Apr 07
A second earthquake—magnitude 7.4—has hit northeastern Japan, prompting a tsunami warning. The quake, strong enough to move buildings in Tokyo, hit 78 miles north of the devastated Fukushima plant at 11:32 pm, local time. More »
Apr 07
A second earthquake—magnitude 7.4—has hit northeastern Japan, prompting a tsunami warning. The quake, strong enough to move buildings in Tokyo, hit 78 miles north of the devastated Fukushima plant at 11:32 pm, local time. More »
Apr 07
Another Air Traffic Controller Falls Asleep, This Time On Purpose [Wtf]
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An unnamed air traffic controller at Knoxville’s McGhee Tyson airport fell asleep for five hours during his night shift on Feb. 19, leaving seven aircraft to land without their primary officer. And he did it intentionally. More »
Apr 07
T-Mobile’s 4G Mobile Hotspot going on sale April 13?
Posted in: hotspot, leak, LG, mobile hotspot, MobileHotspot, optimus, rumor, speculation, t-mobile, Today's Chili
Well, well. Android Central got a hold of a leaked document revealing that T-Mobile’s 4G Mobile Hotspot, the first of its kind for the carrier, is slated to go on sale April 13th. We’re inclined to believe it, since T-Mo just confirmed that the LG G2x, also named in the doc, will indeed go on sale April 15th. Alas, if you’ve been waiting for more info about the pricey, Honeycomb-powered T-Mobile LG G-Slate, you can keep holding your breath: all we know is that it’s coming “soon.”
T-Mobile’s 4G Mobile Hotspot going on sale April 13? originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 07 Apr 2011 10:45:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Apr 07
Between all of the silly call videos and herbal Viagra ads, we consume an absurd amount of data on a regular basis. Attempting to contemplate just how much seems a rather mindboggling task. Thankfully, we now have a mindbogglingly large number to aid in that task. 9.57 zettabytes–9,570,000,000,000,000,000,000 bytes is passed through the world’s 27 million servers.
That breaks down to 3TB per year for each of the world’s 3.18 billion workers.
That number comes from a study conducted by UC San Diego researchers. It’s the number they believe was consumed online in the year 2008. And that number may actually be a bit low, as it doesn’t take into account data passing through private servers.
Apr 07
T-Mobile announces the official pricing and availability date of the dual-core T-Mobile G2X.
Originally posted at Android Atlas
Apr 07
A firmware update slated for this summer will facilitate dual-unit shooting in 3D.
Apr 07
Andy Rubin’s message about Android fragmentation? There is no Android fragmentation. The Google VP set out to “set the record straight” on the Android Developers Blog, last night. The f-word is something Android’s creators have worked to curb since the beginning, says Rubin,
Our “anti-fragmentation” program has been in place since Android 1.0 and remains a priority for us to provide a great user experience for consumers and a consistent platform for developers. In fact, all of the founding members of the Open Handset Alliance agreed not to fragment Android when we first announced it in 2007.
While curbing fragmentation has been a concern since the beginning Google is also, clearly devoted to letting hardware manufacturers tweak Android in the way that they see fit–that’s long been one of the driving forces in the speedy adoption of the mobile operating system. “We don’t believe in a “one size fits all” solution,” explains Rubin. “The Android platform has already spurred the development of hundreds of different types of devices-many of which were not originally contemplated when the platform was first created.”
That said, “we do require the device to conform with some basic compatibility requirements,” adds the exec.
Apr 07
Location-aware album gives Washington DC dynamically modified soundtrack
Posted in: gps, iPhone, IphoneApp, IphoneApps, Music, Today's Chili
Musical duo Bluebrain has taken the guesswork out of listening to music — their latest album dictates where you can listen to it, what songs it plays, and when it plays them. Take that, playlists! The album, titled The National Mall, will be available only as an iPhone app and the band is calling it the first location-aware album. The app… er, album, uses your phone’s GPS to track one’s proximity to hundreds of tagged zones spread throughout the landmarks of the Washington DC National Mall, dynamically tweaking the rhythm, melody, instrumentation, and pace of the music as you go.
Despite this fancy smartphone integration, Bluebrain stresses that this is still an album, not a toy or augmented reality application. The experience is strictly location specific, no user input necessary, or available. Want to hear a new melody or arrangement? Walk to a different monument. The project’s location-specific nature means that fans outside of the DC area are out of luck for now. The band says two more GPS-powered albums are on the way — one designed for Brooklyn’s Prospect Park, and another spanning the entire length of California’s Highway 1. Music, measured in miles — neat, but Hwy. 1 manages just fine on its own, wouldn’t you say?
Location-aware album gives Washington DC dynamically modified soundtrack originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 07 Apr 2011 10:14:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Apr 07
Space Telescopes Observe Mysterious Giganormous Explosion In the Constellation Draco [Astronomy]
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Astronomers have discovered a huge explosion that NASA qualifies as “unprecedented”. They call it GRB 110328A, for Gamma Ray Burst. I’d call it Giganormous Deadly Ray Clusterfrak in Space. More »
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