Cellphone charms have never looked this good. These Avengers: Age of Ultron figures from Beastmaster may look like designer toys, but they are actually cellphone charms. They look like high quality figures for display in your collection – way too good to dangle from your phone.
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Move over Alex and Ani, now there’s Luke and Leia. Except technically there is no Luke or Leia but it’s at least related. With these geeky yet romantic Star Wars Charm Bracelets you can be the epitome of style with the undertone of geekivity. This silver bracelet give you the choice of some of your favorite Star Wars characters to hang on your wrist. There’s Storm Troopers and R2D2:
The charms are each sold separately so you can pick and choose which you want to display. Or go for them all. Are you feeling a bit on the Dark Side today? How about Storm Troopers and Darth Vader then?
Ebony and ivory, hanging on your wrist in perfect harmony. The charms are compatible with most popular charm bracelet brands like PANDORA, Chamilia, Biagi, and Troll, so if you already have a bracelet just add a charm. The character “beads” are made of surgical grade stainless steel. Here’s the best one if you asked me (you didn’t?), the dangling R2D2:
Help me R2, you’re my only hope. These would make a great Valentine’s Day or any day gift for yourself or a loved one. Officially licensed Star Wars jewelry.
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You’ll need to have a well-rounded mix of skills in order to survive a zombie apocalypse, and this charm bracelet contains most, if not all, of the things you’d need aside from those skills. The bracelet is loaded with charms ranging from weapons and tools to food items and communication devices. I’m pretty sure even Michonne would approve.
The “I’ve Got a Zombie Plan” charm bracelet is available for pre-order from PlayBox’s shop on Etsy. It’s priced at $32.23.
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Microsoft vowed that its Touch Mouse would get Windows 8 support in time for the software's big release day, and it's being very true to its word by posting the relevant update with less than a week to go. Mouse and Keyboard Center 2.0 saves time for those not graced with a touchscreen by introducing multi-touch swipes that bring up Windows 8's Charm bar, switch between active apps and invoke Semantic Zoom. Will the Touch Mouse update trick you into thinking you have a Surface? No, but it's certainly much easier on the wallet.
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Microsoft Touch Mouse gets promised Windows 8 support, works like a Charm originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 21 Oct 2012 06:02:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Google vowed that it would adapt Chrome to Metro back in March, and it's just now providing its first real look at the Windows 8 revamp. Don't expect a radical remake: it's Chrome, just in Metro. Even so, the very first test releases will support charms for sharing and other cross-OS features, and they will obey Snap View for tablet-friendly Windows 8 multitasking. Metro support will come in the next Dev channel release for those using the Windows 8 Release Preview. Those of us leery of running a pre-beta web browser on top of a beta OS will have to wait some months to see the finished result. That patience should be rewarded through better touchscreen support and refinements to the overall interface, so by the time the dissenting among us are ready to toss Internet Explorer 10 aside, Chrome will be waiting with open arms.
Google gives a sneak peek at Chrome for Windows 8's Metro UI, plans a test release soon originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 07 Jun 2012 13:54:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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If you're a multitasking extraordinaire who depends on Windows as your primary computing platform of choice, there's a good chance you utilize more than one monitor to get your work done -- unfortunately, the seventh iteration of Microsoft's OS didn't offer as much support in this arena as most display warriors would prefer. The Consumer Preview of Windows 8 offered a few functionality improvements, and with its upcoming Release Preview, Microsoft is focusing on further enhancing the experience. Mark Yalovsky, a lead program manager on the User Experience team, put together a lengthy piece on what kind of goodies we can expect.
Among the highlighted changes is the ability to access the Start, app switching and charms menus from the corners on any monitor, rather than just having these options locked to only the primary display. The Release Preview also improves shared edges and corners so that the flow of cross-display navigation won't get interrupted by obnoxious corners popping up when you don't intend them to. Finally, the option of dragging and dropping Metro-style apps (as well as snapped apps) between monitors has also been included in the new build. These enhancements may seem small, but will go a long way toward appeasing those of us who can't live without more than one screen. For the full listing of feature changes, view Microsoft's video below and check out Mark's post at the source.
Microsoft reveals more multi-monitor improvements in Windows 8 Release Preview (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 21 May 2012 13:06:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink |Microsoft | Email this | Comments Buried among the billions of Snow White and Iron Man MacBook Pro decals in the great marketplace known as Etsy, an intrepid customer may come upon a handful of small bottles with elegant caps and accents. But as with most bottles, the real treasure lies within. Tufts of feathers so crimson you’ll think they were strands of fire: the fabled Phoenix Down. They could also just be chicken feathers dyed red. Or Iron Man MacBook Pro decals ripped to shreds.
Magical they are not, but these pendants and charms are powerful enough to revive your style. They’re certainly better than tent or cottage pendants. Most of them have a winged accent and findings made of pewter, while the simpler ones have cork stoppers.
Summon a Chocobo and ride to Geek OUTlet’s Etsy shop to buy your own Phoenix Down charms and pendants. Prices range from $12-$25 (GIL) (USD). If Cloud only had Internet access… then maybe Aeris wouldn’t have died.