GoPro once again got my attention with the announcement of not just one new product but THREE NEW products and a new awesome software. Me being the camera and tech guy that I am I was super pumped when I watched the event a couple days ago. I will be getting everything. LOL!

Now lets talk features. The Hero 5 Black is now equipped with three on board microphones allowing you to record stereo sound onboard and are suppose to help with the wind reduction. Hero 5 Black is able to capture video in 4K at 30 frames per second. You can also capture 12mp photos in JPEG & RAW!!!! Hero 5 sports advanced video stabilization, making your footage look as smooth as butter. And last but not least Hero 5 Black is also voice controlled. Making it so easy to get the shots you want hands-free without having to stop and push through features. (Good Call GoPro build team!) The Hero 5 Black will retail for $399 and will release on October 2nd.

Second up is the new Session 5 Black. The Session if you aren't familiar is GoPro's super small cubed  camera that packs all the power of the HERO line but in a smaller more compact form. I won't go on an reitterate the features of the Session 5 Black because it features everything that the Hero 5 Black has. waterproof and super durable out of the box, no need for a housing. It now shoots 4K video and has the awesome advanced video stabilization built in. The only differences with the Session is that it captures photos at 10mp and I don't think the audio is as good as the HERO 5 Black. So no stereo sound! If you want a smaller powerful camera that you can basically put and be more none discreet, the Session 5 Black might be the camera for you. The Session 5 Black will retail for $299 and will release on October 2nd. 

And now we get to my favorite item from the announcement, its GoPro's new drone KARMA! Karma is really more than drone. The best thing about this drone is that its arms fold up making it super compact. Meaning that you don't have to worry about lugging some awkward shaped drone around anymore. The GoPro team was able to achieve this compact design by placing the gimbal on the front of the drone. I think that's genius because though I don't own a drone, I have seen enough drone footage to know that you can sometimes see the blades with certain angles which messes up the beautiful shot you just took. 

If you are one that is afraid to at least try to fly a drone, GoPro is saying that the Karma is super easy to fly. And you can have a friend tag along on the flight in "Passenger Mode" by using their own device. The last thing I will mention about the Karma is that it also comes with a "Karma Grip Ultra" which is a handheld image stabilization stick. LOL! The dope thing about the Grip Ultra is that you can detach the gimbal from the front of your drone and attach it to the Grip Ultra. Giving you two dope products for one. The Karma will retail for $799 and will be releasing on October 23rd. 

GoPro will also be releasing their own cloud based subscription software. GoPro Plus! With GoPro Plus you will be able to access and share your content that you just shot on your GoPro device from wherever you are adventuring. Your footage will be automatically uploaded to the cloud when you are charging your device. And you as a bonus to that you can edit and create awesome videos right there on the app and share it right away.

In closing I think that I am going to purchase the Karma and the Hero 5 Black. I believe they have a package deal that is $1099. Not bad when you compare it to the cost of the DJI Phantom drone. I can not wait to own a drone and I am so glad that I was too broke to buy the Phantom LOL! Good things come to those who wait right? If you don't agree with me I don't care, Thats what I'm telling myself. GOOD DAY!


Checkout GoPro's Youtube page to see the awesome videos of their new products HERE
Credit: GoPro

This morning the good folks at Instagram released a new update for its beloved app. With this new update came a logo change and a new look for all of their apps across the board. They were going for a more simplistic look. "The simpler design puts more focus on your photos and videos without changing how you navigate the app,” the company said. “Our updated look reflects how vibrant and diverse your storytelling has become.” Little did they know they would send the internet and its users into freak out mode. 

Cleaning up our oceans is a very important subject for me. So when I come across projects and people that have that same goal in mind, I will help out and spread the word. Today I ran across an amazing invention that could help clean our oceans quickly. I introduce to you guys the Seabin Project by these two awesome guys, Andrew Turton & Pete Ceglinski. The Seabin is an automated trash bin that catches floating trash as it floats by. 

"The Seabin is situated at the waters surface and is plumbed into a shore based water pump on the dock. The water gets sucked into the Seabin bringing all floating debris and floating liquids into the Seabin. We catch all the floating debris inside the Seabin and the water then flows out through the bottom of the bin and up into the pump on the dock.

The water then flows through the pump where we have the option of installing an oil/water separator and clean water then flows back into the ocean. This process is constant, operating 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.

Their operation is on a small scale right now and they have been testing the seabin in controlled environments such as marina's, port's and yacht clubs. Attacking the pollution at one of its major sources. Of course they can't catch everything with the small seabin right now. With more funding, I believe they can make a huge difference.  They do have working prototype. But they need our help to get the seabin's in production using the most sustainable materials and process possible.

Let’s talk about Project Fi, no I’m not making up things now, this is Google trying to make a name for itself in the mobile carrier game. (Note: Google is not going to actually be competing with big name carriers, because it would be very expensive for them to build a network of cell towers) I was quite surprised myself upon hearing this, it turns out that they’re moving into the prepaid territory. Because Google isn’t starting up their own cell network, they've  turned to T-Mobile, and Sprint, and will be working off of a mixture of the two carriers networks. Using Project Fi it will be possible for the user to send texts and make calls over Wi-Fi. Going out of Wi-Fi areas doesn't mean dropped calls, the users call will simply be switched over to the cell network. Because it’s a mixture of T-Mobile and Sprint's network, your phone would constantly be switching between either of the two's network or available Wi-Fi. As Google says “We developed new technology that gives you better coverage by intelligently connecting you to the fastest available network at your location whether it’s Wi-Fi or one of our two partner LTE networks.” 

Sounds pretty good right? Not so fast, there are some issues at hand. The biggest thing consumers such as yourself worry about is price point right?. $20 for unlimited text, and talk, well what about data? Data is going for $10 a GB, and they give you some options for how you would like to pay for it. Let’s say you want to pay for about 3GB in advance, not sure of how much data you’ll actually use, well after the month is over any unused GB are rebated back to you, and if you even go over that threshold you’ll pay the difference on your next bill. 

Project Fi is in an invitation-only carrier, and the biggest kicker is it’s only on available with select devices, mainly Google Nexus line of phones. Maybe they can convince phone companies to make a Project Fi only version of their phones. Only time can tell, right? At the time of this post , Project Fi users will now be able to get a data-only sim card that can be used with select Android tablets and iPads with cellular service. So now Project Fi supported devices includes the Nexus 6, Nexus 7, Nexus 9, iPad Air 2, iPad mini 4 and Galaxy Tab S. If you would like to get more information and reviews from folks that have tried Project Fi already, there are a ton of videos on youtube.

Written by Sasu

Starting today if you want to fly a drone in the Untied States that weighs from 0.55 to 55 pounds you need to register with the FAA. You do have until February 19th, 2016 to register your drone for $5. If you continue to fly your drone and fail to register and not display your registration ID number, the pilot may be subjected to civil and criminal penalties from $27,500 to up 3 years in prison. To me that seems like a pretty hefty penalty for flying a drone. But we do have those idiots out there that are doing stupid things with their drones.  

Hey guys, I'm back with another awesome Kickstarter project. This week we feature the Pulse from the creatives over at Alpine Labs. They have created an awesome remote trigger for you DSLR's. The Pulse is unlike any other trigger on the market, it allows the user to be able to shoot stills, start and stop video recording, control the camera's setting and capture awesome timelapse wirelessly from your smartphone. Pulse plugs into your camera usb port and attaches to the hotshoot on the top of your camera. Another awesome feature that Pulse boast is that it has a 100 ft bluetooth low energy radio. The user is able to control up to three cameras that have an attached Pulse device. Pulse is also super small and sleek allowing you to take it wherever you want, without taking up a lot of space. The Pulse app on your smartphone allows the user to view live previews of photos and videos that were just taken. The app will also let you know if something has gone wrong like low battery before it ruins those long time-lapse photos. Pulse's Exposure Ramping feature allows the user to ramp their ISO and shutter speed so that you can capture day-to-night transitions (the "Holy Grail" of time lapses) without having to touch their camera. The design team designed this feature specifically to work with LRTimelapse.

Unlike shooting in Aperture or Shutter Priority, Exposure Ramping keeps the users camera in manual so that their photo's EXIF-Data is written properly for LRTimelapse workflows. 
Pulse is $74 right now on their kickstarter page and is due out in April 2016.

Ralph Lauren go all Back To The Future on us with some space age interactive fitting rooms that they’ve added to their Fifth Avenue flagship store.

The Oak Fitting Room, created by tech start up Oak Labs, features an interactive touchable mirror that shoppers can utilize to request different sizes, corresponding items or help from a retail assistant to be delivered straight to their fitting room – eliminating those awkward situations where you have to put your clothes back on and trudge over to do all of these things yourself.

Eight of these interactive fitting rooms can be found at Ralph Lauren’s aforementioned flagship, while another eight will soon be installed in stores that are situated in high-performance markets for the brand.

Head over to WWD for a more detailed read on the Oak Fitting Room.

In our opinion, Ralph Lauren is one of the greatest streetwear brands of all time. Don’t agree? Well let us convince you with this op-ed.

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For the past year or so I have been wondering why Instagram didn't allow you to switch between different accounts without logging out like you can do on twitter. Things may be changing, word on the street is that the mega social media platform is testing this very thing. Once an account is added the user will be able to toggle between their different accounts. This update will be very helpful for us folks that have to manage different brands. I can't wait for this update to release because I use my iPad for one brand and my phone for another so I don't have to log out of my account. There is no word on when and if this feature will be released, but I will be waiting patiently for it. 

Here we are with another awesome Kickstarter campaign. This time we have the Dome. Dome is a docking station that lets you simultaneously charge your iPhone and Apple Watch. Dome is right up my design alley with their clean sleek design. This product is dope because of its ability to hide the cables which makes connecting and disconnecting your iPhone and Apple Watch clean and easy. The Dome is made of aluminum and comes in a bunch of colors. Pink, Gold, Silver and Black. You guys should know which one I'd pick by now. If I ever decide to get a Apple Watch this is a must for me. 

Check out their Kickstarter Campaign Here

In the day and age where we are constantly on our smartphones, we tend to run our batteries down pretty quickly. We also probably partake in bad charging practices, such as leaving our phones on the charger when its 100% or we just pop the charger in just because you want your phone to stay on 100 all day. All that is bad for the phone's battery. So I bring to you USBIDI! The intelligent charging cable. This cable charges your phone 2x as fast as other cables and shuts off once your device has reached full charge. The cable is equipped with a LED light that lets you know if your phone is charging, syncing or done. The cable is also made of threaded materials so you won't run in to those cable tears that we've all experienced. What I like most about this company is that they offer their cables in 3 different connections. Micro-USB, Lighting and Type-C. This is cool because we all know how apple does us. We buy all these cables for our new phones and then they switch up on us. I'm thinking that apple will be switching to the type-C cables with the release of their iPhone 7 release.

 I'm a little late finding out about this so a lot of the funding deals are sold out. But you can still grab some still. For more information Click here

First off, let me say that I am a HUGE Telsa fan but Porsche is coming for Telsa's spot in the electric car space. The bad thing is, we will all have to wait until the end of the decide to see these beauties on the road. Porsche says that the Mission E will be a 600 plus horse powered machine that will go 0-62 in under 3.5 seconds with a range of 310 miles to a charge. Those are so impressive specs but the one that popped out to me was the quick charge speed. Porsche promises that their system will charge up to 80% of your battery in just 15 minutes. Thats huge because Tesla's quick charge time is 80% charge in 40 minutes and full charge in 75 minute. By the time the Mission E is released I'm sure Tesla will have these charge times down, knowing how Elon Musk operates. Porsche is off to a great start with this model. It already has Tesla beat with the design of the Mission E. I'll be watching the developments of this car until its release in 2020. 

We all have bought iphone cases that look nice for awhile and after normal use these horrible scratches and marks appear. Well the good folks over at Just Mobile have come up with a solution to this problem. They have created a self healing iphone case, the TENC. Yes you read that right, a self healing iphone case. No more visible surface scratches on your lovely cases. Each case uses a auto healing coating that will heal itself of those surface scratches in about 20 seconds. The TENC is offered in three colorways. crystal clear, matte clear and matte black. I'll probably be picking up the matte black one. The TENC retailers for $24.95
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