Best of CES 2019 [video]

How Well Did The Tech Giants Do In 2017?

Engadget published this round-up of the good and the bad from Apple, Google, Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft, and Samsung as well as what to expect in 2018.

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Really LG? An Android Flip Phone?

Gizmodo reported –

LG Gentle isn’t quite the Motorola Razr of yore. It runs Android 5.1 Lollipop, sports a 1.1 GHz quad-core processor, 1 GB of RAM, 4 GB of storage space, which is expandable via a microSD slot. Unfortunately, you’re not going to be able to do much with that 3.2-inch 480 x 320 display. Oh and a 3-megapixel camera because why not?

Now the bad news  – it’s only available in Korea.

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Braun vs Apple [infographic]

This little infographic shows that Apple has been “borrowing” their product styling from Braun – yes, Braun, the manufacturer of electric shavers.

See the full infographic HERE

 

 

Free Ad-supported Underwear – Japan Innovates Again

Gizmodo reported –

Free underwear! Free underwear! Get your free, ad-supported underwear right here! Just head on over to the free pants site, fill out a quick questionnaire and be prepared to be served ads on your drawers. Yes, ads on your drawers. Just sell a little real estate on your soul and you get seven free pairs of skivvies every month. This offer is only good in Japan. And just like Japan, it’s delightfully odd. But it’s hard to argue with free. Would you do it?

 

 

New Mouse Has 18 Buttons – Really!

PC World reports –

WarMouse, in collaboration with the OpenOffice.org community, revealed on Friday a new open-source mouse developed specifically for users of the OpenOffice suite. It packs in a massive 18 programmable buttons, all of which can be double-clicked, in addition to a scroll-wheel, 512k of built-in flash memory and support for over 60 separate configurations. With that many buttons let’s just hope its target users are incredibly dexterous.

Read more HERE.