Day: January 11, 2013

Hardware Dev

Translusense clear keyboard eyes-on Hands-on

By admin | by admin

As reported on Engadget. By Terrence O’Brien You might have forgotten about this guy. It’s been over a year since Jason Giddings put his clear keyboard concept up on Kickstarter. Well, the infrared-based touch board may not have found enough backers to get off the ground, but some other investors saw potential and now Translusense is making its way towards a reality. The company wasn’t quite ready to show off working prototype at CES — there’s still a…

Continue reading

Entertainment Hardware Dev

Zoom iQ5 professional stereo microphone hands-on Hands-on

By admin | by admin

As reported on Engadget. By Kevin Wong Earlier at CES, we got our hands on the Rode iXY 30-pin stereo microphone iPhone add-on that left our Lightning users a bit sad. Cheer up! The folks over at Zoom got us over to their booth to take a peek at the company’s new iQ5 professional stereo microphone. The iQ5 is a different beast than its aforementioned competition in that it works in conjunction with native iOS applications. What this means is…

Continue reading

Application Internet

Chrome 24 fixes two dozen bugs, promises to speed things up

By admin | by admin

As reported on Engadget. By Sean Buckley Google’s latest browser update landed today with little fanfare from Mountain View— just a tiny blog post proclaiming a faster, more stable Chrome. Diving into the build’s change notes, however, reveal Flash updates, bug fixes and support for MathML. Not a lot in the way of consumer facing features — though Bookmarks are now searchable, via the Chrome omnibox. Not as fancy as the last release, but we never to scoff…

Continue reading