Dimensions of Samsung’s upcoming 9.7 Inch Galaxy Tab S2 tablet leak, said to be inspired by the Galaxy S6 design
The Galaxy S6 has been available to purchase for a couple of weeks now, and if you haven’t read Rob’s review of it yet, you can catch up here. The review said that the Galaxy S6 was ‘knocking on the door of perfection‘, this bodes well for the upcoming Galaxy Tab S2 9.7 because today’s leak says that it will sport a Galaxy S6 inspired design. More details after the break.
#Samsung‘s 9.7″ Galaxy Tab S2 = Galaxy S6 inspired design ≃ 237.17×169.58×6.4mm
— OnLeaks (@OnLeaks) April 23, 2015
Along with the news about its design inspiration, @OnLeaks also leaked the dimensions of the Galaxy Tab S2 9.7-inch. With dimensions of 237.17 x 169.58 x 6.4mm the 9.7-inch Tab S2 will be unsurprisingly shorter and narrower than its larger 10.5-inch predecessor. The Tab S2 9.7 will also be 0.2mm thinner. The Galaxy Tab S2 9.7 display is rumoured to use a 4:3 aspect ratio, which will please some folks whilst angering others.
It’s believed that the range of Galaxy Tab S2 tablets will be officially announced in mid-2015, which isn’t too far away now. Whether or not we will see the Tab S2 9.7 with a metal and glass construction is anyone’s guess, but it sure would be good to see something different from what we are used to seeing.
Source: @OnLeaks
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Aziz Ansari is getting his own Netflix comedy series
Netflix must have liked the response to Aziz Ansari’s latest stand-up special, as it’s about to give the comedian a lot more screen time. Deadline understands that the streaming service has ordered a 10-episode series co-created by Ansari and Parks and Recreation executive producer Andy Yang. It’s not clear what the plot of the show will be (there’s hints of a semi-autobiographic theme), but it’ll be co-produced by some of Ansari’s Parks and Recreation pals and include guests like Homeland‘s Claire Danes. One thing’s for sure: between this and revivals like Fuller House and Wet Hot American Summer, Netflix is betting heavily on funny fare to keep you as a subscriber.
[Image credit: Donald Traill/Invision/AP]
Filed under: Home Entertainment, Internet, HD
Source: Deadline
Plusnet’s jumping on the YouView bandwagon with its own TV service
In recent times, many of the UK’s biggest broadband and TV providers have sought to head off competition by expanding into new markets. Virgin Media, TalkTalk and Sky are betting on mobile, while others are rushing to augment their offerings by diving into TV. Plusnet, which has made a name for itself as a reliable low-cost ISP, is one of these companies. After first trialling a YouView-powered set-top box with employees, then opening a small customer trial, the provider says it will begin offering a new TV bundle to all of its Unlimited Fibre customers.
Commenting on the official YouView forum, a Plusnet representative confirmed that “TV from Plusnet will be launching soon,” while inviting customers to register their interest on its website. It’s actually quite surprising that it’s taken Plusnet this long: the ISP is actually owned by BT, which already offers customers a couple of YouView-powered boxes. It would be safe to assume that BT’s TV offering will feature in some way on a new Plusnet service, but the company is staying tight-lipped at this point. While the operator doesn’t yet offer a mobile service, that could certainly change when BT’s deal to acquire EE is given the green light.
Filed under: Home Entertainment, Household, Internet
Via: SeenIt
Source: YouView Forums
Diabetes app shares your blood sugar levels with strangers
Living with diabetes means tracking your meals and insulin level. The new One Drop app for iOS (an Android version is planned) aims to not only make that monitoring easier, but also use the logged information to help the larger diabetic community. The brainchild of Razorfish co-founder and diabetic Jeff Dachis, the app tracks food intake, insulin levels, medication and exercise. Users can then share that information (either publicly or anonymously) with other One Drop users to help the community learn from one another. They can also encourage each other via likes and stickers and use the gathered data to help inform their own regimen. The app is currently free, but Dachis told TechCrunch a monthly subscription is coming later in the year that would include a stylish bluetooth-enabled glucose meter and test strips.
Via: TechCrunch
Source: One Drop
The LG Watch Urbane will be the first Android Wear smartwatch to get new update
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LG has today announced that the LG Watch Urbane will be the first Android Wear device to receive and be sold with the latest Android Wear update that we detailed a few days ago. Not to be confused with the similarly named LG Watch Urbane LTE which doesn’t run Android Wear, the LG Watch Urbane will start being sold this week in LG’s native Korea, gradually rolling out in other markets including Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Spain, the UK and the US, and it will be available right from the Google Play Store. There’s still been no word on pricing, but we’d be surprised if it got much more than $300 USD, which is pushing it in this current wearable climate.
For those who have forgotten what the LG Watch Urbane is all about (including us), it’s LG latest Android Wear device which incorporates a stainless steel body with genuine leather strap for LG’s most premium smartwatch yet. Inside, though, it’s almost identical to LG’s previous two smartwatches, the LG G Watch and LG G Watch R, though LG is touting two new features available only on the Urbane including LG Call and LG Pulse, the former for making calling easier and the latter for much more accurate fitness tracking.
What do you think about the LG Watch Urbane? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
Press Release
PREMIUM LG WATCH URBANE FIRST NEW
ANDROID WEAR DEVICE TO FEATURE LATEST OSElegantly Designed Smartwatch Rolls Out Worldwide
With Latest Technology and Performance
SEOUL, Apr. 23, 2015 ― LG Electronics (LG) will begin the global rollout of its premium LG Watch Urbane this week in South Korea to be followed by key markets in North America, Europe and Asia in the weeks to come. Customers in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States will be able to purchase the LG Watch Urbane on Google Store starting this month. At MWC 2015, the LG Watch Urbane received numerous awards and accolades from consumers, media and industry thought leaders for its modern design, full-circle Plastic OLED (P-OLED) display and overall usefulness. The LG Watch Urbane carries over the 1.3-inch P-OLED display from the LG G Watch R but features a less prominent and lower profile bezel. Its dimensions are smaller overall and thinner, without reducing the size of the display or the battery. Responding to consumers’ desire for style as well as function, the LG Watch Urbane has a full metal body with a stitched genuine leather strap. The stainless steel body is available in a luxurious polished rose gold and silver, accentuated further with a narrow bezel that gives the device the sleek lines of a classic timepiece. Unlike many other competing smartwatches, the band can be exchanged with any replacement 22mm leather, silicone or metal strap for the ultimate in convenience and personalization.
LG Watch Urbane is the first new smartwatch powered by the latest version of Android Wear which works seamlessly with smartphones running Android 4.3 and above. Some of the features available for the first time on any Android Wear device include Wi-Fi connectivity, always-on apps to keep the display from going dark when running, navigating or even grocery shopping and an improved UX that makes launching favorite apps and getting in touch with friends easier than ever before with everything now front-and-center.
The latest OS allows users to send emojis by drawing them directly on the LG Watch Urbane. Draw a smiley face, a clock showing a certain time or any other pictures and Android Wear will match your drawing to the closest Unicode emoji for sending to another Android Wear watch, smartphone, or computer. Other improvements include the ability to change the font size and see notifications even when looking at another function on the display, such as directions. What’s more, the screen on the LG Watch Urbane can now be set to lock automatically when it is removed from the wrist.
Included in LG Watch Urbane are two new and useful features not available on other Android Wear devices: LG Call and LG Pulse. LG Call allows the wearer to access recent calls and the favorite contacts list on the connected smartphone to dial out directly from the watch. When connected to a Bluetooth headset, there is no need to remove the phone from one’s pocket to place a call. And LG Pulse takes health monitoring to a whole new level by measuring the wearer’s heart rate every second during exercise with no maximum time limit. At the end of the activity, LG Pulse will report the average heart rate over the entire duration of the activity and display a heart rate graph on LG Health (coming soon).
“The LG Watch Urbane is the third Android Wear device introduced by LG in the past year which demonstrates our commitment to this platform,” said Juno Cho, president and CEO of LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company. “More importantly, LG Watch Urbane is a perfect example that Android Wear watches can be functional and beautiful and a useful accessory that complements any wardrobe. No one would mistake LG Watch Urbane for a computer on your wrist.”
Price and additional purchase details will be announced locally at the time of availability.
Key Specifications:
- Chipset: 1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon™ 400
- Operating System: Android Wear™
- Display: 1.3-inch P-OLED Display (320 x 320, 245ppi)
- Size: 45.5 x 52.2 x 10.9mm
- Memory: 4GB eMMC / 512MB LPDDR2
- Battery: 410mAh
- Sensors: 9-Axis (Gyro / Accelerometer / Compass) / Barometer / PPG (Heart Rate Sensor)
- Color: Rose Gold / Silver
- Other: Dust and Water Resistance (IP67)
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Watch Xiaomi’s Live Stream coverage of its Mi 4i launch here
Just a few days ago, we ran a story about how Xiaomi was preparing to release a new handset called the Mi 4i at a press event in New Delhi, India. If you would like to keep abreast of the ‘i is coming‘ event we have the link for the Live Stream coverage just after the break.
The Mi 4i is thought to be the lite, or neo (if you will) version of the current flagship, the Mi 4. Hardware-wise, the Mi 4i is believed to be packing a Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 processor (64-bit), 2GB of RAM for multi-tasking along with a 4.9-Inch Full HD display taking care of the visuals. Xiaomi’s custom MIUI skin will run on top of Android 5.0.2.
If you want to follow the ‘i is coming‘ live stream, just click the link below. The coverage will start at 4pm Indian time. That translates to 10:30am (GMT) or 06:30am (EST).
Source: Xiaomi Live Stream
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Apple Stores won’t sell the Watch at launch, but six other shops will
You’ve likely heard or read that Apple’s debut wearable isn’t going to be sold quite like the company’s previous products. Whether it’s about where the demand for the product is coming from (or where Apple hopes the demand will come from), there will be no in-store purchases when the Watch finally lands this Friday. Well, not in Apple’s stores. You might have reserved (past tense there) a Watch online, and made an appointment for a fitting of sorts, but there will actually be some places where you’ll be able to pick one up, cash-in-hand, tomorrow. By some we mean a few. And by few we mean precisely six fashion stores. Scattered across the world.
Maxfield in LA, Colette in Paris, France; the Corner in Berlin, Germany; 10 Corso Como, Milan, Italy and Dover Street Market in both the UK and Japan. According to the New York Times, these high-end boutiques will have their own stocks of the watches – something that wasn’t quite made clear when these locations were announced as places that Apple’s new big thing would be available from. And if you’re looking for the instant retail gratification that only bricks-and-mortar shopping can satisfy, be warned: stocks are limited. Dover Street Market will reportedly have less than 1,000 watches between its two stores. And the VIP-baiting gold Edition (if not the VVIP version), is apparently on back-order.
Update: Befitting their status as classy fashion destinations, many require you to make a reservation for launch day, although you’ll be able to buy the Watch at these appointments and take it home with you.
Source: New York Times
Blink: an on-demand, smartphone-powered service for eye exams
Yes, smartphones can be fun, no doubt about it (Flappy Bird, anyone?). But there’s more to them than that. Take EyeNetra, for example: this young startup has come up with a smartphone-based service that offers on-demand vision tests. With Blink, people don’t have to pay a visit to the optometrist to get a routine eye exam — it comes to them. The newly launched service isn’t meant to replace any optic emergencies that may arise, however; instead, it simply provides a test to determine if someone needs prescription eyeglasses.
For $75, Blink sends a technician to your home (or office) with a set of smartphone-compatible tools — including the one pictured above, which is reminiscent of a VR headset. Then, in matter of minutes, your sight data is collected and the results get sent to a certified optometrist. And if turns out that a prescription is needed, it will be sent right to your email address. Unfortunately, Blink is only available in New York City right now, but the company does expect to expand its on-demand offering to other places in the future.
Filed under: Cellphones, Misc, Peripherals
Via: TechCrunch
Source: Blink
Google bolsters security by offering Security Keys to business customers
We all know digital information is vulnerable to hacking and theft. We have evidenced massive data breaches in the past year with Target and Sony being at the center of attention. Google continues its lead in keeping clients safe by introducing Security Keys for Google Drive. Most of you reading this post know how weak your usernames and passwords can be because you probably have weak passwords due to the fact that they are easier to remember. In addition to having difficulty remembering passwords, many sites have different requirements for what kind of password security is required.
Google collaborated with the FIDO Alliance standards organization to create another layer of protection by using an actual key, named Security Key, to authenticate your identity. The Security Key sends an encrypted signature, rather than an actual password to prevent phishing. And using this key saves you time — when you need to verify your Google Account on a Chrome browser, the key’s light will flash.
The new Security Key will roll out in the next few weeks to business customers, and most importantly the effort required to deploy them is minimal. No additional software will be required to be installed, and if the keys are lost, admins can revoke access to those keys immediately.
Multiple models are available for purchase and start at a very affordable $6.
Source – http://googleforwork.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/the-key-for-working-smarter-faster-and-more-securely.html
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‘Things’ for Apple Watch Puts Task Accomplishment Tools on Your Wrist [iOS Blog]
Cultured Code, the company behind popular task management app Things, already announced plans for an Apple Watch app, but as of today, the company is ready to share an in-depth look at how Things for Apple Watch will bring powerful task accomplishment capabilities to Apple’s wrist worn device.
As detailed in a post on the Cultured Code’s blog, Things for Apple Watch was created to guide people through their daily “Get Things Done” goals, much like Apple’s own built-in fitness-based apps help guide people through their daily movement goals.
Things for Apple Watch revolves around a “Today list” that serves as a central place for people to list all of the goals they want to accomplish in any given day. Tasks can be pulled from different to-dos and projects in the Things app and compiled into this daily list, which is what’s displayed on the Apple Watch.
For quick access to the daily task list in Things for Apple Watch, Cultured Code developed a “Glance” view. Swiping up on the Apple Watch’s face brings up Glances, and the Things Glance offers a look at progress that’s been made on a task list as well as remaining tasks that need to be completed. Like Apple’s apps, Things uses a circle to help users visualize their progress — as tasks are completed, the circle fills up.
A tap on the Things Glance view can be used to open the full Things app, where tasks can be viewed in more detail or marked as completed. Tapping on a task brings up information like due dates, notes, and the project it’s in, and from this view, tasks can be postponed until another day.
To add new tasks to a list on the Apple Watch, Things takes advantage of Siri. Tapping on the “+” button within the app will bring up an option to enter a task through dictation, where it can be added to the list of daily to-dos. New tasks can also be added to the Things‘ Inbox by activating Siri with the Digital Crown.
Things for Apple Watch is part of the iPhone app, and as such, it’s integrated into the Things Cloud that syncs all tasks across all devices with Things installed. Changes or additions to to-dos from the Apple Watch will sync to other Things apps, and vice versa.
Things for iPhone with the accompanying Apple Watch app can be downloaded from the App Store for $9.99. [Direct Link]
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