Google Buys Divide, An Enterprise Android Company
Divide, an enterprise Android company which is known for its work in in putting your work-life onto your smartphone, has recently been acquired by Google. This comes just after the Twitch acquire.
After Divide announced they were bought by Google they also stated, “Divide will work as it always has.” They also reminded fans of Divide that, “Divide was founded with a simple mission: Give people the best mobile experience at work. As part of the Android team, we’re excited to continue developing solutions that our users love,”
The enterprise Android company is known for it’s apps in the Play Store and App Store, along with it’s version of the Android OS. Divide’s products were designed to easily read work email, get better use from your calendar, easy access and use for contacts.
Bring your own device (BYOD) has been trending in the workplace throughout the world, and this must be Google’s way of getting a piece of the trend. BYOD has been fatal to a couple of smartphone companies, especially BlackBerry. BlackBerry was the standard phone that companies had given their employees due to it’s security and work-friendliness but nobody wants a BlackBerry anymore and because of BYOD companies aren’t buying them for their employees anymore.
This leaves the question, who will be the heir to the workplace smartphone company throne? With Google buying Divide, it is a huge signal that Google is making its attempt for the throne.
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Police raid ‘Blackshades’ webcam hackers who spied on naked victims
More than 90 people across 16 different countries have been arrested in a coordinated raid targeting users and sellers of a piece of malware, called the Blackshades Remote Access Tool. Known to its friends simply as “RAT,” the $40 utility makes it relatively easy to spy on someone via their PC’s webcam and their keyboard strokes, and it’s thought to have infected around half a million computers since 2010. In the US, the FBI picked up a user in New Jersey who’s accused of using RAT to steal sexually explicit photos of 45 victims through their webcams. This follows two earlier Blackshades-related arrests of men accused of capturing and stealing images of thousands of women and girls. The “global takedown” also involved the arrest of a 24-year-old Swedish citizen who’s charged with selling RAT and offering technical support to buyers, making as much as $350,000 in the process.
Filed under: Desktops, Cameras, Laptops, Internet
Via: Bloomberg
Source: FBI
First right-hand drive Tesla Model S and Superchargers coming to the UK in June
It’s safe to say electric cars haven’t yet captured the attention of UK drivers. Then again, Brits haven’t officially been able to get their hands on a right-hand drive Tesla, despite the company opening a London showroom last year. That will all change when Elon Musk and co. bring the first adapted Tesla Model S to the UK on June 7th. The £70,000 luxury car will come with all of the bells and whistles that drivers in North America and China have become accustomed to, including access to Tesla’s renowned Supercharger network. It will place free supercharging stations on the UK’s busiest routes, stretching from Dover and Bristol up to the M25 and heading north along the length of the M1, providing 130 miles’ worth of juice in just 20 minutes. That’s likely to appeal to those looking for improved range over the current crop of electric cars, especially if it means they can drive the length of the country with just a single break. With only 1,500 electric cars registered in the first quarter of 2014, the government hopes the luxury sedan will lead an electric car charge — it appointed Elon Musk as an “electric car tsar” after all.
Filed under: Transportation
Source: The Telegraph
Sprint fined $7.5 million for violating your ‘Do Not Call’ requests
Sprint’s bank account is going to be a bit lighter thanks to the FCC’s recent announcement that the telco has failed to comply with customer “do-not-call” requests. The Now Network has to pay a $7.5 million fine (the largest ever) for violating your pleas for its unwanted phone-and-text telemarketing to stop, with acting chief of the enforcement bureau saying the settlement “leaves no question that protecting consumer privacy remains a top priority.” What’s more, the carrier also has to follow a two-year plan to ensure that it keeps following government requirements to protect said privacy. This follows a 2011 settlement that cost Sprint $400,000. Back then, it said that the do-not-call violations were the result of a server failing to process the consumer requests. This time, Sprint tells CNET that the errors were of the “technical and inadvertent human” variety, and that there’s been a significant capital investment to ensure they don’t happen again in the future.
[Image credit: Jamie Squire/Getty Images]
Filed under: Wireless, Mobile, Sprint
Via: CNET
This treadmill lets you walk in any direction
No, that’s not a detached tank tread you’re looking at, it’s a treadmill — and it doesn’t care which direction you’re walking. It’s called the Infinadeck, and we found it hiding in a dark corner of the Silicon Valley Virtual Reality Expo. Each of its tank-like treads is covered in a moving belt which, when used in tandem, gives the user the ability to stroll in any direction. The omni-directional treadmill has apparently caught the attention of CBS too, as a possible prop for filming on green-screen sets, but it isn’t ready: the prototype still requires an active operator to change directions. It’s also quite loud. Infinadeck says its trying to secure funding to build a more compact version with motion sensors, which should automate the process. Want to see how it works? Skip on past the break, videos await.
Filed under: Misc
Brazilians will see every blade of World Cup grass on outdoor 4K screens
If you’re in Rio de Janeiro this summer but can’t attend any World Cup matches in person, don’t fret; you may still be in for a treat. Brazilian TV giant Globo is teaming up with Sony to broadcast three live Cup games (a second-round match, a quarterfinal and the final) in 4K quality, and it’s putting 65-inch sets in Rio’s Jardim Botanico neighborhood so that the public can watch. This isn’t the first time we’ve seen live soccer futebol play out in 4K, and there will be a handful of feeds in other countries. However, Globo’s offering promises to be one of the more exciting test runs for high-res sports — particularly for locals determined to cheer on the home team.
[Image credit: AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo]
Filed under: Home Entertainment, HD, Sony
Via: Bloomberg
Source: Globo (translated)
The Cogito Pop: An Analog Smartwatch with Some Style [Product Review]
Smartwatches have certainly been booming in the past year, and soon we will be getting our first watches that will be running the smartwatch OS, Android Wear. But for those that aren’t entirely about having a ton of features on their wrist, smartwatch manufacturers like Cogito give you a stylish alternative in the smartwatch world.
The Cogito Pop is Cogito’s latest smartwatch that gives you an analog watch experience that has a little nifty features added to it. If you are like me, you don’t need to be able to send a text, or make a phone call from your wrist. As much as the kid inside loves having that Dick Tracy feature, I’m okay with just having an extension of my smartphone, not a replacement. So when we went to the Cogito panel at this year’s CES, we were introduced to the Cogito Pop and the Cogito Original. The Original has more features with a fancy LCD display that looks just marvelous, but the Pop is more for style, and most likely more for kids.
Features and Specs
Time
- 3 hands Japanese analog movement
Notifications
- Incoming Call and Missed Call
- Text and Social Media Message
- Calendar event
- Low / Critical Low alert of phone’s battery
Actions
- Remote music control
- Remote trigger phone’s camera
- Find phone / watch
- Mute incoming call (*Support on Android device only)
Watch Resistance
- 10 ATM
Battery
- No Recharge Required – Extra-long battery life by a standard cell button battery
One of the first things you must do when setting up your Cogito is downloading the Cogito Connected Watch app out of the Play Store or App Store. When it comes to Android, you must go into your Notification Access settings to turn on permissions for the app to receive your Notifications, so it can send them to your watch. Once you have taken care that, you will of course pair your watch with your Bluetooth on your phone. I found it to be very easy to pair the Pop to my phone, simply just by following the directions given in the guide. Once you have paired your phone and watch, you can then go into the Connected Watch app to pick which notifications you want to receive on your watch. I love that they give you the option for this, because if you are one of those that get a ton of notifications an hour, you don’t want your watch to be vibrating constantly on your wrist.
The app also gives you a camera icon to press, so that way you can prop your phone up somewhere and then take a quick picture by hitting a button on your watch. It’s a nice feature for anyone wanting to take a picture with a group, and not having one person out of the picture because they have to snap it. You can also begin playing your music from your watch by hitting a side button, which I found to work pretty well, and can see it being useful in life.
The Good
As I stated up top about the Cogito being easy to pair, the rest of the functions are very easy to use. They have simplified the experience in the Pop where even your Mom can handle all what it can do. Also, with it being mainly made out of plastic, the watch can withstand some of the everyday mishaps out there. The battery life is another aspect that will appeal to the consumer, simply because it is a smartwatch that does not have to charge, and you can get a year out of the battery.
The Bad
The Pop isn’t for your everyday tech enthusiast like myself. At first glance, it looks like a watch that you would buy a child, or that hipster in your family that wear very bright and vibrant colors. The features are pretty nice on the Pop, but they are very basic compared to the Original, so again, it doesn’t quite appeal to me as much as other smartwatches out there. That being said, I think Cogito have chosen the target consumer being a child or teenager, or people who have that bright color style.
Sadly after a few of days, my phone and the watch stopped being friends with each other, and I couldn’t pair the watch to my Nexus 5 anymore. Tried many times to pair it, by rebooting my phone, and uninstalling the Cogito app, but no luck. Not sure if it has to do with the software on my phone not being compatible with the Pop, or if the watch itself it is to blame.
Conclusion
The Cogito Pop is a simple and stylish analog smartwatch that is simple enough for anyone to use, and fits the style of a certain group of people out there. $130 isn’t that steep of a price with all the features you get, so I would recommend it for that teenager in your life. Not exactly for us tech enthusiasts, but the Original is more of what I like, and we hope to get a review of that version very soon. Was going to shoot a video showing off the Cogito Pop, but like I stated above, the watch and my phone stopped being friends with each other. Head over to the Cogito website to take a look at what Cogito has to offer.
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Android 4.4.3 Almost Here! T-Mobile HTC One M8 Gets New Update! – Device Updates
Monday is over, so let’s talk some updates. Not many updates this past week, but Android 4.4.3 was spotted in the wild by someone who was not supposed to leak out that screenshot. These days, do they really trust people? Sadly they still do. Enjoy the video.
Device Updates
Android 4.4.3 almost here
T-Mobile HTC One M8 update
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Engadget Daily: Flip-phones in Japan, what you need to know about net neutrality and more!
You might say the day is never really done in consumer technology news. Your workday, however, hopefully draws to a close at some point. This is the Daily Roundup on Engadget, a quick peek back at the top headlines for the past 24 hours — all handpicked by the editors here at the site. Click on through the break, and enjoy.
Japan: the country where flip-phones refuse to die
The reign of the flip-phone is definitely over, but folks in Japan just can’t seem to let it go. In fact, A Docomo spokesman told us foldable handsets are still so popular that many of their customers prefer it over a smartphone.
What you need to know about net neutrality
The concept of net neutrality is simple, however, its implications are enormous. Read on as our own Ben Gilbert breaks down the arguments behind an open internet and dissects how ISP regulation could affect you.
AT&T’s multibillion dollar DirecTV purchase could hinge on… football?
AT&T is planning to buy DirecTV, but one factor could stand in the way: football. According to an interesting clause between parties, the purchase can be terminated if DirecTV fails to secure the rights to continue offering NFL Sunday Ticket.
Watch Michael Jackson’s holographic return at the Billboard Music Awards
Just after releasing his posthumous record called Xscape, Michael Jasckson made a holographic appearance at the Billboard Music Awards. And yes, there was moonwalking.
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Filed under: Misc
AT&T’s solar charging stations invade New York again
Next time you’re at a park, beach or high-traffic spot in New York, and your phone battery’s running low, look for the contraption in the image above. That’s AT&T’s Street Charge station, which harnesses the power of the sun so you can continue tweeting and uploading those selfies on the go. Ma Bell is installing 45 of these in several locations around the state, almost double the charging stations it installed in the summer of 2013 when the initiative first launched. The company’s using newer, sturdier, more weather-resistant models this time, though, and they’ll be deployed across several places in the five boroughs, which are listed after the break. If you’re wondering, yes you’re free to use these phone, tablet and general gadget chargers even if you’re not an AT&T customer. And yes, the stations are usable even at night (thanks to internal batteries that store the sun’s power), but they can only rescue you from total battery depletion until September.
Check out the list below, or a map of the stations on AT&T’s website.
Manhattan:
- Central Park
- Marcus Garvey Park
- Coenties Slip
- Old Slip
- Mannahatta
- Pier 15
- East River Esplanade
- Bowling Green Park
- South Street Seaport
- Edgar Plaza
- Union Square
- Governor’s Island
Queens:
- Flushing Meadows Corona Park
- Rockaway Beach
The Bronx:
- Orchard Beach
Brooklyn:
- Brooklyn Bridge Park
- Coney Island
- Brighton Beach
Staten Island:
- South Beach
- Midland Beach
Filed under: Misc, Mobile, AT&T
Source: AT&T
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