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LithiumCard: A Slimline battery pack designed to turbo-charge your gadgets

Apr01
by on April 1, 2014 at 2:13 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Insider, Product Reviews

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With six days still to go on its Indiegogo campaign, the LithiumCard’s goal of becoming the “thinnest and only battery-powered HyperCharger” is well on track. Indeed, $140,000+ raised of its $30,000 funding goal is nothing to be sniffed at. LinearFlux, the company behind the contraption, is currently gearing up to hit mass-production mode, with early backers possibly receiving their slimline chargers as early as this month. We managed to grab a hands-on with a pre-production prototype ahead of the official roll-out, and here’s how it looks. LithiumCard: A slimline charger At 53.9mm x 85.6mm x 5.5mm, the LithiumCard has the…

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BT Sport will be made available to stream via Chromecast in the UK

Apr01
by on April 1, 2014 at 1:57 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, UK

Good news for sports fans in the UK: BT Sport will be made available to stream via Chromecast. Google launched Chromecast in the UK and ten new countries just a couple of weeks back, but the BBC was the only broadcaster on board for the UK launch. Now, according to a report in the Financial Times, BT is making its sports channels available to stream directly to your TV via Google’s £30 HDMI dongle. This means that any BT broadband subscriber will not only be able to watch the English Premier League on their phones, tablets and computers, but they…

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The best tech April Fools’ Day jokes of 2014

Apr01
by on April 1, 2014 at 1:36 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Roundups, Shareables

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April Fools’ Day jokes are by and large disappointing — Google aside — but there is some hope outside of Mountain View. Here’s what companies other than Google did that was actually interesting. Tumblr — Tumblr Pro Tumblr pranked a lot of its young userbase after it added a button to allow users to upgrade to ‘Tumblr Pro’ on its microblogging service. Clicking to upgrade to the free service, users are shown a video designed to inspire creativity within… and are ultimately rewarded only with a hat for their avatar. I activated Tumblr Pro and this happened???????????????? pic.twitter.com/OOqiCtvqp0 — LadyPipit’s…

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IE11 gains the most market share, and Chrome finally passes Firefox

Apr01
by on April 1, 2014 at 1:26 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Google, Insider

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March saw the fifth full month of IE11 availability with Windows 8.1, the release of Firefox 28, and the first full month of Chrome 33 availability. The latest numbers from Net Applications show that Chrome was the only major winner last month, having finally passed Firefox. Between February and March, IE dipped 0.23 percentage points (from 58.19 percent to 57.96), Firefox fell 0.42 percentage points (from 17.68 percent to 17.52 percent), and Chrome gained 0.68 percentage points (from 16.84 percent to 17.52 percent). Safari meanwhile gained 0.01 percentage points to 5.68 percent and Opera slipped 0.03 percentage points to 1.20…

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BBM updated with stickers, support for sending larger files, and photo sharing in multi-person chats

Apr01
by on April 1, 2014 at 1:19 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Canada, Insider, Mobile

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As expected, BlackBerry today released a new version of BBM, adding stickers, support for sending larger files, and photo sharing in multi-person chats. If you don’t see it yet, you should note the company says the update “will begin to roll out to users starting this afternoon.” Stickers is probably the biggest addition, as it lets users download a variety of packs right inside the app from the BBM Shop and it gives BlackBerry a new way to monetize its messaging platform. Each sticker pack contains between 20 and 25 stickers and features content developed by “talented artists,” relating to…

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