Every sci-fi movie about inventions rising up to take over the world is built upon one unchangeable seed crystal: the moment when the technology does something its inventors never predicted. As The Verge reports, that’s exactly what happened to Google engineers in 2010, with a truth-and-justice twist — Google’s AdWords software exposed a Chinese car theft scam.
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Just a couple of days ago we picked up on Ubuntu’s aspirations of launching a brand new smartphone that runs Linux. Called Ubuntu Edge, the project is actually being crowdsourced, if $32 million are not raised within one month, the […]
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This week Google reveals the next generation in their Nexus 7 tablet line, keeping the name and amping up the display resolution to nearly double that of Samsung’s newest effort. While this device takes the Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 to the cleaners with its display alone, the most important comparison we can make at this moment is between the Nexus 7 and its biggest competitor – its predecessor!
What you’ve got with the new Nexus 7, what we’ll be calling Nexus 7 2 from this point on for ease in differentiation, is a machine that aims to feel rather similar to the original Nexus 7. The Nexus 7 2 works with a new back-facing camera (at 5 megapixels) where the original works with only a front-facing shooter. Both machines’ front-facing cameras are the same 1.2 megapixels strong – on the surface – but we’ll be the judge of which shoots better when we get them both set up next to one another in the field.
The Nexus 7 2 axes the NVIDIA Tegra 3 processor present in the original and brings on a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro. This is a quad-core processor working with Adreno 320 graphics, this taking the tablet down an entirely different avenue for potential features.
Where NVIDIA remains focused in the gaming universe – see SlashGear’s TegraZone tag portal and note how often the Nexus 7 pops up – Qualcomm’s approach in promoting processor power appears to remain a bit more subdued. Qualcomm’s Snapdragon line lives in the Nexus 4 as well, and you’ll not see NEARLY as much press coming from the big Q as you have from NVIDIA for the Nexus 7 and its Tegra 3. We’ll see if this trend continues through this tablet’s release.
To back these processors up, the original Nexus 7 has 1GB RAM (LPDDR3) while the Nexus 7 2 rolls out with 2GB RAM (DDR3). The original Nexus 7 originally (not for long, but they’re out there) had an edition sold with just 8GB of internal storage – now both the original and this new edition start with 16GB internal storage and have a 32GB edition as well.
The original Nexus 7 works with a 7-inch 1280 x 800 pixel IPS LCD display working at 216 PPI. The Nexus 7 2 brings on a 7-inch 1920 x 1200 pixel IPS LCD display at 323 PPI. That’s the most dense display to exist on a tablet form-factor device thus far, and it far and away beats out both the “Retina” full-sized iPad (236 PPI) and the iPad mini (163 PPI).
The Nexus 7 2 has a different shape than the original Nexus 7, to a degree that will require new protective cases, skins, and the like to be made and used – wide open for casemaking opportunities! The original comes in at 7.81 x 4.72 x 0.41 inches (198.5 x 120 x 10.45 mm) while the Nexus 7 2 is 7.9 x 4.5 x 0.3 inches (201 x 114 x 8 mm). The original weighs a little more than the new iteration as well – 11.99 oz (340 g) for the old and 11.2 oz (318 g) for the new.
While the Nexus 7 starts at $199 for its 16GB version and ramps up to $249 for its 32GB version (and $299 for its 32GB, AT&T or T-Mobile versions), it’s unclear what will happen to remaining stock once the new Nexus 7 2 is released in full. We do know that the Nexus 7 2 will change up the pricing scale slightly: 16GB will cost $229 USD while the 32GB edition will start at $269 USD.
And of course there’s the software differences when this new Nexus 7 arrives, but the added abilities of this new model will cut down to minimal once the older model gets its own software upgrade – one we’re sure won’t be far off. Now it’s on you!
Nexus 7 new vs old: the big pixel boost is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Look around your car the next time you jump in, because some of the technologies you’re used to will go away very soon.
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Sprint announced today that its Wireless CapTel service, powered by Raketu, is now available for iOS devices. The service will greatly benefit those individuals who live with hearing loss. The Wireless CapTel service lets users read their conversations word for […]
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The Federal Trade Commission has now approved a modified final order settling the accusations that Google’s business practices (involving Motorola) stifles competition among electronics manufacturers. Most of these changes involved the arbitration process used to resolve disputes over FRAND terms between companies.
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Filed under: Cellphones, Internet, Mobile, Google
Source: FTC
NEW ORLEANS — The oil and gas industry has cost Louisiana hundreds of acres of coastal land that serve as a natural buffer against flooding from hurricanes, officials in charge of New Orleans-area flood protection say in a lawsuit seeking to hold dozens of companies responsible.
Corrosive saltwater from a network of oil and gas access and pipeline canals has killed vegetation and swept away mountains of soil, the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East’s board of commissioners claims in the lawsuit, which it filed Wednesday in Orleans Parish Civil District Court. The wetlands are considered a crucial buffer against hurricanes because they can help keep floodwaters from storm surge at bay.
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NBC News recently laid off a number of staffers at “Today” and “NBC Nightly News,” the network confirmed on Tuesday.
A spokesperson for the network told the Wrap that layoffs at “Today” happened on Tuesday, while a number of staffers at “NBC Nightly News” were laid off in a restructuring “a few weeks ago.”
The spokesperson would not say how many people lost their jobs, but said “less than 2 percent” of each show’s staff was affected. The New York Times’ Brian Stelter said that nine people were reportedly laid off at “Today.”
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Transocean Deepwater Drilling Corp. has lost a round in its fight to avoid handing over documents to a government board investigating the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion.
Transocean is appealing a federal court order enforcing a subpoena of the documents by the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board.
The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday refused to stay the document handover while the appeal is pending.
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Merely a day after unveiling its new Exynos 5 Octa 5420 processor, that too has entered mass production, Samsung has announced that its 3GB LPDDR3 high performance mobile RAM has entered mass production. These memory modules are intended to be […]
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