Furby, Amazon, Nike, and more - 90 Seconds on The Verge: July 6, 2012
Furby, Amazon, Nike, and more - 90 Seconds on The Verge: July 6, 2012
2012-07-06
hey it's friday july six 2012 i'm ross
miller and after 90 seconds you and i
will become one with the verge a new
report from bloomberg today claims the
amazon is making its own phone the
android-powered smartphone will
reportedly made by Foxconn who also
makes the iphone and ipad it's all rumor
for now but none of this would really be
that surprising amazon already has its
own fairly robust android app store and
like the fire changes are pretty strong
the phone too we're on a very heavily
modified version of android this week
neck in releasing new line of shoes that
can measure your every single movement
the footwear is equipped with a nike+
sports center that can send real-time
data to your iphone nike has released
two new workout apps for the shoes nike
plus training and nike plus basketball
as with the field band the system
measures your performance with nike zone
feel score it probably won't help you
with your layup but may help you shed a
few pounds after 14 years the furby is
back I'm sorry the fluffy five-inch
robot now has LCD eyes more dance moves
and the sixty dollar price tag some
things ever change though it continues
to adapt its personality over time and
still it never knows when to shut up and
finally the Court of Appeals for the
Federal Circuit just issued a suspension
of the band Galaxy Nexus sales at
Samsung's request in the end it may not
matter that much Google's already pulled
Nexus from the Play Store we don't know
when it's coming back on and Google's
already promised it'll be back next week
anyway with Android 4.1 jelly bean and
that's it for today's top stories tune
in tomorrow for time travel fashion tips
is it ok to replace that missing jacket
with its past self
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