Android Gaming Console Maker Ouya Acquired by Razer

According to Venture Beat, Razer, reportedly acquired Ouya this week. The price for Ouya is rumored to be around $10 million to buy out debt holders. 

Ouya, a company that started on Kickstarter becoming one of the most highly backed products ever, $10 million may be a pretty sweet deal for Razer.

Since Ouya or Razer has yet to confirm the deal, no one knows exactly what Razer’s has in store for Ouya. We'll keep you update.

Pebble Appstore To Debut Monday February 3rd

+Pebble  will launch its appstore on Monday February 3rd, the smartwatch company has announced. The download store, will go live at 10AM PT and give Pebble's growing developer community a centralized place to offer their apps and their custom watchfaces.

Third party software for Pebble has taken off since the +Kickstarter success released its SDK last year, until now distribution has been less organized. Developers have offered direct downloads but there has been a specific way to browse and install apps from Pebble itself.

The Pebble appstore will be available for both Pebble Steel and original Pebble owners, though the company will be launching the iOS version first. The Android version will come "very, very soon" Pebble spokesperson Myriam Joire has said and developers will have an APK available on Monday so that they can get up to speed.

Mini MicroSD Reader For Android Smartphones & Tablets

This has got to be the greatest Kickstarter I've ever seen. Lets all get together and back this. Those of you who are disturbed by the trend among Android manufacturers to forgo microSD card slots in newer phones and tablets might be interested in a Kickstarter project that aims to solve this problem once and for all. A device that plugs into your device’s microUSB port, this little accessory can handle microSD cards up to 64GB, and you can use it to copy files between your microSD card and your phone or tablet.

So far, support is separated into three classes: class 1 is supported out of the box, with no rooting required; class 2 might need a third-party app in order to function properly; and class 3 needs a custom ROM to function properly, like CyanogenMod. Support classes have been confirmed on these device models:

• Class 1: Samsung Galaxy S II, Galaxy SIII, Note, Note 2, Motorola RAZR M, RAZR HD, RAZR MAXX HD, HTC One X+, EVO 4G LTE, DROID DNA, all tablets using RockChip and AllWinner chips, Sonicview N710
• Class 2: Galaxy Nexus, ASUS Nexus 7, Nexus 10
• Class 3: Nook Color, Kindle Fire (non-HD)

Source: Kickstarter

OUYA Opens Developer Portal for Game Submissions

March 28 is the day that OUYA consoles will start shipping to people who originally started backing it on Kickstarter. 

Seeing as how that’s only a few weeks away, OUYA announced that game developers can submit their games for review starting today. This allows OUYA to test and review the games before launch to build a nice big portfolio for early adopters to play when they fire up their OUYA for the first time. 



Source: OUYA