Star Wars fans (with fish) rejoice... here's the solution you've been looking for!



"Modeled after the most well-known astromech droid in the galaxy, this R2-D2 holds a 1 3/4-gallon aquarium tank in his central compartment, ideal for a small freshwater family of goldfish, gouramis, or tetras. The domed head rotates with any vocal command you issue and he utters his familiar "bleeps" from the Star Wars movies. His radar eye houses the eyepiece to a built-in periscope that provides an intimate view of the aquatic activity below, allowing you to watch your charges swim towards the food you've dropped in from the dome's removable feeding door. Includes filter and overhead LED tank lights that randomly morph between red, blue, and green (lights can be disabled). Includes a two-sided waterproofed cardboard insert depicting scenes from the movie as a background. Plugs into AC. 20" H x 14" W x 14" D. (9 lbs.)"

Interested? You can buy one right here.

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LinkedIn have (finally) released the LinkedIn for iPad app - offering full support for the iPad.

The app comes feature rich being optimised for Retina display on the new iPad and with the new calendar feature allowing you see LinkedIn profile information for people you're meeting with.



"Get on-the-go access to your professional network with LinkedIn for iPhone & iPad. Find and connect with more than 150M members worldwide, read the latest industry news, keep up-to-date with your groups, and share content with your network from anywhere."

Download the official LinkedIn for iPad app here.

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I'll bet you didn't know that Rovio produced 50 failed games before developing the phenomenon known as 'Angry Birds'! Not only has Angry Birds now sold over 350 million copies, but Rovio also sells a whopping one million Angry Birds toys and t-shirts every month... now that's a lot of Angry Birds!



"Rovio announced a new bird would be launched in-game for Halloween and even offered what might be a sneak peek of the creature.

Presenting at the Web 2.0 conference in San Francisco, the Finnish company also said Angry Birds was being played for 300 million minutes a day worldwide.

The film, to be produced in conjunction with Marvel, will explore the "emotional connection" gamers have with Angry Birds, a Marvel executive told Hollywood trade magazine Variety this year." (Source: Courier Mail)

Read the full article here.

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If you are anything like me, when you open your browser of choice you like to have your tabs re-open from 'last time' - and fast!



So, if you like to browse the Web with multiple tabs open (at once), then there’s a great way to speed up your browser (Firefox) and enhance performance. This is done by loading one tab at a time when you restart – or any time you open your browser.

The best thing is that this is easily done by changing a few simple and easy to use settings. Once you have made these changes, each tab will load as you select it (instead of all tabs at once), making Firefox faster. You are now managing your Firefox memory, which makes your Firefox start up faster, and new pages load more quickly, which makes your experience better, and makes you a happier Firefox user! In the next few months, this will be the norm for everyone, because we’re going to build it into the browser. Until then, here’s how you can turn on this setting yourself.

Steps:
1. Select Firefox > Options (Preferences on a Mac)
2. In the General panel of your Options menu – look at your Startup selection
3. From the drop-down menu, select Show my windows and tabs from last time – this will restore the pages you were visiting the last time you closed Firefox.
4. Just under that drop-down box, check the box that reads Don’t load tabs until selected. Voila! Now, only the last tab you were working in will be loaded on start-up.

Enjoy your faster browser!

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PhatWare have released WritePad 3.0 - the new major version of WritePad for Android. WritePad 3.0 now offers handwriting recognition in eleven languages, including English, Dutch, Danish, French, Finnish, German, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Swedish, and Spanish. Its user interface is also localised in English, French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish.



Some of the new features included in WritePad 3.0:
- Significantly improved multilingual handwriting recognition engine now supports eleven languages, including English, Dutch, Danish, French, Finnish, German, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Swedish, and Spanish.
- The ability to quickly switch between languages.
- Improved keyboard look and performance.
- User Interface localised in five languages, including English, French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish.
- New option to import/export user dictionary and Auto-corrector list allows users to share recogniser data between applications and platforms.
- Overall performance and application stability improvements.

WritePad v3.0 is a free upgrade for existing WritePad for Android users. You can upgrade via Google Play or download the latest software from PhatWare web site.

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Easy and instant 'access everywhere' seems to be the benchmark. We need it all here, right now and at our fingertips, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Funny, prior to the '24/7 data on demand' philosophy - the world still spun on its axis, the sun still came up every morning and the birds still chirped...



"Google Drive is everywhere you are – on the web, in your home, at the office and on the go. So wherever you are, your stuff is just...there. Ready to go, ready to share. Get started with 5 GB free."

The big question is whether Google have left their run a tad late on this one. The bog question is whether we already have enough online storage - we've got Skydrive, HiDrive, Dropbx (who now offer up to 16Bg free of charge, and so the list goes on...

If you would like to read an in depth overview of this all new Google offering, the Engadget team have done an article highlighting the features and functionality of the all new Google Drive.

Google Drive is available for PC and Mac, iPhone and iPad (coming soon) and Android devices! With a complimentary 5Bg - go grab some more free space...

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We've just updated our 'share this' feature to the new Lockerz Share This feature.

As you read through the posts across the site, you will see a small 'share this' feature in the lower left corner just below each post (just like this):


Once you click on this, you'll see a large range of options for sharing (like this):


Simply click on your choice of medium and share away...

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From concept to start up to One Billion Dollars, now there's a dream come true. Facebook have agreed to buy Instagram for $1 billion in cash and stock. And what makes this even more impressive, is that Instagram is not only still in it's infancy stage, however it is yet to generate revenue.



"Facebook is betting it can leverage not only Instagram's photo filtering and sharing services but also its sky-rocketing user base. Since its launch in 2010, Instagram now has more than 30 million registered users with hundreds of millions of photos shared."

Read the full article here at Entrepreneur.

And remember, you can download Instagram for FREE (for now)... from the App Store or Google Play.

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