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- DualShock 3 Coffee Table Is For The Gamers & For The Living Room
- Samsung’s Voice Controlled TV Could Eavesdrop On You
- A collection of geeky Valentine’s day T-shirts
- Apple Giving Away Freebies With ‘Free On iTunes’
| DualShock 3 Coffee Table Is For The Gamers & For The Living Room Posted: 12 Feb 2015 10:30 AM PST  With PlayStation celebrating its 20 anniversary, you might find yourself craving a little PlayStation love. So why not this DualShock 3 coffee table?
Furniture maker WoodCurve just recently sold this impressive 3/4″ Birch plywood-made coffee table of Sony's signifying console controller that went for $3,000 USD. Yeah, pretty pricey. But truly a way to show how much you love PlayStation. Well, besides carving a large marble statue of SCE Worldwide Studio’s president Shuhei Yoshida. Doesn’t hurt that this coffee table is a beauty, too. All the proper DualShock 3 buttons and symbols are well represented from below the custom cut 1/2? tempered glass top, and on side, WoodCurve has even included a neat storage area for your stuff – games, accessories, and yes, even a PlayStation console. As a complete package, this DualShock 3 coffee table not only makes a statement, but is a functional piece of furniture for any living room. It’s just a shame the only one of its kind just got bought. Perhaps if there’s enough demand, WoodCurve will build more. Here’s hoping! Source: WoodCurve Be social! Follow Walyou on Facebook and Twitter! And read more related stories about how NASA's New Z-2 Spacesuit Is The Weirdest Spacesuit Ever and ZeniMax Files Lawsuit Against Oculus VR Over Stolen Code.         |
| Samsung’s Voice Controlled TV Could Eavesdrop On You Posted: 12 Feb 2015 10:01 AM PST  As gadgets begin to offer more and more features, a new smart TV from Samsung highlights our serious fears about new technology.
In theory, smart televisions sound like a phenomenally good idea. Instead of having to buy specific boxes such as the Amazon Fire TV or a games console to to access media apps, your TV would already offer them and so all you’d have to do is use your TV remote to connect to Netflix or Amazon Prime Video to catch up on that show you love. Similarly, you’d also be able to watch shows on YouTube, where media creators are increasingly releasing web series. Or you could listen to music; or play games, or interact with your friends on social media. The possibilities are endless, which is why smart TVs are speedily increasing in popularity. But as a warning included with Samsung’s smart, Internet connected TV shows, the future of our televisions is also a scary one. That suggestion comes from the following policy, regarding the Voice Recognition feature in Samsung’s new TVs:
Yes, the company has confirmed that the things you say to your TV to control it will be sent to a third-party service, where the data is then analysed and sent back, to tell your TV what to do. And while it’s true that most of the time the third-party service is just another tech device (and there’s no human interaction), that’s still incredibly scary. Samsung has also explained that users can disable Voice Recognition data collection (where Samsung collects various bits of data and text versions of the thing you say in order to improve Voice Recognition’s performance) but doing this will prevent you from using Voice Recognition at all. They also note that you can disconnect your TV from the Internet and that a microphone icon shows up on the screen when the Voice Recognition is activated so even if you think you’re being eavesdropped on, you would know about it. But who will want to disconnect their TV from the Internet every time they want to have a person conversation? And who wants to constantly be on the lookout for that little microphone symbol? No one, that’s who. And other concerns still remain. Namely, even if Samsung themselves isn’t collecting our voices for whatever usage, what if somebody else is? What if the smart TV gets hacked and some nefarious human being uses it to spy on us? Less bizarre things have happened, so we wouldn’t write it off. If smart TVs (and indeed, all Internet-connected smart gadgets) are going to take off, privacy concerns like this will need to be addressed in the future. We’ll keep you posted should Samsung make any more statements. Source: TechCrunch Be social! Follow Walyou on Facebook and Twitter, and read more related stories, Could Samsung Be On of the Main Suppliers for the Next iPhone?, Samsung get ready to unveil their newest Galaxy    |
| A collection of geeky Valentine’s day T-shirts Posted: 11 Feb 2015 07:00 AM PST  Valentine’s day is just around the corner and we for one have had enough of flowers. But even if you like them, nothing says you can’t throw a shirt on top.
These designs come straight from the NeatoShop, all from different artists. They are a new way in which you can still do something special for Valentine’s day without having to give flowers like every other year. You should still consider the chocolate, though, that is always a must. While we have only picked a few designs here, the shop features many more with characters ranging from Attack on Titan and Family Guy to classics such as Beetlejuice and Star Wars. And while some of these shirts might be a bit tacky for use outside of a Valentine’s day celebration with cute gifts, most of these designs are pretty incredible on their own so be sure to check out what they have to offer. Be social! Follow Walyou on Facebook and Twitter, and read more related stories at Celebrate Valentine's Day With Star Trek Cookies and Comic Book Love on Valentine's – 16 Superhero Couples.
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| Apple Giving Away Freebies With ‘Free On iTunes’ Posted: 11 Feb 2015 05:00 AM PST  After axing the iTunes Single of the Week promotion, Apple has now launched ‘Free On iTunes’ to give out more freebies.
Since 2004, Apple has generously been giving out free music to its users. Once a week, at least one new single would be available for the price of nothing as part of their iTunes Single of the Week promotion. Songs from artists like James Blunt, Drake, The All-American Rejects and 30 Seconds To Mars were all offered at one point. But iTunes Single of the Week came to a surprising end in the middle of January, 10 years after it began. At the time, no word was given as to why Apple had axed the service and it seemed especially baffling as the company is becoming more focused on the music side of its business, having purchased headphone maker Beats by Dre for $3 billion back in 2014. In the wake of the iTunes Single of the Week promotion, Apple has now decided to replace it. In a surprise move for the company, Apple has now introduced ‘Free On iTunes’ which will offer even more free goodies than before. Unlike iTunes Single of the Week, the Free On iTunes section of the store will provide TV shows in addition to music. And on top of that, the music offered extends to more than just a lone single, with over a dozen free tracks being offered as of the time of writing. Some examples of free tracks are Flower by Cody Simpson, Pacifier by Catfish and the Bottlemen and Breathe by Anima! None of the other tracks (there are currently 12 on offer) are by particularly big names either but the idea here is to drum up interest and give us new artists to listen to rather than to give us free music from artists that we already spend money on. Some examples of free TV shows include the pilot episodes of Better Call Saul and Fresh Off the Boat, which both recently debuted. Plenty of people are excited about those shows, so you can’t really go wrong there. Unfortunately, Free On iTunes only appears to be available in the United States but as the previous promotion was supported globally (including in Brazil and the UK) we expect it to roll out there soon. We’ll keep you posted. Be social! Follow Walyou on Facebook and Twitter, and read more related stories, Apple & Beats prepare streaming service, New Apple leak shows us their 12-inch MacBook Air    |
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