Anker Nebula Capsule 2 is an Android TV projector the size of a soda can

• The Anker Nebula Capsule 2 is an HD projector about the size of a can of soda.
• The projector now features Android TV as well as Google Assistant built right in.
• The Nebula Capsule 2 will sell on Kickstarter for $369 for early birds, or $399 retail.

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Anker just held a hardware launch event in New York where it announced the release of several new products. One of those products is the Anker Nebula Capsule 2 — an HD projector with Android TV built in, all in a form factor about the size of a soda can.

The Nebula Capsule 2 is, naturally, the follow-up to the original Anker Nebula Capsule. That projector featured Android 7.1 Nougat and worked primarily by mirroring your phone’s screen. However, the new, updated version of the device will be an all-in-one entertainment solution, allowing you to project a full Android TV experience onto any wall you like.

What’s more, the Nebula Capsule 2 has Google Assistant built in as well, so you can simply ask Assistant to play a movie, a YouTube video, or a TV show and boom: it’s projected on your wall.

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Since the Nebula Capsule 2 is so small, it’s built to travel: it’s 5.9 inches tall, 3.2 inches wide, and weighs 680 grams, or about 1.5 pounds. It features HDMI and both USB Type-C and regular USB ports.

The Nebula Capsule 2 also has Bluetooth and Chromecast support, so if you want to use it as a very expensive Bluetooth speaker or Chromecast player, you can do that too.

However, you won’t be watching Blade Runner 2049 on this bad boy while traveling: although the Nebula Capsule 2 has a 10,000mAh battery, Anker says it only gets about 2.5 hours of video time before needing a recharge.

The Anker Nebula Capsule 2 will sell on Kickstarter at first, with early birds nabbing the device for $369. If you miss out on the early bird window, it will sell at retail for $399. Click the button below to get yours:

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Source: Android Zone

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Top Korean carrier: Over half of Note 9 orders were for most-expensive version

• According to a Korean telecom, over half of Note 9 pre-orders are for the 512GB version.
• The incredibly expensive maxed-out Note 9 costs over $1,200.
• Another Korean telecom says that Note 9 pre-orders exceed those for the Galaxy S9.

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Even though the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 isn’t due to ship to customers until August 24, that hasn’t stopped Korea’s top mobile carrier SK Telecom. The carrier reports — via The Investor — it is already shipping the devices today, a full three days early.

The carrier also dished some statistics on the pre-orders it received. According to the telecom, over half of Galaxy Note 9 orders were for the incredibly expensive 512GB version, which here in the States costs $1,250. In South Korea, the handset goes for 1.35 million won (~$1,208).

SK Telecom also says that the Ocean Blue variant – with the yellow S Pen stylus, pictured above – is the most popular color choice in Korea.

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The carrier did not divulge any numerical statistics for the device pre-orders, so we don’t know how much “more than half” of the pre-orders really is.

However, a previously-reported statement from another local Korean carrier, via SamMobile, said that Note 9 pre-orders exceeded pre-orders for the Samsung Galaxy S9 by “roughly 30 to 50 percent.” This would seem like good news for Samsung – except the carrier also reported that those numbers are still less than the pre-orders it received for the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 last year.

It should also be noted that pre-orders and sales are two different things: many people could potentially pre-order a device and then not follow through with the purchase.

Until we get some more hard data on sales and shipment numbers, we won’t know for certain how well the Galaxy Note 9 is doing with its hefty price tag. But considering Samsung’s sales performance over the past year, let’s hope it’s doing as well as these Korean telecoms say it’s doing.

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Source: Android Zone

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Remember POGs? Well they’re back…in mobile form

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• POGs are making a comeback, with a new mobile AR game crowdfunding now on Indiegogo.
• The game is officially licensed by the World POG Federation.
• Early backers get a limited edition golden slammer that they can upload to use in virtual games.

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If you are old enough to remember POGs, congratulations: you are old, like me. For those of you who are too young to remember POGs, you missed out on one of the quickest and most ridiculous fads the world has ever known.

At the height of POG popularity, kids were banned from bringing the milk cap toys to school, as they were too obstructive to learning. There’s even a story about a kid who sold his soul to a friend and then that friend traded the soul for a set of POGs depicting the lovable alien Alf. It was truly a wild time.

Well, just like Full House, the Super Nintendo, Roseanne, and the Nokia 3000 series, the 90s are back, and it seems that POGs are coming back, too.

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Right now, on Indiegogo, Compton Technology – in affiliation with the official World POG Federation, which is a thing – is crowdfunding a mobile AR game called POGs AR. Using augmented reality, you’ll be able to slam POGs with your friends both far and near.

Slam POGs? Milk caps? What is this insanity?

POGs are cardboard discs about the size of a silver dollar. One side of the disc is the POG logo or simply blank, and on the other is whatever suits your fancy: rad skulls, wicked cool robots, fetch sharks, and even O.J. Simpson. You stack the POGs upside down, and then slam the stack with a slammer: a metal disc that also comes in neato designs and colors. Any of the POGs that flip over are yours to keep.

That’s it, that’s the whole game. It’s almost like a gateway to gambling for children, as it’s incredibly easy for kids to lose all their beloved POGs in one quick showdown.

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POGs AR will operate in much the same fashion, although in a virtual sense. You’ll choose which POGs in your virtual library that you’d like to wager in a round, and then slam away and hope you don’t lose your favorites.

If you’re someone who still has a POG collection for some reason, don’t worry: you’ll be able to scan and upload your favorite POGs into the game so you can play those virtually.

Early backers of the game will get a physical limited edition golden slammer. You will then be able to scan that physical slammer into the AR game, which will let all your opponents know that you are a true POG fanatic.

Click the button below to see the Indiegogo page for yourself.

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Source: Android Zone

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Chrome 66 launches, blocking pesky autoplaying videos out of the box

One of our biggest pet peeves has to be the ability for websites to unexpectedly auto-play videos and other content (here’s looking at you, CNN). We’ve long had the ability to see which tab is the offender, but Chrome 66 brings another solution.

The updated browser launched yesterday and the desktop version now mutes auto-playing videos by default, VentureBeat notes.

We briefly tried out the feature, finding CNN and International Business Times to auto-play while Fox News didn’t. Moving to video websites, YouTube, DailyMotion, and Vimeo all seemed to play fine. It would be strange if these clips didn’t play automatically, right?

VentureBeat notes that any discrepancies might be down to Chrome’s Media Engagement Index (MEI), which calculates your affinity for consuming content on various websites. The index, accessible by visiting chrome://media-engagement from your Chrome browser, uses several factors to rank your favored websites such as videos playing for longer than seven seconds, whether it’s the active tab and video size.

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In other words, if you actually visit specific websites regularly and watch their videos, then it should be business as usual.

Mac and iOS users also receive an additional feature in Chrome 66, allowing users to easily export their website login data if they’d like to switch browsers.

The Chrome 66 update is just the latest salvo in the war against auto-playing content. Back in 2015, Chrome let users mute individual tabs. December 2017 saw Google implement the ability to mute entire websites, as well as an improved popup blocker. This latest update to auto-playing videos however, has been coming for a while, initially being promised for Chrome 64 in January 2018.

Source: Android Zone

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