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The Case that Protects Both You and Your iPhone
Posted by Mike Yawney on February 21st, 2012 View Comments
We’ve seen smartphone cases which extend the life of your battery, block radiation — even hold your business cards. But this has to be the first case we’ve seen that not only protects your iPhone but can protect you as well!
Smart Guard, is an iPhone case which
concealsholds a small canister of pepper spray allowing the user to let off a burst of the nasty stuff if they ever get themselves into a bad situation.Even if this bad boy has a safety latch I would hate to think about what happens when the owner needs to dial 911 after firing off the pepper spray. Residue?
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RIM Releases BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0
Posted by Mike Yawney on February 21st, 2012 View Comments
Research in Motion has finally pushed out the long-awaited BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 this morning, bringing some welcome additions to the struggling tablet.
The over-the-air update can be found under settings on your PlayBook.
So what goodies does the update hold?
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New Mass Effect 3 Screenshots Reveal Futuristic Vancouver?
Posted by Mike Yawney on February 13th, 2012 View Comments
Take a close look at these screenshots from Bioware’s upcoming Mass Effect 3. Is that Canada Place in the distance? It appears to be the case. Last year Game Front reported Bioware’s Casey Hudson had mentioned Vancouver played a role in the highly anticipated title. Now it appears we have our first visual proof.
New screenshots posted by Vancouver Buzz show what looks like a futuristic Van City 176 years in the future. The post states Vancouver and Seattle have grown together into one large super city. For some reason it is under attack by reapers. Hmmm. Want more proof? Take a look at the other screenshots below.
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Review: NeverDead
Posted by Mike Yawney on February 10th, 2012 View Comments
At what point in a game’s development phase is it too late to go back and fix things? If something takes away from the game’s enjoyment is it worth delaying the release to ensure gameplay is solid? Those are the two questions I continually asked myself as I played through Konami’s latest release NeverDead.
At the the heart of it NeverDead has serious potential; just consider the premise. The main hero is a demon which can’t be killed. No matter how many times he is hit he refuses to die, he simply loses limb after limb until he’s literally a rolling head. In fact, you can even use your limbs as weapons to kill other demons. In theory it sounds pretty awesome, but the game’s fun factor is crippled by a basic building block of any game. Controls.
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Chevrolet Teams up With OK Go for Latest Viral Music Video
Posted by Mike Yawney on February 6th, 2012 View Comments
You don’t have to like their music to appreciate their music videos. Ok Go is well known for their carefully thought out videos which often go viral and it’s latest offering is no different.
The group teamed up with Chevrolet for the single Needing/Getting. The video shows the band driving a Chevy Sonic outfitted with retractable pneumatic arms designed to play the instruments as the group sings inside.
The video took 4 months of preparation and 4 days of shooting and recording.
Damian, who is seen driving the vehicle, took stunt driving lessons for this video which has already received more than one million views.
Take a look at it below…
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Turn Your E-Waste into Stylish Furniture
Posted by Mike Yawney on January 29th, 2012 View Comments
If you own a computer there’s a good chance you have a drawer or box somewhere filled with old parts. Keyboards, mice, cables all packed away collecting dust. Designer Rodrigo Alonso must have had the same problem, only he found a creative way to use them; turn them into furniture.
Alonso takes a wide assortment of e-waste and turns them into what he calls N+ew Seats. He takes everything from everything from CDs to keyboards and combines them with an epoxy. The end result is what you see above, a unique chair which acts like an electronic time capsule.
The Chilean artist has made a few different models. In some he has chosen to keep the epoxy transparent while in others he added a hint of colour to give a dramatic effect. Check out some of the other samples below.
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Wii U Controller to include NFC Technology
Posted by Mike Yawney on January 27th, 2012 View Comments
Nintendo’s latest quarterly report didn’t paint a very rosy picture for the company. Profits were down 61 percent from the last quarter, a scary sign since Christmas is traditionally a good time for videogame companies. But Nintendo’s President Satoru Iwata told investors not to panic. The Wii U is just around the corner and Iwata promises it will pack a punch, sporting new technology we haven’t seen in consoles to date, including near field communication.
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Latest COD Map Pack a Little Too Elite?
Posted by Sean Taylor on January 26th, 2012 View Comments
Membership has its privileges, we suppose. But the latest Call Of Duty DLC may be stretching that concept a little far. That is, at least, even according to it’s own EULA.
It turns out that the Call Of Duty Elite map pack that recently became available is locked down to only one profile on the console, says multiple users on various COD forum threads. Which means, if your bro or sis wanted to use the maps packs to boost their own gamerscore, it looks like they’re SOL.
Even under the conditions of the download, “You can use this item on the first Xbox 360 console you downloaded it to. Access to this item will also be granted to all users on this first console.”
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Canadian Teens Send Lego Man into Space
Posted by Mike Yawney on January 26th, 2012 View Comments
A couple of Canadian teens are making headlines across the country and around the world after a video they posted on YouTube went viral.
Mathew Ho and his buddy Asad Muhammad came up with a plan to attach a Lego figure to a weather balloon and launch them high into the atmosphere. The pair was inspired by similar projects in the US – so they decided to go ahead with it.
Now they have the video to prove it can be done!
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Netflix Considers Streaming 3D Content, Continues to Invest in Canada
Posted by Mike Yawney on January 25th, 2012 View Comments
Netflix has announced its 4th quarter results for 2011 and the news was better than expected. Despite having a rough year south of the border, Netflix managed to gain 220,000 new streaming customers bringing the total to 21.67 million with 1.9 million customers in Canada.
The company was quick to point it made a significant improvement in content for Canadians with the addition of tier one movies such as Black Swan, True Grit and Rango. It also maintained the prospect for growth is exciting enough to continue pushing for tier one titles for Canada which will eat up the prospects of making any sort of profit in our country. In fact Netflix doesn’t expect to begin making money in Canada until at least Q3 of this year.
