The Star Trek and sci-fi world at large suffered a great loss today, as Leonard Nimoy has passed away at the age of 83. Best known for his role as human/alien Spock in the TV and movie series, he had been hospitalized two days ago for chest pains. Hi…
In Masquerada: Songs and Shadows, the city of Ombre resembles a fantastical, medieval Venice: elegant stone towers are lined with heavy wood furniture and the people dress in lush fabrics, wielding swords and spears. But Ombre is not Venice; it’s an …
In all the lead-up to MWC, we’ve come across something from BlackBerry! This alleged device is actually pretty snappy, too. A mid-range device, the handset has reportedly ditched its ‘Rio’ moniker for the ‘Leap’ mid-range brand BlackBerry is believed to be launching. Sporting a composite shell, the handset doesn’t offer up many details, and we even see an OS that … Continue reading
The TV streaming company that’s been battling their way to real release over the past several years is now dead. Aereo just went through an auction to sell off their assets, which they expected to be sold for between $4 million and $31 million USD. Unfortunately for the company, they just can’t catch a break – their entire portfolio of … Continue reading
Leonard Nimoy is gone. The actor died this morning at his Bel Air home in Los Angeles. His passing has been confirmed by his wife, Susan Bay Nimoy, who says the cause of his death was late-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Leonard Nimoy said last year his disease was caused by years of smoking, though he had given up … Continue reading
Tesla is best known for its slick Model S electric car. Inside, the car is festooned with technology including a wireless connection that links its systems to Tesla and allows the company to upload software updates automatically.
About a year ago, Tesla pushed out a software update for the car that carried version number 5.9. Inside that update was an Easter egg that sat undiscovered for about a year. Someone finally found that Easter egg and it’s pretty great. The Easter egg is a hidden image of the Lotus submarine that James Bond drove in The Spy Who Loved Me.
What does that Lotus have to do with Tesla you ask? Well, Tesla CES Elon Musk bought the Lotus sub at auction several years ago. One thing Tesla won’t come clean on is how you access the Easter egg. If you own a Model S and figure this out be sure and let us know.
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Apple CEO Tim Cook is doing a tour in part to help prepare the world for the launch of the Apple Watch, which is likely going to be the start of the show at a special even on Monday March 9 at the Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco. He spoke to The Telegraph about the company’s first smart wearable, and in that interview he talked about what will motivate a purchase decision for the… Read More
Panasonic does not only churn out smart TVs and the ilk, but they are also pretty big when it comes to smartphones – especially in Japan, of course. This time around, we have Panasonic and their 64-bit Eluga U2 that runs on Android 5.0 Lollipop being spotted online. This means that the Japanese company is preparing themselves to make an official announcement of this particular mid-range smartphone, which as its name suggests, would be the successor of the Panasonic Eluga U.
What are some of the specifications of the Panasonic Eluga U2 that might make heads turn? Why, it sports a Full High Definition display (which should be the norm these days, by the way) alongside 4G LTE support (700/900/1800/2600 MHz). Apart from that, this happens to be the first smartphone from Panasonic that will run on Android 5.0 Lollipop right out of the box.
Underneath the hood lies a 64-bit quad-core 1.2 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 MSM8916 mobile chipset, accompanied by the likes of 2GB RAM, 16GB of internal memory, a 5” display at Full HD (1920 x 1080 pixels) resolution, a 13MP camera at the back, a 5MP shooter that caters for selfie lovers, and a 2,500 mAh battery. The asking price for the Panasonic Eluga U2 stands at $254 after conversion, and availability in countries apart from Taiwan remains to be seen.
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With Mobile World Congress 2015 being upon us when this Sunday arrives, you can be sure that the world of consumer electronics will be flooded with news of new smartphone releases, and perhaps other wearables or tablets in a similar category. Having said that, here is the Karbonn Titanium Dazzle that is launched – a pre-emptive move, perhaps, but seen as a strategic one by the folks over at Karbonn.
Karbonn of India has apparently saw it fit to update its Titanium range of devices with a new budget smartphone that is glamorously known as the Karbonn Titanium Dazzle. This particular smartphone will arrive in a white gold and black color options, where it ought to retail for INR 5,490 – or $88 after a rough conversion.
Underneath the hood lies a quad-core SoC with a 1.2GHz CPU, where your eyes will be treated to a 5” (854 x 480 pixels) touchscreen IPS display. Other hardware specifications of the Karbonn Titanium Dazzle will include 1GB RAM, 8GB of internal memory, a microSD memory card slot just in case that isn’t enough, and of course, a 1,850mAh battery to keep things running for the entire day.
There is a Dual SIM slot, a 5MP camera at the back with LED flash, and a 2MP front-facing shooter. Expect the Karbonn Titanium Dazzle to be powered by the Android KitKat 4.4 operating system.
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When you talk about Ericsson, you know that you are dealing with a pioneer in mobile phones, and this company has since been transformed to become the world’s largest maker of wireless networks. In fact, Ericsson has just filed seven (yes, count them!) new lawsuits in a U.S. court, where they are requesting the U.S. International Trade Commission to block Apple products from the U.S. market.
If Ericsson were to get their way, you can be sure that Apple is not going to be happy. Far from it, in fact. After all, Ericsson’s complaints happen to accuse Apple of infringing up to 41 patents which will concern some of the fundamental methods that mobile devices communicate as well as the related technology, including the likes of user interfaces, battery saving and the operating system.
Kasim Alfalahi, Ericsson’s chief intellectual property officer, shared “We have offered them a license; they have a turned it down. We’re not a company that’s planning to extract more than the value we put on the table.”
Apple did pay royalties to Ericsson prior to an expired license in mid-January, and when talks of renewal failed, both companies brought each other to court in a lawsuit, hoping for a resolution as to whether Ericsson’s royalty demands on fundamental technology were deemed to be fair and reasonable. It would definitely be interesting to see how the entire affair will pan out eventually.
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