Pebble is a search-based online shopping comparison site that has a Q&A forum integrated in each product results page so users can ask other users questions about a particular product and get an answer right away.

I wanted to buy a touch screen laptop, so I made a search and this is what I found: http://www.pebble.com/prodsearch/touchscreen-laptop.html. On that page I could compare price, read reviews and check out the specs for each one. The best part of the process was that I was able to comparison shop and find the best deal available at this moment for the one I wanted.

Embedded systems – a rear guest among our usual user gadgets dedicated articles. But its time to show our visitors a world leading company in ECT manufacturing and a long time partner of the most popular OEMs, because who knows when you’ll need to one. Kontron has been developing embedded computer systems for almost half a century, they have more than two thousands employees and cover industry market from their centers in Germany, Canada, USA and Taiwan. Things that build such an enormous success are ETX 3.0 COMs, mezzanines, boards, and, of course, custom solutions.

Charging electronic devices is what we do on a daily basis. But do you charge your portable gadgets ecologically friendly? Industrial designer Fandi Meng has offered a new green solution for keeping your gizmos charged. Called the Sunny Flower, this environmentally friendly charger is able to spread its petals whenever it is sunny. So you now have a chance to keep your electronic devices working all the time.

Whatever mode of transport you prefer you might want it to be a high tech innovation. No doubts the Trek knew about this as now it releases its technology master piece called the District Carbon bike. This environmentally friendly head turner speaks an outstanding design language and is available in different sizes including 50, 54, 56, 58 and 60 cm replica.

Car chargers appear to raise its popularity thanks to USB technology. This time, it is a marvelous car charger with twin USB ports announced by iLuv. This innovative in-car adapter makes sure your electric devices like iPod or whatever you might you on the road. This micro USB charger makes your riding comfortable while charging your USB powered shaver or your cell phone on the move.

If you thought that the app store helps rake in millions for a developer, it is probably your misconception and not all (actually not sure if any) developers sitting out there are driving Ferraris because their application was a popular arrival at the app store.

As per a recent AdMob survey (with 1,117 relevant respondents) users purchasing applications at the App Store spent on average $9 per five downloads.

Apparently there’s $200 million worth of applications sold in Apple’s iPhone store every month, which makes for some $2.4 billion a year. But people love freebies and believe it or not the main thing that convinces them to spend money is actually playing with the free one at first.

The iPhone and the Android users download ten new applications a month and the iPod touch users get 18 new apps downloaded a month on average. Combining the stats for both iPhone and Android, almost half the number of people downloads the freebies. The fact of the matter is that ‘cheap is here to stay’ and a free version is how you can entice a user to download your application.

So how many of you have made money with apps … and can you tell us how much?

[via ArsTechnica]

This robot called “Le petit prince” (or little prince) has been designed to be a miniature greenhouse that would let plants from Earth grow. The Robot’s job is to find the proper nutriment and to maintain a sustainable environment for the plant. It is supposed to learn how to best use the local resources as time goes and can also keep an eye and communicate with its fellow robots. It’s pretty far off, but the robot is just too cute to pass on. By Electrolux Design Labs

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I know a few people who use a Macbook Pro as their main system and that means that the laptop is on a desk 98% of the time. The BookArc is a simple, but classy, stand that will turn the Macbook into a slim tower, plus it’s better for cooling as the hot air exit is not placed at the top, where the hot air naturally goes.

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Scosche Industries just released its solCHAT “solar-powered” Bluetooth Speakerphone. I’m putting solar-powered in quotes because I would rather call it solar-assisted. I don’t think that solar power is sufficient to actually power the device, but instead solar power helps recharging it. There’s also a USB charging cable, but if you live in a sunny place you might not have to use it.

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With the proliferation of integrated webcam, there’s no doubt that video calls have been on the rise. That said, the image quality of integrated cameras is quite low and there’s an assumption that you will stand right in front of the display. While that setup is good enough for most people, the Dualpix HD720 offers the option of putting the webcam on the side, and orient it in more directions (front + left/right). Secondly, the additional room allows for the use of a better lens and image processor (in theory at least, we have not tried it for ourselves). $59 in many online retailers. Product page

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