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Star Wars Pancakes: May The Taste Be With You
DIY Iron Man Suit Moves On Its Own!
PlayOn Now Supports Chromecast, But Doesn’t Do Much For Cord Cutters
Foursquare’s Swarm App Shows Nearby Friends, Includes Check-Ins

Star Wars Pancakes: May The Taste Be With You

Posted: 05 May 2014 07:00 AM PDT

The 4th of May might have been yesterday, but we love Star Wars each and every single day of the year. Combine that with breakfast, and you’re in for something awesome.

The Star Wars universe is packed with strange, wild and majestic creatures, and all we can think of is what would they taste like. But being that some of us geeks are vegans, vegetarians, or just don’t like the taste of alien creatures, we’ll offer an alternative instead. This is pancake artist Nathan Shields‘ project, where he turned some of the creatures seen in the movies into delicious breakfast treats to delight geeks. Will you try making your own?

Source: Neatorama

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DIY Iron Man Suit Moves On Its Own!

Posted: 05 May 2014 06:00 AM PDT

We’ve seen Tony do everything in the Iron Man movies, from changing suits mid fight, to having the suits battle on their own! And turns out, the second part is not that far-fetched.

Attention, crafty geeks! If you know what you’re doing, you can get your own moving Iron Man suit, as designed by Greg Hatter and Jerome Kelty on Instructables and Hack A Day, without having to be Tony Stark yourselves.

While the suit is not likely to go off running on its own, the helmet, forearm missile, hip pods and back flaps all move without any issue. Furthermore, the suit still can be worn, and plays sound effects and displays lights as the user performs actions such as walking. See it working in the video below these lines!

Source: Technabob

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PlayOn Now Supports Chromecast, But Doesn’t Do Much For Cord Cutters

Posted: 05 May 2014 05:00 AM PDT

Chromecast is bringing more and more content from your mobile device or computer to your TV, and now supports over 100 channels of live TV thanks to PlayOn.

Google’s Chromecast has become the standard bearer for streaming devices–especially since the explosion of 3rd party app support came as a result of the release of the Chromecast SDK back in February.

The demand for streaming internet media services is only going up, with the popularity of Netflix, Hulu, and other similar Chromecast supported services increasing. This is evident in cable subscription numbers, with 2013 marking the first year pay-TV services–such as cable and satellite–have witnessed a net loss in subscribers.

The biggest issue with streaming internet services is the lack of live content. Netflix and Hulu may have great media libraries, but traditional pay-TV services are still a powerhouse when it comes to live content. Many TV subscribers have yet to become cord cutters solely due to to the traditional broadcast schedule enjoyed by pay-TV services.

PlayOn, a streaming service that intends to close the gap between streaming and pay-TV service is now available for Chromecast. PlayOn costs $29.99 a year, or $59.99 for a lifetime membership. The service requires the app be installed on your mobile device as well as an app on your PC in order to function properly.

PlayOn supports over 100 channels, meaning it could hypothetically substitute for most cable subscriptions, but the service does require a cable subscription for many of the available channels, much in the same way each channel currently requires a cable subscription for their own standalone streaming services, making PlayOn not much more than a conglomeration of existing streaming services at the end of the day.

While PlayOn may provide the on-the go streaming service demanded by many people, it is clearly not a full solution for cord cutters since PlayOn depends on the existence of a cord in order to properly function. For someone that currently subscribes to a pay-tv service and doesn’t want to depend on the standalone app for each channel, PlayOn would provide substantial unification of their services.

For anyone looking to cut the cord, yet still catch their favorite show when it airs, there is no easy solution outside of subscribing to a major TV provider, but the demand for streaming services will continue to put pressure on the content providers to provide their content in a more a la carte fashion.

Source: Android Central

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Foursquare’s Swarm App Shows Nearby Friends, Includes Check-Ins

Posted: 04 May 2014 01:15 PM PDT

With its latest move, Foursquare targets both Facebook and Yelp. Its newly launched app, Swarm, displays nearby friends and lets you check-in, while the redesigned Foursquare app will focus solely on reviews, Yelp-style.

The split resulted after Foursquare discussed with [some of] its users and realized that the two most frequent things people do with the company’s mobile app are distinct enough to be featured in distinct apps.

In a recent blog post, the company commented that “It turns out, each time you open the app, you almost always do just one of those things. At home, you might be searching for a place for dinner. After dinner, you are probably looking to see what friends nearby are up to.”

Foursquare explains in the same blog post the reasons behind designing the swarm app: “An app should be able to answer questions like ‘give me a great date dinner spot’ and not just ‘tell me the nearest gas station’. Swarm is for people who want the fastest and easiest way to connect with their friends. Foursquare is for explorers who want to know about the best spots, and to share what they’ve found with others.”

The habit of splitting bundled features into distinct apps isn’t new. Facebook removed its chat capabilities from its main app and encouraged people to install the Messenger app instead. There is yet another similarity to Facebook in Foursquare’s case: the social network launched recently a new feature called Nearby Friends. While the name says it all, this was a clear sign that Facebook is ready to focus more on location-based features beyond its check-ins. Finding out which of your friends is nearby seems to be a hot topic, so Foursquare rushed in to exploit it, as well.

What will happen with the old Foursquare app? Well, according to the blog, “In the near future, the Foursquare app is also going to go through a metamorphosis. Local search today is like the digital version of browsing through the Yellow Pages (remember those?). We believe local search should be personalized to your tastes and informed by the people you trust. The opinions of actual experts should matter, not just strangers. We’re right now putting the final touches on this new, discovery-focused version of Foursquare. It’ll be polished and ready for you later this summer.”

Till the new Foursquare and Swarm apps are out, people are invited to sign up on swarmapp.com, so that they’re among the first to learn about the app’s launch.

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