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According to a recent report by AllThingsD, it was suggested that Apple could be looking to add William Stasior to their ranks. Hailing from Amazon, Staisior was part of Amazon’s A9 unit which was the website’s search and search advertising unit, and his role in Apple has supposedly something to do with Siri, which we assume he will be applying his skills to improve Siri further. Stasior also worked at Alta Vista and given his expertise with regards to search, some have speculated that his addition to Apple could also lead to an improvement of product searches within Apple’s own ecosystem. This is expected to allow users to find relevant products such as books, songs, and apps more easily.

Given that Siri was designed not just to help users perform tasks such as composing messages, but to help users perform searches as well, we guess Stasior’s addition to the Siri division at Apple does make some sense. In any case assuming this is true, we guess Apple users can start looking forward to more accurate and relevant search results from Siri and the Apple ecosystem in the future.

By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Amazon may have purchased Yap, could be interested in speech recognition technology too, Amazon rumored to be interested in acquiring Texas Instruments’ mobile chip division,

Luxury car buyers looking for a hybrid vehicle might want to check out the new 2013 Lincoln MKZ Hybrid. The EPA recently issued its official fuel efficiency numbers for the 2013 MKZ Hybrid rating the car for 45 mpg in the city, 45 mpg on the highway, and 45 mpg combined. Lincoln brags that its hybrid delivers five mpg better efficiency in the city and combined as the more expensive Lexus ES Hybrid.

Lincoln says that its hybrid delivers more miles per gallon than any other luxury vehicle in America. The MKZ Hybrid is a mid-size vehicle slotting into the luxury segment of the market. Lincoln also notes that its hybrid vehicle gets two mpg better fuel efficiency in the city and five mpg better efficiency on the highway than the smaller Lexus CT 200h.

Lincoln says that the hybrid version of the MKZ is available with all the same options that the non-hybrid version of the car can be fitted with. The company points out that not all hybrids are available with all features of non-hybrid versions of the car. Lincoln includes Sync with MyLincoln Touch in the standard options package.

That system has an eight-inch touchscreen, and the vehicle gets premium leather seats that are heated in the front, LED headlamps, 18-inch wheels, and Lincoln Drive Control. The Lincoln MKZ Hybrid will hit dealer showrooms later this year with pricing starting at $35,925.

Lincoln MKZ Hybrid EPA rated at 45 mpg combined is written by Shane McGlaun & originally posted on SlashGear.
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A little over a week ago we reported that online retailer B&H Photo had seemingly outed a webcam by Logitech that appears to have been designed specifically for Macs in mind. Well if you were curious as to what the webcam featured, the wait is finally over as Logitech has officially announced the device. Originally given the placeholder of “Logitech Wireless Webcam for Mac”, the webcam has been revealed to be the Logitech Broadcaster Wi-Fi Webcam. As its name suggests, this is a wireless camera that Logitech claims will be good enough for professionals right down to the hobbyist. (more…)

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If the LG Optimus G is a phone that you’ve had your eye on, you might be interested to learn that if you planned to pick it up on AT&T’s network, the carrier has announced that the handset will be available come 2^nd of November and will be priced at $199.99. This is LG’s latest flagship handset and looks quite promising in terms of hardware specs and could in theory be one of the most powerful smartphones available on the market. AT&T has also announced that pre-orders for the handset are now up so pop on over to AT&T’s website to pre-order the device today!

So what sort of specs are we looking at here? Well in case you forgot, the LG Optimus G will feature a 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro quad-core processor under its hood, 2GB of RAM accompanying it, 32GB of internal storage, a 4.7” True HD IPS display and an 8MP rear-facing camera. It will also come with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich preinstalled, although we expect that AT&T/LG will be bumping it up to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean in the future. Alternatively Sprint has also announced the LG Optimus G and it is priced the same at $199.99 with a new two-year contract.

By Ubergizmo. Related articles: LG Optimus G headed for AT&T and Sprint with different cameras, LG Optimus G pricing announced by Sprint,

Hyundai’s Veloster is one of the more interesting vehicles that the company makes. Typically, the company sticks to the economy cars or and less interesting people movers rather than sports cars. Hyundai has unveiled a concept car dubbed the Velocity that will be shown at the 2012 Sema Show that is based on the slick little Veloster.

The concept car was designed and developed through a joint effort between the Design and Engineering divisions of Hyundai America Technical Center in California. One of the most noticeable aspects of the concept car is the cool wheels with charcoal gray spokes and red behind the spokes. Those wheels are 19 x 9-inch HRE racing wheels shod with 275 wide tires.

The car is also fitted with a special custom lower body kit combined with front and rear brake cooling ducts. The vehicle also has a lift reducing rear diffuser and a large rear wing to help generate down force. The vehicle uses a 1.6-liter direct injected Veloster engine that has engine modifications performed by Cosworth.

Engine modifications include performance pistons, rods, a turbocharger, intercooler, intake manifold, fuel system, and custom engine management. The modified engine produces 400 HP and 350 pound-foot of torque. Hyundai also fitted the car with a special suspension system and brake modifications to make the car at home on the track or on the street.

Hyundai shows off Velocity concept car is written by Shane McGlaun & originally posted on SlashGear.
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