean electronics giant to build out furniture that would include embedded wireless chargers. The thought was to help increase wireless charging adoption, but also to add functionality to your bedside table or lamp that would allow you to ditch the ugly chargers sold to you by Samsung and a variety of other accessory makers. The result, unveiled in April, was a series of lamps, tables, and stand-alone wireless chargers that added some style to something as geeky as wireless charging. 

IKEA told us to expect the entire line-up in the US at some point in “late spring.” We must now be in “late spring,” because I stopped through the furniture store over the weekend and found a variety of wireless charging options already available, including a couple of night stands, various lamps (one option pictured above), stand-alone chargers, wireless charging back covers for select phones, and kits that let you build your own furniture with wireless charging.

If you were interested in IKEA’s wireless charging options, now is the time to buy them.

(We may or may not have a handful of goodies to giveaway later today.)

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LG G4 Available at T-Mobile Starting Tomorrow, Free 128GB SD Card Included

The LG G4 is making its way to US stores! The phone that has clearly won Tim over, will be available starting tomorrow from T-Mobile’s online store before arriving in stores on June 3. Priced at $0 down with monthly payments of $24.99, you are looking at a $600 investment that will be well worth it. This is a fantastic phone, easily up there in terms of overall package with the Galaxy S6. 

Should you buy the LG G4 from T-Mobile, you will get a 128GB microSD card for free, “while supplies last.” Also, T-Mobile is claiming to have an exclusive on brown leather, so there’s that for the leather fanatics in the building.

Not much else to say other than, your time has come. Oh, and have you read our LG G4 review? You should.

Via:  T-Mobile

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Sony Xperia Z4 Becomes the Z3+ for the Rest of the World, Launches in June

Remember how disappointed you were to not only find out that Sony’s Xperia Z4 was essentially a slightly upgraded Xperia Z3 with no drastically improved additions, but that it was also only going to be available in Japan? Assuming you can get past the disappointment of that slight spec bump, we have good news! It’s being re-branded for the rest of the world as the Xperia Z3+ and is coming in June! 

Need a refresher? OK. The Xperia Z3+ includes a 5.2-inch 1080p LCD display, 2930mAh battery, 20.7MP rear Exmor RS camera, 5MP front Exmor R camera, Android 5.0, Sony’s upgraded skin, Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 64-bit octa-core processor, 32GB storage, microSD support up to 128GB, 3GB RAM, IP65 and IP68 water and dust resistance (with no USB cap!), and is just 6.9mm thick. So it’s like an Xperia Z3 with a newer processor, capless waterproofing, and slightly thinner body.

Sound appealing? Again, it launches in June globally, but we have no idea when or if it will come to the US. We also don’t know pricing. At least one leaker does think it’s coming to Verizon, though.

 

Via:  Sony

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FORM Watch Face is the Newest Roman Nurik Release, All About the Little Details

Roman Nurik, Googler and creator of popular apps like Muzei and DashClock, released his newest creation onto Google Play this weekend. It’s called FORM, and it’s a watch face based off of the font used for Google’s FORM conference. 

The watch face as a clock is about as minimal as it gets, showing only time (and optional date and seconds), but Nurik built in some nice animations between the Wear companion app and your watch (seen in the video above), along with some other tricks. The app does something subtle yet awesome, which is integrate with Muzei. But not only does it integrate and pull from your current Muzei, it automatically adjusts the colors of the clock by using the dominant colors of the current Muzei wallpaper to give you the perfect clock to go with your wallpaper. (You can read more about how this all works here.)

As for the font used, I think you will either love or hate it. Some think it is hard to read, while others think its minimal and awesome. I’ve found that if you do use Muzei with it, you will find some really cool looks that will help you adjust to the font.

The app is free.

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Deal: Moto 360 is Just $150 at Best Buy ($100 Off)

A new Moto 360 is more than likely right around the corner. Still, if you want the original, which is for the most part the best Android Wear device you can current buy, there are deals to be had. For example, this weekend, Best Buy has slashed $100 off the price of the watch, dropping it to as low as $150. That’s for the leather version, of course, but the metal band versions are $100 off as well with a current price of $199.

Again, it’s closing in on its year anniversary and should be replaced by a new model fairly soon, but as you can tell from the 4.5 star average review at Best Buy, this is a solid little product. After a shaky launch start, Android Wear has turned the Moto 360 into a fine little accessory that is a steal at $150.

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DROID MAXX, Ultra, and Mini All Get Mini Update That No, Isn’t Lollipop

Verizon and Motorola are pushing an update to their 2013 line-up of DROID devices, the MAXX, Ultra, and Mini. The update is not Lollipop in any shape or form. It fixes bugs and improves stability. That’s it.

You are looking at a build number of 24.13.2 when all is said and done. The update was approved on Friday, so you should see it any day if you haven’t already. 

To check for the update, head into Settings>About.

Via:  Verizon [2]

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