drag2share: Google's Open Project mirrors Android apps on any connected touchscreen

source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/09/27/google-open-project-mirrors-android-apps-touchscreen/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_campaign=Engadget&ncid=rss_semi

Sure, Google already has Chromecast for throwing websites and media to big screens. The company's engineers believe they can go one better, however, with something called the Open Project framework. It's an effort to find a standardized way of mirroring not only content, but also touch inputs on a suitably equipped touchscreen or connected TV. Setting it up is simple: open the Open Project server webpage running on the machine connected to your chosen display, scan a QR code with your smartphone camera, and boom, you're ready to interact with your content and apps. It opens a world where people can collaborate on content or play multiplayer games without additional hardware or sensors. Open Project remains a proof-of-concept for now, or perhaps a plaything for UI-obsessed billionaires, but check out the video to see where the technology might take us in the future.

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drag2share: Intel Capital throws money at Recon Instruments, hints at wearable war with Google

source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/09/27/intel-capital-recon/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_campaign=Engadget&ncid=rss_semi

If you thought that Google Glass was the only wearable backed by one of tech's mega corporations, think again. Intel's investment arm has now ponied up a "significant" investment into Recon Instruments, makers of the Jet heads-up display for extreme sports. While neither party has disclosed how much cash Intel has thrown Recon's way, the release does reveal that the Intel Capital will be sharing its expertise in "manufacturing, operations and technology" in addition to its checkbook. While it's far, far too early to presume that we'll see Santa Clara dive head-first into the weara! bles mar ket, we're going to be watching this partnership with extreme interest.

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LG's cheapest Ultra HDTV starts at $3,500, OLED TV drops to $10,000

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/09/26/lg-ultra-hd-3500-oled-10000/

LG had its own Ultra HD news to reveal here at CEDIA 2013, and first up are two new edge LED lit LCD TVs joining the family. The cheaper models the company announced in Korea last month are coming to the US this month, with the 65-inch LA9650 (shown above) rocking a $5,000 price tag, and the 55-inch coming home for just $3,500 -- even less than we'd expected. Coming along with the new TVs is an LG "Sound Plate" it first showed off at IFA (pictured after the break). There's no price or release date yet, but expect it to hit in Q4. Beyond the new TVs, LG is also slashing prices on its existing lineup, with the higher end LA9700 models in the same sizes dropping to $6,500 and $4,500. Concerned about needing HDMI 2.0 in the future? We don't have firm answers yet, but LG says it's working on a solution for existing models. Even its 55-inch curved OLED TV is getting a price break, dropping down to $10,000 at retail from its previous launch price of $14,000.

Filed under: Displays, Home Entertainment, HD, LG

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11 Things Samsung's Galaxy S4 Can Do That The iPhone 5S Can't (GOOG, AAPL)

Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/samsung-galaxy-s4-versus-iphone-5s-2013-9

Apple's newest top iPhone, the iPhone 5S, has arrived. 

Early reviews have been really, really good, but how does the 5S stand up against its biggest rival, the Samsung Galaxy S4.

There are actually a bunch of things Samsung's phone can do that the iPhone 5S can't. Take a look.

It has a built-in infrared blaster that can be used as a universal remote to control your TV. (The IR blaster is that little black dot at the top of the phone.) The phone also has a special app that pulls in data from your cable or satellite provider and can suggest shows you may like to watch.

It has a near field communication (NFC) chip that lets your phone talk to other devices with NFC. This means you can use your phone to make mobile payments, swap content like photos between phones just by tapping them together, or pair your phone with a stereo with a tap.

You can add extra storage to your Galaxy S4 if you insert a standard Micro SD card. They're pretty cheap too. You can add an extra 32 GB of storage for about $20.

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drag2share: Blake Lively Launching Lifestyle Brand To Rival Gwyneth Paltrow's 'Goop'

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Blake Lively wants to be a "Gossip Girl" no more!

The 26-year-old wife of Ryan Gosling announced today that she is launching a lifestyle brand "in a few months."

"I have so many passions outside of acting and things that I grew up being good at and that I don't utilize when acting," the actress told Vogue UK. "Acting was something that my family did so I just kind of got into it by default, but there was so much that I cultivated, thinking that I wouldn't be an actor."

Lively continued, "The main element of it is that it's about storytelling and it's about living a very one-of-a-kind, curated life, and how to achieve that."

Apparently, that means distancing herself from the CW show that made her famous.

“A lot has changed for me in the last year,” says Lively. “I got married, I finished 'Gossip Girl' after six years, I had my first break in a while and I’ve been working on this company … it has been nice to have a separation from my show.”

While Lively insists "There's nothing like [her new company] out there, it's without! a genre ," the idea sounds similar to Gwyneth Paltrow's weekly lifestyle newsletter, "Goop" — which promotes the "Iron Man" actress' cooking tips, recipes, clothing, favorite travel spots, relationship experts, and more. 

But it looks like Lively actually can cook, as she demonstrated with model Elettra Wiedemann at the Bedford Post Inn kitchen where the two baked a sausage puff pastry. (See below.)

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