Totem Tribe Gold on sale

Starting today, May 14th, 2013 through May 19th, 2013 a wonderful strategy game filled with a mix of adventure, hidden object and puzzles, Totem Tribe Gold, is available for as low as 99¢ on iPhone and $1.99 on iPad. Upon its launch on mobile platform, the game instantly captivated both casual and more hard-core game fans, and was praised by critics. Now you can get this introduction to RTS genre at 70% off on your iOS device.

In Totem Tribe Gold you are tasked to help Aruku, a chief of the Hawk tribe, restore peace and lead her tribe to a better future. The first stage of this epic challenge is Tetala Island, where your first quest is to find an ancient and mighty relic called the "Tear of Heaven." All in all you will visit 23 islands and other mystic locations during this journey.

At the beginning of each level, your first task will be to build up a village for your people. Workers dwell in huts and are responsible for the construction of buildings and research. You will train scouts and military units like hunters, shamans or archers protect your village against hostile creatures or tribes. Then, you will discover the island, find enemies, complete tasks, and eventually main objectives.

The later levels will bring more challenges and more powers so you'll be building huts for workers, training grounds for warriors, towers and archery ranges to defeat your enemies, witch doctor shacks to cure the villagers and guard towers to protect your people when your army is away fighting. You'll also be solving puzzles, completing quests and searching hidden items over Seagull Island, Blueberry Island, Mushroom Island, Witch Island, etc., to progress in the game. Moreover, you can return to any island and find an overlooked object or to gain a missed bonus.

Rich gameplay, evolving storyline, long lasting playtime and attractive graphics make Totem Tribe Gold a perfect entertainment for the whole family. The game is developed and published on iOS by G5 Entertainment under license from Enkord.

iFruit company Stock Price

Today may be the day we’ve predicted was coming! Google’s stock price continues it’s climb and may hit $900 a share today. At the same time the iFruit company continues it’s drop and may end up below $450. That means our prediction that Google stock will be twice the price of Apple may well come true.

Stay tuned for more!

Ventev Charger Review

By George Harding

We have so many devices these days, and each has a different charging solution. Some get their charge from a wall plug, some through a cable plugged into a USB port, others by induction. For each solution, there is a different cable or attachment. In order to charge a device, you have to have the correct cable or attachment.

Ventev has considered the problem and has come up with a set of solutions. A kit of chargers of various types includes a Wallport Dual USB charger, a Dashport Dual USB charger, a Wallport Single USB Eco charger and a Dashport Mini Single USB charger. With this kit, you are properly equipped, no matter where you are.

Wallport Dual USB: a rapid charger with two ports to charge two devices at maximum rates.

Dashport Dual USB: a rapid charger with two ports to charge at maximum rates anywhere in a vehicle (boat, car, truck, RV)

Wallport Single USB: an Eco charger to charge at a normal rate, then virtually stop when the device is fully charged.

Dashport Mini Single USB: a small rapid charger with one port.

Each charger comes in a clear plastic tube that holds not only the charger, but also has room for your cables.

The chargers have a sleek, smooth surface of light gray color with orange accents and are very attractive. The surface is non-slip.

Each charger comes with a limited lifetime warranty.

Ventev Chargers                     www.ventev.com                    

Prices: $20-30 varying by charger

3D Printer Gun Plans

Schematics for 3D printing a working handgun have been yanked from their original website by order of the State Department—but the files remain online at the Pirate Bay website and elsewhere.

The files for the Liberator hand gun were published at the Defense Distributed website on Monday. Defense Distributed is a non-profit organization founded by University of Texas law student Cody Wilson to "create freely available plans for 3D printable guns."

Wilson received a letter from U.S. State Department on Thursday ordering him to take down the files. It said the department was reviewing Defense Distributed actions for possible violations of regulations adopted under the federal Arms Export Control Act.

Until that review is completed, the letter stated, the files should "be removed from public access immediately."

Nevertheless, the files were online for almost four days—plenty of time for them to be posted elsewhere on the Net. One of those places is the notorious The Pirate Bay, which reportedly offers several torrents of the offending CAD files.

According to TorrentFreak, The Pirate Bay is adamant about keeping the files online. It reported that a Pirate Bay insider told the BitTorrent watching website: "TPB has for close to 10 years been operating without taking down one single torrent due to pressure from the outside. And it will never start doing that."

Turn Off WiFi

We have been long time advocates of turning off some of the most common features in Smartphones when they aren’t being used. Functions like GPS and WiFi are enormous power drainers and have no practical use most of the time.

Now we’ve learned that many major retailers are tracking the movements of their customers by using the WiFi chips in their phones. National retailers like Nordstrom and Home Depot, working with a company called Euclid Analytics, have devised a method for tracking shoppers in their stores. The service identifies shoppers' smartphones by requests the devices make for Wi-Fi, even if they aren't connecting to the store's network.

In this age of rapidly diminishing privacy this is just one more example of why people need to be alert. You never know when you’re being tracked and by whom. It isn’t just government drones you need to watch out for, it’s shopping at the mall too. Be aware and be alert.

HP Tries Something New

Hewlett-Packard is barely holding on to the top spot in the laptop and desktop market, but hopes a renewed vigor regarding product design will help reverse the fortunes of its PC business.

The company is standardizing the design and features in its laptops and tablets to help customers identify its products and also to cut manufacturing costs. Similar to Apple’s strategy, HP is standardizing on materials, colors, designs and features, which were inconsistent across consumer and enterprise product lines.

I hate to be the bearer of bad news but HP is missing the big picture. They are trying to stay on top of a diminishing market. The desktop and laptop markets are on a steady decline and will continue to drop. The future is in tablets and convertibles. Users don’t want to be tied down to a desk any longer.

ASUS Chromebook Plans

Asus plans on getting behind Google's Chrome OS and will launch a notebook running the OS in the second half of this year, said company CEO Jerry Shen.

The Google-developed OS is still in its early stages, but "market momentum" could develop for the OS in 2014, Shen said in a Monday earnings call. Other PC makers, including Samsung, Acer and Hewlett-Packard, have already launched so-called "Chromebooks" with prices between $199 and $449.

"Chromebook is good, not on the consumer side, but it's good in the education and government side, and some for the commercial side," Shen said.

Asus is preparing the product in the wake of a steep decline in shipments for Windows PCs, which dropped by 13.9 percent year-over-year in the first quarter, according to research firm IDC. Microsoft's new Windows 8 OS has yet to jump-start PC sales, while demand for tablets and smartphones continues to rise.