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For many of the technically uninclined, making the switch to Android can be daunting, but Google may soon launch a service to make the decision easier.
Google has many great services than can be plugged into through Android and many manufacturers create devices that utilize these services and features, but the decentralized nature of Android causes some problems. Who runs Android? If someone has an issue with their Android phone, who are they going to call (considering the ghost busters wouldn’t be of much use)?
Recent reports suggest Google has been working on a program called Android Silver. The search giant has been working with various carriers and devices manufacturers to create a customer care experience to rival Apple and assist those that are not in the know (mostly people that would never be reading this article) with their Android devices. Android Silver would be a 24/7 help desk where Google approved devices could be serviced and a Google support team would provide troubleshooting and guidance for anyone needing to set up Google accounts, configure their device, or use the Play Store.
Despite Android becoming more and more mainstream in the past few years, it is just not as approachable as iOS. Apple provides help desk support and is very successful at getting people who are normally not tech inclined to plug into their services and use their apps. If most customers knew there was readily available 24/7 Google support available for Android, that might give many people the confidence they need to leave Apple, or finally make the leap from a flip phone.
This will likely also be used as another form of leverage to encourage various OEMs to fall in line with Google’s attempts at Android unification. We’ve already seen their plan to enforce device certification by leveraging allowed access to Google Play Services. Now they are also requiring manufacturers to include a “powered by Android” splash screen on bootup as well.
Since fragmentation has the potential to be the undoing of Android, it only makes sense for Google to create tools that are useful to device manufacturers, such as access to Google play apps and the rest of the Google Play ecosystem. Now if they can also leverage access to an Android support line, any sane manufacturer would jump at the opportunity to get that kind of customer support once they launch a device.
Android Silver will also go a long way towards attracting more developers to Android. Many developers prefer to focus on iOS development since it is easier and can be more profitable. Google intends to use Android Silver to encourage and assist unfamiliar customers with how to use the Google Play Store and also provide some app support. This would be huge for any Android development holdouts and could be the push many developers need to start creating better Android apps.
Source: BGR
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The force is strong with this sterling silver Darth Vader ring. Get one today, because Vader is disturbed by your lack of fashion. It’s stylish and bold just like the Sith lord himself.
You can get it for $84.99(USD) from Amazon. The Force is always in fashion.
[via This Is Why I'm broke]
So you’ve purchased your Ron Burgundy minifig, and you’re wondering how to show it off, right? Well, all you need is a LEGO-compatible brick ring, and you’ll be all set. Well ask, and ye shall receive.
This nifty LEGO-inspired ring comes from designer FORMA Laboratory, and is made using a 3D-printing or a 3D-printed casting, depending on the material you choose. It can hold any standard LEGO item that can snap onto two studs, making it perfect for showing off your favorite minifigs.
As an added bonus, the modular studs mean you get more than one ring for your money. One day you can have a standard yellow minifig, the next day, you can go for the gold.
The Brick Ring is available in a variety of metals, including brass, stainless steel, sterling silver, or gold plate, and in sizes ranging from 8 to 13 over at Shapeways. Prices vary from $44 t0 $146(USD) depending on the material you choose.
Godzilla is an awesome creature. What’s not to like about a huge-ass monster stomping around Tokyo fighting other monsters, while they lay waste to the city? If Godzilla wore jewelry on his reptilian digits, you know he would wear one of these amazing rings and punch Mothra’s face in with it.
This custom silver Godzilla ring is hand-carved and cast from Sterling silver by Etsy artist UrbanHunting. You can choose sizes 8 through 12 and it will cost you $500(USD). This is a hefty ring obviously, because Godzilla is one hefty Kaiju. This isn’t some skinny ring for Hobbits.
I would suggest finding some other monster rings and arranging daily fights across your knuckles, if you can find someone who makes them anyway. I guess for now, you’ll just be rocking Godzilla all by himself.
[via Geekologie]
Some bounty hunters are all rough and tumble. Brash and bold. Others are calm and collected. This is the ring of choice for them. With one of these rings, you’ll look stylish and gentlemanly even when firing a blaster or lugging a frozen body around.
This White Hunter Gents’ ring is 14 karat, with 10 karat red and green gold and sterling. There are many custom configurations to choose from. It is high quality, you even if you end up in the stomach of the almighty Sarlacc, this ring will survive, while your bones rot. The 14K version will set you back $1895, while 10K gold costs $1650, and the sterling silver one goes for $875. These models come with real Black diamonds and Paul Michael Design can also do them with black onyx too.
For those of you who haven’t collected your pay for your bounty yet, there’s also a version with a black synthetic enamel inlay, starting at just $350 in silver – though it goes all the way up to $2500 in platinum. There’s also a smaller version for the bounty huntin’ ladies out there.
There’s also a band made up of multiple Fett faces, which goes for just $265 in sterling silver.
These rings are too awesome for words. So I am just gonna shut up and count my money!
What are you going to use as currency when the Zombie apocalypse happens? Soda bottle caps? Ammo? Ammo isn’t a bad idea, I suppose. How about Zombucks? When being hunted by hordes of brain eaters, you might as well use currency that features the undead prominently on the face of the coin.
Provident Metals is releasing these 1oz silver coins that will honor 10 separate historical figures and coin designs and zombify them. They will unveil a new design every three months and each release will have a limited mintage.
Collect them all and save them up. You will need them to buy food, ammo, and anything else you need to survive. The silver coins sell for $22.22(USD) and will only go up in value when walkers roam the Earth.
[via Geekologie]
Now that it looks like we’ve all made it safely through the Sharknado (thanks Steve Sanders!) we can celebrate the greatest of all sea creatures. No, not the whale or the seahorse- the shark. This Shark Ring is a one of a kind cast sterling silver ring featuring a great white shark circling. Normally if you see sharks circling, you should move away, but take a closer look at this ring because it’s cool.
Ok, this Optimus Prime ring isn’t officially a wedding ring, but come on, what else would you use it for? It’s the perfect ring for Transformers-loving couples, who want to make the ultimate transformation into marriage.
This .925 sterling silver ring is in the likeness of the Autobot leader’s head. It will cost you $91.15(USD) from Etsy seller Princeofdiamonds. That’s not nearly as expensive as a traditional wedding ring, but it’ll certainly make more of an impression than one of those.
Give this ring to your significant other and she will be yours for life. Then settle down and makes lots of little Autobots.
[via Neatorama]
