Month: May 2013

Application

CellMaps by Mosaik brings accurate, detailed coverage maps to Android Mobile

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As reported on Engadget. By Zachary Lutz Sometimes in the mobile world, selecting a carrier isn’t determined so much by devices or plans, but rather which provider best suits your coverage needs. Sadly, the map tools on carrier websites are needlessly painful, and most coverage apps that you’ll find rely on crowd-sourced data — great if others contribute, but that’s not always the case. Now, you’ll find a better solution from Mosaik Solutions, which has released an Android…

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Hardware Dev

Samsung beats Chromebook Pixel and Retina MacBook with new high-res laptop display

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As reported on The Verge. By Matt Brian Samsung is to unveil a new super-high resolution panel which could set the standard for notebook displays. This week, the company will launch a 13.3-inch QHD 3200 x 1800 panel with 276 pixels-per-inch (PPI), and offers greater pixel densities than Apple’s Retina MacBook Pro 13 (239 PPI) and Google’s Chromebook Pixel (227 PPI). Just last week, Sharp announced it would begin manufacturing its new high-pixel density IGZO LCD panels in…

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Google

How Google beat Apple to a streaming music service

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As reported on The Verge. By Greg Sandoval Sources say iRadio is still mired in licensing talks and may not be ready for WWDC Google’s long-rumored Play Music All Access service is already out the door, while Apple’s iRadio is still bogged down in licensing talks. According to music industry sources, all the haggling could prevent Apple from debuting the service at the Worldwide Developers Conference next month. Sony/ATV, the largest music publisher, has rejected Apple’s terms according to published…

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Art Culture

The New “Handmade”

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As reported on TechCrunch. by SARAH PEREZ Amid grumblings of a “general fatigue” when it comes to software-based startups, a potentially transformative technology called 3D printing is poised to reach critical mass and mainstream awareness. Today’s news headlines about the technology tend to focus on the extreme possibilities in being able to print objects on demand – from the terrors of things like a homemade 3D-printed gun to heartwarming tales ofprinted robotic hands for children born without fingers. But the…

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OS

The Time Has Come For Chrome In The Home

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As reported on TechCrunch. by JON EVANS I’ve spent the last two weeks wandering around London, Paris, and Istanbul (not Constantinople.) As an experiment, I left my trusty MacBook Pro behind and brought only the $199 Chromebook on which I type this. And to my considerable surprise it has served admirably. So admirably, in fact, that I believe ChromeOS is only one or two iterations away from being the right choice for many-if notmost–homes. I was…

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YouLike Is A Dating Site That Thinks The Key To Finding Love Is Hate

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As reported on TechCrunch. by STEVE O’HEAR Ok, admittedly, the headline is a slight misrepresentation. However, in the best online dating tradition, not only did it hopefully catch your attention but it has more than a grain of truth, too. YouLike, a startup backed by the founders of Turkish eBay clone GittiGidiyor (which in 2011 was acquired by the online auction giant for $217 million), describes itself as an interest-based social network and dating site that takes into account…

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Bloom.fm Is A Mobile-First Music Streaming Service That’s Playing To A Different Tune

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As reported on TechCrunch. by STEVE O’HEAR The news that Google has launched its own all-you-can-eat music steaming service, catchily named ‘Google Play Music All Access‘, didn’t come as a surprise. There had been rumours that the search giant was planning to create a Spotify/Rdio/Deezer competitor for some time. Why has it done so? Apparently it had to. Music is at the centre of the mobile computing experience, which is where Google wants to remain. And yet —…

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Hardware Dev

LG to demo 5-inch unbreakable and flexible plastic OLED panel at SID

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As reported on Engadget. By Zach Honig LG’s got quite a bit in store for us this week at SID’s annual display exhibition in Vancouver. In addition to that 55-inch curved OLED TV we first heard about last month, the company will be demonstrating a very nifty 5-inch OLED panel. Created for mobile devices, the display is constructed of plastic, making it both flexible and unbreakable — certainly a welcome quality when it comes to smartphone design. Also on…

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Google’s Field Trip app granting free admission to 13 museums

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As reported on Engadget. By Alexis Santos While Mountain View’s Field Trip app may find attractions off the beaten path, footing the bill for excursions has been up to users. Now, however, the Niantic Labs-made application is handing out freebies for an unspecified limited time, allowing those who wield it to waltz into 13 museums for free. Folks near the establishments will receive Free Entry cards in the “nearby” tab, which will let them pass turnstiles without forking over…

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Science

Electrical Brain Stimulation Helps People Learn Math Faster

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As reported on Wired. BY GREG MILLER Photo: Flickr/trindade.joao   Just about everyone wishes they were better at math. But studying and practicing is so difficult and boring that very few people do it. If only there were an easier way. Now there may be, suggests a new study in which scientists stimulated volunteers’ brains with mild electric current while they learned new arithmetic operations based on made-up symbols. People who received brain stimulation during training…

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