Samsung Creates First All In One With a Curved Screen

Samsung has created the worlds first curved display. The curvaceous computer also known as the ATIV One 7 will include a Core i5-processor with 8GB of RAM and a 1TB HDD spinning at 5400 RPM. It will unfortunately not pack a 4k screen, but it will be have a full-HD 27-inch display. Samsung has mentioned that one of the advantages of its curved display is to improve viewing angels. It will be available in the first quarter of 2015 for $1300.

 

Source: CNET

Singapore Tests Driverless Taxis

On the heals of Googles announcement of its completed driverless car, MIT has unveiled its plans to test a driverless Uber type service in a busy Singapore neighborhood. The goal is to see what real world benefits or drawbacks a driverless taxi will have. It will also allow for the correction of any problems with the driverless technology being used. This project is set to start getting underway in 2015.

Source: MIT Technology Reviews

Sony Will be Releasing 'The Interview' on Christmas Day

According to The Hollywood Reporter Sony has announced a limited Christmas day release of it's highly controversial movie, The Interview. The Sony hack that was allegedly done by North Korea in an attempt to prevent The Interview from hitting theaters, has only caused movie goers to crave its' release that much more.  It makes you wonder if putting the blame on North Korea after being hacked was just a brilliant PR move performed by Sony in order to turn a negative situation into a marketing scheme which launches its' latest movie into the forefront of all entertainment headlines.

You can click here for a list of the Theaters that will show The Interview.

Source: The Hollywood Reporter

Google Rolling Out Completed Driverless Cars in 2015

Several videos and articles of Googles' driverless car prototypes have been floating around online for quite sometime now. But the Internet giant who once made its' living solely from providing search services has revealed the finished version of  its' driverless car. Because of the driverless car law signed in California last March, Googles' autonomous vehicle will be making its' debut on California roads in 2015.

Source: Google Self Driver Car Project

Volvo's Smart Bike Helmet Concept Vibrates to Warn You of Cars You Can't See

If Volvo has its way cyclists will receive a vibration and a red flash on their Volvo bike helmets to alert them of incoming motorists. They plan on accomplishing this by syncing the location of the cyclists and the motorists to the Volvo managed cloud. Once this is done Volvo keeps track of each vehicles proximity and send out alerts when they are too close to each other. The location of the driver will be obtained using Volvos in-dash system. But the cyclists will need to download an app such as Strava and link it to the Helmet to do the same. The only foreseeable flaw with this idea would be the fact that this will only be truly effective if all drivers own a Volvo vehicle and all cyclists own a Volvo helmet.

You Can Now Say 'OK Google'o on Chromebooks Without Going Into App Launcher

Other than a super low price tag PC's and Macs have nothing to be jealous of when compared to Google Chromebooks, until now. In a Google Plus update published by Francois Beaufort, we find out that the 'OK Google' command can now be used from anywhere on the Chromebook, as long as it's unlocked. You no longer have to go through the app launcher first. The only catch is you will have to be running on the dev channel and have the appropriate flags enabled. If you are the proud owner of a Chromebook and are also on the dev channel then follow the instructions given by Francois in the source below.

Source: Francois Beaufort

Navy Creates Drone Shark to Spy on Enemies

US Navy has unveiled what it's calling the GhostSwimmer drone. It looks just like a shark, and even mimics the swimming movements of said fish to spy on enemies without being noticed. It can dive as deep as 300 feet and can also operate unmanned, but will need to surface to transmit it's findings to the command center. If one does need to get control of this spying shark, they  need to be connected with a 500-foot tether. The machine is still in testing, you can check out the below video to see the drone in action.

Facebook Gives iOS User's Ability To Auto Enhance Photos

Facebook's acquisitions of Instagram has taught Zuckerberg and friends a few photo tweaking tricks apparently. If you have the latest version of the Facebook app on your iOS device, you now have the ability to automatically enhance pictures once they are uploaded. This is not unlike the feature that Google+ has been using for over a year now, which also automatically adjusts pictures to give them a sharper look. This feature will soon be available to Android devices as well, and maybe even Windows Phone devices if Microsoft is lucky enough.

Source: TechCrunch

T-Mobile Letting Customers Roll Over Unused Data

T-Mobile is allowing users to roll over their unused data for up to a year. Customers will need to be on a 3GB 4G LTE post paid phone plan or a 1GB post paid tablet plan in order to take advantage of this new feature. Qualifying users will receive what T-Mobile is calling a data stash. Customers will receive 10GB in their stash to start them off, and there will be no limit to the amount of data they can stock it up with. According to T-Mobile's CEO John Legere, this feature will be available on January 2015.


Source: T-Mobile

Jaguar Shows off Augmented Reality Windshield Concept

Photo: Jaguar

If Jaguar has it's way it will have its augmented reality windshields be used to eliminate blind spots and provide distraction free navigation assistants. It will place screens in the pillars of its cars that will stream a feed from an outside camera to identify things such as pedestrians being hidden by your cars pillars. It will also display a ghost car in front of you, which will guide you and notify you of upcoming turns. Check out Jaguars concept video below.

Source: Jaguar

Printer Made Out of Lego and littleBits

Photo: Gizmodo

littleBits is a lego like product who's pieces connect with one other to create fully functional electronic devices. Imaginative innovator, Arthur Sacek, combined a Roller switch, Brick adapter, light sensor and other littlebits modules in order to create a device that duplicates an image rather accurately.

See the video below for yourself.

Source: psfk.com

Leaked Specs Shows Samsung Galaxy S6 has Octa-Core CPU

The folks at Mobifo reportedly got there hands on a screenshot of an AnTuTu benchmark being performed on the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S6.

The Galaxy S5 successor will sport an ARM CPU with 8 cores, QHD display, a 16MP camera, Mali-T7600 GPU and will be loaded with Android 5.0, according to the above screenshot. Rumors from other sources have also claimed that the device will have 3GB of RAM and be coupled with an Exynos 7420 processor based on a 64-bit architecture.

Source: Mobifo

Hover board is Now a Reality...Kinda

An innovated Texas based man by the name of Ryan Craven has ambitiously created his own personal hoverboard. Even though this device doesn't work quite like the one Marty McFly had, the idea of a real life skateboard with no wheels that hovers off the ground is pretty cool.

Ryan uses 4 leaf blowers and connects them in a way that allows them to blow air that gets funnelled across a number of small holes on the board, which then causes it to hover. It is practically just a miniature hovercraft. For those interested in duplicating Ryan Craven's DIY hoverboard, the instructions for it can be found here. But if you are patient enough a company called Hendo is working on a production hoverboard that looks a little more sleek and approachable. It will go for around $10, 000 once released.

Source: Mr Hoverboared

Nokia's Here Maps is Here on Android

The tried and tested Nokia Here Maps has finally made its way to Google's Android Playstore. Here Maps has been used on Windows Phones and on Symbian, under the name Nokia Maps, for years. It has also been an exclusive on the Samsung App Store since October. It is a very reliable and easy to use turn by turn navigation system, but what makes it really stand out is its ability to download maps when connected to wifi and then navigate you to your destination without using your cellular data. Android users can visit the Playstore now to reap the benefits of Here's offline maps, but IOS users will have to wait until 2015 to be able to download it from the Appstore.

Photo: Engadget

Source: Google Play

T-Mobile's $100 Shared Data Plan Comparable to Wind Mobile

Most Canadians already know that T-mobile is basically the U.S version of Wind Mobile, who is also known to be a bit of unconventional carrier compared to the big three phone companies it competes with. Other than broadcasting on the same frequency T-Mobile now shares another commonality with Wind, which is the willingness to give its customers unlimited data. Wind is famous in Canada for its $35, $40, $44, $50 and $60 a month unlimited data plans. T-mobile has now joined its' Canadian dopple ganger and has introduced a $100, 2 line shared unlimited data plan. This plan also gives you unlimited talk, text and 5GB of tethering. To find out more details about this plan visit t-mobiles' news room.

Source: T-Mobile

NFC Chips Can Be Used to Wirelessly Detect Gas Leaks

MIT chemists found a way to modify an NFC chip and gave it the ability to work with carbon nanotubes to sniff out certain types of gases. This technology can be used for detecting things like carbon monoxide leaks, bombs and whether or not food has gone bad. Because an NFC chip is used, this tech would work great in smartphones.There is no set function for these modified chips, but it seems like it has many possibilities. The team that invented this sensor would also like to find a way to incorporate bluetooth in the mix in order to extend their range.

Photo: MIT

Source: MIT

Uncharted 4 Gameplay Preview

Naughty Dog has brought back their male tomb raider, Nathan Drake, for another uncharted squeal. During today's PlayStation Experience, Naughty Dog decided to debut the games amazing graphics and smooth game play mechanics. Even though you'll have to wait until 2015 to play the real thing, you can watch the preview posted on PlayStations' youtube channel.

Cheaper and Slimmer Version of Google Glass Releasing Next year

According to Quartz Google is working on a thinner, more stylish and cheaper version of the Google Glass. The sketch below shows the more sleek looking Glass that Google plans to bring to market next year. The back part which hangs over the ears are significantly smaller, looking more like something you would see on a standard pare of glasses. Even the glass over in front of the eye has been reduced in size. Google may drop the price to assist in making this device more of a consumer product than its' Glass Explorer counter part, which sells for $1500 and up. There is no specific release date for the New Google Glass, but expect it sometime in 2015.

Unbreakable iPhone Screen Method Patent

If Apple gets its way the next iPhone may be able to re-orient itself in the middle of a drop to prevent it from landing on fragile parts like the screen. A patent has been filed by apple which allows an Apple phone to do just that.

The schematics inform us that the gyroscope, accelerometer and GPS will work together to determine when the phone is falling, and the speed of the fall. Once it has been determined that the device is plummeting downward a motor will then work to re-position the phone in midair so that it lands in a way that wont leave it shattered from the impact. The patent also details several other impact absorbing methods. One method being deploying gas canisters to soften the landing.

A great deal of patents are just created by companies to prevent other organizations from making the same product and capitalizing on it before they can. This may just be a chess move by Apple and not an actual intended product, but this would definitely make for a very interesting keynote demonstration.




Images via Flickr / USPTO

Google's Project Ara Gains a Competitor With Puzzlephone

 It looks like Google's Project Ara will have some competition. A manufacturer by the name of Circular Devices has decided to put a simplistic spin on Google's yet to be released modular phone. Unlike Project Ara, the ironically dubbed Puzzlephone only allows you to replace 3 major components of the phone, which are "the Heart" (Battery and Secondary Electronics), "the Spine" (LCD and Speakers) and "the Brain" (Core electronics and camera).Circular Devices may be planning to market this sleek and approachable device to novice phone users who like the idea of having a phone that lasts over a year, but without the intimidation of trying to figure out which parts to purchase and swap out.

Source: Gizmodo

iOS 8.2 Jailbroken While Still in Beta

The super efficient hacking group TaiG has already jailbroke iOS version 8.2 even though it is still in beta and only available to developers. The group also announced that they managed to jailbreak the currently available 8.1.1 as well. According to technology site Redmond Pie, TaiG did a great job of making the jailbreak process straight forward and intuitive. But if extra assistants is needed, Redmond Pie has created an easy to follow tutorial. To find out more about Jailbreaking iOS 8.2 and 8.1.1 head over to the source link.

Photo: Redmond PieSource: Redmond Pie

Sony E-Paper Smart-Watch

According to Bloomberg Sony will be making a watch entirely out of E-paper. This will allow the wearer to change bands virtually, without having to purchase a brand new watch band. Where other smart watches are going for technical strength in their specs, Sony is using style to appeal to customers. This is a lot like the FES watch announced a little over a week ago, but Sony's product will actually be a Smart Watch. A release date or official specs hasn't been announced yet. But more information will likely follow in the near future.

Photo: Gizmodo

Source: Bloomberg

Victoria's Secret Releases a Smart Bra That Monitors Your Heart-Rate?

After the introduction of the smart watch, tech enthusiasts have been wondering what hot new wearable will be marketed next. The answer to that is apparently a smart sports bra. Victoria's Secret has teamed up with a Finish smart fabric company, Clothing+, to create a bra that monitors the wearers heart rate. The bra will cost $75 and will not come with a heart rate monitor, but will have the ability to attach one. The smart wearable goes by the name Victoria's Secret "Incredible", and is currently on sale.

Photo: Engadget 

Photo: Victoria's Secret

Source: Victoria's Secret

Amazon Fire Price Drops to Under $200

Amazon is dropping the price to its Amazon fire phone from $449 to $199. Some say the $250 drop is due to the fact that Amazon has over $83 million in devices still in its warehouses that are not being sold. That is one theory, another could be the simple fact that this is just an early black Friday sale. This Amazon phone is definitely a steal especially since it has flag ship specs. The quad core 2.2Ghz processors, 2GB of Ram, 13MP camera and access to the Amazon app store is definitely worth the $199 price tag.

Source: Amazon

Gesture Based Desktop Peripheral May Replace Mouse

The flow is a crowdfunded project that is attempting to replace the traditional mouse with a device that uses gestures and programmable actions to control your desktop experience. The flow offers custom support for applications such as Final Cut Pro X, Photoshop, Spotify, Youtube and more. The developers have noted that its device supports over 30 applications. The flow can be programmed to allow you to navigate to another picture in a photogallery with a wave of the hand, similar to features found in a Samsung Galaxy phone.

This device is an Indiegogo project, and if you are interested in assisting financially you can do so by visiting here.



Flow from Senic on Vimeo.
Source: Indeigogo (Flow)

Alienware Alpha - First PC Gaming Console Currently Shipping

AlienWare is shipping its Alpha device which promises to blur the lines between PC and console gaming. The AlienWare Alpha is the world's first PC gaming console. It connects to a monitor or your living room TV to bring you over 600 steam controller supported titles. It is currently shipping and can be purchased online at places like Amazon Bestbuy.com,GameStop, NewEgg and TigerDirect. For $549 you can get the base model which comes with an Xbox 360 controller, 4GB of RAM, a Core i3 processor, a GeForce GTX 860M graphics card and a 500GB HDD + 32GB SSD. If those specs aren't high enough you can pay $699 for 8GB of RAM and a 1TB drive or $799 for 8GB, a 2TB drive and an i7 CPU.

 

Source: Dell

This Machine Turns Water Into Gasoline

Sunfire GmbH, a German technology company, has revealed a machine that uses water and carbon dioxide to produce synthetic gasoline. The company has created this revolutionary device in an attempt to move away from fossil fuels. They use a technology called Power-to-Liquid to convert H2O and CO2 into liquid hydrocarbons. The company has achieved efficiency of up to 70% with this process. Head over to Sunfire GmbH's website to get more details on how the technology works

Will this type of cleanly produce gasoline actually make its way into mass production anytime soon? Or will the big companies like BP Oil throw a wrench in Sunfire GmbH's plans, to maintain their dominants in the industry? Many conspirators may argue that electrical cars have not already replaced gas burning cars because of interference by oil companies.

 

Photo: CNET

Source: Sunfire GmbH

Laser Shooting Smart-Watch

So your smartwatch can notify you of incoming texts, but can it melt through duct tape with its built in laser? Well this one can. Engineer Patrick Priebe has built just that. His DIY project turned futuristic weapon shoots a 1,500 milliwatt laser with the push of a button. This laser is strong enough to pop a balloon or even light a match-stick. The battery drains in about 5-10 minutes when using the laser. This is not Patrick’s first Foyer into the construction of sci-fi tech. He previously built a real life Iron Man missile arm and a laser-shooting glove.

Patrick says that if his watch ever does go into production he will sell it for $300.

Photo: Engadget

Game of Thrones Game Teaser Trailer

A Game of Thones console game is currently in the works by Telltale Games. It will be a a six part game series and based on a new Story line. It follows House Forrester, which the Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin included in his novel A Song of Ice and Fire.

The game will be released for Xbox One, 360, Playstation 3, 4, IOS and PC. The story will pickup in between the end of season 3 and the beginning of season 4. There are 5 members of House Forrester which the player will be controlling.

Iron from Ice is the name of the first release and will be available close to the end of 2014.

Photo: Tell Tale Games

Source: Tell Tale Games

This Watch Allows You to Digitally Change Watch Face and Band

Meet the e-ink watch that lets you change the face and band design by pressing a button. The device called the FES Watch uses e-paper on the watches band and face. You have a total of 24 different designs to accessorize with.  This unfortunately doesn't do anything more than tell the time and date, so it can’t officially dawn the title of smartwatch.

This watch is the result of crowd funding, which saw funds raised on the Japanese crowd funding website called Makuake.  Through the website the creators of this product raised $23,000 in September and now have a goal to raise $8,400. They seem to be on track for this goal as they have 98 days left and are already 40% of the way there. Only residence of Japan can assist in the fund-raising. But once a $167 pledge is made the device will be shipped to the kind donor.

Photo: Engadget

Source: Makuake

                                             

Motorola Can Find Your Lost Keys With Motorola Connect

If you are on your way out the door and don't have the time to rifle through your living room sofa to find your lost keys you can simply use your Motorola phone to win that one sided game of hide and seek.

Motorola just unveiled what it's calling the Motorola Keylink. It's a keyfob that pairs with your phone using bluetooth. After downloading the Motorola Connect App you can page your keyfob from up to 100 feet away with the press of a virtual button. The Keylink will then alarm and notify you where it is, cordless phone style.

The magic doesn't end there, Motorola gives you the ability to find your lost paired smart phone by making it ring after the Keylink is pressed. The device is also compatible with apple phones and can be used to unlock any Android phone running Android Lollipop 5.0.

 The Keylink will run you about $25 and is currently on sale.

Source: Motorola 

Nokia's Big Secret Revealed - It's First Android Tablet

Nokia is showing that it has a lot more technology to offer the world than just Smartphones. The company, who's brand is valued at $3.2 billion, unveiled its first Android tablet today.

The Nokia N1 will have a 7.9" display, a 64-bit quad-core Intel Atom Z3580 processor, 2GB of RAM and a 32GB SSD. This will cost $250 and is set to launch in China February 19^th, 2015. Then will be available in Russia shortly after.

Nokia's tablet will run Android 5.0 with its own launcher, entitled Z launcher. The launcher may not be desirable to many stock Android enthusiast as they believe 3^rd party launchers will either taint, or get in the way of the pure Lollipop experience.

Nokia is a quality hardware manufacturer, and it will be interesting seeing how the N1 sales numbers hold up to those of other Android tablet manufacturers. 

Source: Nokia

Nokia is Up to Something - We Will Find Out More Tomorrow

Although Nokia's Smartphone division has been acquired by Microsoft it will not stop them from announcing a new device. Nokia has teased a mysterious black box on its twitter page with tomorrows date and the sub heading reading "We're up to something". Tomorrow the Slush Conference will be held in Finland. It will be hosted by the product business head, Sebastian Nystrom, who we can safely say will not be peeling the wraps off a spanking new smartphone. Will it be a Nokia TV? We will find out tomorrow.



Source: Twitter

WhatsApp For Android Answers The Cry to Remove Read Receipts

 

A few weeks ago WhatsApp gave its users a feature that BBMers have been making use of for years, the ability to know whether or a not a friend (or soon to be ex-friend) has read their messages. BBM does this by changing the D icon to an R. WhatsApp decided to change the color of its delivery checkmarks to blue in order to notify the curious sender of a read message.

The downside of the update meant you were not able to stealthily evade friends. This didn't sit well with a great deal of WhatsApp users, as a result an update was recently released to remedy the issue.

WhatsApp V2.11.444 will allow users to turn off read receipts. This will prevent individual contacts from knowing whether or not you have read their message, but group chats will still be notified once all members have read a message.

The only way this update can currently be installed is by side loading it, as it is not yet available on the Google Playstore. You can find the APK here.



Source: Android Police

VLC Will Be Released For Windows Phone This Week

According to @ThomasNigro on twitter, VLC for windows is currently in development. There will not be a beta version launched first like with instagram and BBM apps. Instead the finished product of the VLC player will be downloaded from the initial launch date.

VLC was available on Windows desktop PC's for the longest time. It was also downloadable from the Android and IOS app stores for quite a while as well. And now Windows Phone 8 users can soon also join in and have one of the most versatile cross platform media players at there disposal.

VLC should be showing up in the Microsoft App Store this week.

Source: Twitter

Photo: WindowsCentral

Intel Releasing All-In-One PC That Doubles As a Tablet.

We first heard whispers of this in March and now it has been officially announced that Intel will be releasing an all-in-one PC called Black Brook. It appears to be almost as slim as a tablet coming in at 20mm thin. It even follows the Microsoft Surface by adding a kickstand, but sets itself apart by including a handle.

It has a 20" full HD display and incorporates RealSense 3D cameras, similar to the ones it supplied to the HP Prune for capturing 3D images. No word as the whether the RealSense tech in the Black Brook will be used for 3D photo captures but intel has confirmed that the cameras provide the all-in-one with gesture control abilities. Intel sates that the battery in the device will last 5 hours.

Blackberry Classic - Ready Be Pre-Ordered

The Blackberry fans who haven't quite embraced a smartphone without a trackpad can now rejoice. The Blackberry Classic which brings back a tactile call send, call end, back, blackberry button and trackpad can be pre-ordered today. The device will be shipped out mid-December and costs $450. Blackberry's website has not provided too much in the way of specs. But what is known is that it will have a large touch screen, support Android apps and run on the latest version of the BlackBerry OS. You can visit blackberry's website to pre-order your Classic. 

Photo: Blackberry

Warren Buffett Buys Duracell for $6.4 Billion

Procter and Gamble, the previous Duracell owner, was looking around for a buyer to take Duracell off its hands. The richest man in America, Warren Buffett, has been named top bidder and will now purchase Duracell for $6.4 Billion. Buffett's plans with his newly acquired company have yet to be determined. Since the billionaire has a nack for investing wisely, chances are he will find a way to make a profit from this transaction.


Photo: TheStar

Source: BusinessWire

Samsung Releases First Public 3D 360 Degree Camera - Project Beyond

As many tech enthusiasts already know, Samsung has been working with Oculus to produce Virtual Reality Goggles that work in conjunction with the Note 4. They have named it the Samsung Gear VR. The VR itself is essentially a dock for your Note 4 with a gyrometer and accelerometer to track the movement of your head.

Once Samsung's latest flagship Note is connected with the Gear VR it will provide power to the device and allow viewers to see 3D Virtual Reality content with the help of its 5.7" Quad HD Super AMOLED display. The first time the smartphone is attached to the Gear, Oculus software is downloaded, this is what powers the user interface once the eye piece is dawned.

Although the Gear VR is public knowledge to the majority of technology buffs, one thing that most may not know is Samsung is planning on selling a 3rd piece of hardware in order to complete your 3D experience. Today they have unveiled a camera called Project Beyond. It will perform 3D recordings in 360 degrees and can stream the output directly to the Gear VR. The camera is actually made up for 16 Full HD cameras which is how the 360 degree recording is possible. Samsung says that connected users will be able to see the video stream from the Gear VR with no lag.

The Gear VR Innovator Edition is set to release next month and will cost $200. For a bundle that includes the bluetooth gamepad it will cost $249.

Photo: Slash Gear

                                         
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Photo: Engadget

Video: The Verge

Installing Any Android Apps On Blackberry 10 Devices

Check out this brief tutorial on what I think is one of the easiest most user friendly ways to get Android Apps on your blackberry. It doesn't require you to connect your blackberry to a computer and side load.

New iPhone Exploit Discovered All IOS Devices May Be At Risk

A new IOS volnerability dubbed the "Masque Attack" was discovered by researchers at FireEye. It replaces apps with Malware once a user visits a malicious website. If the attacker has the victims universal device identifier requests can be sent to install new applications outside of the App Store. This will allow the hacker to overwrite the real app and or take data from the real app. Apparently Apple was notified about this technique in July but has not yet taken the proper steps to patch the exploit.

Apple said that they can revoke certificates thus disabling enterprise apps and limiting outbreaks. You may want to be cautious using your IOS device but you should be safe as long as you only use the App Store for your apps.

Photo by: Will Lipman

Source: FireEye

Microsoft's First Lumia Phone Leaked

Tomorrow Microsoft will reveal a new Lumia device. This will be its first phone that will ditch the Nokia name for the Microsoft one. Microsoft hasn't given us much to go by in terms of specs or price but thanks to the folks over at WMPowerUsers  we now have a more clear picture of what to expect at tomorrows unveiling.

It is already common knowledge that this phone is not a flagship phone, so the keep that in mind while reading over the specs. This Lumia have a Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 1.2GHz quad-core CPU, 1GB of RAM, a 5-inch qHD display (960x540), a 5MP main camera, a VGA front facing camera and 8GB of onboard storage. Microsoft is calling this device the Lumia 535 and it will run Windows Phone 8.1 with a 1900 mAh battery.

Pricing hasn't been leaked yet. But if it is anything like its predecessor the Lumia 525 then it will be a very low priced device.

• 5 inch qHD Screen
• 1.2GHz Snapdragon 200 chip
• Dual-SIM
• 1GB RAM
• 8GB ROM
• 5 mega pixels primary camera and VGA front camera
• 1900mAh battery
• Dimensions: 140.2×72.45×9.32(mm)
• Weight: 145.7 gms
• Frequency support: 900MHz,1800MHz,850MHz,1900MHz
• Colors: black, white, gray, blue, orange, blue, green

Source: WMPowerUsers

LG Phones Get Final Release of Android Lollipop This Week

In the past it would be that the Google Nexus phones were first in line to receive Android Software updates. LG breaks this cycle by announcing it will start pushing out the Android 5.0 Lollipop update to LG G3 users in Poland this week. This means that the G3 will be receiving the latest Android release before any other Android smartphone.

Lollipop will introduce new animations, notification improvements, the ability to unlock smartphones with smartwatches and the Android Runtime Software to improve performance. There is no idea on when other regions besides Poland will receive the update but the LGnewsroom has advised that additional details regarding Lollipop upgrades will be announced soon.

HP's 3D Scanning PC, The HP Sprout, Will Start Shipping Tomorrow

At the end of October HP announced it's Sprout device which it claims will create a new computer category dubbed the "immersive computing device" category. HP combines it's TouchSmart PC with a 3D scanner, Projector and a Touch mat which behaves a great deal like the Nintendo Wii U controller. It will be running windows 8.1 and come bundle with HP Workspace.

The sprout allows a users to scan in images using the 3D scanner and manipulate the scanned picture within the computer in 3 dimensions. The 3D scanner doubles as a projector and displays different images you can interact with, such as a keyboard and a mouse, onto the touchpad. If you chose not to use this to replace your physical keyboard and mouse you can always make use of any 2 of the 4 available USB ports and connect your preferred input devices.

The HP Sprout begins shipping Nov 9th and for $1899 will include 8GB of RAM, Intel Core i7 4790S, a 1TB Hybrid SSD, a 23" 1920 x 1080 monitor and HP Illuminator (4 Built in cameras and a projector).

 

Video Source: USA Today

Google's Project Ara Being Demonstrated Live

As many of you may already know Project Ara is a modular smartphone produced by Google. The concept of the phone is to be able to hot swap certain parts of the phone. Things like the camera, RAM and health sensors can be pulled out of the phone while it’s running and replaced with a totally different part.

This essentially makes Androids the “PC’s” of the smartphone world. Just like buying a barebones PC and upgrading certain hardware as you see fit, you can now upgrade parts on your Smartphone as you desire. If you require more RAM you can simply buy a new RAM module and replace your old one.

Check out the demonstration of Project Ara at the Google I/O. Watch modules being taken out and swapped while the phone is still on.

Gold Apple Watch May Cost $5,000

Last month apple unveiled it's new smartwatch alongside the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 plus. The apple keynote did not announce too much information on the release date or the price of certain models and as a result this does very little to denounce pricing and release date rumors.

The fact that the sports centric version of the Apple watch will start from $349 was already public knowledge. However French technology news site iGen has allegedly found out that the stainless steal edition of the watch will cost $500. The French source has also revealed  a rose gold and a yellow gold version of the Apple watch which will cost $4,000 and $5,000 respectively.

The rumored release date for these devices is February 14, 2015.

Photo: MobileSyrup.com


Source: iGen

The Pirate Bay's Last Free Founding Member Has Been Arrested

The last free co-founder of The Pirate Bay, Fredrik Neij, was arrested in Asian yesterday November 3rd. The 36 year old who moved to Laos with his wife and children to escape sentencing was taken into custody after attempting to cross the Laos border into Thailand.

 Charges for “promoting other peoples infringements of copyright laws” were filed against all founding members of The Pirate Bay in January of 2008 but Neij has been eluding police for years until now. The other 2 founding members are Gottfrid Svartholm and Peter Sunde.

 Although a May 2006 raid temporarily took the torrent search engine offline, changes to their domain name were made to avoid permanently going down. Even till this day, with the founders locked behind bars and all, The Pirate Bay’s website is still up and running.

Learn How Skype Can Translate Any Language to English In Realtime

The Best 5 Plagiarism Checker Websites Skype is beta testing a pretty ground breaking feature that will allow speach to be translated to a different language in real-time and dictated back to a particpant on the other end of the skype call. Microsoft made the announcement of this proposed addition to skpe back in May.

This technology can potentially do away with the need for 3rd party translating. This thought is rather scary for people who make their living as a translator.

The envelope pushing software is available as a preview for Windows 8.1 devices. Those eager to get their hands on the finished product will have to keep waiting with baited breath as a release date for the final product has not yet been announced.

The tool can translate 45 languages and will give you a transcript of its work. If you are a windows 8.1 user that would like to give this unfinished product you can register here.

Moto360 Coming to Canada November 3rd

The mold breaking round faced Moto 360 is finally making its way to Canada. It is now available for pre-order at www.Futureshop.ca and will be released November 3^rd.

This is Motorola's premier smartwatch and was released September 5^th in the U.S. In a world of square bezel smart watches its circular stylings is a refreshing look. The unveiling of the 360 has inspired LG to also debut a round watch, the LG G watch R.

The Moto360 has a 1.56 inch 320x290p blacklit LCD touchscreen, a 320mAh battery, 4GB of storage space and 512MB of RAM. You can accessorize with either a black or grey leather band.

Motorola’s device comes equipped with Android wear which gives you the ability to pair the watch with any android smart phone running Android 4.3 or higher. Android wear allows integration of the “OK Google” command, features a do not disturb mode and has multiple watchfaces to choose from.

The Motorola 360 will be priced at $279 when it releases November 3^rd in Canada.

 

 

 

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Microsoft Band Competes With Apple Watch and Android Wear?

On Wednesday October 29th Microsoft announced their entry into the wearable market. The device, named the Microsoft Band, will include a heart rate monitor, UV sensor, Cortana integration and GPS.

 

What may appeal most people to the wearable is the thrifty $199 price take that it has debuted with and the fact that it will work across multiple platforms. Microsoft has decided to release the device only in the US with limited stock as a way of testing the waters.

 

The Microsoft band comes with a 310 x 102 resolution capacitive touch screen which displays calendar alerts, email previews and guided workouts.

 

The band sports dual 100mah lithium-ion batteries which Microsoft has claimed will last 48hours with moderate use.

 

The device went on sale October 30th and is available for Android, IOS and Windows Phone.