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Friday, June 28, 2013
Samsung Shows Off New Tablets, Galaxy Camera
Thursday, June 27, 2013
Tips And Tricks For Your iPad
Apple have designed the iPad to be easy to use, in fact even a two year old can use this device without any problems whatsoever. This makes it a very attractive option for people who are used to using an iPhone or for those who are not. However, there are still a few things about the device that do need a little bit of explaining. Soft Reset Explained: Although the iPad is pretty robust in so far as there are [...]
Source: http://tabletbuzzblog.com/tips-and-tricks-for-your-ipad/
This New Contact Lens Basically Turns Your Eye Into a Telescope
Contact lenses are great if your only issue is near or farsightedness, but for those struggling with age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a leading cause of blindness among older adults, those flimsy little lenses ain't going to cut it?or at least not the kind of contact lenses you're used to. But soon, AMD-sufferers could see their vision vastly improving thanks to a slim, adjustable telescope that sits right in the middle of their eye.
Funded by DARPA, the joint team of researchers from the US and Switzerland were facing the problem of correcting vision loss as a result of retina damage?something that normal contacts, which simply refocus the eyes, do virtually nothing to help. By magnifying an AMD patient's vision, though, light is also magnified, allowing it to spread out and hit the parts of the retina that remain intact. Until now, though, any sort of optical magnifier came in the form of a highly intrusive, spectacle-mounted telescope or micro-telescopes that required invasive eye surgery.
The team, led by University of California San Diego Professor Joseph Ford, employed tightly-fitted mirrors in designing a telescope that stands at just over one millimeter thick. While the unobtrusiveness of the new telescope design is impressive in and of itself, the team also managed to create a system that allows for the patient's vision to easily switch from magnified to normal. Thanks to a set of liquid crystal glasses, users can choose to block either the magnifying portion of the contact lens along the rim or the unmagnified portion in the center. According to the news release:
The liquid crystals in the glasses electrically change the orientation of polarized light, allowing light with one orientation or the other to pass through the glasses to the contact lens.
The contacts themselves are made out of a material called polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), an incredibly strong component that allows for the small grooves necessary to fix the abnormal color that the lens's shape creates. And while these new lenses are an incredible advancement, it wil still be some time before we start seeing them on a consumer level. The same grooves that fix color also have the effect of reducing the quality of the actual image, and PMMA isn't gas permeable, which would mean that patients wouldn't be able to wear the lenses for any extended period of time.
Still, an actual, functional telescope shaved down to practically nothing is a huge step for improving the quality of life of those suffering from AMD. And once researchers manage to work out the kinks, the world is going to start looking a whole lot brighter. [Business Wire]
Source: http://gizmodo.com/this-new-contact-lens-basically-turns-your-eye-into-a-t-598794815
Your Door Is About to Get Clever: 5 Smart Locks Compared
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AVG launches LiveKive cloud sync and backup tool
LiveKive takes aim at services like Dropbox and SugarSync, though at the moment it's lagging behind in terms of features. As it stands, LiveKive is only compatible with Windows and OS X. There are no mobile clients yet, though with AVG's strong presence on Android we wouldn't be surprised to see an app arrive in the near future.
The company is offering a heck of a deal right now, however. If you sign up for a paid account during the launch phase, you can score unlimited storage for $80 for a whole year. You can't even score 50GB per year at that price from Dropbox, so if cost and space are more important to you than cross-platform availability, LiveKive might be worth checking out.
If you're not interested in ponying up any cash at the moment, you can still get a 5GB account free of charge. Just head on over, and create a LiveKive account.
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On The Road: New Cycling Gear for Summer
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Deal of the Day ? Dell Inspiron 660s Dual-core slim tower desktop
LogicBUY’s Deal for Saturday is the configurable Dell�Inspiron 660s 2.9GHz Dual-core slim tower, starting at $329.99. �Base configuration features: Intel Penium G2020 2.9GHz Dual-core CPU 4GB RAM 1TB hard drive, DVD burner, 8-in-1 card reader Wireless-N Two USB 3.0 ports Windows 8 OS 90-day Premium Phone Support 15-month McAfee SecurityCenter subscription $429.99 – $100 instant [...]
Source: http://the-gadgeteer.com/2013/06/22/deal-of-the-day-dell-inspiron-660s-dual-core-slim-tower-desktop/
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Maker Studios Co-Founder Danny Zappin Sues The Company Over His Ouster
It was only a few months ago that Maker Studios co-founder Danny Zappin stepped down from the CEO role, replaced by Endemol veteran Ynon Kreiz. Well it turns out that he didn't "step down," so much as he was "pushed out." And now he's taking the company to court over his ouster. Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/7a76YcUna_I/
New iPad Quad Core Graphics
Prior to the unveiling of the new iPad 3, there was a lot of speculation and rumors about what processor would be on board and what features the new tablet. The older iPad 2 came with an A5 processor which included a dual core graphics processor and 512mb of RAM. The graphics processor takes care of all the display functions whilst the main processor handles all of the other functions. A lot of the rumors prior to the new iPad [...]
Source: http://tabletbuzzblog.com/new-ipad-quad-core-graphics/
Natural Selection: Camping Gear That Redefines ?Roughing It?
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Verizon Galaxy S4 Developer edition goes on sale for $650
For sale directly through Samsung with no Verizon subsidy available
A few weeks ago we learned that Samsung was planning to bring a Developer Edition of the Galaxy S4 to both AT&T and Verizon customers.The Verizon handset has gone on sale first, and is available through Samsung starting today for $649.99. Since this version is only available through Samsung, there will be no subsidy for those looking to use their Verizon upgrades.
This version of the Galaxy S4 will be virtually identical to the version available through Verizon, with the important difference of shipping with an unlocked bootloader. This will enable users to install custom software on their devices right out of the box. However, with bootloader unlocking methods already available for the Verizon and AT&T versions of Galaxy S4, the value of a factory unlocked bootloader is arguable. It is worth noting that supporting developer editions such as this is important to ensure their continued future existence, especially when the day may come that Samsung bootloaders do not have unlocking methods available.
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Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/androidcentral/~3/m1M9lj1vgVE/story01.htm
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
New Firefox Nightly and Aurora logos unearthed, and how to enable channel switching
Shortly thereafter, Firefox's new channel system will be implemented. Firefox 5a2 will be introduced as the first Aurora build, and we should also see a Firefox 6 Nightly build. While we we're not sure where they came from, one Sören Hentzschel seems to have unearthed the new Nightly and Aurora logos (see above), along with new About Firefox dialogs (after the break).
In other news, if you want to take a sneak peek at the new 'channel changing' technology that will be introduced in upcoming Firefox builds, head to about:config and create a new string called app.update.desiredChannel -- the value doesn't matter. Then open Help > About Firefox and you'll be able to switch channel, but it doesn't do anything just yet (image after the break). Here's hoping that Firefox channel switching is smoother than Chrome.
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New Firefox Nightly and Aurora logos unearthed, and how to enable channel switching originally appeared on Download Squad on Mon, 11 Apr 2011 07:35:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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