Here at Engadget, we like to live in this wild, ever-changing world called “The Internet.” Last month, Google launched yet another branch for internet dwellers to explore, and explore we have. We’re happy to say that you can now find each and every Engadget post within Google Currents, a Flipboard-esque reader that nicely formats your favorite websites for magazine-style enjoyment. We’ll be working on tweaking the experience based on feedback received, and we certainly hope you’ll have a gander if you’re already building out your subscriptions.

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Currents is available for both iOS and Android platforms, and while Google’s limiting the official downloads to accounts based in America, there’s a decent chance you can use Google’s own search engine to find an APK to sideload. Give it a look if you’re clamoring for a more subtle design (just hit ‘Add’ and look in the Science & Tech category), and while you’re at it, have a gander at Engadget Distro, too. Enjoy!

Engadget: now available in Google Currents! originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 02 Jan 2012 15:59:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Garmin S1W

You’ll find so quite a few GPS these days. But, only a number of that can be used for golfing user. And, Garmin S1W is one of them. This The game of golf GPS helps people who play golf in many ways with his or her beneficial functions.

I have this GPS too. Why performed I purchase this GPS NAVIGATION? Because My spouse and i was a new golf beginner, and I’d difficulties with predicting how far the hole that i am focused. This Garmin S1W Golf GPS can help to solve the problem along with measuring shot distance correctly and just. There can also be other advantages that we get. First positive aspects that aware me is I will get this specific devices along with watch also a single package. Awesome. It’s very flexible, so I could use Garmin S1W in many occasions. Another fine detail advantages will be reviewed in below text.

Cool and Sporty Design

Garmin S1W features a cool and sporty layout. I including their style because it’s not look older and far too rigid, like additional GPS on the whole. Garmin S1W GPS Watch’s design and style offers flexibility, so I will use this revolutionary product not only inside my golf pursuits, but also in my casual actions.

Lightweight GPS

This kind of GPS is extremely light in the event you compare along with another GPS. I imagine it’s possible to bring Garmin S1W GPS DEVICE Watch everywhere easily, even far more this Garmin S1W can be used in your own wrist as watch.

Measure Shot Distance

It is my most liked features because I could measure shot distance correctly. So, I could shot nicely. Then Garmin S1W may track how long you go. This features is very helpful pertaining to golf consumer, especially golfing beginner.

FREE 19.500 U.S. and Canadian Course

I’m able to get 19.500 U.S. and Canadian courses directly in Approach S1W without downloads or perhaps subscriptions. I may play golf anywhere in U.S. in addition to Canadian place although My spouse and i don’t know the site before.

Watch with Alarm as An Additional Function

Watch is added feature which is offered by this Golf GPS. I believe this more feature choose this product much more valuable. I make use of this GPS Watch every day as watch and alarm security alarm too. I don’t have to arrange the time in that watch, because the time is arranged automatically. Their alarm great for individuals, to stand up each day.

Waterproof GPS

That feature is incredibly helpful inside rainy season. You may use this GPS Watch even you will find there’s big rain and My partner and i don’t ought to worry when this Garmin S1W can be broken.

There tend to be my review relating to this product, and My spouse and i conclude that benefit you can obtain from this device is over the price that you should pay. Hope this particular review can help you.

Companies can only compete with each other by matching the other’s features for so long. This is especially true when, like Google and Facebook, both are already giving away their product for free. With their latest updates to their social media portals, each company is playing to its strengths: Facebook has eyeballs, and Google has software.

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A couple of interesting messages just appeared from the Hulu Support Twitter account. In several recent responses to subscribers complaining about ads that Hulu plays as part of its premium subscription service, the account tweeted:

“We’re currently an ad-supported service but looking into the option of a higher price ad-free version.”

Hulu has never entirely ruled out an ad-free model, but the tweets come as a bit of a surprise, since Hulu has long maintained its reliance on ads, even for its Hulu Plus service. Rather than going ad-free, like Netflix has done, Hulu Plus has a slightly lighter ad load but also gives subscribers access to a wider library of content.

In an February blog post, Hulu CEO Jason Kilar talked up the value that Hulu provides to content owners in terms of ad revenues, comparing Hulu’s effective ad rates versus those from broadcast DVR and cable DVR. In a more recent blog post, however, Kilar was more bullish on the company’s Hulu Plus subscription service, saying that the company would soon have a million paying subscribers.

The consideration of an ad-free service comes as Hulu has been put up for sale by its owners, which include Fox, Disney and NBC Universal. The message was also tweeted after Fox announced plans to put up a pay wall which would restrict access to shows for eight days unless a viewer has proven he or she is a cable subscriber.

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The fumbled introduction of in-app subscriptions shows that when it comes to charging for subscription services online, Apple is just as confused as everyone else.

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In case you weren’t aware, Apple’s newly launched App Store subscriptions aren’t sitting so well with everybody. While the functionality could of course be a boon to services that have struggled getting paying customers, folks who have already been doing just fine, thank you very much, are balking at the new restrictions Apple has imposed. Rhapsody has issued a statement, which says that it’s not going to play ball and even levels a bit of a threat: “We will be collaborating with our market peers in determining an appropriate legal and business response to this latest development.” The big trouble stems from the fact that Apple requires anybody offering a subscription service to offer that service for the same price or less through Apple. That means you can still sign up folks through your own methods and get all the cash, but if anybody signs up through your app, Apple gets a 30 percent cut. In addition, Apple is no longer allowing applications to include a link to an external site for purchasing, which means vendors will have trouble getting new users to pay them directly instead of using Apple’s simple but heavily-taxed option. Rhapsody claims that it can’t offer its services at existing prices with Apple grabbing that much of the revenue, and it sounds like Rhapsody will be leaving the App Store soon if an agreement isn’t struck.

Of course, this is just the shiny surface of the dirt Apple’s new policies have scuffed up, and we might even have an antitrust case on our hands, according to the Wall Street Journal. Check out the more coverage link for more on that, and follow after the break for Rhapsody’s statement in full.

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