It only took 32 master builders, 5,335,200-bricks, 17,000 hours, and lots of planning to bring a 1:1 ratio, full scale X-Wing fighter from the Star Wars universe, then transfer it to Time Square for a three-day public exhibit. As a result, it’s the world’s largest Lego model weighs a massive 45, 979.61 pounds (this weight includes some supporting steel infrastructure, interestingly). Its dimensions are 11 feet high, 43 feet long, and has a wingspan of 44 feet — if there was ever a real X-Wing fighter, this must be the closet thing there is. To add to the grandeur, it’s actually quite a beautiful construction.
And for those of you concerned as to whether or not it will be disassembled, worry not: after the exhibit in Times Square, the giant X-Win fighter will find a new home in the LEGOLAND California Resort.
Via: Technolog
Despite the internal struggle drawing fears that HTC is falling apart, recently announced sales figures for the HTC One handset deem otherwise. The HTC One, in an interview with an unnamed executive from HTC, has sold “around 5 million” units since launch, mainly since ”orders are pretty good so far and are still more than what we can supply.”
What’s been a gaping hole in Twitter’s feature-set? Two-step verification. Logging in from the browser on twitter.com will now allow you to choose between normal verification and the new two-step verification method, which will send a six-digit code via SMS that works alongside your existing password and username. For applications that rely on your log-in, they should remain unaffected, but the option to generate a temporary password is also an option.
Big news, straight out of Redmond. The Xbox One is the new gaming console from Microsoft. Boasting an octa-core processor based on AMD’s Jaguar design and 8GB of RAM to go up against the Sony PlayStation 4, plus USB 3.0 ports, 500GB of hard drive storage, WiFi Direct, and 5 billion transistors for calculations — it’s a beast. 7.1 surround sound, 1080p and 4k video resolutions are supported, along with 8GB of DDR3 RAM, a 500GB hard drive, a Blu-ray / DVD, HDMI 1.4 out and USB 3.0 ports.
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It’s all very much confirmed, but now Tumblr has to actually accept the $1.1 billion offer that Yahoo’s board has put forth to acquire said company. No doubt is it a gamble, considering that many of the companies that Yahoo! has acquired have been trashed, and Tumblr has a very solid, cool reputation of GIFs, blogs, and some weird stuff, all swirled around by a younger user-base that swears by the service.
For quite a few months now, a certain Motorola device, dubbed the “X Phone”, has been making rounds around the rumor mill. From being Google’s new flagship device, to just another device in the Motorola portfolio, to debuting a completely new version of Android, the X Phone has been very mysterious, but images have leaked in the past.
When Valve cut-off a ton of their employees, dubbed the “great cleansing”, two specific engineers not only left the company, but left with their project as well. Ex-Valve engineers Jeri Ellsworth and Rick Johnson created the CastAR, which takes a whole different approach to modified-reality tech by placing tiny projectors the shades.
Referred to as “Glassware”, Google Glass apps are coming together as part of a storm for Explorer users. Starting with delivering CNN breaking news alerts, then Twitter, Tumblr and Facebook posts, along with Evernote reminders and articles from Elle Magazine. The New York Times and Path were the only two Glassware apps available for the headset, until now. The apps will roll-out soon, and with thousands of others in development for the public Google Glass launch next year.
