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October 11, 2016 iPhone 7 Event: What to Expect From Apple’s Biggest Launch of the Year
HIGHLIGHTS New dual-lens camera system on the new 5.5-inch iPhone model iOS 10 will be available on the iPhone 5 from 2012 and later Apple Watch 2 to offer improved battery life It’s September, and that means it’s time for the next iPhone. Earlier this week, Apple sent out invitations to a September 7 event, […]
ELECTRONICS October 11, 2016 Can You Trust the Lithium-Ion Battery in Your Pocket?
US safety regulators on Thursday ordered a nationwide recall of the new Samsung Galaxy Note 7smartphone, two weeks after reports first emerged that the popular device’s lithium-ion batteries were prone to catching fire and raising fresh doubts about the power sources tucked inside almost all smartphones, laptops and electric vehicles. The mandatory recall, which makes it […]
NEWS October 5, 2016 The Incredibly Brilliant Way People Are Now Paying for Things in Asia
The Incredibly Brilliant Way People Are Now Paying for Things in Asia When Apple first rolled out Apple Pay in 2014, it was billed as a simpler way to buy goods and services. You take your phone out, tap it to the credit card reader, and off you go. Seems convenient, right? But some consumers […]
CLOTHING October 5, 2016 Clothes Smarter Than You Are: Welcome to the Future
Wish there was a gadget able to transform your boring office uniform into a party outfit, or even a device that guides you straight to new friends? Then call Marcelo Coelho. A researcher with Fluid Interfaces at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Media Lab, Coelho works at the cutting edge of wearable devices that may […]
NEWS October 4, 2016 Bengaluru-Based WitWorks Wants to Take on the Apple Watch and Android Wear
Bengaluru-Based WitWorks Wants to Take on the Apple Watch and Android Wear HIGHLIGHTS The Blink is a smartwatch that is compatible with Android and iOS It runs a custom OS called Marvin thats based on Android 5.1 It is expected to be available from November Smartwatches have not really caught on yet. Android Wear devices […]
COMPUTERS September 28, 2016 New HP Elite Slice Takes Modular Approach to the Business PC
Modularity has been defined as the degree to which a system’s components may be separated and recombined. And nowhere is this concept being applied more than the tech sector, where companies are introducing products that allow users to pick and choose what they need instead of cramming everything into a single device. The HP (NYSE:HPQ) […]
ELECTRONICS September 25, 2016 Chromebook Shipments Overtook Mac for the First Time in the US: IDC
HIGHLIGHTS An IDC analyst claimed that Chrome OS overtook OS X in the US. PC shipments recorded a decline last month. Dell overtook HP in the US PC shipments last month. Google’s Chrome OS-powered laptops and PCs have for the first time outsold Apple’s OS X-based Mac PCs in the US. The Verge cites IDC […]
ALL DEALS September 25, 2016 Toot Toot: The Politely Honking Driverless Car Is Here
HIGHLIGHTS Google’s self-driving cars can honk the horn like a regular human. The system will likely require a lot more fine-tuning. Google’s honking will be more reliable than human honking. Google has revealed that its self-driving cars don’t just know how to change lanes and run yellow lights – now, they can even honk the […]
NEWS September 25, 2016 ‘Press the Big Red Button’: Computer Experts Want Kill Switch to Stop Robots From Going Rogue
Pop culture wants us to fear the artificially intelligent robot: The titular “Terminator” characters goes back in time to kill a mother and her child. Cylons of “Battlestar Galactica” fame destroy Earthly civilization and, bloodthirst not slaked, pursue the remnants of humanity through space. “The Matrix” begat two sequels and “Jupiter Ascending.” Today’s artificial intelligence […]
ELECTRONICS September 25, 2016 hree Great Projects Using a Raspberry Pi 3 for the Summer
HIGHLIGHTS A Raspberry Pi is a computer the size of a credit card. You can use this low-cost device to hack together cool projects. We put together a media centre, game console, and smart assistant. The Raspberry Pi sounds like a dessert for math lovers but it’s really a computer the size of a credit […]
NEWS September 4, 2016 The Ultimate List of 398 Great Business Ideas
I’m not sure when it happened, but somewhere along the way, owning a business has become part of the American Dream. In fact, MarketWatch suggests: Some 39 percent of employees hope to own their own business; More than 50 percentof workers in their 20s who don’t own a business hope to do so in the […]
NEWS September 4, 2016 Kickstarter Adds a Follow Feature, Makes the Funding Platform More Social
In news of interest to crowdfunding entrepreneurs, Kickstarter recently rolled out a new ‘Follow’ feature that allows users to follow creators directly and be first to find out when their next projects launch. Once you follow a Kickstarter creator, you’ll also be notified when they’ve backed a project that’s just getting off the ground, the […]
