Month: February 2013

Hardware Dev

LG unveils world’s smallest wireless charger, preps it for global availability Mobile

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As reported on Engadget. By Alexis Santos LG may have an obsession with hulking smartphones, but it’s taken a different tact with its latest wireless charger, which is being hailed as the world’s smallest. Christened the WCP-300, the pad juices up Qi-compatible devices such as the Nexus 4 (if you’re not in the mood for a sliced sphere, of course) and the outfit’s Optimus G Pro, Vu II and LTE II. South Korea will see the hardware arrive this week with a 65,000…

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Microsoft

Linpus Gesture2Launch brings neat, customizable touch control to Windows 8 (hands-on) Hands-on

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As reported on Engadget. By Sharif Sakr You might remember Linpus from its various Linux projects, but these days the outfit is getting into apps in a big way. We’ve just been hands-on with its latest offering, Gesture2Launch, a straightforward concept that could prove seriously useful to those with Windows 8 touch-enabled devices. The current app has default gestures that can be assigned to an array of functions — both to launch applications and to trigger system actions. Most of…

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Culture

The AR-15 Is More Than a Gun. It’s a Gadget

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As reported on Wired. BY JON STOKES An AR-15 on a stand during target practice for law enforcement at a Connecticut range, 2011. Photo: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service/Flickr   I was shaking as I shouldered the rifle and peered through the scope at the small steel target 100 yards downrange. It was officially the coldest day in Las Vegas history, and I was in the middle of the desert, buffeted by wind and surrounded by the professional…

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Mobile

Asus Padfone Infinity with 5-inch 1080p display, mysterious ‘Fonepad’ device leaked at MWC

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As reported on The Verge. By David Pierce Asus has been not-so-subtly teasing a new version of the Padfone, its wild phone / tablet hybrid device, to be launched at this year’s MWC. The company’s press conference (and presumably official announcement) isn’t until this afternoon, but we’ve spotted a sign in Asus’s booth displaying some key specs of the “Padfone Infinity.” The device will feature a 5-inch, 1080p LTE phone that will dock inside a 10.1-inch, 1080p tablet.…

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Google

I used Google Glass: the future, but with monthly updates

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As reported on The Verge. By Joshua Topolsky Up close and personal with Google’s visionary new computer The frosted-glass doors on the 11th floor of Google’s NYC headquarters part and a woman steps forward to greet me. This is an otherwise normal specimen of humanity. Normal height, slender build; her eyes are bright, inquisitive. She leans in to shake my hand and at that moment I become acutely aware of the device she’s wearing in the…

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Application Cloud Culture

Meet ownCloud 5, The Open Source Dropbox

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As reported on TechCrunch. by SCOTT MERRILL ownCloud is a free software suite, written in PHP, that provides file storage, synchronization, and sharing. It provides the same basic features of Dropbox or Box.net. It also provides a whole lot more. ownCloud was started three years ago when Frank Karlitschek wanted a free software alternative to proprietary solutions. In the time since the project has attracted a dedicated group of core contributors, made several significant releases, and is…

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Mobile

Samsung To Debut Its New Galaxy S In New York On March 14 As Rivalry With Apple Heats Up

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As reported on TechCrunch. by CATHERINE SHU It appears that Samsung has once again joined a growing list of companies that have decided not to release their flagship devices at Mobile World Congress. Reuters reports that the South Korean electronics giant said it will launch its new Galaxy S smartphone on March 14 in  New York after requests from U.S. carriers. We’ve emailed Samsung for confirmation. One likely reason why Samsung chose New York for its launch is…

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Android Apple

Kantar Worldpanel: Android And Verizon Back On Top In U.S. Smartphone Sales, Android At Nearly 50% Of Sales

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As reported on TechCrunch. by INGRID LUNDEN Kantar Worldpanel, the WPP firm that analyses how well smartphones are selling with consumers (not shipping to sales channels) across key worldwide markets, has picked the week of a major mobile show in Europe, Mobile World Congress, to shift some of the focus back to the U.S., today releasing numbers on smartphone sales for the 12 weeks to the end of January, which show that Android was the top smartphone…

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Business

Why Local Commerce Will Be Larger Than E-Commerce For The Next Decade, An Analysis

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As reported on TechCrunch. by MIKE GHAFFARY Marc Andreessen and Reid Hoffman recently debated whethersoftware would eat traditional retail, leaving no brick-and-mortar presence behind. Both articles noted that e-commerce is currently only 5 percent of retail in the U.S., while the other 95 percent is brick and mortar. While Andreessen holds firm that e-commerce will completely overshadow physical retail, the debate missed why some industries will never go completely online. Some industries will have a hard time competing…

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Hardware Dev

NVIDIA GTX Titan review roundup: the fastest single-GPU card ever tested

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As reported on Engadget. By Darren Murphy Looking to cut to the chase? Those yearning for the fastest single-GPU powered graphics card ever tested need look no further… for the moment, anyway. NVIDIA’s beastly GTX Titan has been making the rounds on test benches across the world, and while demo titles and stress factors varied somewhat, the overall conclusion seems pretty unanimous. The folks at Hot Hardware proclaimed: “In every benchmark or game we threw at it, regardless of resolution,…

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