CNET Update - Ouya game console hits stores in June
CNET Update - Ouya game console hits stores in June
2013-02-05
it's time to welcome a new game console
get mushy on apps and dry your hands
like a boss I'm Bridget Carey and this
is your scene that update there's a new
video game console hitting stores in
June it's the oh yah and it's more than
just a funny name this is an
android-based open source game console
that will retail for a hundred dollars
and it will give consumers cheaper
access to a wider selection of games to
play on our television new games on
playstation xbox and wii u they cost
sixty dollars but games filled for the
Ouya are free to try and they'll likely
cost much less to own this console was a
huge hit on Kickstarter it raised more
than 8.5 million dollars last year it'll
be available at retailers including
gamestop best buy target and amazon
players can pre-order it now it includes
one controller with a built-in touchpad
and extra controllers cost fifty dollars
looks like t-mobile will finally be
turning on its 4G LTE network at the end
of March that's because it's expected to
release the blackberry z10 on March 27th
along with some other LTE devices that's
according to an internal document leaked
to the site TmoNews t-mobile is the last
major US carrier to not have the faster
4G LTE network speeds speaking of LTE
Forbes is reporting that freedompop is
coming out with a tablet clip that gives
free 4G LTE internet access to your ipad
or android tablet users can get 500
megabytes free a month and pay for more
data if needed the clip won't be coming
out until the second half of the year
but the company currently sells other
devices that offer free 4G access you
know what a bummer it is to wash your
hands at the sink but then you gotta
walk over to dry them and you drip your
wet hands all over the floor well the
engineers at Dyson have saved us from
this daily nightmare with a new faucet
called the Airblade tap it washes and
then blasts out an air stream to dry
your hands without leaving the sink it's
about fifteen hundred dollars but you
might start seeing this at airports or
fancy hotels today's appt to watch is
one for you lovebirds out there it's
called couple it used to be called pair
but then this week the company bought
the UK
competitor app called couple and now
it's renamed itself to a couple spilled
properly but if you haven't tried it yet
couple is a social network for just two
people to share levy w messages photos
drawings it also syncs a calendar so you
can schedule dates and you can make
shopping lists there's also thumb kisses
where you both put your thumb on the
screen and it gives a vibrate oh that's
your tech news update you can find more
details on these stories at cnet com /
update from our studios in New York I'm
Bridget Carey
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