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• iPhone app prototype lets you listen to your heartrate
• Call of Duty: Black Ops for £29.99 at Morrisons
• Kindle top selling item on Amazon's Christmas list
• Facebook reveals how to be more popular

iPhone app prototype lets you listen to your heartrate Posted: 27 Dec 2010 07:56 AM PST Posted by Chris Smith on Mon 27 Dec 2010 New prototype could have use for medical professionals as well as fitness freaks. Fed up of those restrictive chest-bands that deliver the all-important bmps during your post-Christmas work-out? Well a new app for iPhone could allow you to ping that elastic strip away once and for all.   Swiss company CSEM has just put the finishing touches on an app called Pulsear, which monitors your heart rate, informs you through the headphones and allows you to compare data with your previous work-outs.   More from the T3 App Chart Best iPhone fitness apps Adidas miCoach for iPhone review Best apps: 50 Mobile apps to change your life Our top rated iPhone apps "Lots of people listen to music while they exercise and lots of people find the belts uncomfortable," said CSEM's Dr. Andrea Ridolfi, "so we thought it made sense to measure heart rate through the ear."   The current iteration of the prototype only measures heart-rate but CSEM say that future versions of the app will allow users to measure other vital stats like blood oxygen levels.   Pulsear is based on ideas used to create sonar technology for astronauts and researchers say the prototype could have commercial as well as uses for medical professionals. Price and release date are yet to be confirmed.   Link: Independent     This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Call of Duty: Black Ops for £29.99 at Morrisons Posted: 27 Dec 2010 12:18 AM PST Posted by Devina Divecha on Mon 27 Dec 2010 If you didn't buy it around Christmas, here's another chance. Gamers, listen up: Call of Duty: Black Ops will be sold by Morrisons for £29.99 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 platforms until 2 January. Related links Call of Duty: Black Ops review Call of Duty: Black Ops review 3D Call of Duty: Black Ops retains UK top gaming spot Call of Duty: Black Ops patch released for PS3 and Xbox The popular game can now be bought for this price, but it's only valid instore and doesn't apply to the PC version. However, the price of £29.99 comes with no strings attached. Call of Duty: Black Ops can also be bought on Amazon.co.uk, where it was the third most popular item on their Christmas top 10 list. Activision has also announced that the sales of the game passed $1 billion. In spite of the problems PS3 users are facing, Call of Duty: Black Ops seems to be one of the hottest games of the moment. Do you already have the game or plan to avail of this offer? Head to T3's Twitter and Facebook pages to share and follow us for the latest news in gaming and tech. Via: ITProPortal     This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Kindle top selling item on Amazon's Christmas list Posted: 26 Dec 2010 11:49 PM PST Posted by Devina Divecha on Mon 27 Dec 2010 The Amazon Kindle e-reader was the most popular item bought during Christmas shopping on Amazon. The Amazon Kindle tops the list of Amazon's top 10 Christmas sales. According to Amazon, 27 items were bought every second during the peak of Christmas buying period, while 6 December was the busiest day with 2.3 million items bought. Related links Amazon Kindle for iPad app review Amazon Kindle DX review Kindle vs Apple iPad review Amazon Kindle 3 review Amazon Kindle books outselling hardbacks The Kindle e-reading device pushed the Toy Story 3 DVD to second spot, Call of Duty Black Ops to third and Take That's latest album Progress to fourth. The movie Inception was relegated to fifth spot. The remainder of the top 10 was made up by Jamie's 30-Minute Meals - Jamie Oliver, Now That's What I Call Music! 77, Eclipse, Downton Abbey Series 1 and Just Dance 2 (Wii). Brian McBride, Managing Director of Amazon.co.uk said, "This was the first Christmas that Kindle and Kindle 3G have been available from Amazon.co.uk and the demand has been exceptional." The Amazon Kindle is priced at £109. What did you buy for friends and family for Christmas? Share the details at T3's Twitter and Facebook pages and follow us for your daily dose of tech news. Via: TechRadar     This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Facebook reveals how to be more popular Posted: 26 Dec 2010 10:50 PM PST Posted by Devina Divecha on Mon 27 Dec 2010 Talk more about yourself, less about family, and be a bit negative. Instant Facebook popularity. Facebook has mined some data and found that if people want others to like their status and become their friends, then talk about music, sports, or type the word 'you'. They analysed 1 million status updates posted in English to collate the data. Apparently, the more popular people are also less concerned about including their family in their updates, are less emotional, and have a different word usage than those with lower friend counts. Related links Facebook for iPhone app review Biggest Facebook winners and losers Chat for Facebook for BlackBerry app review T3 readers say no to Facebook Places Facebook tech etiquette According to Facecook, "They write longer updates, and use more words referring to music and sports. More 'popular' people also talk less about their families, are less emotional overall, use fewer past tense and present tense verbs and words related to time." In addition, if you want people to notice your status updates, negative emotional updates receive more comments than positive ones. Facebook's blog post also said, "Younger people express more negative emotions (including anger) and swear more. They use more pronouns referring to oneself (“I”, “my”, etc.) and talk more about school. Older people write longer updates, use more prepositions and articles, and talk more about other people, including their family." The time of the day also affected status updates. Negative word use increases as the day goes on, as positivity decreases. Do you think Facebook's data has got it right...and according to this, how popular are you? Head over to T3's Twitter page or post on what we hope is our popular Facebook page and stay tuned in for regular tech news.     This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

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