Soon, the Apple Watch will wirelessly monitor your glucose level . But you know what? The Microsoft Band can do that too. This is just one of many apps that will come to the formerly-unimpressive Band —thanks to a new ability to turn web data into live tiles for the wearable.
Pluto may have a polar cap, NASA has said, something that is based on data from the space agency’s New Horizons spacecraft. NASA released a bunch of information graphs yesterday, as well as images and animations taken by the spacecraft of Plus and its moon Charon. The images were snapped 13 times over the course of nearly seven days, having … Continue reading
Hulu picked up Seinfeld, and now Netflix is working on a new show with Ellen DeGeneres — but it’s not a mid-90s sitcom at all. The two will create a 13-episode series based on the Dr. Seuss book Green Eggs and Ham that’s due to arrive in 2018, aimed…
In addition to showing off holographic apps and revealing the name of its post-IE browser, Microsoft has also released its latest Windows 10 preview build for PCs today. The build (now called “Insider Preview” instead of “Technical Preview”) introduc…
HoloLens has been making quite a bit of noise ever since it was first shown back in January. It is supposed to bring “hologram technology” to the masses as a stand-alone device, which can also work with a PC or Xbox one day.
What’s new today is that we had new demos of the technology, and for its Build conference, Microsoft rigged a camera that can simulate what a HoloLens user actually sees. The cool thing about HoloLens is that several people can be looking at a virtual object from different angles at the same time.
Here’s the video from today’s demo. Remember, you are seeing the “holograms” as the cameraman sees them:
The experience seems by FAR superior to any other previous augmented reality (AR), which Microsoft calls Mixed Reality. That’s because the HoloLens format makes it much more natural since you have both hands free and it covers a much larger section of one’s field of vision.
Of course, people can get really excited by this, some analysts are even saying that AR/VR will be a $150 billion industry in 5 years, which is absolute crap. AR+VR four times bigger than PlayStation and Xbox combined, in 5 years? Extremely unlikely.
Yet, there is a lot of true potential, and HoloLens is the most advanced AR package of hardware/software today. In my opinion, there is a real business to be built for industrial and architectural purposes. Epson has already proven that AR can help save time and money in specific industrial jobs.
Secondly, such an AR system can help the construction business with not only design, but also ongoing inspections of the work in progress. Since the construction business mainly communicates using 2D drawing to build 3D structures, miscommunication and errors cost lots of time and money.
As for the medicine demo – it’s nice, but I’m not convinced that it is so much better than looking at it on a monitor, except for the human interaction, but it borders on the entertainment. Talking about Entertainment, HoloLens could be an interesting supplement for Xbox games, but I doubt that developers will rush to add this as a first-class citizen anytime soon. Bill Gates himself said that it would take time to see the full potential of this technology.
Regardless of the outcome, HoloLens is an awesome project that will be inspiring the next generation AR systems.
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Apple has Continuity which basically lets users pick up where they left off to make moving between tablet to phone, phone to desktop, desktop to phone, easier. However given that they both run very different operating systems, there are only so many features that can be shared and this is where Microsoft comes in.
During their Build conference, the Redmond company announced Continuum. However unlike Continuity, Continuum will turn your phone into a desktop. For example if you have access to a screen, keyboard, and mouse, all you’d have to do is connect your phone to it and it will then transform itself into a desktop and give users a desktop-like experience.
Essentially what happens is that your phone will act as the main hub that powers everything. Apps will scale itself to fill up the screen and in some instances will also be able to transform its user interface to work better with a mouse and keyboard, and according to Microsoft even your favorite keyboard shortcuts in apps such as Microsoft Word will work just fine.
The dual screen capability also means that you can keep using your phone while plugged into a screen and have two things going on at once on separate devices, even though they are connected to each other. Of course the question is how many developers will actually take advantage of this and upscale and edit their apps to make it Continuum-friendly remains to be seen. However it is an intriguing idea and one that we’re sure professionals on the go will want to take advantage of in the future.
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Why is Apple having such a hard time keeping up with the demand for the Apple Watch? Could it be that they are swarmed with orders? Possibly. Could it also be that they’re working on a build-to-order system to prevent overproduction? That could be it too, but according to a report from The Wall Street Journal, the issue with Apple’s slow rollout of the Apple Watch is due to a faulty component.
The culprit in question is that of the taptic engine which is the component used inside the device to give users that buzzing sensation on their wrists whenever they receive a notification. That being said, it seems that it was only after mass production of the Apple Watch that it was discovered during reliability testing that the taptic engines began to break down over time which is obviously not a good thing after you’ve spent at least $350 on the device.
However before you panic and think that maybe your device might be one of the affected units, you can rest assured that chances of that are slim. Apple apparently believes that the units they have shipped out do not contain the defective unit so you guys should be good for now, hopefully. In the meantime Apple is said to have moved production to Nidec, a Japan-based manufacturer whose units did not display the defect.
Previously some of the components were manufactured in part by AAC Technologies based out of China. However it has been noted that because Nidec will need some time to increase its production to keep up with demand, this also means that shipping times are not likely to see huge improvements anytime soon, although so far they have been improving.
[Image credit – iFixit]
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Having unlimited LTE data is great because what this means is that users can go ahead and download as many things as they’d like, watch as many videos as they want, and so on without having to worry about reaching a data cap. Now not every user is so opportunistic but there are some who rely on their phones for all their internet needs, which is why carriers such as AT&T and Verizon have entertained the idea of throttling its heavy data users.
While T-Mobile did not announce any such system of their own, some users on Reddit are suspecting that maybe the system is in place but was never announced as they claim to have had their speeds throttled by the carrier. So much so that T-Mobile’s CEO caught wind of the issue and addressed it during T-Mobile’s Q1 2015 earnings call, which you can check it out for yourself in the video above.
Basically John Legere stated that for their unlimited 4G LTE customers they do not throttle their speeds. So what about those users who claim to have seen their speeds drop tremendously? According to Legere, this is due to network congestion and he states that chances are these users might have found themselves in an area which is particularly congested, thus leading to slower internet speeds, and also leading them to believe that they are being throttled.
It is understandable why T-Mobile has decided to address this problem so publicly and during their earnings call. Regulatory bodies such as the FCC and FTC have had issues with carriers throttling the speeds of their customers. In fact the FTC even sued AT&T over speed throttling which we’re sure is something T-Mobile wants to avoid.
T-Mobile’s CEO Denies Speed Throttling Of Unlimited 4G LTE Users , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use. 
Project Ara is Google’s upcoming modular smartphone, and recently we’ve seen competition from the likes of Fonkraft, but if neither of these phones have managed to pique your interest, perhaps this might. Dubbed the Nexpaq, this isn’t really a modular phone per se, but rather it is a smartphone case that features modular elements.
This means that essentially users will be able to keep their smartphone the way they like it but will also be able to add onto it. For example at the moment, the developers behind Nexpaq have envisioned modules such as extra battery packs, an LED flashlight, an SD card reader, speakers, a thermometer and humidity sensor combo, programmable buttons, a USB flash drive, a laser pointer, extra storage, and more just to name a few.
These modules will be controlled via Nexpaq’s app which will also work over Bluetooth for when the case is not attached to a smartphone. Now all of this admittedly sounds very intriguing but we have to wonder about its quality. Speaking to The Verge, Nexpaq’s creators have assured them that the modules have been tested to meet “international quality and warranty standards.”
At the moment the Nexpaq is trying to raise funds via Kickstarter and a pledge of $89 will nab users the case along with four modules, after which they can add on other modules which will vary in price. At the moment the case will support handsets like the iPhone 6, Galaxy S6 Edge, and the Galaxy S5 (oddly enough no Galaxy S6).
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Say you’re out at night, you’re alone, it’s late, and it’s dark. This would present the perfect opportunity for someone to get attacked by people of the unsavory nature which is where devices like Revolar come in handy. This is a tiny device that’s around the size of a quarter and it allows users to press it which in turn will send a signal to your friends/family members and let them know your location.
Of course whether or not your help will actually arrive in time to save you remains to be seen, but it will come in handy for when users feel that they might not be safe and want to alert their friends and family members before anything happens, just to give them a heads up. Revolar is small enough to fit into pockets or be clipped onto clothing or even hung on a keychain where one could even hang a tiny canister of pepper spray.
It will feature a hard shell around the actual device to help it absorb any damage when dropped, and will also come with interchangeable shells in different colors. This lets users swap between colors when needed, perhaps to make it more discreet or to blend in with your fashion. Now its creators have several stretch goals in which Revolar will get more advanced depending on how much they can raise.
For example $150,000 will see audio recording, while $425,000 will help to activate the indoor tracking feature, and raising $1 million will unlock a loud beeper accessory that might scare away attackers. Whether or not they hit any of their stretch goals remains to be seen, but if you’d like to learn more head on over to its Kickstarter page for the details.
Revolar Personal Safety Device Launches On Kickstarter , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use. 
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