Apr 15
If you’ve long lusted over a pair of the world’s geekiest glasses, today all your Christmases come at once. For one day only, Google is allowing any United States resident to buy Glass.
Apr 15
Google has been peddling its Google Glass wearable device for a while now and so far, to be able to buy one, you had to be invited. Even once you … Continue reading
Apr 15
If you like to send lots of photos from Gmail, Google’s latest feature addition might save you some much-needed time. The search giant says it will today begin rolling out a new button for Gmail on the web that enables you to embed albums and…
Apr 15
Your taxes are (hopefully) done, you’ve had your first cup of coffee… now what? Google wants to jump-start your Tuesday by offering even non-Explorers its Glass wearable for $1,500. As many of you said yesterday, that’s kinda steep, but today marks…
Apr 15
The arcades that dominated the 1980s and 1990s slowly died off as home video game consoles became more and more capable, but there are apparently still some good reasons to keep a pocket full of quarters handy. Namely this arcade simulator for a game called War Thunder that puts Afterburner to shame.
Apr 15
Security vendor FireEye has announced that Google has issued a patch for a security flaw that left Android users vulnerable to attacks that could lead them to phishing sites. The … Continue reading
Apr 15
James Dyson’s has an idea for a new form of sucking machine—one so large it requires an entire barge to house it.
Apr 15
All right, so the Fairphone is not all that it is cracked up to be – there is no balance to the Force that needs to be done, although on certain levels, some people might agree that there is a need for the smartphone manufacturing industry to encourage a change that will keep things sustainable in the long run. Apparently, the manufacturing process of smartphones do seem to come with its fair share of environmental and social issues, ranging from their use of conflict minerals all the way to the working conditions at the factory for the workers there. The Fairphone hopes to change that, being an idea from a social enterprise.
What kind of positive vibes does the Fairphone bring with it? Well, for starters, it will make use of conflict-free raw materials during its construction and manufacturing, while the workers who work at the assembly lines will be paid a fair wage, which in turn would reduce exploitation of manpower while raising the standard of living in the community around. Not only that, there is also the effort to set up e-waste recycling programs that will ensure that such consumer electronics devices will be recycled or disposed off properly at the end of their life cycle.
As for the materials used by the Fairphone, it will contain conflict-free tin where its soldering paste is concerned, hailing from conflict-free mines in the South Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The tantalum in its capacitors too, have been extracted from coltan sourced from Mai Baridi, Kisengo and Luba, which so happens to be conflict-free mines located in the northern part of the Katanga Province, DRC.
The other hardware specifications include a durable and scratch-resistant 4.3″ touchscreen display, 16GB of internal memory, cameras at the back as well as in front, a quad-core processor, and the Fairphone OS which is based on Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean. Available in Europe for 310€ each, it remains to be seen whether it will be released worldwide or not.
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Apr 15
Aesent Tent With Built In Air Mattress May Be The Most Comfortable Tent Ever
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Often camping means sleeping on the hard ground, which can mean aches and pains. Even when air mattresses are available, they don’t always fit neatly into tents, and sharing them can be a pain in itself. Aesent hopes to change all of that with what they claim to be "the world’s most comfortable tent."
Apr 15
After launching its first 4K laptop in the UK, Toshiba has just announced US availability. Stateside, it’ll be called the P55T, but as before, it’s a 15.6-inch laptop with 3,840 x 2,160 resolution. That’s a staggering 282 ppi, if you’re scoring at…
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