Day: March 31, 2014

Google

Android Wear: the age of Google smartwatches begins

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As reported The Verge. By Chris Welch After months of rumors, Google is officially entering the wearables market. On March 18th, 2014, the company unveiled a specialized version of Android — Android Wear — designed to power smartwatches and other wearable products. On the same day of its major announcement, Google also revealed that it’s already signed on a number of hardware partners including LG and Motorola to help realize its vision. Android Wear promises to…

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Environmental

Nobody will escape the effects of climate change, UN warns

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As reported on The Verge. By Amar Toor Panel warns that impacts may be ‘severe, pervasive, and irreversible’ unless greenhouse gas emissions are brought under control A United Nations panel today said that the effects of climate change are already being felt across the globe, warning in a major report that they will likely be “severe, pervasive, and irreversible” in the years to come. The report, released by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), concludes…

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Business

How Dropbox Knows When You’re Sharing Copyrighted Stuff (Without Actually Looking At Your Stuff)

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As reported on TechCrunch. by Greg Kumparak Late last night, a tweet was spread far and wide showing that a DMCA notice had blocked a file from being shared on a Dropbox user’s account.As of this afternoon, it’s seen just shy of 3 thousand retweets. What was going on? Was Dropbox suddenly doing something sketchy? Were they suddenly lurking around their users folders, digging for copyrighted material hiding amongst personal files? Nope. The system is neither…

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Microsoft

The Resurgent, Post-Windows Microsoft

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As reported on TechCrunch. by Peter Yared Editor’s note: Peter Yared is the CTO/CIO at CBS Interactive. Microsoft had become an oft-ignored, behemoth to the North, despite $77 billion in revenue, $57 billion in gross profits and $21 billion in net income. It seemed that the mobile revolution had passed it by. Although Steve Ballmer was already making many of the right moves, it took new CEO Satya Nadella to fully accept that Microsoft had to move…

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iPhone

Ultrakam lets your iPhone capture higher resolution film-like video clips

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As reported on Engadget. BY MATT BRIAN While Sony and Samsung are busy making phones with 4K recording capabilities, one developer has worked its pixel magic to get more from iPhone cameras. Ultrakam is the first iOS app capable of recording 2K film resolution, letting iPhone 5s owners shoot 2240 x 1672 pixel video (that’s 70 percent more pixels than 1080p) and output movie-quality footage at the touch of a button. There’s support for the iPhone 5 and 5c, as well as…

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