M7! M7! M7!, HTC One! HTC One! Whichever we’re chanting this week, the mobile team is getting pretty hyped about the next Android darling from Peter Chou’s brigade. In Valentine’s news, however, Brad’s still in a relationship with his Z10, and Myriam’s love of LG branding is severely put to the test.
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It’s not every day that science and crazy brain implants lead to the generation of what is essentially a new sense, but it is that day today. Scientists from Duke University have found a way to make rats “feel” invisible infrared light and someday that same tech could give sight to the blind, or give us humans extras senses for fun. More »
Last night, the Wall Street Journal took its new mobile site live, supposedly specially formatted to look good and work on iOS devices. Except, erm, this is what it looks like on an iPad Mini:
Right now your GPS sucks in cities but, soon, that will change. Scientists have developed a new system that increases its accuracy by up to 90%—it can tell where your vehicle is within an amazingly low margin of error of just three to six feet. Right now, the error margin in urban driving can be more than 160 feet. More »
Lag: it’s the bane of video chats, VoIP calls and Call of Duty players trying to keep a streak going. The European Commission must be as irked by delays and drops as we are, as it’s giving €3.6 million ($4.8 million) over three years to help three universities, Alcatel-Lucent Bell, Institut Mines-Telecom and Simula Research Labs defeat lag through the RITE (Reduce Internet Transport Latency) Project. The initiative hopes to find new ways to cut lag on both the network itself as well as endpoints, like servers. If the networking research alliance hits the jackpot, it hopes to make standards of any proposed changes. Without a specific direction, it’s not clear that RITE will lead to instant-response connections. Should there be much success, however, we’ll only have ourselves to blame for flaky gameplay.
Filed under: Gaming, Networking, Internet, Alt
Via: The Register
Source: University of Aberdeen
Barnes & Noble will announce its Q3 2013 earnings next week, but things aren’t looking good for the book-selling franchise. The company expects a higher loss from its NOOK business for fiscal year 2013 than originally expected in January. The company didn’t reveal specific numbers, but their earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization showed a loss of $262 million for their fiscal year 2012, and they expect 2013 to be even worse.
The company also expects their NOOK revenue this year to be less than $3 billion, which means that the company didn’t have a very successful holiday season as well. The growing popularity of Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablets and Apple’s iPad was at the expense of Barnes & Noble’s NOOK business, which ended up suffering during the busiest shopping time of the year.
Plus, if the company’s Q2 2013 earnings were bad, than Q3′s numbers must be plain miserable. Last quarter, Barnes & Noble sold fewer NOOK slates in its stores than previous quarters, and the company saw dips in revenue all across the board. NOOK revenue only account for just over 8% of the company’s total revenue that quarter.
Just before the turn of the new year, Barnes & Noble announced that British publishing company Pearson was going to invest $89.5 million in the NOOK business. We haven’t heard much about that deal since its announcement, but it’s possible that the company may bring it up at next week’s earnings call.
Barnes & Noble expecting huge loss in NOOK business is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
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With Valentine’s Day being today, there’s no time left to
search out the perfect gift for your heart’s desire. Flying in the face
of reason, here are 5 last minute ideas for anyone without a clue as to what to give
this Valentine’s.
Jim Balsillie, the former co-CEO of Research in Motion (now known as BlackBerry), has been until recently the third-largest shareholder in the company with 5.1 percent ownership. According to Financial Post, however, he’s cut his stake in BlackBerry altogether, now reporting a grand total of zero shares. Balsillie stepped down as co-CEO in January and resigned from the board in March; this next big move away from the company will likely lead to speculation that his interest or faith in BlackBerry’s future is waning, though his successor certainly would beg to differ.
Filed under: Cellphones, Mobile, Blackberry
Source: Financial Post
The Tamagotchi you had 16 years ago isn’t a zombie coming back to haunt you. The virtual pet’s riding that 90s nostalgia wave, and it’s been resurrected in the form of an Android app. More »
Nintendo just announced that Google Maps with Street View is now available for Wii U systems in North America. So you now have the ability to wander around Martha’s Vineyard if you don’t have access to your tablet, computer, or phone — or pretty much any other Internet-connected device.
The Wii U’s implementation is rather clever. As Darrell explained previously, the Wii U’s GamePad lets users pan around various locations while the satellite imagery is shown on the television. While it’s most certainly a novelty, it can provide an escape from a lowly apartment in Scranton.
The app launched in Japan last week and Nintendo announced its U.S. availability today on the ever-entertaining Nintendo Direct videocast. No word on the special Panorama View app that Nintendo originally revealed at E3. This novel app that will use 360-degree videos rather than static imagery was originally slated for a Spring 2013 release.
Find the free app on the eShop right now.
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