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FLATLAND, WE HARDLY KNEW YE: UNIQUE 1-D METASURFACE ACTS AS POLARIZED BEAM SPLITTER, ALLOWS NOVEL FORM OF HOLOGRAPHY
http://phys.org/news/2014-10-flatland-knew-ye-unique-d.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=splt-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
MOLECULAR BEACONS SHINE LIGHT ON HOW CELLS 'CRAWL'
http://phys.org/news/2014-10-molecular-beacons-cells.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=splt-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
RESEARCHERS FIND FERNS COMMUNICATE WITH ONE ANOTHER TO DECIDE GENDER
http://phys.org/news/2014-10-ferns-gender.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=splt-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
TOMORROW'S TABLETS? LOOK, NO HANDS
http://phys.org/news/2014-10-tomorrow-tablets.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=splt-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
POWERFUL NEW SOFTWARE PLUG-IN DETECTS BUGS IN SPREADSHEETS
http://phys.org/news/2014-10-powerful-software-plug-in-bugs-spreadsheets.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=splt-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
EBOLA'S EVOLUTIONARY ROOTS ARE MORE ANCIENT THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT, STUDY FINDS
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-10-ebola-evolutionary-roots-ancient-previously.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=splt-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
EIGHT MONTHS ON 'HAWAIIAN MARS' TESTS RIGORS OF EXPLORATION
http://phys.org/news/2014-10-months-hawaiian-mars-rigors-exploration.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=splt-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
SCIENTISTS ENGINEER TOXIN-SECRETING STEM CELLS TO TREAT BRAIN TUMORS
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-10-scientists-toxin-secreting-stem-cells-brain.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=splt-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
LI-ION BATTERIES CONTAIN TOXIC HALOGENS, BUT ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY ALTERNATIVES EXIST
http://phys.org/news/2014-10-li-ion-batteries-toxic-halogens-environmentally.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=splt-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
TEAM INFUSES SCIENCE INTO 'MINECRAFT' MODIFICATION
http://phys.org/news/2014-10-team-infuses-science-minecraft-modification.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=splt-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
MAGIC LEAP MOVES BEYOND OLDER LINES OF VR
http://phys.org/news/2014-10-magic-older-lines-vr.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=splt-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
ICELANDIC VOLCANO SITS ON MASSIVE MAGMA HOT SPOT
http://phys.org/news/2014-10-icelandic-volcano-massive-magma-hot.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=splt-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
NEW COMPOUNDS REDUCE DEBILITATING INFLAMMATION
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-10-compounds-debilitating-inflammation.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=splt-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
MYCOLOGIST PROMOTES AGARIKON AS A POSSIBILITY TO COUNTER GROWING ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE
http://phys.org/news/2014-10-mycologist-agarikon-possibility-counter-antibiotic.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=splt-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
LIQUID HELIUM OFFERS A FASCINATING NEW WAY TO MAKE CHARGED MOLECULES
http://phys.org/news/2014-10-liquid-helium-fascinating-molecules.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=splt-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter


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UK WIND POWER SHARE SHOWS RECORD RISE
The United Kingdom wind power production has been enjoying an upward trajectory, and on Tuesday wind power achieved a significant energy production milestone, reported Brooks Hays for UPI. High winds from Hurricane Gonzalo were the force behind wind turbines outproducing nuclear power plants on Tuesday—supplying 14.2 percent of all electricity, compared with nuclear's 13.2 percent. For a 24-hour period, said the BBC, "spinning blades produced more energy than splitting atoms." Gonzalo brought gusts of up to 70 mph to the northern parts of the UK, according to National Grid.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-uk-power.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

TOMORROW'S TABLETS? LOOK, NO HANDS
Engineers in a suburban Chicago office complex have designed a new microphone that they say will be key to the future of smartphone and tablet technology because it gives consumers the ability to operate hand-held devices without touching them.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-tomorrow-tablets.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

POWERFUL NEW SOFTWARE PLUG-IN DETECTS BUGS IN SPREADSHEETS
An effective new data-debugging software tool dubbed "CheckCell" was released to the public this week in a presentation by University of Massachusetts Amherst computer science doctoral student Daniel Barowy. He spoke at the premier international computer programming language design conference known as OOPSLA, in Portland, Ore.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-powerful-software-plug-in-bugs-spreadsheets.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

LI-ION BATTERIES CONTAIN TOXIC HALOGENS, BUT ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY ALTERNATIVES EXIST
Physics researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University have discovered that most of the electrolytes used in lithium-ion batteries—commonly found in consumer electronic devices—are superhalogens, and that the vast majority of these electrolytes contain toxic halogens.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-li-ion-batteries-toxic-halogens-environmentally.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

TEAM INFUSES SCIENCE INTO 'MINECRAFT' MODIFICATION
The 3-D world of the popular "Minecraft" video game just became more entertaining, perilous and educational, thanks to a comprehensive code modification kit, "Polycraft World," created by University of Texas at Dallas professors, students and alumni.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-team-infuses-science-minecraft-modification.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

MAGIC LEAP MOVES BEYOND OLDER LINES OF VR
Two messages from Magic Leap: Most of us know that a world with dragons and unicorns, elves and fairies is just a better world. The other message: Technology can be mindboggingly awesome. When the two messages combine, the company's aura becomes evident as movers in newer realms of augmented reality. The people behind this Florida-based company believe that the future of computing should be derived from respecting human biology, physiology, creativity, and community. So why, they ask, can't computing feel completely natural? Why can't computing and technology bend to us, to our experience? Describing their technology, they said "our team dug deep into the physics of the visual world, and dug deep into the physics and processes of our visual and sensory perception." They created what they call a Dynamic Digitized Lightfield Signal, which is biomimetic. That is the core and they added hardware, software, sensors, core processors, and, they said, "a few things that just nee!
d to
remain a mystery." On their site page for developers, they said, "Using our Dynamic Digitized Lightfield Signal, imagine being able to generate images indistinguishable from real objects and then being able to place those images seamlessly into the real world."
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-magic-older-lines-vr.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

GLOBAL BOOM IN HYDROPOWER EXPECTED THIS DECADE
An unprecedented boom in hydropower dam construction is underway, primarily in developing countries and emerging economies. While this is expected to double the global electricity production from hydropower, it could reduce the number of our last remaining large free-flowing rivers by about 20% and pose a serious threat to freshwater biodiversity.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-global-boom-hydropower-decade.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

REVIEW: APPLE PAY IS GREAT, AT STORES THAT ACCEPT IT
When Apple Pay launched Monday, my editors decided I needed to go shopping.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-apple-great.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

MICROSOFT'S EXPANDING CLOUD PLATFORM SHINES BRIGHTLY
At a small gathering in San Francisco for reporters and analysts earlier this week, Microsoft announced a number of new cloud products and services.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-microsoft-cloud-platform-brightly.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

GLASS MAKER DEALS TO EXIT APPLE, ARIZONA PLANT
Nearly 2,000 furnaces installed in a factory to make synthetic sapphire glass for Apple Inc. will be removed and sold under a deal between the tech giant and the company that had been gearing up to produce huge amounts of the product for use in Apple's products.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-glass-maker-exit-apple-arizona.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

CALIFORNIA STARTUP UNVEILS GUN TECHNOLOGY FOR COPS
A Silicon Valley startup has developed technology to let dispatchers know when a police officer's weapon has been fired.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-california-startup-unveils-gun-technology.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

ONLINE ANONYMITY ISN'T AS EASY AS THE FIRMS OFFERING PRIVACY APPS WANT YOU TO THINK
In a post-Snowden world, anonymity is what people want online. Smartphone apps offering anonymous messaging are popping up everywhere – Secret, Whisper and now Yik Yak. The latest additions to privacy-protecting technology, they claim to provide anonymous, location-based confession, expression, and discussion platforms.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-online-anonymity-isnt-easy-firms.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

EVALUATING POWERFUL BATTERIES FOR MODULAR GRID ENERGY STORAGE
Sandia National Laboratories has begun lab-based characterization of TransPower's GridSaver, the largest grid energy storage system analyzed at Sandia's Energy Storage Test Pad in Albuquerque, N.M.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-powerful-batteries-modular-grid-energy.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

RESEARCHERS INCREASE THE SWITCHING CONTRAST OF AN ALL-OPTICAL FLIP-FLOP
Researchers at the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York have increased the switching contrast of a particular kind of all-optical flip-flop by 28 dB, resulting in a switching contrast of 36.6 dB. This could provide a huge leap in the performances of a range of photonic techniques, such as all-optical packet switching, all-optical label addressing, and square-wave clock generation, as well as other photonic devices housing semiconductor optical amplifiers or even passive nonlinear media.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-contrast-all-optical-flip-flop.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

NEW OSCILLATOR FOR LOW-POWER IMPLANTABLE TRANSCIEVERS
Arash Moradi and Mohamad Sawan from Polytechnique Montreal in Canada discuss their new low-power VCO design for medical implants. This oscillator was implemented to provide the frequency deviation of frequency-shift-keying (FSK) modulation in implantable radio-frequency (RF) transceivers.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-oscillator-low-power-implantable-transcievers.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

AMAZON'S LOSS MAKES HOLIDAYS A QUESTION MARK
Amazon's trademark smile icon is becoming more of a grimace. The world's largest online retailer reported a wider third-quarter loss than analysts expected and gave a disappointing holiday forecast.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-amazon-loss-holidays.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

MICROSOFT DROPS NOKIA NAME FROM SMARTPHONES
Microsoft said Friday it was dropping the Nokia name from its Lumia smartphones, rebranding following the acquisition earlier this year of the Finnish group's handset division.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-microsoft-nokia-smartphones.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

MICROSOFT'S GARAGE BECOMES AN INCUBATOR OF CONSUMER APPS
For five years now, The Garage has served as Microsoft's incubator for employees' passion projects, an internal community of engineers, designers, hardware tinkerers and others from all different parts of the company who work on their own or with others on pet projects, some of which could potentially benefit the company.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-microsoft-garage-incubator-consumer-apps.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

YELP ADDS HOTEL AND WINERY BOOKINGS WITH NEW PARTNERSHIPS
Travelers often turn to Yelp to check out consumer reviews of hotels before they go on vacation, and now they can book a room directly through its site and app thanks to a partnership with startup Hipmunk.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-yelp-hotel-winery-partnerships.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

APPLE TO OPEN 25 NEW STORES IN CHINA IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS
Tim Cook is in China this week, where he announced plans to open 25 new Apple stores in its Greater China region in the next two years.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-apple-china-years.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

CAN WHISPER, AN APP FOR ANONYMOUS CONFESSIONS, PROTECT USERS' IDENTITIES?
Can an app that people anonymously share confessions on, some of which become fodder for news stories, protect the users' identities? That's the issue surrounding Whisper this week.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-app-anonymous-users-identities.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

STATES ASCEND INTO THE CLOUD
Seven years ago, the state of Delaware started moving computer servers out of closets and from under workers' desks to create a consolidated data center and a virtual computing climate.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-states-ascend-cloud.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

NEW SOCIAL NETWORK FOR TEENAGERS EXPERIENCES A GROWTH SPURT
The millionaire creator of a Facebook competitor for teenagers, Pascal Lorne needed, well, teenagers.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-social-network-teenagers-growth-spurt.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

HACKER GETS PRISON FOR CYBERATTACK STEALING $9.4M
An Estonian man who pleaded guilty to orchestrating a 2008 cyberattack on a credit card processing company that enabled hackers to steal $9.4 million has been sentenced to 11 years in prison by a federal judge in Atlanta.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-hacker-prison-cyberattack-94m.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

ERICSSON PROFIT DOWN 10 PCT DESPITE HIGHER SALES
Wireless equipment maker Ericsson says its third-quarter earnings slumped 10 percent despite higher sales due to increased operating costs and negative effects from currency hedging.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-ericsson-profit-pct-higher-sales.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

SHOULD THE JAPANESE GIVE NUCLEAR POWER ANOTHER CHANCE?
On September 9, 2014, the Japan Times reported an increasing number of suicides coming from the survivors of the March 2011 disaster. In Minami Soma Hospital, which is located 23 km away from the power plant, the number of patients experiencing stress has also increased since the disaster. What's more, many of the survivors are now jobless and therefore facing an uncertain future.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-japanese-nuclear-power-chance.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

QUEEN SENDS HER FIRST TWEET, SIGNED 'ELIZABETH R'
Queen Elizabeth II has sent her first tweet—though she kept things traditional, signing off with "Elizabeth R."
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-queen-tweet-elizabeth.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

STUDENTS WIN CHALLENGE FOR REAL-TIME TRAFFIC APP
Three University of Texas at Arlington Computer Science and Engineering students have won a $10,000 prize in the NTx Apps Challenge for a smart traffic light network that adjusts traffic light schedules to make traffic flow more efficient.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-students-real-time-traffic-app.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

BEYOND GOPRO: SKIERS AND SNOWBOARDERS CAN MEASURE EVERYTHING WITH APPS, HARDWARE
At the end of a long day on the slopes, there's only one reward as sweet as a cold beer and a fireplace to warm your toes - recounting your epic moves through the powder.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-gopro-skiers-snowboarders-apps-hardware.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

AMBITIOUS EU TARGETS FOR RENEWABLE ENERGIES MAKE ECONOMIC SENSE
The European heads of governments are currently in Brussels negotiating the targets for the European climate and energy policy for the year 2030. There seems to be a fundamental consensus for tightening the binding climate target. Yet, there are still significant differences of opinion as to the further development of the target for renewable energies: How far should the share of renewable energies in total energy consumption be increased by 2030? And should renewables targets also be specified for individual member states or only for the EU overall?
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-ambitious-eu-renewable-energies-economic.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

NBCUNIVERSAL SETTLES WITH UNPAID INTERNS FOR $6.4M
NBCUniversal will pay $6.4 million to settle a class action lawsuit brought by unpaid interns who worked on "Saturday Night Live" and other shows who claim they are owed wages, according to court documents.
Full story at http://phys.org/news/2014-10-nbcuniversal-unpaid-interns-64m.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ctgr-item&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter




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1.Raspberry Pi Board  + OpenWRT Boot Loader SD Card
2.Arduino UNO Board or Compatible Board
3.Relay Board
and WiFi Router with LAN Cable ,Power Supply for Raspberry Pi and Arduino Board



Wiring Diagram
Raspberry Pi Board connect to Arduino Board with Serial Communication TTL UART Port ( Rx , Tx )
If your Arduino Board use 5 Volt Supply must need level converter to Raspberry Pi Board ( Raspberry Pi board use 3 V. )
But Arduino Board use 3.3 V so, don't need use level converter.
Use Arduino Pin 0,1

Level converter use Resistor 270 ohm and 470 ohm ( 2.7K and 4.7K )

Level converter use Level Converter Module

Arduino Board to Relay Board use Digital output pin 2 - 9
But your change to other pin you want.

Software
1. OpenWRT embedded Software to create Web Server.
2. Python
3. JavaScript
4.Arduino - Python Command API by thearn ( For Arduino Board )


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Arduino Output Pin Setting on Web Server
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LG Introduces F60 And L45 Dual Smartphones In India

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• LG Introduces F60 And L45 Dual Smartphones In India
• AOC To Introduce Its First Smartphones And Tablets In India
• Sony Xperia Z4 Purported Features Leaked Online
• Oppo Announced Android 4.4 Update For Find 7 And Find 7a
• LG Soon To Launch New Phone Powered By Its Self-Made AP
• Gmail Next Version Will Also Support Yahoo And Outlook Accounts!
• Researchers Invent Hybrid Breathing Battery That Can Work As Solar Cell As Well!
• Here’s Why Facebook Will Never Come Up With ‘Dislike’ Button!

LG Introduces F60 And L45 Dual Smartphones In India Posted: LG F60 and L45 Dual are listed on company's website for Rs Rs. 15,000 and Rs 6,500, respectively.

AOC To Introduce Its First Smartphones And Tablets In India Posted: AOC International plans to launch two smartphones within the range of Rs 4,000 to Rs 10,000 along with 17.78-cm (7-inch) 3G tablet and a 15.24-cm (6-inch) phablet at mid-level price range in next month.

Sony Xperia Z4 Purported Features Leaked Online Posted: According to a leaked online report, Xperia Z4 will purportedly support 13.97-cm (5.5-inch) QHD display, 64-bit quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 SoC clocked at 2.8GHz and many new exciting features!

Oppo Announced Android 4.4 Update For Find 7 And Find 7a Posted: The recent Oppo OS update involves refined UI design, Live weather 2.0, system wide animation, easy crop for screenshots and much more.

LG Soon To Launch New Phone Powered By Its Self-Made AP Posted: LG Electronics will launch new mid-range phone, which will be running for the first time on self-made application processor 'Odin'.

Gmail Next Version Will Also Support Yahoo And Outlook Accounts! Posted: Gmail 5.0 version for Android devices is expected to go live alongside the public release of Android 5.0 Lollipop early next month.

Researchers Invent Hybrid Breathing Battery That Can Work As Solar Cell As Well! Posted: This new battery can be used as solar as well as rechargeable energy source.

Here’s Why Facebook Will Never Come Up With ‘Dislike’ Button! Posted: Bret Taylor, Facebook ex-CTO and the creator of 'like' button answers for not having the dislike button in Facebook!

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Android Phone Fans

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• New internet trend sees people using live rabbits as smartphone cases [Awww]
• Check your email: first wave of Inbox by Gmail invites are going out now
• Amazon takes a $170 million hit thanks to unsold Fire Phones
• The Nexus 6 will have tap-to-wake so you wont have to stretch for the power button
• T-Mobile Sony Xperia Z3 pre-orders now shipping, some already arriving on doorsteps
• The spookiest Halloween apps & games
• SwiftKey gets Material-inspired keyboard themes
• Android Wear update brings support for offline GPS and Music; Verizon begins Sony SmartWatch 3 pre-sales
• Google planning to sell Project Ara modules in new online store
• Verizon’s Sony Xperia Z3v now available for $200 on-contract
• [Update: global launch details] LG G Watch R sales begin in the UK as early as tomorrow
• Humbile “Mo-boo-ile” Bundle brings 6 spooky games for cheap

New internet trend sees people using live rabbits as smartphone cases [Awww] Posted: 23 Oct 2014 06:29 PM PDT Whether it was the Harlem Shake or Ice Bucket Challenge, the internet is often the source for all sorts of strange, cute, noble, or hilarious new viral trends. Still in its infancy, the latest internet trend sweeping across the globe is something a lot higher on the “adorable” scale. People are using live rabbits as smartphone cases. Before we go any further, let’s just all get it out of our system right now: Awwwwwwww! スマホケースみたいになってる pic.twitter.com/N45aPDBtsQ — べーやん (@ryooneokrock1) October 14, 2014 It all started with the above tweet, then seems to have quickly spreading across Asian countries where their love for the cute and odd is commonplace. While the vast majority seem to be iPhone owners, you’ll find the occasional Xiaomi Mi Phone or Samsung device scattered throughout. Take it all in, folks. This is Pulitzer Prize winning journalism right here. Seriously, though. Man up the f*ck up and tell us which bunny is your favorite (the Samsung rabbit doesn’t have eyes!). I’m gonna grab a beer. Goodnight. [Kotaku]

Check your email: first wave of Inbox by Gmail invites are going out now Posted: 23 Oct 2014 04:39 PM PDT Yesterday we told you guys about Inbox by Gmail, Google’s new app that looks to make sense out of electronic mail by infusing it with Google Now-like functionality. More of a productivity app, it wasn’t available to the public, requiring would-be users send an email in order to receive an invite. Well, for anyone who sent one off, Google is now notifying early adopters that that they can now sign into the app using their standard Gmail account login. Pretty much everyone who we’ve talked to that requested an invite yesterday has received theirs, so it’s looking like a pretty big first batch of invites are being sent out. Anyone who emailed Inbox yesterday not receive their invite yet? Inbox by Gmail (Playboard) | Inbox by Gmail (Play Store)

Amazon takes a $170 million hit thanks to unsold Fire Phones Posted: 23 Oct 2014 04:14 PM PDT If you needed any further proof that the Amazon Fire Phone was an absolute flub, the online retailer announced during their Q3 2014 earnings call that they’ll be taking a $170 million charge for unsold Fire Phones (and other costs relating to inventory valuation and supplier commitments). Despite net sales up 20% at $20.58 billion for the quarter, their operating losses — a whopping $544 million — is the largest ever in Amazon’s history. That’s gotta hurt. After years of rumors, the Amazon Fire Phone finally launched earlier this year exclusively on AT&T for $200 on contact. The Fire Phone also came equipped with gimmicky new features like their Firefly camera software which could identify Amazon products in the real world (as well as do a bunch of other stuff your regular Android device could do right now). After Amazon’s first smartphone was met with relatively lukewarm reviews, it saw a quick $100 price drop. Still, Amazon is optimistic, especially with the busy holiday shopping season fast approaching. Along with curated product lists and shopping guides, Amazon will push their new lineup of products like the Kindle Voyage and Fire HD Kids Edition tablets. [Amazon]

The Nexus 6 will have tap-to-wake so you wont have to stretch for the power button Posted: 23 Oct 2014 02:20 PM PDT Earlier this week we watched as a few major news outlets got some quick hands-on time with both the Nexus 6 and Nexus 9. Because Google didn’t preemptively issue any review units prior to their official announcement, new info on these devices has continually been trickling in. A few days ago, we saw a screenshot taken from a leaked Android 5.0 Lollipop ROM and a setting called Ambient display which allows the Nexus 6 display to wake up whenever the phone was picked up, or when notifications arrive. This option — while not present in the Android 5.0 Developer Preview — is just a regular ‘ol Lollipop software feature and not exclusive to the Nexus 6, as detailed by Google’s official Android Lollipop page. What was interesting was the under the feature section of the page, it not only mentions the ambient display mode, but tap-to-wake as well. For those unaware, tap-to-wake is a feature found in many flagship Android devices and allows the user to double tap the display to wake it up instead of using the physical power button. While it may not sound like it, for larger devices it’s incredibly useful and will forever change the way you interact with your smartphone (and yet another helpful feature the iPhone 6 doesn’t offer). Although never mentioned in any official capacity (or the hands-ons we’ve seen online), it seems this feature is fully present on the Nexus 6, as brought to light Wired’s Mat Honan. In his hands on, Honan specifically calls out the feature, although some were still left wondering if it could have been a misprint (the Nexus 9 also has tap-to-wake). We reached out to the author where he was able to confirm that yes, this is, in fact, a feature found in the Nexus 6 and was most certainly not posted in error. Boom. This should finally lay the issue to rest and for tap-to-wake lovers who were afraid of losing out on this functionality for the Nexus 6 — fear not. Still up in the air is which non-Nexus Android devices will support the feature once Lollipop begins rolling out over the next few months.

T-Mobile Sony Xperia Z3 pre-orders now shipping, some already arriving on doorsteps Posted: 23 Oct 2014 01:08 PM PDT By now it’s no secret that one of the benefits of pre-ordering a smartphone online is the possibility of receiving said device a few days early of it’s official launch date. T-Mobile knows this and it’s one of the reasons they even mentioned it when pre-orders for the Sony Xperia Z3 first went live last week. Sure enough, the phone is now reportedly landing on doorsteps, that’s a full 5 days early of its official October 29th release date for those keeping count. Not. Bad. Aside from getting a shiny new smartphone before anyone else, pre-orderers also get a free copy of DRIVECLUB for the PS4 (a $60 value). Don’t worry, if you didn’t pre-order yet and still want a free PS4 game, you have until October 28th to git-er-done. Here’s how you do it: Purchase the new Xperia Z3 during the pre-sale period from October 14 to October 28, 2014. When you receive your Xperia Z3, redeem your offer by entering your information and uploading images of your sales receipt and the IMEI number from your Xperia Z3 box. You must redeem your offer by November 14, 2014. Once your information is verified, you'll be emailed a promo code to claim your digital copy of DRIVECLUBTM no later than November 21, 2014. If the whole getting a PS4 game isn’t making much sense to you remember — the Sony Xperia Z3 will soon have the ability to stream PS4 games from the console to the smartphone. When paired with Sony’s controller dock, you never have to worry about bathroom breaks interrupting your game time. It’s a beautiful time to be alive. Unfortunately unlike the international model, the T-Mobile variant doesn’t come with headphones. You can pre-order the Sony Xperia Z3 from T-Mobile right here. Thanks, Jin! [XDA]

The spookiest Halloween apps & games Posted: 23 Oct 2014 12:34 PM PDT Android and Halloween go hand-in-hand, from its candy-themed operating systems fit for trick-or-treating to a great selection of apps and games filled with gore-y good fun. Whether you are looking for a last-minute costume idea, carving your pumpkin, or looking for a few scares, here are our top ticks. Creep out your costume If you're still searching for the perfect Halloween costume, we have the app for you. Digital Dudz is a free app offering animations that can transform a boring costume into the talk of the party. Designed to match up with a set of pre-fab costumes, shirts, and masks available for sale through the app as well as the Digital Dudz site, the free animations can also be creatively paired with your existing Halloween getup. If you are feeling really crafty, you can DIY a custom shirt or mask for any number of shifty eyes, beating hearts, or oozing wounds available via the app for a true fright. Bonus: Digital Dudz extends its usefulness through the winter holidays with animations perfect for that tacky sweater-themed Christmas party. If dressing up isn't your thing, you can still spook your friends and families by going full zombie…with the aid of your smartphone, of course. The Dead Yourself app uses your smartphone's camera to transform you into the living dead, no zombie bites necessary. With gore and guts inspired by the hit TV show The Walking Dead the zombie apocalypse is coming to a social media feed near you. For a more subtle take on Halloween flair, accessorize any costume or outfit with your Android Wear-powered smartwatch and the glowing Jack-o-Lantern Watch Face. The orange glow of this eerie pumpkin face really brings out the spirit of the season. Carve the perfect pumpkin (or avoid the mess entirely) Come Halloween time we often take pumpkin carving for granted, overlooking the ghastly reality that the process involves gutting the gourd, scraping out its insides, and slicing into its face with a knife fit for Michael Myers. Respect this autumnal sacrifice by putting a bit of time and effort into creating a pumpkin masterpiece. With the Pumpkin Carving Ideas loaded on your smartphone inspiration is only a few taps away, including a wide selection of pre-made patterns and stencils. You've finished carving your great pumpkin, but can't find a candle. Here's a trick for getting that spooky glow: download Jack-o-Lantern Flashlight, a flashlight app that doubles as a safe, flame-free method of illuminating your creative carvings. As a bonus, this one makes a great seasonal flashlight app to guide the way while trick-or-treating with the little ones.  If you prefer to avoid the mess or if you would like to practice your ideas before committing to pumpkin, check out Halloween Pumpkin Carver. For an option providing a bit more room for creativity (it's been a while since we have seen a blue pumpkin) you might consider Pumpkin Maker. Lose sleep with these scary games Halloween is as much about the costumes, decorations, candy, and parties as it as about giving you a reason to leave the lights on a bit longer or check twice under the bed. Give yourself a scare with Murder Room, the Android game that places you in the middle of a Saw-like scenario where you must escape the grasp of a serial killer by solving the puzzles put in front of you. The simple presentation makes the frightening ambiance of Murder Room all the more intense. If you like your scares with a bit more story, you might not want to walk away from the addictive gameplay of The Walking Dead: Season 2. This adventure title presents a whole new chapter in The Walking Dead story and confronts the player with plenty of life or death decisions along the way. Did we mention there are zombies? Newcomers might want to start with Season One, also available on Android. To really get your adrenaline pumping visit The Abandoned School. This psychological survival horror game is in the style of the Japanese originals like Silent Hill and Resident Evil and is sure form the basis of your future nightmares.

SwiftKey gets Material-inspired keyboard themes Posted: 23 Oct 2014 11:55 AM PDT We can’t say we’re fans of all of SwiftKey’s keyboard themes, but the latest two additions to the SwiftKey store have our mouths watering. Two new themes will match the look and feel of Material Design. It doesn’t totally fit — for starters, the presence of borders around each key is a sharp contrast to the lack of lines in the default Android 5.0 Lollipop keyboard — but it’s very clean, very neat and looks very pleasing to the eye. I mean, almost anything is better than some of the other stuff they’ve been putting out lately. Themes cost $1 each, not a bad price to pay to give a new coat of paint to the one app you know you’ll use every single day. You’ll be able to find them within the SwiftKey Store inside the SwiftKey app. [via SwiftKey]

Android Wear update brings support for offline GPS and Music; Verizon begins Sony SmartWatch 3 pre-sales Posted: 23 Oct 2014 09:56 AM PDT Android Wear just got a whole lot better today for those who don’t fancy having their smart watches hooked up to their phones 24/7. First up is support for internal GPS radios. Unfortunately all currently available Android Wear watches don’t have GPS radios inside them, though the newly-announced Sony SmartWatch 3 will. Speaking of which, Verizon is now taking pre-orders for the smart watch $250. It should ship beginning October 30th, while it’s expected to find its way into the Google Play Store sometime shortly after its Verizon launch. Also staying true to the “offline” theme for this update is support for storing tracks directly on your smart watch through Google Play Music. This will allow you to break out the Bluetooth headphones and listen to tracks from your watch without even having your phone near you. Of course, limited storage for smart watches means you won’t be able to haul a huge library of tunes on your wrist but it’s nice for those short workout playlists you may want to enjoy on a morning jog or two. The update is headed to Android Wear smart watches over the course of the next few days, including the LG G Watch, the Motorola Moto 360 and the Samsung Gear Live. The new music features require a simple upgrade to your Google Play Music app, while the new GPS goods can be tried out on the forthcoming SmartWatch 3 with apps like MyTracks and Golfshots. [via Google]

Google planning to sell Project Ara modules in new online store Posted: 23 Oct 2014 09:31 AM PDT There’s been a lot of speculation regarding Project Ara and how Google would look to handle distribution of modules. Project Ara, if you don’t know, is a work-in-progress experiment by Google to create a smartphone platform that allows users to choose the features and parts they want. This is done through the use of modules, which are Lego-like pieces you slot into a smartphone frame however you wish. Such a product would let users choose between different display sizes and resolutions, camera sensors and storage, connectivity modules and more. Don’t need a camera on your smartphone? You don’t need to buy one. And all these modules will be made by not only Google, but anyone who has enough skill to make one to the specifications laid forth by Google. So how are all these modules expected to be sold? Early rumors suggested vending machines and kiosks, though logistics for that sort of thing are tough to figure out when you anticipate modules being manufactured by many different sources. Instead, Google has decided to go the tried and true route of selling them via an online marketplace. Google revealed that much to PC World in a recent interview. The modules will be sold through their own site akin to Google Play. Third-party merchants will be able to list their modules here, too, and — much like Google Play — users can rate and review modules to make it easier for everyone to find the best of the best. Google also touched on what they hope and expect to see from module manufacturers once Project Ara hits. Aside from typical smartphone-necessary components such as displays, processors, storage and cameras, Google expects to see all sorts of interesting sensors for the health field, components for video gaming and more crop up. The possibilities for what you can do with Project Ara should be nearly endless, though the company isn’t shy about admitting that it’ll take some time before the dream is fully realized. They’re not expecting to be able to run their first consumer trials until some point in 2015, and a wide-scale consumer launch won’t happen until Google feels confident they’ve knocked out all the kinks and figures out what does and doesn’t work well. It’s an ambitious project so it’s not surprising that they want to take extra care and make sure they get it right. Now it’s up to the users to find out if their patience is as strong as Google needs it to be as we wait its arrival.

Verizon’s Sony Xperia Z3v now available for $200 on-contract Posted: 23 Oct 2014 07:54 AM PDT Verizon finally has themselves a good Sony phone worth owning. It’s the Sony Xperia Z3v, a slightly different take on Sony’s flagship smartphone, and it’s now available for purchase at Big Red. Verizon’s version goes with a slightly different look — one akin to that of the Xperia Z2 — and also adds a couple neat bells and whistles that the original Xperia Z3 doesn’t have. Those bells and whistles would be wireless charging, as well as bigger battery capacity. You’ll find identical specs otherwise, though, including a 5.2-inch 1080p display, a 2.5GHz Snapdragon 801 chipset, a 20.7 megapixel camera, 3GB of RAM, 32GB of internal storage (expandable via microSD) and more. $200 will get you the phone if you’re down to sign a two-year contract, though Verizon Edge is certainly a viable route to take at $25 per month for 24 months. That figures to be about $600 if you decide to just buy the thing outright. Verizon’s site has the goods right here if you’re looking to purchase one today.

[Update: global launch details] LG G Watch R sales begin in the UK as early as tomorrow Posted: 23 Oct 2014 06:55 AM PDT Popular UK retailer Clove has given our first indication of launch plans for the LG G Watch R outside of South Korea. The company has updated their G Watch R listing to note that first stock is expected to land as early as tomorrow, with orders beginning to ship Monday, October 27th. Folks should expect to see the watch arrive on their doorsteps early that week, and we imagine most of the initial orders will be fulfilled by Halloween. The G Watch R is the first circular smart watch to launch since Motorola’s Moto 360, and while it may not be getting the same level of hype that particular unit received it’s still anticipated by many. Its sporty look adds to its appeal for many, though that same look is what moved many others to go with the Moto 360 or hold off for something else down the line. LG’s experience with Android Wear began with the LG G Watch and it wasn’t a bad first attempt at all. That should give everyone confidence that they’ll follow up with a device worthy of your attention and money once it finally lands outside of South Korean borders. Let us know if you’ll be giving LG’s latest wrist dweller a shot once it arrives. [Update]: LG has announced official global launch plans for the LG G Watch R. Alongside the UK, they’ve confirmed France, Italy and Spain as some of the first European countries slated to get the smart watch. Those rollouts will happen throughout early November. LG says North America, the rest of Asia and the Commonwealth of Independent States will get it “soon after,” and we also get confirmation that the smart watch would be made available via Google Play in select markets (though we didn’t expect anything less considering every Android Wear smart watch to date has launched there). We’ll be on the lookout for exact release date details for more regions and will certainly deliver them to you as they become available.

Humbile “Mo-boo-ile” Bundle brings 6 spooky games for cheap Posted: 23 Oct 2014 06:38 AM PDT New Humble Bundle is roaring in for folks looking for great new games on the cheap. It’s the special Mo-boo-ile bundle — yes, it sounds very cheesy. But it’ll bring you 6 games that should help you get into the spooky spirit of Halloween that’s coming up in a week’s time. You can pay anything you want for the following three games: Rebuild — a post-apocalyptic turn-based strategy game Oscura: Second Shadow — platformer Containment: The Zombie Puzzler — a pretty dark puzzle game Reach the current average mark of $2.99 and you’ll be awarded the rest: Five Nights at Freddy’s — sentient fuzzy robots want to kill you Dead Effect — your typical zombie shooter The Walking Dead: Assault — top-down real-time strategy game The value of the whole bundle if you’d buy them individually is about $25 so you’re getting a pretty good opportunity to save serious coin on entertainment. As always, more games are expected to be added within a week or two so don’t forget to check back to see what they are. Be sure to give the whole bundle a look-see over at their website and let us know if you’ll be taking advantage.

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