DuPont and PMA team up to embed Powermat wireless charging in Corian countertops

DuPont and PMA team up to embed Powermat wireless charging in Corian countertops

DuPont’s managed to work its way into just about every home and place of business here in the US of A, but despite this nationwide proliferation, we haven’t seen the Delaware-based chemicals giant making waves in the consumer electronics space. But with home wraps, plastics and body armor on lockdown, it’s as good a time as any to venture into CE. Through a partnership with the Power Matters Alliance (PMA), the company will soon begin embedding Powermat’s wireless charging tech within its Corian solid surface, a synthetic granite alternative often used for countertops and installed everywhere from kitchens and meeting rooms to hospitals and research labs. As a notable first step, DuPont has joined the PMA, and could soon be playing a key role in charging up your gadgets on the go. We’ve seen Powermat demo its own tabletop charging concept at CES, but with DuPont now on board, it shouldn’t be long before we begin to see seamless Corian installations pop up in public spaces, and perhaps even some homes.

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Microsoft follows Google in demanding FISA disclosure permission

Microsoft has demanded permission to disclose FISA security requests, following Google in aiming to publicize the frequency and extent of calls from the NSA and others to hand over user data. “Microsoft respectfully moves this court for an order, judgement, or other such relief as the court may deem appropriate declaring that Microsoft may lawfully

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WSJ: Apple’s Radio Terms Are (Slightly) More Generous Than Pandora’s

WSJ: Apple's Radio Terms Are (Slightly) More Generous Than Pandora's

Apple’s new Radio service is now official and Pandora is coming under fire for being tight-fisted. Interesting, then, to hear of figures dug out by the Wall Street Journal which suggest that Apple is being every-so-slightly more generous with its deal.

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Bing Translator comes to Twitter’s official Windows Phone app

Automatic translation comes to Twitter's official Windows Phone app

It’s not every day we see Windows Phone being used to launch a major new feature, but Twitter has done just that. An update to its official app has just enabled automatic translation if you happen to be reading a person’s tweet that isn’t in English. The tweet isn’t translated in your actual timeline; instead you have to manually click through, but that’s nothing to complain about. Microsoft’s Bing Platform, also released yesterday, is likely being used as the backend, so this feature could very well come to Twitter’s official apps on Android and iOS (not to mention a whole range of other apps) in the near future.

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Samsung curved OLED TV goes on sale

Samsung has launched its first curved OLED TV on the market, a $13,000 slab of 55-inched flexed entertainment, which the company claims will unlock a new market of premium picture quality chasers. The set also debuts Samsung’s “Flawless TV” promise, which commits to zero bad pixels on each screen. Samsung first showed off its curved

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WSJ outs Apple’s iTunes Radio terms, says many are ‘more generous’ than Pandora’s

WSJ Apple's iTunes Radio terms more generous to labels than Pandora

According to a document obtained by the Wall Street Journal, Apple will pay 0.13 cents and 15 percent of advertising revenue to major labels for every song played on iTunes Radio in its first year, climbing to .14 cents and 19 percent in year two. In comparison, Pandora currently pays 0.12 cents per song, and WSJ added that Apple is offering publishers more than double Pandora’s rate for royalties. There are some exclusions to Apple’s offering, however: it won’t need to pay for songs streamed for 20 seconds or less, those that are already in your iTunes library or certain promoted tracks. For its part, Pandora said that comparing the two is unfair, since varying features between the services could trigger royalty payments differently. It also addressed recent controversy about those royalties in a detailed blog post (see the More Coverage link after the break). In addition, insiders say that Apple’s primary aim is to encourage listeners to buy more tracks on iTunes, in turn boosting hardware sales. Still, the new service will no doubt reap the benefits of Apples new iAd mobile advertising platform, so it’s likely that Cupertino will have its cake and eat it, too.

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Source: WSJ Digits

Engadget UK Giveaway: win one of five TonidoPlug personal cloud servers

Engadget UK Giveaway win one of five TonidoPlug personal cloud servers

There’s a whole plethora of places to keep your data online, but without getting too political, there’s no place like home, right? TonidoPlug is a tiny personal server that lets you access your images, photos and personal files wherever you are, without having to hand them over to someone else to look after. Not only is there software to mount it as a local drive — à la dropbox — but it serves as a NAS device on your home network too. With the option to plug in USB drives, or add an internal SATA HDD, you won’t need to pay a subscription, either. Best of all, we’ve got five to give away to some lucky UK readers. Please read the terms and conditions after the break to make sure you qualify. But if you do, be sure to enter — and good luck!

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This Beautiful Map Is Made Up of Microscopic Cells

This Beautiful Map Is Made Up of Microscopic Cells

This map may look like a fairly reasonable representation of the world—but that’s all the more impressive when you realise it’s actually made up of microscopic cells from parts of the body that cause problems for people who live in each country.

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Twitter update for BlackBerry brings image cards to older phones

Twitter update for BlackBerry brings photo cards to older phones

Not all BlackBerry owners are ready for new phones just yet, but many of them still want to browse their Twitter feeds as efficiently as possible. A Twitter 4.2 update launching today should keep those users satisfied: the release brings image cards to BlackBerry OS 5 and up, letting those on older devices peek at photos in the timeline. The upgraded version also populates that timeline with more details about the tweets themselves, and it suggests people to follow when looking at profiles. If those additions are enough to fight off the urge for a hardware upgrade, the new Twitter app is available at the source link.

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HTC One Glamour Red edition official: Hits UK next month

HTC has revealed the HTC One Glamour Red, a new color variant of the flagship Android smartphone, headed to the UK initially. The handset, otherwise identical to the existing HTC One – which so far has come in far more sober black and silver hues – will go on sale as an exclusive with UK

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