8 amazing websites you didn’t know existed and need to check out
With the number of active websites on the Internet today now approaching 1 billion, there are no shortage of incredibly cool and useful sites which have fallen through the cracks and aren’t as well-known as they should be. To help remedy that, ever so slightly, we’ve complied a list of awesome, quirky, and helpful websites that you most likely haven’t heard of before. From creating animated GIFs in a snap to finding the best prices on airline tickets, many of these sites are certainly bookmark worthy.
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Deal of the day: Safeguard your Apple Watch with the Spigen Rugged Armor case and stand
Whether your Apple Watch is on your wrist or at home, you want to keep it safe from bumps and bruises. The Spigen Rugged Armor case and stand does just that…and it does it with style. Get it from the BGR Store for $21.99.
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iPhone 6s leak: The man who broke ‘Bendgate’ sizes up the iPhone 6s’s rear case
In the fall of 2014, Unbox Therapy’s Lewis Hilsenteger won the Internet for a week or so when a video of him bending the iPhone 6 Plus went instantly viral. Just under a year later, Hilsenteger has got his hands on the rear case of the upcoming iPhone 6s and has noticed that Apple has done some work to make it sturdier than the rear case we saw on last year’s iPhone 6.
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Amazon kicks off the week with a huge sale on PNY storage cards and drives
Amazon is kicking off the week with a giant sale on PNY memory products, but this large sale is available for today, August 10th, only. PNY’s core products have been put on sale, and if you are in the market for back-to-school shopping, you’ll be happy to know there are plenty of micro SD cards, SD cards, flash drives, and SSD drives that you can get right now at discounted prices. Check out some of the highlights below.
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Galaxy S7: Leaked Samsung docs give our first hint of what’s to come
The Galaxy S6 and S6 edge were both amazing devices… but they still were apparently sales disappointments for Samsung. No matter, because Samsung is already looking forward to its next big thing that will release in 2016: The Galaxy S7.
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Review: ‘True Detective’ season 2 caved under the pressure of topping season 1
Somewhere, deep within season 2 of True Detective, there was a show worth watching.
There was a coherent plot, there was a consistent tone, there were characters whom we cared about — but none of those elements made it to the screen. What we got instead was an overwritten script, an unnecessary number of secondary and tertiary characters and another mystery with a vapid, unsatisfying conclusion.
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SO COOL! How to turn any iPhone or Android phone into a 3D hologram projector for less than $1
File this one under smartphone hacks that are definitely unnecessary but insanely fun. When simple science meets smartphones, the result is a nifty little “hack” that can be performed in just a few minutes for less than $1 in supplies. In fact, this might be one of the coolest little iPhone and Android phone hacks we’ve ever seen, allowing you to transform any smartphone into a 3D hologram projector in no time at all.
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7 awesome paid iPhone apps on sale for free right now
It’s time to start another week off on the right foot, and BGR is there to make it happen. Today’s list of paid iPhone and iPad apps on sale for free includes seven solid iOS apps that would normally cost $15 all together to purchase, but if you act fast you can snag all of them without paying a dime.
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It’s time to see what everyone’s been talking about – meet the Amazon Echo
There have been few gadgets that have failed as colossally as Amazon’s Fire phone, but don’t let that disaster steer you away from other Amazon devices that might actually be pretty cool. In fact, the Amazon Echo has a 4.5-star rating from more than 23,400 reviews. That’s right… 23,400 reviews. Amazon recently made the Echo available for anyone to purchase, so it’s time to see what everyone’s been talking about.
Amazon Echo, $179.99 with free Prime shipping
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Major iPhone 6s video leak: This might be the new iPhone’s Force Touch screen
Last week we saw a series of leaked images that showed the alleged display assembly of the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus, complete with the necessary components for the device’s Force Touch technology. Now a video originating from an iPhone repair shop shows the same leaked display and compares it to the display of the iPhone 6.
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