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Review: Sensel’s Morph is the perfect trackpad controller for musicians and other creatives

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by on July 24, 2019 at 8:19 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, gaming, Music, Plugged


Sensel’s Morph is a pressure-sensitive touch controller that’s easier to use than it is to describe. Unlike other touchpads, it’s infinitely customizable and comes with several overlays that transform it into a MIDI controller for music, a gamepad, a video editing tool, or whatever you program it to be. At its most basic, it’s a very fancy trackpad that’s sensitive enough to detect light strokes from a paint brush and tough enough to withstand being pounded on by drum sticks. To that end, it’s a step up from similar devices. But the Morph is so much more than just a…

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The Nokia 2210 is a 4G feature phone for the developing world

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by on July 24, 2019 at 6:53 pm
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It’s been interesting to see the growing maturity of feature phones, as they try to keep up with their smarter brethren in terms of features, while simultaneously remaining affordable for low-income consumers. An example of this is the upcoming Nokia 2210 4G, which HMD Global announced earlier today. At first glance, the Nokia 2210 4G is an utterly unremarkable feature phone. It’s got an old-school T9 keypad, paired with a QVGA display that’s scarcely larger than a postage stamp. But peer a little closer, and you’ll spot a rudimentary app store, along with (as you’ve likely guessed from the name)…

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Leaked memo indicates Nintendo to repair Joy-Con drift for free

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by on July 24, 2019 at 6:31 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, gaming


Nintendo has apparently decided to start repairing Switch Joy-Con for free. This seems like a generous change of heart for the company, but it’s rather convenient that it’s happening now, just as players started turning up the heat over the flawed hardware. So-called “Joy-Con drift” has been plaguing Switch players since shortly after the console was released. In case you haven’t experienced it, it’s a distressing hardware problem that causes the Joy-Con’s analog sticks to start “drifting,” meaning the console would read movement from them even when the player wasn’t moving them. It’s distressingly common, even if no one seems…

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Amazon’s 2019 Kindle Oasis brings better lighting but little else

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by on July 24, 2019 at 6:14 pm
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I’m going to keep this review short. Amazon’s new Kindle Oasis goes on sale today starting at $249, but in almost every respect, it’s identical to its 2017 predecessor. There is but one meaningful update: you can now change the screen color temperature, shifting it to warmer hues for both helping you sleep and matching ambient lighting. You can learn most of what you need to know from my review of its predecessor. It’s probably still the best ‘luxury’ e-reader out there, but there’s little reason to upgrade from the existing Oasis or Paperwhite, which both offer waterproofing and a…

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Survey finds adults couldn’t care less about Facebook’s Libra ‘cryptocurrency’

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by on July 24, 2019 at 4:09 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Facebook Libra’s potential to help cryptocurrency go mainstream has been touted in recent weeks, but recent survey results indicate otherwise.  According to a poll conducted by CivicScience, which looked into general interest and public concerns surrounding Libra following the announcement of its launch, only five percent of 1,799 US adults surveyed expressed any level of interest in the proposed digital currency. In stark contrast, an overwhelming 86 percent said they were ‘not at all interested,’ while 10 percent seemed unsure. Unsurprisingly, those who said they were interested were younger, mostly belonging to the 18-to-24-year olds cohort. Additionally, 77 percent said they…

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