Game controls built into a slim phone case. Why are we not funding this?? November 5, 2013 | perivision | Leave a comment Actually, I expect a kickstarter any minute now. But THIS is a great solution. Just like a normal clam case but with controls. Natch! Now, as its shown here, it would not work because there is no way to support the flap, but if there was a solid hinge with a restriction, it could work. … Read More
How to fix a blurry, low resolution screen after updating to Windows 8.1 October 30, 2013 | perivision | 2 Comments I pulled the trigger and updated to Windows 8.1 and first thing I was greeted with was a blurry, low resolution screen. What the? Do I did a bit of digging and found the fix. It has to do with DPI scaling which I would bet is related to handling tablets screens. Annoying. However,… Read More
Google watch is coming. And I think it will be a winner October 29, 2013 | perivision | Leave a comment The Wall Street Journal reported that Google Watch is just a few months away as they reach out to Chinese manufactures. They also supported the rumor it will run Android integrated with Google Now. Makes sense of course. They have been working on Google Now for a while, have it working with Google Glass, so… Read More
Hacking a building the AEC way October 23, 2013 | Damon | Leave a comment Have you seen the game trailers for Watch Dogs? In the game, the player is a cyber-vigilante that explores a connected ‘smart’ city and accesses its 2D and 3D information like a high tech Batman. As an example of this, the game even has a website called We Are Data that shows real geo-located information… Read More
Leaving iPhone for Android. The last straw, my Pebble watch October 23, 2013 | perivision | Leave a comment I have been using the iphone 4 for a long time now. It works well. I had it jailbroken and customized to do what I want. Never did update to the iPhone 4S and also skipped out on the five because I was too invested in the old docking station. So much so, I had… Read More
Make a good product, have a great advert, but poor business decisions can kill you October 22, 2013 | perivision | Leave a comment I have the Pebble watch and love it especially now that I have finally made the jump from iPhone to Android, but that is another story. The Pebble watch has not lived up to the hyped expectations, but it has performed the basics. And its the basics that makes the Pebble great. And then comes… Read More
New Online TV Application, xTV is no longer dark. October 16, 2013 | perivision | Leave a comment Big Brands among first adopters of Twitter plus TV There is a new type of internet TV out there. Called xTV they focus on dynamic video content based on keywords or trending keywords on Twitter. Imagine you could set up a TV feed on technology focusing on mobile devices and international news, and the latest… Read More
AEC Hackathon – Where Techies and Builders Change the World September 30, 2013 | Damon | Leave a comment I feel it right to be upfront and say we are about to go on a journey. The matter at hand is something that has become very close to me and it directly affects anyone that lives and works in a house or building. In a few weeks there is going to be a first… Read More
My Cat is addicted to Crack September 5, 2013 | perivision | 1 Comment It did not happen over night. Back when I first got Brandi, my orange fur ball, I did what most single guys do at the time. Go to the store and buy whatever dry cat food was on sale. She was not thrilled with it, but liked it well enough. And life was good. However,… Read More
Lets compare the Samsung Gear to the Pebble Smart Watch. September 4, 2013 | perivision | Leave a comment Let the smart watch war begin. Now to be fair, the Pebble is not from a major player and thus does not have the money to fight a full fight, however, the Pebble is able to surprisingly hold its own from a use point of view. So lets compare the Gear and the Pebble. BTW,… Read More
The Smiths meets Peanuts (Charlie Brown) August 23, 2013 | perivision | Leave a comment A while back I wrote about a funny site that took Peanuts comics and replaced the text with random tweets. Well some decided it would be a cool idea to do the same thing but instead replace text with lyrics from the Smiths. Now, if you are not a full blooded Smiths fan, these will… Read More
Cool 3D printed Pebble SmartWatch stand. August 22, 2013 | perivision | 4 Comments This is pretty cool. Corey Perlman created a Pebble stand using a 3D printer. Came out pretty nice I think! If you want one, he can get it to you for around $10 depending on where you live. He also placed the .stl files on makerbot thingverse so you can grab and print yourself. Sweet.… Read More
First in the great smartwatch war, Samsung Galaxy Gear. But would you want one? August 18, 2013 | perivision | Leave a comment The news has already been out there, Samsung will release their watch Sept 4th beating Apple to the punch. Apple may not be too worried about this since rumors hold that there will not be an Apple compatible version of the app anytime soon. One can even question if Apple would allow this in the… Read More
EA to offer SimCity offline mode. One of the best comments I’ve seen August 17, 2013 | perivision | Leave a comment This is not new news, SimCity5 has had one of the worse release in recent memory. As a big SimCity fan, I was sadden that I just could not justify paying for this. I have been waiting for a good hack that will allow me to play offline, then I figured I would buy it. … Read More
Beware of scammers while getting info on your Pebble Watch August 16, 2013 | perivision | Leave a comment I already got mine, but I read this on Reddit and thought I should pass it on. I got my pebbles almost 2 weeks back and yet again i received another emAil confirming my pre-order with a link to Pay for the same I could have been greedy and done that but something stoped me… Read More
Free Windows 8.1 upgrade set to release in Oct. .. it aint much August 15, 2013 | perivision | Leave a comment I have Windows 8 on all of my machines. Not so much because I live Windows 8, but more that I got the licenses when they were on sale and it actually runs better on old machines. That being said, I have yet to use the chicklet ‘metro’ elements of the OS. Even on my… Read More
iOS Smartwatch Pro. Get your calendar and tweets on your Pebble. No Jailbreak required August 7, 2013 | perivision | Leave a comment OK, so we still have yet to see the Promise on iOS unjailbroken fully realized, but we are getting closer. A few days back a new App was deployed in the App store called Smartwatch Pro. This app give those non jailbroken iPhone users a little closer to their Android brethren. Here4 is what version… Read More
IKEA uses Augmented Reality. It is highly effective August 5, 2013 | perivision | Leave a comment Augmented Reality (AR) has been around for a long time, but it has yet to really find a local role in a major vender. That has changed. IKEA has a new app that work on both iOS and Android that will allow you check out various IKEA furniture as it would look in your place.… Read More
Pebble 1.2 released! Gmail support for iOS without jailbreak August 1, 2013 | perivision | Leave a comment Today Pebble released update 1.2. So far, the only thing I have noticed is Gmail support. But that is huge. I know with Android you can already do this with various tools, but for non jailbroken iOS users, this is a great new function. Now this is not the greatest thing in the world if… Read More
My fortnight review of the Pebble or How I use my Pebble even though its limited. July 26, 2013 | perivision | Leave a comment So its been just over 2 weeks (fortnight) that I’ve been using the Pebble constantly and here is what I have discovered. Its VERY limited with my iPhone. I’m sitting on 6.3.1 and have not bothered to jailbreak yet (been really busy lately) so the only thing that works is phone numbers, text and music… Read More