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Is a 3D chocolate printer too rich for your blood? If so then Sprinkles Cupcakes has a slightly cheaper way to satisfy your sweet tooth with technology. Per AdWeek, it seems that Sprinkles has launched a Cupcake ATM in New York City that will dispense boxed cupcakes to you for $4.25 a pop. The ATM can hold an impressive 760 cupcakes at one time and features several popular flavors including red velvet, Cuban coffee, banana dark chocolate and cinnamon sugar, AdWeek says. For Sprinkles' sake, however, we hope that the company has upgraded its Cupcake ATMs around the country from Windows XP, or else it could see hackers easily swiping all of its delicious treats once Microso…

I know a lof of you have been clamoring for the ability to cast Twitch.tv streams to your Chromecast. Well your wait is over. There are actually a couple of options right now, but the best app at this moment in time is Lakitu. Lakitu obviously isn’t the official Twitch app, but the main goal of the app is to not only replace the official app, but also provide a better user experience. There is another option called TwitchCast, but it isn’t nearly as full-featured as Lakitu. Lakitu lets you navigate featured streams and chat while you watch. Features: Navigate Featured Streams, Top Games, Top Channels, and Teams. Watch Videos in many different qualities (Quality: S…

After being on iOS for several months, Cut The Rope 2 has finally come to Android. Fans of the franchise are sure to like this new and improved version, which includes new challenges, characters, and obstacles. Our favorite and very lovable character, Om Nom, even breaks out of his box and to hit the busy cities, forests, underground tunnels, and junkyards. Om Nom will also make a lot of new friends such as Roto, Lick, Blue, Toss, and Boo. Cut The Rope 2 supports high resolution on your phone or tablet. The game is free, but you will find in-app purchases along the way. Hit the break for full list of features, screenshots, a video, and of course, download links. …

The rumored HTC Desire 316 is official. The device appeared on HTC China’s website as the latest addition to the company’s Desire lineup. The 316 is a slightly different version of the Desire 516. The link to the handset’s description actually shows 516, but the description is clearly of the 316. The new smartphone runs Android 4.3 Jelly Bean, and has a 5-inch qHD (540 x 960) display with a 1,950 mAh battery. It weighs 160 grams, measures 140 x 72 x 9.7 mm, and features a 5MP rear camera, VGA front-facing camera, quad-core 1.2GHz Snapdragon 200 processor, 512MB of RAM, 4GB of internal memory, and microSD card support. On the back of the device there’s a 1,950 mAh batte…

A week ago, we reported that a new version of Android (KTU65) showed up in the Chromium code. Yesterday, folks at myce spotted the Android 4.4.3 running on the Nexus 5 and Nexus 7 with the build number KTU83 running on Nexus 5, codenamed “Hammerhead”. In addition, a Google employee was found running build KTU79 on a Nexus 7 device which was created on March 21. We explained before in detail what each letter or number in the build number designate and the first letter designates the Android version (‘K’ for KitKat). So the build number KTU83 starts with the letter ‘K’ referring to KitKat. The second letter is the branch code, which for KitKat is a ‘T’, although Google …

Sony announced the Xperia Z2 back in February, and a few weeks ago, Sony halted the pre-order of the SIM-free Xperia Z2, and later said the device will still launch on April 11 as planned. Sony U.K has now announced that the device will be launched in May. The reason behind the delay is unknown, but previous rumors suggest that the company was facing troubles with one of its suppliers. The U.K based phone retailer, Clove, said that it will still take pre-orders of the Xperia Z2, and those who previously pre-ordered, will not lose their reservation. In addition, they will still provide the free wireless speaker & noise-cancelling headphones bundle as long as Son…

Does being more educated actually give you more common sense? A new Reuters poll finds that while Americans as a whole dislike the idea of a merger between Comcast and Time Warner Cable, people who have more education dislike the merger even more than people who are less educated. Continue reading... Via BRG - Boy Genius Report

Google Naps is a new service that allows tired users to find a place to sleep nearby by leveraging the power of Google’s Google Maps product. Unfortunately, it’s also a parody service that only leverages the power of Google Maps for some good fun. Google Naps will geo-locate napping spots for you automatically, as it assumes you’re browsing for places to take a nap in. The service will also let you add napping places of your own, so other tired Internet users can easily find them. Continue reading... Via BRG - Boy Genius Report

"Windows" has one of the five biggest trending topics on Twitter this afternoon. All four of the top iPad apps measured by download volume in America are Microsoft products right now. Even more astonishingly, Microsoft Word for iPad has become the No. 6 highest grossing iPad app in the United States. In productivity-loving Germany, Word is the third biggest grossing app on iPad and it actually just surpassed the mighty Candy Crush Saga in revenue generation. Even in notoriously unproductive countries such as Italy, Word is a top 10 app. Continue reading... Via BRG - Boy Genius Report

You've probably noticed that ever since the launch of the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, BGR has been expanding its gaming coverage rather substantially, from previews and reviews to features and trailers. We've decided to combine some of that coverage to bring you all the week's best game trailers in one convenient location. Here are the five best game trailers for the week of March 23rd. Continue reading... Via BRG - Boy Genius Report

As we've mentioned in the past, passwords are an enormous pain, especially since keeping them secure these days often means switching them up every couple of months and making them so complex that they're all but impossible to remember. However, ZDNet directs our attention to a recently released update from password management app LastPass that has just made it much easier for Android users to safely keep all their passwords secure across multiple different applications. Continue reading... Via BRG - Boy Genius Report

ZTE had a large presence at CES in January with the company showcasing the new Grand S II. While at the time, the device was only sporting 2 GB of RAM, however new information has surfaced suggesting that the Grand S II could very well be the first phone to have 4 GB of memory. For smartphones with 32-bit processors, 4 GB of physical memory is the maximum. So until we see 64-bit processors in devices, we’re getting close to the ceiling. RAM aside, the device is on track to have a 5.5 inch 1080p display, 13 MP rear camera, 2 MP front camera, 3,000 mAh battery and will come with Android 4.3 out of the box. Would a phone with 4GB of RAM entice you or do y…

The other day, information surfaced that Samsung was working on a new Galaxy tablet that had a 10.5 inch display. Today we’re seeing evidence of that and a 10.1 inch tablet dropping by the FCC. Both the SM-T801 and SM-T805 have made an appearance. There isn’t much in terms of information in the FCC documents, but the devices have a display diagonal size of 267.5 mm which equates to about 10.5 inches. The devices are about 9.7 inches by 6.94 inches. Batteries are rated at 30.02 Wh at 4.35 volts or about 6900 mAh. The folks at Phone Arena did some sleuthing and found benchmarks for these devices that shines some light on other specs as well. According to the benchmark…

Starting Monday, April 7, folks will be able to pre-order the international version of the Oppo Find 7a. The smartphone, a device that’s a bit more modestly specced than its cousin, is said to have a 5.5 inch 1080 by 1920 screen resolutions at 403 ppi. It will be powered by a quad-core 2.3 GHz Snapdragon 801, come with 2 GB of RAM, and will have a 2,800 mAh battery. Oppo hasn’t mentioned anything regarding a price but stated that during the pre-order period it will be running a special promotion. Oppo will also be revealing three surprises starting tomorrow (March 29). Those surprises, related to the pre-order promotion, will be available until the first batch of Fi…

According to Motorola Vice President Magnus Ahlqvist, Motorola’s latest budget smartphone, the Moto G, has become the best selling smartphone in the history of the company. We already knew it was beating expectations, but it’s pretty impressive that it’s now outsold every other smartphone Motorola has made, and it’s only been out for 6 months. Ahlqvist explained that a large factor in getting sales this high had to do with the Indian market, where consumers are very picky about their phones. Motorola tackled this by partnering with Flipkart, a very large Indian online retailer, and chose to sell the phone online-only. Seems like a weird strategy, but it’s worked ext…

Everyone knows Google‘s reputation as being a great place to work, as outlined by the movie The Interns. It’s fun, colorful, and has a number of great benefits. Well now there’s an internal team at Google that’s aiming at making it an even better place to work. The study is basically aimed at finding out what makes employees happy, efficient, and successful. Not only that, but the study is supposed to continue for up to 100 years! Google’s Senior VP for People Operations, Laszlo Bock, detailed the study in a guest article for the Harvard Business Review. The plan is to take anonymous surveys of 4000 employees. The study is only in its second year, but Bock says that mo…

If you're looking for a fun and creative game for you iPhone or iPad, look no further. NightSky is easily one of the most beautiful and original iOS games we have ever seen, having received plenty of critical acclaim and several GDC awards. The concept is simple: transport a mysterious sphere through boards by swiping on the screen to spin. Swipe up to reverse gravity and swipe down to return gravity to normal. Obstacles lie in your path, so you must find ways around them or put them to use. And the entire game is set atop wonderful art with silhouettes and shapes reminiscent of a Tim Burton movie. Continue reading... Via BRG - Boy Genius Report

The Internet is certainly a miraculous creation but there are times when we see truly horrific things that it's enabled that make us wish we could burn the Internet down and salt over its ashes. Case in point: A new Kickstarter project called Dark Skyes that aims to be the world's first brony dating simulation game. Continue reading... Via BRG - Boy Genius Report

BlackBerry's fourth-quarter earnings were markedly better than expected, with its loss of $0.08 per share a share significantly better than the consensus estimate of a $0.67 loss per share. At first glance, that would be a huge improvement, but when you drill down further, the company still has a long way to go towards getting anywhere close to where it once was in the mid-2000s. Continue reading... Via BRG - Boy Genius Report

There's been plenty of speculation surrounding the existence of an Apple smartwatch, from recent hires to manufacturing leaks, but nothing has been confirmed quite yet. A report from the Financial Times might be the closest we've gotten to a confirmation of Apple's intention to build the iWatch, but according to the top Swiss watchmakers, no one wants to help Apple build the device. Continue reading... Via BRG - Boy Genius Report

All these years later, is Google still being haunted by the ghosts of Android 2.3 Gingerbread? Developer Nick Bradbury, who works on WordPress's Android app, has written an interesting post explaining that while he still thinks Android fragmentation is an "overblown" issue, there is one area of developing for Android that drives him up the wall: Supporting versions of WordPress that still run on Gingerbread. Continue reading... Via BRG - Boy Genius Report

In addition to launching Office for iPad, a freemium app that requires a paid Office 365 subscription in order for users to also be able to edit their documents on the tablet, Microsoft has made some changes to its Office Mobile for iPhone and Android applications. Both mobile apps are now free of charge, The Next Web reports, but only for home use, speculating that business customers will likely require an Office 365 subscription for either version of the apps. Continue reading... Via BRG - Boy Genius Report

BlackBerry's last earnings report was truly a thing of spellbinding horror as the company had just taken down its "for sale" sign and posted earnings of -$0.67 per share on $1.2 billion in revenue. The consensus estimate for this past quarter was that BlackBerry would post a net loss of $0.56 per share on $1.13 billion in revenue and the company on Friday beat expectations by posting an EPS of -$0.08 on $976 million in revenue. The revenue decline is potentially worrisome for BlackBerry because it represents a 64% year-over-year decline from Q4 2013 and a sequential decline of 18% from Q3 2014. BlackBerry is also still burning through its cash pile at an unhealthy clip, a…

Google has its own ways of keeping OEMs in check when it comes to the things they can and can’t do with Android, and it looks like the search giant may now be interested in forcing them to help further improve the image of its Android brand. Both the Galaxy S5 and the HTC One (M8) come with specific Android branding placement, which seems to be a coordinated marketing trick imposed by Google. Continue reading... Via BRG - Boy Genius Report

We're still months away from the iPhone 6's eventual release but that hasn't stopped us from getting a steady stream of leaks about the upcoming device. Nowhereelse.fr has snagged a leaked document off of a Chinese website that is purportedly a schematic design for the iPhone 6 that shows the device will be 150 millimeters long and 85 millimeters wide, which Nowhereelse.fr says would give it a display with a diagonal in the 5-inch range. Continue reading... Via BRG - Boy Genius Report