I won’t try to argue that anyone needs the Philips Hue lighting system, but it’s undoubtedly appealing to anyone with a penchant for WeMo switches, Nest products, IFTTT recipes, and the like. Today’s $30 discount is the best Amazon has ever offered on the starter pack. [Philips Hue Wireless Lighting Starter Kit, $171]
The G Watch is minimal. The shape aims to bring Android Wear front and center. “The content floats.” The lack of toggles, buttons and periphery is all intentional. “A lack of ornamentation,” is how Chul Bae Lee, VP of mobile design put it during our…
SoundCloud’s tune-sharing prowess continues to drawn the eye of musicians looking to distribute their tracks around the web and social channels. Today, the audio outfit’s iOS app got a major redesign that makes access to tracks you fancy a breeze. In…
Ahead of I/O yesterday, the Supreme Court ruled on a case that marked a significant point in Aereo’s future. In their ruling, the Supreme Court effectively said the way Aereo does business violated the Copyright Act. Aereo’s CEO has responded to the Supreme Court ruling, and his full response is below. The ruling means one of two things for Aereo: … Continue reading
Google’s Project Tango team is working with LG to release a commercial device based on the platform, expected to hit store shelves in 2015. The partnership, revealed at Google IO 2014 during a presentation from Google’s ATAP team of skunkworks, will see LG follow the recently-launched Project Tango developer tablet with a version intended for the everyday consumer. Exact hardware … Continue reading
If you’ve been watching the I/O coverage this week, you have undoubtedly seen a few Android Wear smartwatches. If they’ve struck a chord, and you’d like to snap one up, there are ways to do so. If you’re not sure whether or not your phone can support Android Wear, there are a few easy ways to check. First, Android Wear … Continue reading
As we’ve learned from the past several releases of Google’s mobile operating system Android, “Android L” will barely touch your smartphone. Today we’ll use Android 4.4 KitKat as an example of how little Google’s changes affect the wide world of Android smartphones and tablets. To do this, we’ll have to remember October of 2013 when we released our SlashGear 101: … Continue reading
This may not be the device announcement you have been waiting for to come out of Cupertino but you’ll have to make do for now. Earlier today it was rumored that the company would launch an entry level 16GB iPod touch and that it would also cut prices for the entire iPod touch lineup. It has done just that. Today Apple formally announced the launch of an entry level 16GB iPod touch with a 5 megapixel rear iSight camera, and also confirmed price cut for the existing models.
The 16GB iPod touch is available starting today in the U.S. and worldwide in the next few days. It will be sold through the company’s online store, brick and mortar stores as well as authorized resellers. It costs $199.
This happens to be the second update to the iPod touch lineup which shipped first in October 2012. It was extended with a 16GB entry level model that didn’t have a rear camera and cost $229. The model launched today replaces the one without the camera.
The top-tier model, which boasts 64GB of storage, is no longer priced at $399, it now costs $299. The 32GB model now costs $249 as opposed to its original $299 price.
Apple’s entire iPod touch lineup now offers the same 4-inch Retina display, A5 processor, FaceTime camera and light anodized aluminum design apart from a 5 megapixel rear iSight camera. There haven’t been any rumors yet of a new iPod touch due this year so this might be the only refresh we see for a long time.
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If you have been feeling stuck on Android 4.3 Jelly Bean on your AT&T Galaxy Note 2 for far too long there’s good news for you today. The carrier finally started rolling out the much awaited KitKat update for this popular phablet. The AT&T Galaxy Note 2 Android 4.4 KitKat update should have already landed on stock devices today, finally bringing all of the chocolatey goodness of KitKat.
Some of the changes users can expect to see immediately after the update include new lock screen access codes. KitKat makes it possible to view full-screen album art and access media controls from the lock screen itself. A camera shortcut is also placed on the lock screen for easier access to the shooter.
Those who like to use multiple messaging applications will get an improved user experience, and a full-screen immersive mode makes photos, videos, books, maps and other content look even better.
AT&T Galaxy Note 2 Android 4.4 update also brings a restyled status and navigation bar which can now sit on top of apps and happen to be translucent. Status bar icons have been simplified. Beats Music, the music streaming service that’s now owned by Apple, comes pre-loaded in this update.
The update should automatically land on devices that are running stock firmware, it rolls out over the air. One can try to manually pull the download but a little patience would certainly not go unrewarded.
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The first step in fixing a problem is admitting that you have one.
Facebook has done that, confessing late Wednesday that the vast majority of its workforce is male and white, especially in its upper ranks. Men make up 69 percent of Facebook’s employees globally and 77 percent of its “senior-level” employees, the company said.
That percentage jumped to 85 percent when considering only “tech” employees, which include highly paid computer programmers and exclude lower-paying sales, public-relations and marketing positions. Silicon Valley stereotypically puts women in those jobs.
By way of comparison, women make up about half of the earth’s population and the majority of Facebook users.
Facebook also gets no points for racial diversity, despite being headquartered in the cosmopolitan, multicultural San Francisco Bay Area: Whites make up 57 percent of the company’s U.S. workforce and 74 percent of its senior ranks. Asians account for another 34 percent of Facebook’s U.S. workforce.
The yawning gender divide in Silicon Valley is hardly new, but the attention tech firms are starting to pay to the problem is. Google and Yahoo issued their own gender and racial diversity reports in recent weeks, which were no more encouraging than Facebook’s. Only 30 and 37 percent of the workforces at Google and Yahoo, respectively, are female.
These firms are required by law to disclose their gender and racial breakdowns to the federal government, but not to the public. So why air their dirty laundry now? Lately, civil rights activists, including Jesse Jackson, have been pressuring Silicon Valley to do more to diversify its ranks, writing letters to company boards and attending shareholder meetings.
Facebook in its press release touted all the things it’s doing to try to build diversity in the industry, including “unconscious bias training” for workers and partnerships with groups like Girls Who Code and the National Society of Black Engineers.
Facebook already has enough PR headaches, for stuff like its privacy practices and paying a negative tax rate. Encouraging diversity, and maybe even hiring more people from underrepresented groups, could help Facebook polish its public image a bit without having to collect less data or pay more in taxes.
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