Want to watch 3D movies at the theater without the picture quality limitations that come with projectors? You’ll want to plan a trip to Switzerland. Samsung’s 34-foot 3D Cinema LED screen has premiered at Arena Cinemas’ Silhcity theater in Zurich,…
Yesterday, Uber called a halt to all self-driving tests after a highly publicized crash in Tempe, AZ, on Sunday evening. Now, it looks as though Uber might not be at fault for the accident. Tempe Police Chief Sylvia Moir told the San Francisco Chroni…
Like Facebook and Twitter, Google has come under fire for its role in spreading misinformation and it has taken steps to address the problem. Over the past few months, the company has teamed up with fact-checking networks, started showing more publis…
Even LinkedIn can’t resist the urge to imitate Snapchat, it seems. The job-oriented social network is adding eerily familiar-looking filters to its video capture tools for Android and iOS, letting you brag about your “side hustle” and other updates…
Now that Android’s ARCore platform is a practical reality, augmented reality apps are coming out of the woodwork. Google has announced that over 60 ARCore-capable apps are launching on the Play Store this week, many of them games arriving in sync wit…
Google is making it easier for Android users to discover new games. The company has said that in the last year, the number of Android users who installed a game from the Play Store has more than doubled. To make it even easier for users to discover new games or get the ones they love already, the company has now launched Google Play Instant. It will let users play games without having to install them first.
The announcement was made ahead of the Game Developers Conference which is due this week in San Francisco. Google Play Instant will let users just tap and try a game without downloading it first. They’ll be able to experience a demo of the game within the Play Store and thus quickly decide whether or not they want to download it.
This new experience is going to be available in both the Google Play Store and the Google Play Games app as well as wherever game links are shared. The company has put up a list of titles that are part of the Instant Gameplay collection, all of the titles in the list can be tried out without having to go through the installation process.
Google says that it will keep adding more games to the list so that users can dive into more games right away.
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The “tall” or 18:9 aspect ratio display trend is picking up after it was first adopted by OEMs for their flagship smartphones so it’s not surprising to see that HTC has adopted it for its mid-range Desire 12 and Desire 12+ handsets. Both mid-range devices have been refreshed with 18:9 aspect ratio displays and more powerful internals.
The HTC Desire 12+ is the larger model and it features a 5.99 inch IPS LCD display with 18:9 aspect ratio and 720×1440 pixel resolution. It also features a 13 megapixel rear camera that’s aided by a 2 megapixel depth-sensing secondary sensor.
The handset features an 8 megapixel front camera as well. You’ll find the Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 chip under the hood alongside 3GB of RAM. The device has a fingerprint scanner on the back and ships with Android 8.0 Oreo.
The HTC Desire 12 has a smaller 18:9 5.5 inch display with the same HD+ resolution. The device doesn’t have a dual camera system, just a 13 megapixel main shooter with a 5 megapixel camera on the front. It’s powered by MediaTek’s 6739 chip with 3GB of RAM. It doesn’t feature a fingerprint sensor as well.
Prices for the HTC Desire 12 and Desire 12+ started at €185 and €235 respectively. HTC’s regional arms will confirm the pricing and availability details for their respective markets in the near future.
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There’s really no shortage of mobile payments services, particularly for Android devices. OEMs like Samsung, LG, and Huawei Pay all have their own solutions even though they’re only available in select markets. Take Huawei Pay, for example, it’s exclusive to the company’s devices as the name suggests, and has only been available in China so far. However, a new report suggests that Huawei Pay might expand to other markets with the launch of the upcoming Huawei P20 family.
We have heard a lot of rumors about the P20 handsets so far and seen even more leaks. Huawei is going to unveil three new devices on March 27, the P20, P20 Lite, and P20 Pro. The flagship model is expected to feature a triple camera system at the back.
A dive into Huawei’s firmware files have revealed that Huawei Pay might be expanded to Western Europe with the P20 later this year. The firmware revealed that the upcoming handsets will come with Huawei Pay installed out of the box and the APK extracted from the firmware worked perfectly on an EU Huawei Mate 10 Pro.
Huawei is yet to confirm, though, that it’s going to launch its mobile payments service in more markets with the P20 lineup but it wouldn’t be surprising if it does. The company’s partnership with UnionPay in January this year hinted at its intentions to take the service global so we might very well see that happening at some point later this year.
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Samsung has brought its rugged Galaxy Tab Active2 to the United States. The company today announced that this durable tablet is now available in the United States and it’s aimed at mobile workers who conduct business in harsh weather and industrial locations. It’s adequately protected against high/low temperatures and wet environments.
“The Samsung Galaxy Tab Active2 was designed to help businesses improve productivity, while reducing complexity, and do so while empowering workers in the most challenging working conditions,” explains Eric McCarty, Samsung Electronics America’s VP of Mobile B2B Product Marketing.
The Galaxy Tab Acive2 is MIL-STD-810 certified which is the military standard for adequate protection against excessive temperatures, pressure, vibrations and drops. It’s also IP68 certified for water and dust resistance. The display itself can be used while wet which lets users access the tablet even in inclement weather. The S Pen is also IP68 certified.
As far as the specifications are concerned, the Galaxy Tab Active2 has an 8 inch 1280×800 pixel resolution display, an octacore processor with 8GB RAM and 16GB of storage that’s expandable with a microSD card. The tablet has a 4,450mAh battery and a USB Type-C port. Samsung will also offer an LTE model of this tablet through Verizon and AT&T.
The Wi-Fi and LTE models of the Samsung Galaxy Tab Active 2 have been priced at $420 and $520 in the United States respectively.
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Japan wants to help startups looking toward the final frontier by injecting money which is why it has set aside almost $1 billion for this purpose. It’s also going to create a human resource hub to help those startups in their endeavors. The country is mulling a legal path as well which would allow for commercial development on the moon.
Japanese trade publication Nikkei reports that the country’s government is going to offer startups investments and loans for five years starting from fiscal 2018. It aims to double the scale of the space sector to around 2.4 trillion yen by the next decade.
It has already increased its investments in space startups over the years. The country poured money into Tokyo-based Ispace which wants to develop lunar resources as well as miniature satellite developer iQPS.
As part of this new initiative, fresh startups will be eligible for aid up to 10 million yen which will cover the cost of research and patent applications. Startups that show real promise will then be connected to investors and venture capitalists. The startups that reach development stage will have access to the pool of 100 billion yen offered by bodies which include the Development Bank of Japan and the Innovation Network Corp. of Japan.
The report also mentions that the government is mulling enacting laws which will allow businesses to own plots of lunar land that they will begin commercial development on. The UN’s Outer Space Treaty does not forbid commercial development and land ownership on the moon.
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