Google’s announced its new Google Offers beta service has now rolled out to 5 more cities across the US including Austin, Boston, D.C., Denver and Seattle.

If you have not heard of Google Offers before its a new service that enables Google to publish deals that are localised to US geographic locations. The service currently in its beta development stage was started after Google’s attempt to purchase Groupon an existing offer and deal service failed.

Users who signup of for the new local services receive a daily email with a deal of the day, surprisingly in a similar in a vein to Groupon. But unlike Groupon, an offer on Google Offers is valid regardless of how many people take it.

You can also find and buy Google Offers from all eight regions that are currently part of this trial in the& ... Read more »

We have been hearing quite a lot about the Motorola Droid Bionic over the last few weeks, the device was officially announced at CES in January, and then due to a number of delays it was pushed back, good news as Verizon and Motorola have now officially confirmed that the Motorola Droid Bionic will go on sale in the US from tomorrow, the 8th of September.

The Motorola Droid Bionic features a dual core 1GHz processor, and comes with Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread, it also features 1GB of RAM and two cameras.

The Droid Bionic features a front facing camera for video chat, plus an 8 megapixel camera on the back with an LED flash which can record Full HD video in 1080p.

From tomorrow you will be able to get your hands on the Droid Bionic from Verizon Wireless for $299.99 when you sign up to a new two year contract, you can find out more information over at ... Read more »

The last thing we heard about the Sony PlayStation Vita was that it would go on sale in Japan before Christmas, and the rest of us would have to wait until 2012 for it to launch in Europe and the US.

Now Amazon has put the PlayStation Vita up for pre-order and they have listed a shipping date of the 31st of December, although we haven’t heard anything new from Sony on the US and European launch dates.

The Sony PlayStation Vita features a 5 inch multi-touch OLED display, plus a multi-touch pad on the rear, there are also two analog sticks on the front.

The PS Vita also comes with front and rear cameras, and it will be available as a WiFi only model and also a WiFi and 3G model, the WiFi only model will retail for $249.99 whilst the WiFi and 3G model will retail for $299.99.

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If you are a big real-time strategy (RTS) gamer you might be pleased to know that BenQ has designed a new monitor specifically for your games and RTS fans. The new BenQ RL2240H display is the worlds very first RTS display according to BenQ and has built on the success of their previous XL2410T model.

The monitor has been designed with the help of Zowie Gear manufacturer of competitive gaming goods and creator of the world-class StarCraft 2 professional gaming team sponsored by BenQ, Startale and is a 22-inch display fitted with a LED backlight, and has native resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels.

To make the new monitor RTS specifica in design BenQ has added a number of features including Black eQualizer, a technology that makes use of an exclusively designed colour engine which greatly improves the co ... Read more »

It looks like Sony Ericsson may be working on a new dual core smartphone which the company intends to launch in early 2012, called the Sony Ericsson Nozomi, it is reported to come with a dual core 1.5GHz processor, which would make it the first dual core device from Sony Ericsson.

Other rumored specifications on the Sony Ericsson Nozmoi include a 4.3 inch multi-touch touchscreen display with a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels, plus a range of other features which include NFC (Near Field Communication) support.

It is reported to also come with a 1750mAh battery, and could possibly launch in March of 2012, and will probably comes with Google’s Android OS, although there are no details on which version as yet.

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RIM has now launched the latest version of its BlackBerry App World, version 3.0, which according to RIM makes discovering and downloading apps and games easier.

According to RIM the BlackBerry App World 3.0 features a sleek new design with a range of new features, and it is compatible with BlackBerry devices running BlackBerry OS 5.0 and above.

You can see details of what is new in BlackBerry App World 3.0 below.

Sleek New Design – The BlackBerry App World experience has been enhanced to help users discover the latest and greatest apps and content, starting right on the BlackBerry App World home screen where rotating spotlight banners show off all that’s new and exciting.

New Channels – Apps, Games, and Themes now have their own channels so users can get to what they want even faster.

Introduction of My Account – My Account makes managing BBID and payment opti ... Read more »

Google has today announced via its "Data Liberation Front” team thats its now provided Google Voice users

the ability to export Google Voice data from its service, using the Google Takeout service.

 Watch the brief presentation video announcing the new data export feature for

Google Voice after the break.

Google Takeout has been created by Google to enable users to extract and backup data from its

applications

and was created by a team of Google engineers named the Data Liberation Front, who have been

tasked with the mission to help create ways that users can export data from Google services.

You can find out more information regardin ... Read more »

Twitters real time search results disappeared from Google back in July as their previous deal had run out and the two companies were unable to reach an agreement on the new deal.

Microsoft also had an agreement with Twitter for real time search results in its Bing search engine, and unlike Google it would appear that Microsoft has been able to come to a new agreement with Twitter.

The two companies announced the new deal on Twitter, and whilst no details of the deal have been revealed, the original deal ran for around two years so they could have signed a new two year deal which will include Twitter results in Bing.

Source Geek Wire

Yesterday we heard that Dell has teamed up with Chinese search engine Baidu to produce a range of smartphones and tablets using the companies new Yi OS, and now according to a recent report we may see the first Baidu powered devices launching in November.

Considering the partnership was only announced yesterday, November seems pretty quick for us to see the new hardware powered by the Yi OS, although Dell could have been working on the devices for some time.

Baidu’s new software platform will feature map, e-book reader, cloud storage and search functions, while Dell’s Android-based application for customers to purchase new PC products online as well as giving ratings for its products may also be included in the software platform, the sources noted.

It will be interesting to see what the devices are like, and whether Dell will be able to make their new Baidu pow ... Read more »

We have featured a number of DIY and homemade alarm clocks here at Geeky Gadgets, the latest one is the creation of Mike Krumpus from Nootropic Design, the Defusable Alarm Clock.

As you can see from the photo and video below, the Defusable Alarm Clock is designed to look like a bomb, and it is a fully functional alarm clock, the only way to shut it up when it goes off is to correctly diffuse it.

The Defusable Clock is a fully-functional alarm clock just like you’d expect (a normal beeping alarm, snooze alarm, etc.). But at any time you can press the big red button to start a scary countdown sequence exactly like bombs in Hollywood movies. There are 4 wires across the top of the clock. You have 10 seconds to choose the correct wire to cut: one wire stops the countdown and saves the day, two have no effect, and one will "detonate” the device immediately.< ... Read more »

Google’s South Korean offices based in Seoul have today been raided by the Korean Fair Trade Commission. The exact reasons for the raid are still unknown at the moment but its thought they are linked to alleged antitrust violations.

Complaints were filed back in April by NHN Corp and Daum Communications Corp with antitrust regulators, stating that Android smartphones have Google’s search engine installed as a default navigation tool and are "systematically designed” to make it virtually impossible to switch to another option

Google has issued the following statement:

"We will work with the KFTC to address any questions they may have about our business,” – "Android is an open platform, and carrier and OEM partners are free to decide which applications and services to include on their Android phones. We do not require ca ... Read more »

We know that Samsung is building the next generation Google phone for Google, and we have heard previously that it will be called the Google Nexus Prime, recently we heard that the device had received WiFi certification.

Now it would appear that Samsung has confirmed that the new Google phone will be called the Google Nexus Prime, as the guys over at Android and me have found evidence of the devices name on the Samsung mobile website.

Previously we have heard that the Google Nexus Prime will come with Android Ice Cream Sandwich and will feature a 4.5 inch display with a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels, which means it would be able to handle HD content in 720p.

Other rumored specifications include a dual core 1.2GHz or 1.5GHz processor, 1GB of RAM and and advanced 5 megapixel camera which is reported to be able to record Full HD video in 1080p.

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RIM’s latest smartphone, the BlackBerry Torch 9850 will be available from Verizon Wireless in the US from tomorrow, the 8th of September for $199.99 when you sign up to a new two year agreement with Verizon.

The BlackBerry Torch 9850 features a 3.7 inch multi-touch touchscreen display with a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels, processing is provided by a 1.2GHz processor, and it also features a 5 megapixel camera which can record HD video in 720p.

The BlackBerry Torch 9850 features 16GB of storage in the form of a microSD cartd which can be upgraded to 32GB, it comes with the latest version of RIM’s mobile OS, BlackbBerry 7, there is also WiFi and Bluetooth 2.1.

Source BGR