drag2share: Etymotic revamps its ETY-Kids3 in-ear headphones, kid-safe volume, now with iPhone controls

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/03/etymotic-revamps-its-ety-kids3-in-ear-headphones-kid-safe-volum/

Got your kid an iDevice for the holidays? Now they'd like some headphones with inline controls, you say? Well, being the amazing that parent that you are, you're okay with it, but you'd also like to ensure they can't blow-out their eardrums before hitting high school. Fret not, as Etymotic has just unveiled its updated volume-limiting ETY-kids3 in-ear headphones with an iPhone-certified inline remote / mic. The intra-aurals also come with Ety's Awareness app, which mixes in louder noises like traffic, for the sake of extra safety. Ety plans to show off the 'buds during CES, and you can expect to find them on store shelves come January 30th for about 80 bucks. Full press release after the break.

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drag2share: Samsung's Smart TV SDK reaches 3.0 with support for USB controllers, payment and ads

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/03/samsungs-smart-tv-sdk-30-usb-advertisements/

Even though all signs indicate Samsung will be joining the Google TV party shortly, it's not going to give up on its own existing Smart TV platform just yet. We don't know if it will run the two side by side as it has operated with Yahoo! Widgets, but the Korean manufacturer has announced it plans to release version 3.0 of its SDK January 5th. The new Samsung Apps toolkit supports mobile devices and TV sets, and lets developers build in support for remote controls, as well as USB mice, keyboards or gamepads. Of course, not all devs will work for free, so they're also adding a way for them to get paid through the built-in payment system or advertisements. Currently, Samsung claims 25,000 developers from 140 countries in its forums, but we'll have to wait until CES 2012 to find out if its products live up to the hype and attract more innovative software to the segment.

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drag2share: Samsung outs revamped Galaxy Ace Plus: bigger screen, worse resolution

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/03/samsung-outs-revamped-galaxy-ace-plus-bigger-screen-worse-reso/

Samsung clearly didn't spend the holiday season kicking back listening to Dick Clark, or else it wouldn't be able to show off the revamped edition of the Galaxy Ace: the Galaxy Ace Plus. Unimaginative names aside, the budget blower gets a speed bump, to last year's minimum spec -- 1GHz processor, five megapixel camera, 3GB internal memory, HSDPA and a 3.65-inch HVGA (320 x 480) screen (really, Samsung?). You'll get the same combination of Gingerbread and TouchWiz, so you might have to go elsewhere if you wanna upgrade to ICS. The cheapie phone will go on sale this month in Europe, Russia, Latin America, Asia, Africa and China, we guess retailing in the same bracket as its predecessor. Head on past the break to read all about it in a combination of words and punctuation we like to call a press release.

Update: The phone's resolution hasn't changed in the update, but the screen size has, which means the pixel density is now worse than before.

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drag2share: SoundCloud Just Raised A Monster $50 Million Round And Mary Meeker Is On Board

Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/soundcloud-just-raised-50-million-and-mary-meeker-is-on-board-2012-1

Mary Meeker of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers is joining SoundCloud's board of advisors after her firm led a monster $50 million round in the music sharing service, TechCrunch reports.

The round values SoundCloud at $200 million, with GGV capital also participating in the round, according to the site.

SoundCloud is basically the YouTube for sound and music. You record sounds — music, speech or anything like that — and upload it to SoundCloud. It then crunches the sound and gives it a visual waveform component and lets you share it with your friends.

You can add a comment that will show up at a specific time in the sound file, making it useful for collaborative sound production.

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drag2share: Twin NASA Spacecraft Now Orbiting the Moon Carrying Space Eyes For Students [Space]

Source: http://gizmodo.com/5872388/twin-nasa-spacecraft-now-orbiting-the-moon

NASA's new favorite ships for all Middle school students are now ready to start work: GRAIL-B has joined her twin GRAIL-A into a near-polar, elliptical orbit around the Moon.

The probes will be ready for science on March 2012, when they will be spinning around the Moon every two hours in a near-circular orbit at just 34 miles from the Moon's surface.

The GRAIL mission—Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory—is designed to map the Moon's gravity map, allowing scientists to "see" into the interior of our satellite. The twin spacecraft constantly measure the distances between them and the surface of the Moon, which make them capable of detecting any changes on the gravity field.

The best part for kids all around America are the small cameras aboard both ships, called MoonKAM. Middle school students would be able to control these cameras during a special program led by America's first woman in the space, Sally Ride. Maybe one of the students will find aliens there, as scientists discover that our satellite is actually made of Gouda cheese. [NASA]

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