This Hands-Free Takes Burger Eating To A Whole New Level

Just when we thought fast food couldn't get any faster, Burger King Puerto Rico decides to celebrate their 50th anniversary with a hands-free Whopper holder, allowing you to eat while biking, boxing, gaming and more.

Burger King Puerto Rico celebrates 50th anniversary with hands-free Whopper holder

McDonald's struck first with its dedicated french fry holders, but Burger King's new Hands Free Whopper Holder has dramatically raised the bar when it comes to making fast food even moreconvenient. At this rate of innovation, in a few years we won't even have to chew our combo meals anymore.

But that's a dream that's still to come. Mastication is our harsh reality for now, but taxing our arms and hands just to enjoy a Whopper? That's no longer a problem. To celebrate the chain's fiftieth anniversary in Puerto Rico, Burger King gave fifty of its loyalty program members these brilliant hands free Whopper holders that can be worn around the neck so their hands can be used for other tasks. Like nibbling on fries, sipping a milkshake, or preparing their next insulin shot, presumably.

Apple Introduces New 16GB iPod Touch at $229

On a day that’s seen Samsung introduce its new Galaxy S4 Mini and Motorola confirm the existence of the Moto X handset, Apple has also joined the list of manufacturers announcing new devices, with the launch of its latest iPod Touch. The new iPod Touch has dropped a feature or two in order to lower its price tag, rendering it something of an entry-level device. Check out..

In detail: Apple's new camera-less 16GB iPod Touch with Retina Display

Apple quietly announced a new iPod touch this morning with a cheaper $229 entry-level price, no rear facing camera and no loop attachment.

The new iPod touch features the same 4-inch Retina Display as the previous model and the iPhone 5S, but drops storage and the rear facing camera to cut the price by $70.

By all appearances the new iPod touch looks like a 5th generation iPod touch, but it is only available in silver and black and in place of a camera there is a black cover, which is very un-Apple in looks.

The new iPod touch 16GB features a small black oval on the back where the camera is on more expensive models.

By giving up the rear facing 5MP iSight camera, loop connector, colorful options and storage capacity, users can save $70 on the iPod touch. The 5th generation iPod touch 16GB model features the same Apple A5 processor and is capable of Air Play, Siri and other popular iOS 6 features. It can run most apps on the iOS App Store, though any which require a rear-facing camera will not work at full capacity.

This Is What "Fast & Furious" Is Like In Real Life

We've sourced out the hottest and funniest of the "Fast And The Furious" film series! What with "Fast & Furious 6" knocking "The Hangover Part III" down to second place in the box office race and excitement for yet another prequel to the 12 year old film series, we decided to look at some of the funniest Internet memes and gifs out there 

Normal gearbox VS. "Fast And The Furious" gearbox

By the time of the final "Fast And The Furious" sequel...

What happens when Dominic (Vin Diesel) encounters the popo

Vin Diesel's man boobs

1910: The fastest and the most furious

"Fast And The Furious" in real life

"Fast & Furious 6": Mr. Bean VS. Dominic Toretto

The Fast And The Furriest

Surprise, Surprise! Motorola is Still Alive!

Motorola is no stranger to launching phones in bolder hues, and it's not letting up just because Google is at the helm. Case in point: Verizon has started carrying blue versions of the Droid RAZR M and Droid RAZR HD at the same prices (free and $100) as their subdued black and white counterparts.

Droid Razr M and Droid Razr HD Now in Blue from Verizon

It was around this same time last year Verizon Wireless began offering the original Motorola Droid Razr in blue and if you’ve been wondering if/when the Motorola DROID RAZR HD or Motorola DROID RAZR M were going to get a similar paint job, both handsets are now available in all new metallic blue varieties. The Droid Razr HD is currently priced at $100 with a 2-year agreement and has only a very small trim area in blue, while the Droid Razr M is currently free on contract and features a nice amount of blue across its entire frame.

Both devices are great options for new Android users on a budget and feature specs more than capable of running Jelly Bean. In fact, our Kevin Krause was using the Droid Razr M before experimenting with the iPhone, while Rob Jackson is currently rocking a Droid Razr Maxx. Speaking of the Maxx, it seems the new blue paint job hasn’t made its way over to that device just yet. Anyone particularly fond of the new splash of color?

h No, Will Smith's Bad Penalty Kick is Trending

News reports say it was 'horribly, horribly wrong', 'unbelievably bad' and 'the worst penalty kick of all time'. On 25 May 2013, Will Smith and son, Jaden Smith were at the UEFA Champions Festival in London, taking aim at former Man U's goal keeper, Edwin Van der Sar. Can you blame Will for sticking to acting?

5 'Haters Gonna Hate' Ads by Big Companies. Who Says It Best?

e learnt a new word while researching for this story, its called "comparative advertising". Simply put, its when one brand trash talks and disrespectfully disses their competitor for being inferior in a commercial. With that said, check out 5 of our favourite trash talking ads below! Which ad says it best?

Windows 8 trashes Apple's iPad

Mac trashes Windows PC

BMW trashes Audi

Pepsi trashes Coca Cola

Pizza Hut trashes Papa John

Galaxy S4 Smashes Speed Record for 10 Million Sales

Samsung Electronics Co. said sales of the latest version of its flagship Galaxy S smartphone have reached 10 million since its launch in late April, making the model its fastest selling smartphone. What do you think of the Samsung Galaxy S4?

Samsung says Galaxy S4 sales hit 10 million

Demand for the Galaxy S4 has been high enough to set a new sales record for Samsung Electronics, with 10 million handsets sold in the shortest period of time. 

The tech giant announced on Thursday that it took just 27 days to hit the mark since sales began on April 26, equivalent to one handset being sold every four seconds. Its predecessor, the S3, required 50 days to reach the same mark, while the S2 needed five months and the original S seven months.

The latest version of the hot-selling smartphone line is being sold in 60 countries worldwide. It will expand to 327 network providers in 155 countries within the first half of this year. 

Meanwhile, Apple added the S4 to its patent infringement lawsuit against Samsung. Apple on Tuesday asked the U.S. District Court of Northern California to include it for violating five patents, including one related to Apple’s voice-operated Siri personal assistant.

10 Disappearing World Heritage Sites

tanding atop the ramparts of China's Great Wall. Snorkeling the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. These are the giants of our collective imagination, the plumes in our travel caps. Although they might seem timeless, many of the world's most treasured sites are in peril, threatened by theft, development, climate change or unsustainable tourism. From ancient cities to virgin rainforests, we could only hope these wonders stick around to inspire future generations.

Machu Picchu's uncontrolled development

Great Barrier Reef is acidic

Angkor and its "too many" visitors

Invasive species, unbridled tourism and overfishing in Galapagos Islands

Petra is eroding

Everglades National Park too exploited

Old City of Jerusalem under lack of maintenance

Illegal logging and poaching in Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve-Honduras

Memphis and its Necropolis' destruction

Is the Great Wall Of China Still 'great'?

Coming Soon: HTC One Google Edition

HTC is following in the steps of more successful Android vendor Samsung by working with Google to develop a “pure Android OS” version of the HTC One, which will run the Android 4.2 system software precisely as Google coded it, with no aftermarket software modifications.

Still debating the purchase of HTC’s One?  Well, you might want to hold on a bit longer, as word emerged today that HTC might be considering a stock Android version of the handset, much like the Nexus 4.

Little details are known, but a stock Android version of the HTC One would not only remove the contractual obligation one is required to make when buying the phone through a service provider such as AT&T, but it would likely eliminate what is largely perceived as bloatware, HTC’s Sense software.  However, and as great as the stock Android OS is, it could very well negate some positive aspects of the HTC One’s built-in OS, which enhances both the camera and audio performance of the handset – I believe the latter is more hype than anything.

According to Geek, a stock Android HTC One could be announced in the next few weeks, with a possible release arriving sometime in the summer.  Of note, Samsung plans to release a stock, or vanilla version of the Galaxy S4 sometime soon, which has been heavily compared to the HTC One – both US versions sport the same Snapdragon processor.

Pictures of 11 Birds You Don't Want To Mess With

hen birds get angry, it gets scary. You think our feathered friends are cute and friendly? Think again. These 11 birds will really make you rethink your position in the animal kingdom. Makes us wonder, what were these birds thinking when they were attacking the poor people, cat, and dog?

"I have a secret to tell you!"

"Dude, you're in my way"

"Mom I'm winning the race!"

"Get outta my turf"

"I bet I can fit your head into my beak"

"What about you"

"What about your head?"

"What about you, cat?"

"I'd be a pretty ring"

"Golden Eagle wants food"

"I eat cats"

Google to Build $120m Futuristic HQ called 'Googleplex'

While Apple is building a 2.8 million-square-foot, flying saucer-like new headquarters to house about 13,000 employees, Google’s new buildings are much more conventional looking and all fairly close together. The proximity is due to the goal that no employee will be more than a 2.5-minute walk from any other employee no matter where they are in the so-called Googleplex.

Welcome to the Googleplex: Internet giant to build $120m futuristic HQ with a garden on the roof (and no employee will be more than 2.5 minutes walk from a co-worker)

• Huge expansion of 1.1-million-square-foot Google HQ has started and is scheduled for completion in 2015
• Google analyzed employees' needs and habits for new building
• New campus will encourage 'casual collisions of the work force'
• Apple is also building a 2.8 million square feet, 13,000-employee campus

Google has planned the massive expansion of its California HQ to ensure that its employees are more pampered than ever before. 

The company's real estate team analyzed vast amounts of data on everything from sunrise and sunset, wind direction, working patterns and daily habits to design the Googleplex around staff needs.

The internet giant has broken ground on the 1.1-million-square-foot campus in Mountain View, which is scheduled for completion in 2015. 

Worker friendly: At the new Googleplex (pictured) no employee will be more than a 2.5-minute walk from one another

According to civil engineer David Radcliffe, speaking in Vanity Fair, the redesign 'started not with an architectural vision but with a vision of the work experience.' 

 

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This is the first time the company has worked on office buildings from scratch rather than remodifying premises built by others. The 42-acre expansion is designed by Seattle-based firm NBBJ.

It is built with energy conservation in mind. The new campus will be the biggest office complex in the U.S. with all radiant heating and most employees will be able to work with natural light..

Perks: Google offices, like the current HQ (pictured), are well-known for their facilities such as cafes, roof gardens, laptops attached to gym equipment, pool tables and bowling alleys. The new Googleplex will be better

Current design: The current Google HQ is already very impressive and follows the colours of the company's logo

Chill out: Last year's glimpse inside Google's headquarters came as the company planed the radical revamp of its HQ 

Impressive: Google's offices are well-known for their perks such as gourmet cafes, roof gardens, laptops attached to gym equipment, pool tables and bowling alleys

The complex, also known as Bayview, will be made up of nine boomerang-shaped buildings, most standing at four stories high. 

The blocks are arranged to create courtyards and meeting places around the HQ. Many of the buildings have gardens, green spaces and gathering areas on their roofs. All of the structures will be linked by bridges, and cars will be hidden underground. 

The Googleplex will house impressive facilities. Google's offices are well-known for their perks such as gourmet cafes, roof gardens, laptops attached to gym equipment, pool tables and bowling alleys

Rival: Like the Google's new HQ, the new Apple offices (pictured) are designed to attract the best talent in Silicon Valley

View from above: An overview of Apple's proposed headquarters

'We designed this from the inside out,' Radcliffe explained in Vanity Fair. As a result, the layout is meant to encourage what the firm describes as 'casual collisions of the work force.'

'You can't schedule innovation,' the Google employee told the magazine. 'We want to create opportunities for people to have ideas and be able to turn to others right there and say, 'What do you think of this?'

Radcliffe says no Bayview employee will be more than a two-and-a-half minute walk from any other worker.

Other technology giants are also improving their offices to ensure that they can attract the best talent in the competitive Silicon Valley job market.

Apple is currently building an environmentally friendly, futuristic 2.8 million square feet, 13,000-employee campus in Cupertino.

Meanwhile, Facebook is creating a 'Main Street' of stores, restaurants and facilities at the center of its campus in Menlo Park.

Throwback Thursday: These 80's Adidas Shoes Are Hip Again

How do you step back into the 80s without looking so 'yesterday'? Adidas was wondering the same, so they went on a throwback mission by revisiting the 80s and pumping up their old ZX kicks with bright neon and leather stripes. This is what happened. The Adidas ZX700 and ZX750 might just be the right mix of nostalgic and new you're looking for.

Adidas decided to meet Doc Emmet Brown, borrowed his time machine, had a blast to the past, and went back to the future again – giving retro another try. The Adidas team chose 2 models from the famous ZX range – ZX 700 and ZX 750 – and gave a fresh new look to the iconic ZX models with its decidedly more modern-esque feel. Designed and sold worldwide in the mid ‘80s, the ZX range was created as the epitome of stylish sportswear that made it the must have item for any avid sneaker-head.

With innovation and research, the Adidas ZX range became 1 of the best running shoes of the ‘80s. Each model was carefully designed for comfort and practicality; their heels were designed for running impact. The ZX shoes were not only popular on the track, it also proved popular on the streets and with its combined textile and suede in the uppers, a breathable mesh lining, and cushioning in the tongue, collar and heel – the ZX stayed trendy even till today.

The revamp of the ZX700 and ZX750 for SS13 features bright neons and colour blocking on its iconic silhouette – so fresh that it appeared in JUICE’s fashion shoot last issue. The ZX700 retains its original design with only a slight tweak in colourway while the ZX750’s colour is turned up a notch from its predecessor and features synthetic suede, ripstop inlays, and leather signature three-stripes. Available in purple, green, and black, these classic kicks have never looked better. 

Would You Wear These Spray-On Clothes?

The Department of Chemical Engineering of the Imperial College London have created clothes-in-a-can, or more sophisticately know as Fabrican, spray-on fabric. From what we've seen, the spray-on clothes seems pretty impressive and beautiful, not to mention sustainable. Spray-on fabric, clothes of the future? Would you strip down and spray on some clothes?

Office Bully Video: This Boss Caught Hitting Staff's Face

7-second video of what seems to be an employer abusing his employee physically and verbally went viral over the weekend. The man was seen striking the young employee on the head and face and verbally telling the man off. We dig up the story of this shocking office abuse.

This Insecticide Billboard Really Kills Mosquitos And Flies

In Milan, Italy, an insecticide company came up with what is probably the best interactive billboard yet. Orphea's campaign billboard was set up with transparent glue to simulate the shape of the insecticide spray, with aim to catch as many insect that touched the billboard possible. They actually caught 230,000 insects, and the final result looks unbelievable.

This Bike Powers Your Devices, Acts As Mobile WiFi Hotspot

Looking like something out of the movie ‘Tron’, the ‘Levitation’ bicycle, designed by architect Michael Strain, aims to produce “clean, healthy, sustainable energy” on a community scale. Built from ‘HI-MACS’, an “ultra-strong and light” acrylic material, the bicycle will feature a USB 3.0 port that can charge your devices on the go. Check it out.

About Levitation, the concept bike that will power your devices, will act as mobile Wi-Fi hotspot

A futuristic bicycle concept doesn't just get you to where you're going.

When you pedal a bicycle, the kinetic energy is channelled into propulsion — but what if it could be used in other ways? Architect Michael Strain isn't the first to think of using pedal power to charge your gadgets — in fact, there are products on the market that already allow you to harness that excess energy — but his concept bike, designed for the2013 HI-MACS Annual Design Contest, has a few other tricks up its suspension.

Called Levitation, the bike, which looks like a more low-tech Tron Cycle, features an on-board generator and battery that stores the power collected while cycling. This can then be used in two ways: charging small gadgets via the USB port on the bike's handlebars, or sending it into your home's power supply via a drain cable to alleviate grid usage.

After checking out Levitation's on-board electronics, though, we're not entirely sure that there would be much left over after taking the bike for a spin. It not only features a touchscreen LED display between the handlebars, it's also equipped with a mobile Wi-Fi hotspot that delivers unlimited access.

And then there's the reason for its name. Levitation uses a combination of magnetic levitation and kinetic energy to lift itself off the ground ever so slightly to reduce resistance and the impact from riding on uneven ground. Since the bike itself is designed to be built out of Hi-Macs, an easy-to-fabricate non-porous material, we imagine there would be quite a few of those, especially since there appears to be no suspension for the saddle. Ouch.

New Xbox: More Than a Game Console For Microsoft

Microsoft will unveil its much-anticipated next-generation Xbox on May 21 following months of speculation the company is gearing up to announce a new video game console this summer. The company sent out media invitations on Wednesday, hinting it would be announcing the successor to its seven-year old Xbox 360.

Microsoft’s New Xbox will cater to much more than gamers

Reuters) - Microsoft Corp(MSFT.O) is set to make a splash this week with the eagerly awaited unveiling of its new Xbox game console, eight years after the last version, as it seeks a larger share of the $65 billion a year global computer gaming industry.

But the small device faces some big competition from the PlayStation 4 by Sony Corp (6758.T) and the Wii U by Nintendo Co Ltd (7974.OS) in a shifting market.

Gamers are gravitating to online play - suggesting the hey-day of console games are over - while Microsoft wants its sleek new toy to finally cross the bridge to the mainstream and become the family's entertainment center.

"Core gamers are very hungry for a new machine but the difference between 2005 and now is that the stakes are so much higher," said Ryan McCaffrey, executive editor at entertainment website IGN.com, harking back to Microsoft's last Xbox release. "The entire Xbox experiment from Microsoft was for it to be the center piece of your living room."

To that end, industry-watchers are expecting a raft of improvements from the new Xbox, when Microsoft unveils it at its Redmond, Washington, headquarters on Tuesday, from closer integration with the TV and link-ups with mobile devices to access to new and even exclusive content.

Console gaming still takes the lion's share of a growing gaming market - about 42 percent of the $65 billion world market, according to Microsoft. But playing games on smartphones and tablets, or as an offshoot to online social networks, is gaining ground fast.

Console sales have been in decline for the last four years, chiefly because of aging devices, but the first of the new generation of machines has not reignited the sector.

Nintendo's Wii U, launched in November, had sold only 3.45 million units through the end of March, well below the company's initial forecast of 5.5 million. Hopes for Sony's PS4, teased in March, are low key.

"The next wave crest isn't as high as the previous one," said Lewis Ward, research manager at International Data Corp, who calculates that about 250 million Xbox 360, Sony PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Wii units were sold between 2005 and 2012.

"I do think that consoles as a product category have peaked and the next gen devices won't match those totals," he said.

LOW MARGINS

The Xbox itself is not a key financial factor for the world's largest software maker. Its Entertainment & Devices unit is set to break $10 billion in sales for the first time this year, but that's half the sales of its Windows unit, and a lot less profitable, averaging less than 15 percent margin compared to 60 percent or higher for Windows or Office.

The company has more than 46 million members who subscribe to its online gaming and digital entertainment service Xbox Live, but that's still a fraction of the people who pay for its software.

However, the Xbox is still a key weapon in Microsoft's strategic battle with Google Inc (GOOG.O), Apple Inc (AAPL.O), Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) and others for a central place in consumers' lives.

"This (the new Xbox) is of massive importance to Microsoft. It is a piece of a larger war for the consumer that it is battling. They want to be fully integrated with the consumer whether it's in the living room or mobile," said P.J. McNealy, CEO and founder of Digital World Research. "Arguably the battle against both Apple and Google for dominating a consumer's time share more so than taking on Sony and Nintendo directly."

That means Microsoft will be aiming for many markets at the same time, from the core and casual gamer to the TV watcher and music fan.

To do that, industry watchers expect Microsoft to integrate the new Xbox much more closely to the TV and cable or satellite box, perhaps allowing users to change channel or buy movies with a wave of the hand through its motion-control Kinect sensor. They also expect to hear more about SmartGlass, Microsoft's app that lets you link an Xbox to a tablet or smartphone.

Users can already get Netflix through the Xbox, and Microsoft recently started its own studio to produce exclusive content, meaning the new device is a gateway to much more than games.

"I think they're going to try to have their cake and eat it too - they will try to get casual people for entertainment while keeping the hardcore gamers interested," said McCaffrey at IGN.com. "They want their console on all the time, whether it's a mom watching Amazon video, the son playing a game and the dad watching (Major League Baseball) TV on another app - that's their goal." (Additional reporting by Edwin Chan; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)