août 2012
121 billets
HTC’s Next Tablet Won’t Copy The iPad: It Looks...
The good news is that HTC’s next 10-inch tablet won’t look like an iPad. Instead, it will look nearly identical to a unibody iMac instead, right down to its OS X style dock and lopsided, 16:9 aspect ratio design. See on cultofmac.com
Apple rumored to unveil Wi-Fi free version of...
A report on Tuesday claims inside knowledge of a new AirPlay feature Apple will allegedly introduce at its widely rumored Sept. 12 special event, with the new technology allowing users to stream audio directly to HiFi units or speakers without a Wi-Fi network. See on appleinsider.com
Next-gen iPhone accessories with 9-pin dock...
Three new images published on Tuesday claim to show a variety of accessories made for the next-generation iPhone, offering a look at how the handset’s rumored 9-pin dock connector may interface with third-party products. See on appleinsider.com
SONY NEX-5R mirrorless announced and previewed
This new NEX-5R camera features a new tilt up screen, a 16mp dual autofocus system sensor with phase detection pixels built direct into its structure supplemented with contrast detect auto focus, a customizable control dial and function buttons, a touch screen LCD w/touch auto focus, digital level guage, wireless file transfer, upgraded battery life, 10fps shooting speed, full HD video, and a...
Bouygues Télécom chute à cause de Free Mobile,...
Martin Bouygues avait déclaré au mois de juillet que le secteur des télécoms allait se retrouver dans « une spirale autodestructrice ». Les chiffres du premier semestre ont tendance à lui donner raison. Le groupe a en effet un bénéfice qui chute de 29% et cela s’explique par les résultats de la filiale Bouygues Telecom. Depuis l’arrivée de Free Mobile en janvier, les prix très bas ont...
Managing Expectations for Amazon’s Upcoming Kindle...
In less than two weeks, Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos will take the stage at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif., to announce a lineup of new Kindle devices. This year also promises to be a significant event! See on allthingsd.com
Amazon Kindle Touch Out Of Stock Before Amazon...
Amazon ran out of Kindle Touch units to sell, which likely means the touchscreen Kindle will soon have a replacement in the online retailer. See on gottabemobile.com
iOS, Android adoption now twice as fast as 1990s...
A new study concludes that the rate of adoption of devices running Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android has surpassed that of any consumer technology in history, growing twice as fast as the Internet boom of the 1990s. See on appleinsider.com
Apple seeks ban on sale of 8 Samsung smartphones
Though a jury found that a wide range of Samsung products infringe upon Apple’s patented inventions, Apple has informed the court that it only seeks to ban the sale of eight Samsung devices. See on appleinsider.com
Samsung hopes 'strict internal firewall' will...
Samsung remains a major component supplier to Apple, and the South Korean company hopes to retain that business relationship through a “strict internal firewall” dividing its handset business and components operations. See on appleinsider.com
NFC chip spotted in photos of purported next-gen...
New images thought to be of the front assembly for Apple’s next-generation iPhone show a component never seen before in the company’s handsets, prompting some to speculate the mystery part is a near field communication device. See on appleinsider.com
How TVTak is enabling social video recognition
TvTak is the world’s first Automatic Video Recognition platform that allows a viewer to point a smartphone or tablet at the television and instantly identify what TV program or commercial is playing within ONE SECOND. It works on any television set, for any show or commercial of any currently supported channels. See on lostremote.com
Instagram Socialmatic Camera to Go from Concept to...
Do you remember the Instagram Socialmatic? It’s a concept camera that made the rounds on the Internet back in May — a camera that lets people snap photos, share them online, and print them out as squared-shared sticky-note-style instant photos. The camera will soon go from digital concept to physical reality. See on petapixel.com
The World’s Most Expensive Camera Lens
The Leica APO-Telyt-R 1:5.6/1600mm, is a massive telephoto lens that dwarfs any Leica camera that you attach to it. It’s the company’s longest, largest, and heaviest lens. It was produced as a custom order by one of the world’s wealthiest photography-enthusiasts, Qatari prince Saud bin Muhammed Al Thani, who paid a whopping $2,064,500 for the hefty piece of glass. See on petapixel.com
Marissa Mayer Wants To Give Every Yahoo Employee...
Buying everyone at Yahoo an iPhone 5 would boost morale, just like free food has, but that’s not the point.Of course Mayer is open to giving Yahoo employees Android phones, too. See on businessinsider.com
Marissa Mayer Wants To Give Every Yahoo Employee...
Buying everyone at Yahoo an iPhone 5 would boost morale, just like free food has, but that’s not the point.Of course Mayer is open to giving Yahoo employees Android phones, too. See on businessinsider.com
Top 25 Most Difficult Companies To Interview
Some companies are notorious for using interview processes that bring you back to the days of your college entrance exams. But which companies and industries have the toughest interview processes out there? See on glassdoor.com
Samsung attacks 'abuse' of law
Shares in Samsung fell 7% in Seoul in Monday trading, their biggest one-day fall in almost four years, as a result. Samsung sends a memo to staff in the wake of losing a court battle with Apple hitting out at what it calls abuse of patent law. See on bbc.co.uk
Jouez aux jeux PC sur votre smartphone Android
Avez-vous toujours voulu faire marcher des jeux PC sur votre mobile ? Eh bien aujourd’hui c’est possible avec une petite merveille disponible sur le Google Play, l’application ScummVM. See on samsungmobilers.fr
The iPoo
The iPoo Toilet by Milos Paripovic. For perfect Apple bottoms! See on globosferro.org
Apple's 7.85-inch iPad will in fact be named 'iPad...
Apple’s still-unannounced smaller iPad, which has been referred to in the media as the “iPad mini,” will in fact use that name when the product launches in October, according to a new report. See on appleinsider.com
Amazon expected to unveil new Kindles at Sept. 6...
Amazon has announced that it will hold a media event on Sept. 6, prompting speculation that the company plans to unveil a new lineup of Kindle tablets and e-readers. Beyond the Kindle lineup, another potential device that Amazon could unveil at its media event is a smartphone. See on appleinsider.com
Samsung says verdict is not an Apple win, but a...
Minutes after the Apple v. Samsung jury handed down a pro-Apple verdict on Friday, Samsung released a statement decrying the ruling, saying the judgment was less of a win for Apple as it was a loss for consumers. See on appleinsider.com
Jury: Samsung Owes Apple More Than $1 Billion for...
The jury’s verdict in the landmark case found Samsung products infringed on a number of Apple design and utility patents, though not for every phone and tablet that Apple had accused. The seven-man, two-woman jury also said that several Samsung phones diluted the value of the “trade dress,” or protected design, of Apple’s iPhone. See on allthingsd.com
Alleged Apple 'iPad mini' cases show rear camera,...
A handful of third-party cases from overseas allegedly designed to fit Apple’s rumored “iPad mini” feature space on the back for a rear-facing camera, as well as a mysterious tiny hole at the center. See on appleinsider.com
Apple granted patent to replace boring broadcast...
Let’s say you’re listening to the radio, and it begins playing a song you don’t like. Under a new patent granted to Apple today, your radio could seamlessly switch to a song from your iTunes library for the duration, then switch back to the broadcast when it’s done. And according to the patent reported by Apple Insider, the same technology could apply to a linear TV broadcast, commercials...
Amazon media invite sparks tablet buzz
A media invite by Amazon.com for an event on Sept. 6 has sparked speculation about a new tablet from the online retailer. No other details were disclosed. But the invitation quickly sparked speculation that the online retailer is gearing up for the launch of a new Kindle Fire tablet. “Why September 6?” said BGC Partners analyst Colin Gillis. “I’ll give you a hint – Microsoft and Nokia are doing...
The “cheap” Fuji X-E1 gets leaked!
Yesterday we read the rumor about a new X PRO 2 model and in the meantime Digicaminfo found those nice pics of the entry level X-E1 Fuji camera! As you see there is no optical viewfinder…and it seemd to have an electronic viewfinder only. It comes in Black and in Silver. The price is still unknown. There is also a picture of the new XF18-55mm F2.8-4 R OIS. Now let’s see if the X PRO 2 is coming...
Facebook launches faster iOS application for...
Facebook launched a long-awaited update to its iOS application that promises major speed improvements over its slow predecessor. The updated universal Facebook application is now available for download in the iOS App Store. The features in version 5.0, as detailed by the social networking site, are all about speed. See on appleinsider.com
Gamorlive creates a portal for HTML5 multiplayer...
Gamorlive is a French game startup that has created a web portal for HTML5 multiplayer mobile games. HTML5 is the new lingua franca for the web, and games written in the format can be made into cross-platform titles with very little duplicate effort. Gamorlive is taking advantage of this feature to enable multiplayer gaming across Windows Phone, iOS (Apple iPod Touch, iPad, and iPhone), and...
Facebook Finally Allowed To Actually Buy...
Today the FTC approved Facebook’s acquisition of Instagram, but the deal is worth $738 million instead of the original $1 billion. The reason for the value decline is because Facebook was paying with $300 million in cash and 22,999,412 in stock. Facebook’s stock value hasn’t performed that well since the social network went awhile ago. See on cultofmac.com
Apple's Secret Weapon To Kill Ads And Dominate TV
Could it be that the secret weapon Apple has to win the TV business is advertisement skipping technology? There is some credibility to this line of thinking. If Apple was the only company offering TV sets where commercials could be skipped on live TV, Apple would have an edge. See on forbes.com
Image of purported next-gen iPhone USB cable shows...
A new image has appeared online claiming to show a USB charge and sync cable for Apple’s next iPhone, complete with a smaller dock connector that matches up with previous leaked components. See on appleinsider.com
Nikon announces Android-powered Coolpix S800c...
Nikon has announced the Coolpix S800c - the first compact camera from a major manufacturer to openly use the Android mobile operating system. On one side it’s a 16MP BSI-CMOS compact camera with a 10x, 25-250mm lens built in, on the other it’s a 3.5” OLED touchscreen device running Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). We’ve had an opportunity to use a pre-production camera and have...
Leaked: Pictures Of Nikon’s Android-Powered...
This, apparently, is a new Android-powered phone from Nikon. As budget compact cameras become lass and less relevant thanks to camera-packing smartphones, manufacturers are essentially turning their cameras into phones. This one is the S800c, and will reportedly run Android 2.3 Gingerbread, sport a 10x or 12x zoom and a 3.5-inch OLED display. Wi-Fi and GPS complete the picture See on...
Apple's set-top box cure: A TiVo acquisition
Apple is reportedly negotiating with cable companies to make set-top boxes. What’s a shorter route to TV set-top box utopia? Just buy TiVo. See on news.cnet.com
Study: iPhone users vastly outspent Android users...
The Online Publishers Association (OPA) has released ‘A Portrait of Today’s Smartphone User,’ providing insight into the developing attitudes and behaviors of today’s smartphone consumer. The study found that over two-thirds of smartphone owners reported that they “cannot live without” their smartphones. See on macdailynews.com
Jeff Bezos TED video: The electricity metaphor
The dot-com boom and bust is often compared to the Gold Rush. But Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos says it’s more like the early days of the electric industry. As founder and CEO of Amazon.com, Jeff Bezos defined online shopping and rewrote the rules of commerce, ushering in a new era in business. Time magazine named him Man of the Year in 1999. See on ted.com
Forget Apple, Forget Facebook: Here's The One...
It’s very easy to get caught up in the Android versus iPhone duel and Google’s recruiting battles with its newly-public Silicon Valley neighbor, Facebook. But neither one of those companies worry Google executives as much as another that is actively taking money out of their pockets. This company is from Washington, but no, it’s not Microsoft. Google’s real rival, and real...
Google Play behind Amazon's Appstore in terms of...
According to a study conducted by mobile app analytics firm Flurry, Google Play is not only behind the iTunes App Store when talking about revenues from in-app purchases, but is trumped by Amazon Appstore’s ability of getting users to pay for these kinds of “acquisitions”. For every dollar earned through in-app purchases on Apple’s iOS, Amazon’s Appstore generates $0.89, while Google Play only...
Windows RT Surface Tablet for $200? Too Good to Be...
I’m no mathematician, but the rumor swirling around the Web that Microsoft’s Windows RT Surface tablet will cost $199.99 rings hollow. The keyword here is rumor, so let’s not ground that $199 price in any sort of reality. Microsoft would have to eat some outrageous money to sell a 10.6-inch tablet for a mere 200 bones. See on blogs.cio.com
First pictures of next-gen iPhone display assembly...
Fresh photos claiming to be of a complete next-generation iPhone display assembly hit the web on Saturday, offering a glimpse at the 4-inch screen Apple is rumored to be employing in the new handset. See on appleinsider.com
Instagram 3.0 update adds mapping feature
The latest version of Instagram is now available for both Apple and Android devices. Version 3.0 adds several optimization features that should make the popular photo sharing app easier and faster to use and allow users to report abusive comments and spam, but its new photo mapping display will be what fans notice first. See on dpreview.com
Judge Koh allows Samsung to present Fidler tablet...
Over Apple’s objections, Samsung was granted the right to present pictures of a tablet newspaper concept from 1994 as evidence of prior art refuting the originality of its iPad design patents. See on appleinsider.com
New high-res photos of black, white 'iPad mini'...
Fresh pictures posted on Friday claim to show both the “iPad mini” and next-gen iPhone’s dock connector flex cables side-by-side, with the images hinting that Apple will launch the smaller tablet in both white and black colorways. See on appleinsider.com
Apple’s new set-top box to feature DVR-like media...
Apple is said to be working on a redesigned interface for the set-top box that is more in-line with the icon interface of the iPad. In recent months, users have begun to express their concern over the Apple TV’s UI, saying that the menus are confusing and calling the interface clunky. Social media features may also be added, allowing users to easily share thoughts on TV shows and movies. See on...
Apple’s iPhone 5 to include fingerprint sensor in...
On July 27, seemingly out of nowhere, security company AuthenTec announced in a regulatory filing that it had agreed to a $356 million acquisition offer from Apple. AuthenTec announced on May 8, 2012 that it had introduced ‘its first smart sensor specifically tailored for secure NFC mobile commerce.’ The product is a new 192 pixel by 8 pixel fingerprint sensor… a sensor that is 1.3mm in size...
Photographer adds camera control with home-made...
Photographer David Hunt adds camera control with home-made computer accessory grip. Hunt has installed a Raspberry Pi, Linux-based credit-card-sized computer in an old battery grip. He’s not got as far as programming the computer yet but has blogged about the possibilities. See on dpreview.com
Apple 'iPad mini' could resemble, be as thin as...
A litany of photos of alleged “iPad mini” parts have surfaced online, prompting some to create mockups of a thinner, iPod touch-inspired device which insiders claim are close to what Apple is expected to release sometime this fall. See on appleinsider.com
The Next iPhone's Rumored Foolproof Dock Connector
How can you improve on Apple’s nine-year-old 30-pin dock connector? You might start by reducing the size. Ever-shrinking gadgets need smaller connectors. You could also reduce complexity. A simpler design would be easier to use, easier to make, less prone to failure, more sustainable, and cheaper. If those are the two big improvements, add one requirement: longevity. See on gizmodo.com
