The Breathometer: No more DUI!

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You know how they say, it’s always better to be safe than sorry. Well, with the latest DUI statistics, it’s safe to say this little keychain-sized device will come in handy.

Breathometer is a new breathalyzer that works with your Smartphone as a better gauge of your soberness. The pocket-sized piece of hardware easily plugs into your headphone jack. All you have to do next is blow into it and thus your result; your blood alcohol content. Yes, it’s that simple.

Charles Michael Yim, Breathometer founder, explained he had tested a couple other existing consumer breathalyzers and discovered none of which were all that convenient. They were either too bulky, too costly or too burdensome when it comes to measuring. The bigger issue is that most people did not even know consumer breathalyzers existed, and thus Yim and his team took it upom themselves to develop a more affordable and accessible device for the average user.

The Breathometer is part of an Indiegogo campaign that is structured in a way that depends on what you contribute; if someone contributes $100, they’ll be part of the company’s first drop-shipment of the device in July. However, if someone invests in just $20, they’ll have to wait until early next year.

According to a survey conducted by Breathometer and SodaHead.com, 64% of respondents showed they have either driven while intoxicated or been in a car with a driver under the influence. 67% indicated know someone who has been involved in an accident involving a DUI. And the scarier statistic of all is that 80% of respondents know someone who has been taken into custody for driving under the influence.

“Breathometer wasn’t created just to address the risks associated with drinking and driving, but to help people, their friends, and family, all to make smarter and safer choices when consuming alcohol. Real time BAC measurement is the first step,” stated Charles Michael Yim, founder and chief executive of Breathometer.

The device works well with both iOSand Android. The app makes it simple for you to connect to local transportation if you are impaired. The device will be available via Breathometer.com, the Apple iTunes App Store, and Google Play. Breathometer is awaiting approval from the Food and Drug Administration, and the company has applied for patents.




Top 10 Apps of the Week!



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We know how hectic it can get to try to spot the best out of the latest flood of Android Apps,therefore, we attempt to bring you la crème de la crème each week, and here is our selection for this Thursday. From captivating time management apps, beautifully designed podcast apps, fun games all the way to curated music lists for the hipster in you. Let us know what your thoughts are.






Jiffy

1. Jiffy (Get it for your android) Free

Jiffy is a time tracking tool conceived, designed and developed by people who need to track time.They have designed every element of the application for use by real people who need to keep track of their time. You don’t need an account to use Jiffy so download it and get a new perspective on time tracking, time management and time recording.



EarbitsRadio

2. EarBits (Get it for your android) Free

Earbits makes it dead simple for artists and music lovers to find each other, and create meaningful connections. Their team of experts brings you the best independent music from around the world, hand-curated and served up hot. But that’s not all. Earbits for Android analyzes the music from your phone and recommends channels you’ll like from over 350 genre-based selections, then they intelligently blend your own music into those channels.




TextandFile

3. Text and File Hider Plus (Get it for your android) Free

Text Hider Plus is a secret vault for SMS texts, calls, photos and more. After downloading, look for “Battery Plus” with a green battery icon in your widgets. This is Hider Plus. Open the Battery Plus icon. A “Battery Information” screen will pop up. Long tap on the battery image. In addition, you can transfer or copy any files in from your gallery into a Hide It file.




gcloudbackup

4. G Cloud backup (Get it for your android) Free

Phones get lost, stolen and misplaced every single day. In this hectic life we’re leading, it’s hard to remember where you placed your keys, so having a backup plan is always a must! With G Cloud installed, one can rest assured that all the precious contacts and data can never be lost. You can get up to 8GB of free storage, and if you want to backup all your app&game settings just download the key for rooted from here!




Lively

5. Lively (Get it for your android) Free

Lively is one of a growing number of apps that scan music blogs for new tunes, then serve them up for mobile devices. This promises new tracks every 10 minutes, and the ability to follow other users and specific artists to keep tabs on the latest music.





PlayerFM

6. Player FM (Get it for your android) Free

Bored while commuting? No time to read? Learn something while working out? Player FM helps you discover and play talk shows on hundreds of topics. Offline playback is supported too. Yes, it’s a podcast app, but not the one your grandpa used!




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7. Weebly (Get it for your android) Free

Weebly gives everyone a surprisingly easy way to create a high-quality site that they are proud to share. Millions of people have started a site, blog or online store on Weebly and you can too. Weebly sites work brilliantly on computers, phones and tablets. From your Android, Weebly helps you start a new blog or manage your existing Weebly blog or site when on the go.




YouTalkAAC

8. YouTalk AAC (Get it for your android) Free

The heart of the application is the Grid which allows the user to personalize up to 9 tiles per grid (total 5 grids). The user is able to either take a picture from their tablet/smartphone camera or select a pre-saved image. Once they have selected the image, they then enter a word/phrase/sentence in the text box and upon confirmation, their tile is created. Now when the user clicks that tile in SPEECH mode, the configured input is audible and outputted via Text-To-Speech.




SayThesamething

9. Say the Same Thing (Get it for your android) Free

Say the Same Thing comes on like a cross between Words With Friends and Draw Something, but it’s nothing to do with those games’ publisher Zynga. Instead, it’s an official game from band OK Go, which gets you and a friend to enter random words, then guess words that connect them until you both, yes, “say the same thing”.






weathersignal

10. WeatherSignal (Get it for your android) Free

There are a number of startups working on innovative ways to show the weather in apps. OpenSignal’s newie tries to detect it too: part of “the most ambitious weather crowdsourcing project in the world”. The idea: the app uses various smartphone sensors to record and share local atmospheric readings, while showing you key data.






Your ultimate Mother’s day gift guide!

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Being a mother is the toughest job on earth, not a single human being can argue with that. She is the one who held your hand, put on those band-aids and kissed your “boo-boos” away as opposed to your dad who told you to man up and rub some dirt in it. She’s also the one who sewed up your worn out Star Wars blanket long after it had seen better days, and it was her as well who cleaned your mess after you had broken the VCR by shoving those beloved peanut butter sandwiches of yours inside.

Now that we are “legally” grownups, it is time for us to repay our moms for all the craziness we put them through. So make the dinner reservations, buy the flowers and as for the gift, we are here to help. Here are 10 tech gift ideas to show your beloved mom how much you appreciate her not being so traditional and old-school and thus rewarding her with the latest in the gadget world.

1. Amazon Kindle Paperwhite

Is your mom an absolute tablet hater? If so, a Kindle Paperwhite is probably your best substitute especially for anyone with a passion for reading. Besides, future gift-giving is also thought of with Amazon gift cards. Quite brilliant, right?

2. Google Play Gift Card

Speaking of gift cards, did you know they’re also available for Google Play? These were only inaugurated a couple of months ago and are now available in $10, $25 and $50 packs. These are nice to be given alone or to compliment an Android device.

3. Apple iPad mini

We plead forgiveness from you father of tech for we have sinned and recommended an Apple product. Okay, we may have exaggerated but yes we do prefer Android. However, if your mother or wifey is more iOS inclined then an iPad mini is a befitting tablet that is thin, light and rather affordable.

4. Just Dance 3

What’s cool about the Kinect as well as other motion control mechanisms is that it exposed gaming to a much greater audience. Along with the opportunity to innocently have a laugh at the ones you love, which is where Just Dance 3 fits right in. It’s a great way to get some exercise as well.

5. Roku 3

What makes the Roku family of streaming devices (and the Roku 3 in particular) so amazing is their design; it’s designed in a way that makes it simple for every skill level. Roku’s interface is extremely easy to navigate, making even the least tech savvy moms rock Netflix and other streaming channels like a rock star.

6. USB Tulip Hub

Fact: One can never have enough USB ports, it’s quite unquestionable. Second Fact: your mom loves flowers. What do you get when you combine these two together? Well, the USB Tulip Hub of course!

7. Star Wars Death Star Tea Infuser

Geekery is never bond by gender or age, and it’s very likely that your own passion for technology was inherited from your mom. She might have taken you as a toddler to see Star Wars and was just as upset to find out the franchise had been sold to Disney. If it so happens that your mother drinks tea then your search for the perfect gift ends here and now; The Star Wars Death Star Tea Infuser is what you need.

8. SkinIt Skin

Does your electronic device need a revamp? Well, the right skin or case always does the trick and which SklnIt, you can choose from a variety of different designs. If you cannot find the one that speaks to you, then you can always upload your own picture (a baby picture of you and your mom for instance). That would be quite interesting for your mother.

9. HTC One

For the penultimate gift idea we bring you a powerful, big screen and of course Android Jelly Bean phone. It’s probably been a while since your mom got a phone upgrade so why not entice her with a lovely HTC One.

10. Barnes & Noble Nook HD/HD+

Last but not least, we bring you the Barner & Noble Nook; no don’t you roll your eyes on us just yet! There are two legitimate reasons we would recommend a Nook: first being that B&N just recently added Google Play access to the equation, moving these devices beyond the glorified eReader status. Second, they are on sale for Mother’s Day for the marginal price starting at $149!




Top 10 Apps of the Week!



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Here comes May, and this time around we bring you a dream catcher, a star gazer, a note-taker and better yet, a money maker! Read our fresh of the oven Apps and let us know which one to keep and which to toss!






DreamBoard

1. Dreamboard Mobile (Get it for your android) Free

Cannot remember your dreams? Want to analyze them? Lucid dreaming? Use Dreamboard Mobile on your Android smartphone and on the web. Create, annotate and browse your private personal dream journal. Past dreams are saved for you to read, rediscover and update at any time. Observe trends in their dreaming activity. Dreamboard finds similarities between past dreams, aggregates dream data in a private dashboard and gives users feedback about their dreams.



CookWizMe
2. CookWizMe (Get it for your android) Free

CookWizMe is the best Android App for people who love to cook. With CookWizMe cooking becomes easy, fun, and social! All recipes on CookWizMe have step-by-step photo instructions that leave you no chance to fail. Whenever you need a cooking inspiration, browse the recipe feed and hit the kitchen!




ImGame

3. ImGame (Get it for your android) Free

ImGame is a new video game social network connecting you with your friends across social channels and consoles. Check-in to games, and other ImGamers connected to you automatically get push notifications letting others know that you’re online and gaming. Collect custom tokens for checking into games, and PWN the titles you check in to more than other ImGamers. Now you can focus on playing your favorite titles instead of trying to figure out which friends are signed into which platforms/titles and when.



gcloudbackup

4. G Cloud backup (Get it for your android) Free

Phones get lost, stolen and misplaced every single day. In this hectic life we’re leading, it’s hard to remember where you placed your keys, so having a backup plan is always a must! With G Cloud installed, one can rest assured that all the precious contacts and data can never be lost. You can get up to 8GB of free storage, and if you want to backup all your app&game settings just download the key for rooted from here!




Flayvr

5. Flayvr (Get it for your android) Free

With Flayvr, all your photos and videos are magically sorted into exciting fun albums to keep or share with friends. Flayvr puts an end to endless scrolling in your photo gallery or photo browser in search of your favorite life moments. Flayvr is the easiest way to re-experience your most precious memories. Simply keep on shooting with any Android camera and let Flayvr do its magic!




Lossofthenight

6. Loss of the night (Get it for your android) Free

Take part in a world-wide citizen science project that measures star visibility and light pollution. Help create a database for research on health, environment and society by telling scientists which stars you can see at your location.




ArcNote

7. ArcNote (Get it for your android) Free

The easiest way to take perfect notes with your Android phone camera. Whether grabbing content from a whiteboard, slide projection, poster or brochure, ArcNote will automatically crop and correct skewed presentations into nice visual notes. No more jotting down messy notes. No more missing important details. Save your time. Free up your hands. All you need to do is take a snapshot and let the app do the rest. Instantly share your notes with colleagues and friends.




Fixya
8. Fixya (Get it for your android) Free

Have a product question? Ask almost anything by using your device’s video camera to easily communicate your problem instead of trying to describe it with just text. Helpful Fixya community members will watch your video problem and will try their best to provide you a solution. As a part of the Fixya community, you can help other members with their video questions too. It’s fun and helpful!



Homesnap

9. Home Real Estate (Get it for your android) Free

Snap a photo of any home to identify it and find out the value, the price it last sold for, how many bedrooms, how many baths, local schools, and much more! Explore homes for sale, open houses, recent sales, and check values for 90+ million homes in the USA from the comfort of your couch! Search by address, customize your search, drag the map or flick the list.





GoMakeitRain
10. Go Make it Rain (Get it for your android) Free

Go. Make. It. Rain. It’s that simple. Turn up some Fat Joe, blast the Rack City, and Make those bills Rain over your friends and unsuspecting people around you.






Pentagon Approved; Samsung Galaxy S4!

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It is official; the US Department of Defense (DoD) has given its approval for the latest Samsung Galaxy S4, making it the company’s very first device to acquire US governmental certification. This ratification also covers Samsung’s Knox security system which facilitates the device to be used as part of a new policy for US government staff, as reported by Korea’s Yonhap News.

This approval is in consonance with a DoD declaration dated from February that will commence its communications networks to Smartphone and tablets from both Apple and Google by February 2014.
Samsung’s endorsement comes merely a day after BlackBerry announced that DoD had approved its latest line of BlackBerry 10 devices as well as its existing line of PlayBook tablets for use. This news served as a thrust for the struggling Canadian device manufacturer, however, it will have to cope with sharing its position in the government with Samsung and Apple; a DoD spokesperson stated the latter’s iPhone and iPad devices ought to receive approval this month.

It was reported earlier that the White House is keen to switch from its armada of BlackBerry Smartphones for a more pliable alternative that allows its employees to choose from Samsung’s Galaxy range, or Apple’s iPhone and iPad products. The fact that Samsung is now certified for use with the Department of Defence is a clear demonstration that the growth of the Korean company and the BYOD (bring your own device) trend has alerted the BlackBerry-Only mentality in the US government.

Samsung is increasing its focus on business and enterprise users – having launched a new global marketing campaign just this week, and it would undoubtedly serve as a major symbolic win if the company were able to make a blister in BlackBerry’s position with the US.

The much anticipated Galaxy S4 was unveiled at a media event in New York back in March. The device was available to customers in 60 countries late last month.

The device is a sequel to the Galaxy S3, which surpassed 40 million channel sales in January of this year. The milestone was in the nick of time; putting Samsung’s Galaxy S series past 100 million channel sales. Yet, this time around, the company is having even bigger hope from the flagship phone, and with the break into the US government, it seems it is on the right track.



Top 10 Apps of the week!



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For the final Apps post in April, we bring you the latest in cycling, swyping, synthesizing and better yet, Apps that will have you reminiscing on your old Marvel comics. Check out our selected list for this week and let us know which you liked.






Creatoverse

1. Creatorverse (Get it for your android) Free

You may be familiar with Linden Lab as the folks behind the once very popular online world Second Life. The company also has a cross-platform mobile app called Creatorverse, which used to cost $4.99. Now, that app is free with in-app purchases, and users who paid for it are a bit confused. Creatorverse is a sandbox-style app that lets you build various contraptions, machines, and puzzles with a wide array of tools.



SwypeTrial
2. Swype (Get it for your android) Free

You Asked for It – Swype Now Available on the Play Store! Swype is all about you. Whether you’re a Swype’r, a Typer, a Tapper or a Dictator, get ready for a better, faster keyboard experience that gets smarter the more you use it. Swype pays attention to the way you input text and creates a personal language model that follows you from device to device. Swype – the world’s most powerful keyboard.




Runstastic

3. Runtastic! Road Bike (Get it for your android) Free

Take your cycling to a new level with Runtastic! Road Bike is the ultimate, road biking performance app, which transforms your smartphone into the best bike computer on the market – with over 50 cycle features, compatible velo hardware, and a complementary fitness site. This top-rated app has been specifically designed with road biking in mind, incorporating every feature a leisure rider or professional racer desires.



gcloudbackup

4. G Cloud backup (Get it for your android) Free

Phones get lost, stolen and misplaced every single day. In this hectic life we’re leading, it’s hard to remember where you placed your keys, so having a backup plan is always a must! With G Cloud installed, one can rest assured that all the precious contacts and data can never be lost. You can get up to 8GB of free storage, and if you want to backup all your app&game settings just download the key for rooted from here!




GoComics

5. GoComics (Get it for your android) Free

Want funny? Love comics? We’ve got your fix. The GoComics app, from Universal Uclick, is the mobile comics portal for many of the most popular comic strips worldwide. From iconic favorites like Calvin and Hobbes, Peanuts, Garfield, Doonesbury, Dilbert and Marmaduke to modern favorites like FoxTrot, The Boondocks, Big Nate, Pearls Before Swine and Get Fuzzy, they offer the most diverse set of comic strips and panels in one single app for free.



CircleSynth

6. Circle Synth (Get it for your android) Free

Circle Synth is a grid-less sequencer synthesizer that makes quick and quirky musical sounds. Draw shapes, choose presets, apply effects and create one bar compositions worth sharing! Choose from 4 assignable FX for each note or node, controllable BPM, accelerometer controlled filter sweep, and save and share your musical sketches.




OneTome

7. One Today (Get it for your android) Free

One Today by Google is a mobile app that brings together people and nonprofits through the simple act of giving $1.The app is currently available through a limited pilot. One Today will present you with a new project every day from a nonprofit that is changing the world. You can donate to the projects that inspire you with just one click. Amplify your impact by sharing your donations with your friends on social media and matching their contributions to your favorite projects.




PhotomashFree
8. Photomash (Get it for your android) Free

Turn your photos into custom creations with Photomash. Simply take a picture, erase portions of the picture with your finger, and take another picture to occupy that space. Take multiple pictures within pictures to create fun, interesting, or humorous images. Participate in challenges and create photomashes and share them with your friends.



Merge

9. Merge+ (Get it for your android) Free

Merge+ helps you easily find & merge duplicate contacts. With Merge+ you can join duplicate contacts in your Android phone & Tablet with only three clicks. Launch Merge+ to find duplicate contacts, review merge suggestions and mark who to merge, and then merge your selected duplicate contacts.






Indigo

10. Indigo (Get it for your android) Free

Hello Indigo… Indigo is the newest and cleverest voice-enabled personal assistant available. Indigo is the only personal assistant who can seamlessly carry on a conversation with you from your smartphone to your tablet to your desktop and back again, perfect for users on the move.






Saving our planet and your pocket!

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It’s that time of year again when we are reminded of our environmental consciousness. Not there ought to be a special day to remind us, but after the 1969 incident turns out we do. What happened then was an outrageous oil spill in Santa Barbara that dumped 100,000 barrels of crude into the Santa Barbara Channel off to California. This urged Wisconsin senator Gaylord Nelson in 1970 to dedicate an official day for our Earth as a constant reminder to make better choices on a day to day basis for us and our future generations to come.

You don’t have to take extreme measures to go green, so here are 10 inexpensive ways to go green. You can try to implement one each week or even each year.Not only would you reduce your carbon footprint by a massive amount, but you could probably inspire others to do the same.

1. Your computer may go to sleep, but it’s still sucking up energy. Turn your computer off at the end of the day. In addition, take steps to create aneco-friendly workplace.

2. Look into carpooling. Need convincing? Read why your green commute will save you money.

3. Cancel your newspaper subscription and read the news online instead. (We’ll bet you’re already doing this one!).

4. File your taxes electronically to cut back on paper usage. Look into having your tax forms emailed to you instead of mailed as well.

5. Get e-tickets for the movies through apps like Fandango or get e-tickets and boarding passes when traveling.

6. Put a cover on your pool when you’re not using it. Not only will it keep the water cleaner, but it will keep it from evaporating, saving you refills.

7. Repair your leaky faucet (especially if you live in a drought-prone area).

8. Schedule your errands back-to-back to consolidate your trip and save gas or ride your bike or walk when possible.

9. Buy rechargeable batteries. Learn to dispose ofold batteries properly.

10. Don’t heat an empty house! During the winter, turn down your thermostat to 68 degrees F when you’re home and 55 degrees F at night and while you’re away.

We leave you off with these wise words by Gaylord Nelson

“Our goal is not just an environment of clean air and water and scenic beauty. The objective is an environment of decency, quality and mutual respect for all other human beings and all other living creatures.”



Top 10 Apps of the week!



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For the penultimate Thursday of April, we bring you the latest in sleek messaging, droid customizing, web browsing and better yet, Apps that will turn you into a small Steven Spielberg. Check out our selected list for this week and let us know which you liked.






SlidingMessaging

1. Sliding Messaging (Get it for your android) Free

Manage text messages in a new and up-to-date format compliant with the Android design guidelines and visually based on the stock messaging app from Google, with added features. Easily switch between conversations by dragging out the sliding menu on the left side of the screen. Start a new conversation by sliding out the menu on the right side of the screen.




HoloIcons

2. Holo Icons (Get it for your android) Free

Holo Icons follow guidelines that Android should have implemented: a simple, sleek, flat, and unobtrusive design that is seen throughout the rest of the Holo UI. Holo Icons is an icon pack containing 350+ icons with a simple, holo-ish feel for Apex Launcher, Nova Launcher, Go Launcher EX, ADW, & others. More icons will be added!




Vu

3. Vu (Get it for your android) Free

Vū is a smart recommendation tool that helps you get the most out of your online experience. From the moment you sign up, Vū starts learning the content you like. The more you use Vū, the smarter it gets. By telling Vū the stories and topics you like, you get a just-for-you content consumption experience. Whether you’re looking at a large publisher site or a new blog, Vū works for you.




gcloudbackup

4. G Cloud backup (Get it for your android) Free

Phones get lost, stolen and misplaced every single day. In this hectic life we’re leading, it’s hard to remember where you placed your keys, so having a backup plan is always a must! With G Cloud installed, one can rest assured that all the precious contacts and data can never be lost. You can get up to 8GB of free storage, and if you want to backup all your app&game settings just download the key for rooted from here!




RoundR

5. RoundR (Get it for your android) Free

RoundR serves a simple purpose: to round the corners of your screen. RoundR takes advantage of the fact that regardless of the device’s color, the screen is surrounded with a pitch black border, the corners of which are rarely ever touched. RoundR places four small overlays at the corners of the display, to simulate a rounded screen.




Basemark

6. Basemark X 1.0 (Get it for your android) Free

Basemark X by Rightware is a professional performance evaluation tool for objective cross-platform comparisons of game graphics performance between Android, iOS and Windows Phone 8 devices. Basemark X produces high-quality and objective performance measurement score. It is a unique product, as the only professionally designed benchmark built on top of a real-world game engine, Unity 4. It contains heavy graphics content and pushes tested devices to the limit.




Droid Timelapse

7. Droid Timelapse (Get it for your android) Free

A full-featured app for creating stunning time-lapse videos on your beloved Android device. Record high-quality clips easily thanks to the simple, fast and intuitive interface. The app is free and contains no ads so it’s worthy of checking out.





Tripomatic
8. Tripomatic City Guides & maps (Get it for your android) Free

Tripomatic is a trip planner with an easy-to-use interface for trip planning on-the-go. Create your own personalized travel guide for more than 40,000 attractions and quickly find nearby sights. Full sync with www.tripomatic.com – fine-tune trips from your computer or change plans on the go.




Cinemagram

9. Cinemagram (Get it for your android) Free

Cinemagram is a place to create and share beautiful short videos. Find out why millions of users love and use Cinemagram!






SendHub

10. SendHub (Get it for your android) Free

Alternative to Google Voice. Get a free business phone line. Instantly. Free business phone line in any area code, free texting and calling right from the app, call transfer, call forwarding and shared groups, voicemail transcription and group texting. Works on the web, too.



80′s back! Thanks to YouTube!



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Oh no! You’ve forgotten the most important anniversary! Yes, YouTube’s 57th anniversary of commercial videotape recording! No need to worry, YouTube is here with a very clever reminder.

If you do some investigation you’ll notice that certain videos on the site itself can now offer you the option to watch them in “tape mode”, which brings back the booginess to the modern day viewing experience.

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All of this nostalgia is in honor of the Ampex VRX-1000, which is generally regarded as the world’s first practical videotape recorder and astonished all the other competitors when it was first displayed on April 14th, 1956 at the National Association of Radio and Television Broadcasters Convention.

If you’d like to read more about the device’s historic place, LabGuy’s World has a transcript of lead engineer Charles P.Ginsburg’s presentation on its development.



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Do you like free stuff? Well, of course you do and so do we! Google is feeling a little generous today and giving away a bundle of devices in their Google Play Favorite Things Sweepstakes. There are only 3 restrictions; the users must be based in the US, aged 18+ and on Twitter.





The giveaway includes 10 Nexus 10 tablets, 7 Nexus 7 tablets and 4 Nexus 4 smartphones (not too difficult to memorize right?) as well as 100 gift cards worthy of $10 each. All you have to do is follow @GooglePlay, and then choose what you like on the Play Store – this could be an app, a movie or even a magazine. Next thing you’ll have to do is tweet a link of the item using the hashtag #favoritethings.
The final step will have to complete an official entry form.

We did not forget to bring you our selected Apps selection of the week. Check them out and let us know what your thoughts are.






SkyDeck

1. SkyDeck (Get it for your android) Free

Skydeck is a new way to meet people who like taking and sharing photos. From Skydeck you can see everyone – and the view is great. Take a photo. Choose a filter. Post it to Skydeck. Browse photos from people near you or anywhere in the world. Message, chat, and swap pictures privately. Meet new friends, date, and more, all for free!




Twilight
2. Twilight (Get it for your android) Free

Are you using your smart phone or tablet in the late evening? Twilight may be just the solution for you.Recent research suggests that exposure to blue light before sleep may distort your natural (circadian) rhythm and cause inability to fall asleep. This app makes your device screen adapt to the time of the day. It filters the blue spectrum on your phone or tablet after sunset and protects your eyes with a soft and pleasant red filter.




Swizzle

3. Swizzle (Get it for your android) Free

The Swizzle Drink Recipes app can help anyone make cocktails and mix drinks like a bartender or mixologist. Store your ingredients inventory in My Cabinet, clone and modify recipes to your personal taste and save, and get non alcoholic and virgin drink recipes.







gcloudbackup

4. G Cloud backup (Get it for your android) Free

Phones get lost, stolen and misplaced every single day. In this hectic life we’re leading, it’s hard to remember where you placed your keys, so having a backup plan is always a must! With G Cloud installed, one can rest assured that all the precious contacts and data can never be lost. You can get up to 8GB of free storage, and if you want to backup all your app&game settings just download the key for rooted from here!




Fetch
5. Fetch (Get it for your android) Free

Fetch is a personal search companion that brings apps and games to you! Unlike simple search tools, Fetch is smart enough to seek out apps and games based on your personal tastes. Fetch can pinpoint an app’s consistent, fundamental traits and gives you the power to link them together however you want to find exactly what you’re looking for. When you find something you love, Fetch will work non-stop to find the best apps for you, every day!




Thrillcall

6.Thrillcall (Get it for your android) Free

The best nights out can be spontaneous. Wouldn’t it be great if drinks after work could turn into an awesome night at a concert? But tickets probably sold out weeks ago, right? Wait, you need the Thrillcall app. Thrillcall is a live music discovery app that enables you to search for, discover and purchase concert tickets and exclusive offers in a few clicks.




WeVideo

7. WeVideo (Get it for your android) Free

The WeVideo Video Editor helps you capture memories and moments wherever they happen, and turn them into amazing videos to share with others, across your favorite social networks. Launch the WeVideo Android app and record videos to the phone. Trim video clips, tag videos and upload to the cloud. Arrange clips, adjust track volume, and stylize with any one of the unique WeVideo themes, with built-in music, filters, transitions and titles.




Burner

8. Burner (Get it for your android) Free

Burner provides disposable phone numbers at the push of a button. Make calls and send texts from temporary phone numbers. Receive calls, texts and voicemails on your Burner disposable phone numbers. Find a number in any area code. Free to download and comes with one free Burner.




StatusAgenda

9. StatusAgenda (Beta) (Get it for your android) Free

This app brings Jelly Bean Quick Setting to Android 2.1+ with plenty of customization (don’t need ROOT). It’s more than regular quick settings. You can customize to add different things to quick setting panel including over 75 built-in actions.




InCall Recorder

10.Mp3 InCall Recorder & Voice (Get it for your android) Free

High Quality MP3 Calls & Voice recorder in one! InCall Recorder Allows full control of Recorded Calls. You can choose when to start recording and saving battery power and reduce size of the audio file. There is also a choice of automatically recording all conversations interactions unattended. Quick start tape recorder creating high-quality audio.