The US v. Google antitrust case may be frustratingly shrouded in secrecy, but occasionally we get some fun nuggets. The quote above comes from an internal email sent by Google’s Jim Kolotouros, VP of Android Platform Partnerships. “Chrome exists to serve Google search,” he writes. “If it cannot do that because it is regulated to be set by the user, the value of users using Chrome goes to almost zero (for me).”
Apple’s new $79 Pencil is mostly notable for what it doesn’t include; pressure sensitivity, wireless pairing, wireless charging, or a double-tap shortcut. But you can check out its selling point, a stealthy USB-C port, in this short hands on video. It can charge from USB-C iPads without an adapter or the awkward fragility of previous Lightning-equipped styluses when it releases next month.
Official Metal Gear Solid cologne: because if there’s one thing I thought while replaying a game that involves crawling through endless air ducts and getting peed on by wolves — it’s “boy, I’d sure like to get a huff of that.”
A retail listing spotted by WinFuture’s Roland Quandt has given us an early look at an upcoming model in DJI’s lineup of Osmo Pocket handheld cameras. If accurate, the listing suggests it’s slightly bigger and heavier, with a higher capacity battery. But most interesting is its larger 2-inch screen, which can apparently rotate between portrait and landscape.
It’s hard to fault the breadth of content Konami has included in its tantalizingly-named ‘Vol. 1’ collection. Just don’t go in expecting many modern upgrades to these decades-old titles.
