VR needs content if it’s to be more than a flash in the early adopter pan. But it’s pretty clear that in the short term at least it’s not going to have a whole lot of compelling content. And understandably so. It’s a new medium, after all, and figuring out how to create exciting ‘experiences’, as the VR pushers put it, is going to take time… Read More
The Samsung Galaxy C5 just burst on the scene and online stores in China are already accepting pre-orders (the actual sales are scheduled to start on June 6).
The Galaxy C5 is a slender metal mid-ranger, it’s just 6.7mm thick. It also has a 5.2″ Super AMOLED screen (1080p resolution) and runs Android 6.0 Marshmallow. The Home button below the screen is a fingerprint reader.
Samsung Galaxy C5 in gold and rose gold
You get a better camera than the A5 (2016), a 16MP f/1.9 shooter on the back and an 8MP f/1.9 camera on the front. The chipset is fairly similar – Snapdragon 617…
As scheduled, HTC has officially announced its newest flagship smartphone, the 10, in India. The device carries a price tag of INR 52,990, which translates into around $790.
While HTC has already cleared the air on this, it’s still worth mentioning that the it’s the same global variant – which is powered by Snapdragon 820 and has 4GB of RAM – that has been launched in India.
For the uninitiated, after the device was officially unveiled by HTC early last month, there were reports that some regions – including India – will get a downgraded variant (dubbed HTC 10 Lifestyle)…
It’s the season of developer summits! Just last week, Google hosted its I/O 2016 conference, where an abundance of new services, products, and features were announced. Some of these actually appealed to us very much!
Well, it’s now Apple’s turn to show us what it’s been brewing on the software front… and possibly on the hardware one as well! After all, its WWDC16 (Worldwide Developers Conference) is about to hit us in a couple of … – Source
Earlier today, we speculated that billionaire Peter Thiel may have secretly financed a lawsuit to put Gawker Media out of business owing to a series of antagonistic stories about him written by Gawker’s now defunct Valleywag site nearly a decade ago. Thiel has since talked with New York Times columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin and confirmed that not only has he provided Hulk Hogan (legally… Read More
Fitness trackers are all the rage these days, but unless a tracker is making medical claims they aren’t put to the rigorous testing to make sure the sensors are accurate. And, that is the center of the troubles for Fitbit right now. Fitbit is in the middle of a class action lawsuit where the plaintiffs are claiming that Fitbit’s heart rate measurements are inaccurate. In order to test those claims, Dr. Edward Jo, assistant professor of Applied Physiology at California State Polytechnic University, and his colleague Dr Brett Dolezal were asked by the court to perform independent testing … – Source
Exactly 39 years ago Wednesday, a movie called Star Wars opened in a mere 32 theaters across the U.S. It soon became kind of a big deal. But who has the time to rewatch it? Even one of its stars, Mark Hamill, admits he hasn’t seen the two-hour original movie in nearly 20 years.
Lucky for those of us who need a refresher — or haven’t seen it at all — graphic artist and illustrator Martin Panchaud has created an epic infographic that tells the entire story of the original movie, later renamed Episode IV: A New Hope.
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The graphic includes every line of dialogue, every position every character is standing in, detailed schematics of the franchise’s iconic ships, and about 4,845 inches of scrollable information. It’s essentially one really, really long page. And as of Wednesday, it had been shared on social media nearly 40,000 times. …
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Soon to be unveiled in China is the first truly bendable phone made by a company whose name is written as Moxi. In Chinese, this is pronounced “mou-she.” In the language, it is short for the secret behind the phone’s flexability. That is the material graphene, which we told you last month “is the thinnest, lightest, strongest, most transparent, and most heat and electricity-conductive material known to scientists.” Thanks to graphene, the phone built by Moxi can be worn like a watch or a bracelet, and then stretched out to be shaped like a regular smartphone.
There is a caveat. The Moxi … – Source
There’s a newer, better Xbox One coming in 2017 that will make your games look sharper and run faster. Maybe.
Let’s rewind.
The PlayStation 4 and Xbox One both launched in 2013. We recently heard rumors about Sony planning a beefy upgrade to the PS4 hardware — the sort that would change the way your games perform — and now a new rumor suggests that Microsoft is on the same road.
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Sony’s rumored “Neo” project — which has been bestowed with the nicknames “PS4.5” and “PS4K” — is effectively a souped-up PS4. That means an improved CPU and GPU, and increased memory bandwidth. …
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