Anyone who's ever crawled along at a snail's pace on a freeway should relate to this guy hilariously busting out his iPhone, firing up the iGun app, and totally losing his shit. Is it real or a viral? You decide:
iTunes Links: iGun Pro 2 costs 99 cents and has 4 guns to choose from, and there's also a basic free version. [via GadgetLab]
Future Darwin Award nominee or desperate genius? Maybe both. But shoving things into what looks like a UK 220V outlet is probably not going to end well. Just ask the guy in this retro UK electrical hazards PSA:
What I like about this version is that Han Solo shoots first. Seriously, check out minute 1:10. Oh well, who I am kidding: I just love the acting. [Star Wars Blog]
Google Chromium 4.0, the pre-alpha version of Chrome, may still be buggy and crashy as all hell, but it's also incredibly fast, according to benchmarks: 34% faster than Safari, for one, and more than twice as fast as Firefox.
These numbers are based on Javascript benchmarks, which don't give a total view of a browser's speed but do tell us how adept a browser is at dealing with intensive code. Chromium scored 657ms on the test to Safari's 886ms. Firefox scored 1,508ms and Opera 10 Beta 3 (my personal browser of choice) lagged way behind with 5,958ms. Keeping in mind that Chromium is pre-alpha and thus better seen as a fun dev project than an actual candidate for a primary browser, we're pretty excited. Once Google irons out the bugs and gets some damn extensions, Chrome on Mac is going to be a stiff challenger to Firefox. [CNET]
Nowadays, simulators presenting an ultra-realistic experience are becoming a popular means of entertainment, of course luxury, among trendy users. And not to talk about their utility for the auto and aviation professionals! Widening the viewing angle, and thus the scope of entertainment, the RS1 Xtreme M3 Simulator come integrated with a projector tower and trainer station for added expediency. Building on the exclusive components of the RS1 Xtreme, the latest version comes with an addition of a top-of-the-line 3-axis motion actuator system, allowing acceleration at up to 2Gs and stimulating vibrations synchronized with the on-screen action. The RS1 Xtreme M3 is compatible with a variety of software titles, including iRacing, ACTC, ARCA Sim Racing, DIRT, GRID, Live For Speed, Need For Speed Undercover, Nitro Stunt Racing and X-Motor Racing, so you could sparkle the virtual racing star hidden in you without worrying about the software preference. The RS1 Xtreme M3 is not only exciting for your soul, but it bearing a $29,395 price tag is mind-boggling for your pocket as well.
Via: Txsri
Seattle-based Z2Live, a new mobile social gaming platform, is announcing a second round of financing tomorrow - $3 million from Madrona Venture Group (also Seattle based), topping off the $1 million they raised from Madrona last year. Paul Goodrich from Madrona is on the company’s board of directors.
The company describes itself as “the first mobile multiplayer game platform,” and has created a multiplayer platform for the iPhone/iPod Touch products. They also offer a set of services to implement subscriptions. The platform, they say, supports a wide variety of social games, including: turn-based casual games, racing games, role-playing games, and eventually the most sophisticated first-person shooters. The platform is free, Z2Live takes a cut of revenues from the games.
The company has a complicated corporate structure. Z2Live is a division of Zero260, which launched another product this year called PhotoFeedd. The companies were founded by David Bluhm and Damon Danieli.
A YouTube video shows a sample game called Showdown:
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