Finally, a $9,000 watch that attaches to your Apple Watch
California-based (where else?) watch-maker Nico Gerard has announced a timepiece that has an Apple Watch lodged within a pretty typical analog watch strap. Yep: a watch for your Apple Watch. Oh and preorders start at $9,300 — although that includes the black steel analogue face and a 38mm stainless steel Apple Watch on the other side of your wrist. If you want to upgrade your status beyond that of a mere one-percenter, then there’s the $112,000 18-carat gold option. With gold Apple Watch Edition. (It’s not even the first double-watched solution to a problem no-one’s ever had.) Irony be damned, the watch is has been named Pinnacle. But there’s one question we need answered: which one is the watch, and which one is the accessory?
Via:
Mashable
Source:
Nico Gerard
Tags: apple, applewatch, nicogerard, pinnacle, video, watch, what
Dual-SIM Galaxy Note 5 passes through SIRIM in Malaysia
Earlier today, Samsung’s upcoming flagship phablet of 2015, the Galaxy Note 5, passed through Malaysia’s official certification database — SIRIM. The brief filing shows that the device carries the model number SM-N9208 and has dual-SIM capabilities.
Unfortunately, the paperwork doesn’t reveal anything about the internals or the design of the device, but we do know that it will embrace a variety of different connectivity options, including quad-band 2G, dual-band 3G, LTE, Bluetooth Class 1 (Version 4.0, LE+EDR) and dual-band WiFi (802.11b/802.11g/802.11n).
According to recent leaks and rumors, the Note 5 is set to be a powerhouse, with a 5.6-inch QHD display, Exynos 7420 SoC, 4GB of RAM, 32GB of storage, 16-megapixel rear-facing camera equipped with OIS, 5-megapixel front-facing shooter and 4,100mAh battery.
To view the full certification document over on SIRIM’s website, hit the source link below.
Source: SIRIM
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Huawei’s next Honor device may have a sliding camera
Huawei’s Honor sub-brand may have only announced its new Honor 7 smartphone a few weeks ago but the company is already working on the next device but this will have one key difference. Past Huawei devices in general have always had relatively large bezels above the display but to curb this, the next Honor handset could use a sliding camera.
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A trip to Chinese certification authority TENAA has revealed the unique camera placement of the camera and essentially, the design means a single unit will house both rear and front cameras. The rear camera will be accessible at any time but to use the selfie camera, you’ll need to slide the assembly upwards by pressing a dedicated hardware button on the left hand side.
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Based on the images from TENAA, it seems that the strategy might pay off as the bezel above the screen does look a lot smaller than on recent Huawei devices. The feature will also add a dual camera flash for both cameras and especially for selfies, this could definitely be a powerful feature when paired with a large camera.
The dedicated button could also be used for a fingerprint sensor with the handset pictured – which is known simply as ATH-AL00 – likely to sport one that’s embedded into the button. Both the Ascend Mate 7 and last month’s Honor 7 have a fingerprint reader on the back and a change to an embedded button could also signal a sign of things to come in future devices. Like past Honor devices, the handset will have a secondary slot that can house either a microSD card for expandable storage or a nanoSIM card for dual SIM functionality and will be powered by Huawei’s own Kirin chipset.
Galaxy Grand Prime 4G launches in India for Rs 11,100
Samsung has today launched its Galaxy Grand Prime 4G in India with a price tag of Rs. 11,100, which equates to around $175. The Galaxy Grand Prime 4G is Samsung’s latest 4G smartphone in the rapidly growing market and brings the total number of LTE-enabled Galaxy devices in India to 14.
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The handset was announced alongside the Galaxy Core Prime 4G and Galaxy J1 4G back in February this year but Samsung missed its expected release date; the handsets were meant to go on sale in March but the Core Prime 4G was only released in June and the J1 4G is yet to make its debut.
The Galaxy Grand Prime 4G is a dual-SIM smartphone with almost identical specs to the non-LTE variant aside from the addition of Band 3 and 20 LTE and Android 5.1 Lollipop. The specs also include a 5.0-inch qHD display with 540 x 960 pixels resolution (and a lowly density of 220 pixels per inch), a 1.2GHz quad-core processor with 1GB RAM, 8GB internal storage and a microSD slot.
On the back, the Galaxy Grand Prime 4G has an 8MP rear camera with single LED flash that is capable of Full HD video while the front facing 5MP snapper is also able to capture in 1080p. The handset has a comparatively large 2600 mAh battery which is removable, NFC, an FM Radio, the usual array of connectivity options and will be available in White, Grey and Gold.
HTC pushes Fantastic Four notification ads to its One handsets
We have all probably accepted the need for advertisements to help pay for our favourite free services, but HTC seems to have upset a number of its customers by recently using push notifications for advertising purposes. A number of HTC One M9, M8 and M7 owners are reporting a notification advertisement for the Fantastic Four movie.
Poorly disguised as a new recommended theme for the handset, the advertisement is also plastered with the release date for the film, along with a couple of company logos. What is perhaps most jarring about the advertisement is that it’s up front and center on the display, on a phone that retails with a $600+ price tag already.
The advertisement seems to be tied in with HTC’s Sense Home and Blinkfeed technology. Customers using other third party launchers don’t appear to have seen the same notification.
A couple of months ago, HTC already openly announced that it would be bringing advertisements to its software in select countries, but these were supposed to appear alongside regular news feed pieces. This is the first that we have heard of notification based HTC ads.
The US, UK, Germany, Taiwan and China were listed as taking place in the pilot program. At the time, HTC stated that it would be implementation a way for customers to opt out, but there doesn’t appear to be a setting implemented directly to address HTC specific advertisements yet. Some affected users have simply been disabling Sense Home notifications and that seems to do the trick, but it’s far from ideal.
See also: HTC will soon bring advertisements to BlinkFeed in select markets
HTC has been struggling to keep its mobile business in the black over the past few years, so the company may see advertising as a way to help boost its disappointing revenue. However, judging by the responses, this may end up putting off existing customers and might hurt the company’s reputation in the longer run.
Have you spotted the ad on your HTC One? Do you think this ad is intrusive or did you just swipe it away and forget about it?
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OS X flaw leaves Macs vulnerable to attacks, no password required
The latest version of OS X contains a serious flaw that hackers can use to attack your computer without ever needing your password. The issue is around a hidden document — Sudoers — which is effectively a list of permissions as to which pieces of software are allowed to mess around with your computer. Unfortunately, a change to how Yosemite stores the list means that it’s now possible to add malware to the register. As such, if you inadvertently run an offending script, hackers can take advantage of your computer’s unwitting hospitality to install crapware like VSearch and MacKeeper.
The vulnerability was discovered by old-school iOS jailbreaker Stefan Esser who, according to MalwareBytes, is accused of publicly revealing the flaw before telling Apple. That’s a big faux pas in the security community, with Google going toe-to-toe with Microsoft about revealing as-yet un-patched flaws that have a real risk of harming users.
Esser has offered-up his own kernel extension that could protect your machine against such attacks, which can be downloaded here. As Ars Technica says, however, installing a patch that didn’t come from the original developer can be a risky business and you should do so only if you know what you’re doing. Naturally, we’ve reached out to Apple in the hope of getting some official comment on when a patch will be released, but the company had yet to respond at the time of publication.
Via:
Ars Technica, AppleInsider
Source:
MalwareBytes, GitHub
Tags: apple, Flaw, Malware, OSX, Security
Acer Aspire One Cloudbook gives you a full Windows laptop for $169
Hey, HP: you’re far from the only one who can play the ridiculously low-cost Windows laptop game. Acer has unveiled the Aspire One Cloudbook 11 and 14, a pair of thin-and-light Windows 10 portables that promise a ‘real’ PC experience even if you’re on a shoestring budget. They respectively cost a mere $169 and $199 in the US (a good $30 less than HP’s Stream 11 and 13), but still manage to pack 1.6GHz Celeron processors, 2GB of RAM, full-size keyboards and expansion that includes USB, HDMI and SD card slots. Neither is going to be a screamer, then, but they may do the job if you’re looking for a back to school system that’s just good enough to handle your class notes and reports. Slideshow-308844
So how did Acer manage to undermine its biggest rival? By cutting a few corners, apparently. The company tells us that the $169 11-inch model has a very modest 16GB of built-in storage (you need to jump to higher-end versions to get 32GB or 64GB). The two Cloudbooks also have shorter battery life than the Stream series (between 6 to 7 hours), and there’s a 480p webcam instead of HP’s “HD” unit — these are not the ideal machines for video calls with your parents. You do get free year-long subscriptions to both Office 365 Personal and 1TB of OneDrive space, though, so you won’t have to pay a lot up front to be productive. If you want to give Acer’s minimalist PC concept a shot, you can get the Cloudbook 11 in August and the Cloudbook 14 in September.
Source:
Acer
Tags: acer, aspireonecloudbook, celeron, cloudbook, computer, laptop, pc, windows, windows10
Researchers develop multifaceted insect eyes for UAVs
A team of researchers from the Laboratory of Intelligent Systems at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) have developed a tiny new set of electronic eyes for drones that are based on the multifaceted peepers of insects. These eyes are built specifically for the next generation of very small surveillance UAVs — like that origami quadcopter EPFL developed earlier this year — and operate very differently than the conventional cameras currently employed. Insect eyes aren’t capable of generating a high spatial resolution (that is, the number of pixels you can pack into a single image) so they instead rely on quickly reacting to changes in how light reflects or objects appear as the insect moves. The new camera works the same way.
It’s comprised of a lens on top of three triangular electronic photodetectors. By measuring how quickly objects appear in and move across each detector, the UAV can figure out its speed and direction. The sensor measures just two cubic millimeters square and weighs a paltry two milligrams but can still detect motion three times faster than your standard housefly. What’s more, the sensor can operate equally well in both low, indoor lighting and exterior sunlight.
To help the drone see everywhere at once (thereby making it impervious to swatting attempts) the team also developed “vision tape” which is, basically, a strip of tape with a bunch of these eyes attached. The strip can reportedly be affixed to any curved surface — whether that’s another robot, industrial machines, even furniture and clothing.
[Image Credit: Getty Images/Flickr RF]
Via:
Technology News
Source:
Royal Society Publishing
Tags: drone, epfl, eyes, hdpostcross, imaging, insects, Intelligent Systems, micro-uav, sensor, spy, surveillance, switzerland, uav, vision
Love fishing? Help the USA track endangered species using FishBrain
Anglers across the USA are the most likely to come across endangered species, so why not harness their activities while trying and protect some of our aquatic animals? That is exactly what the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (the government agency in charge of animal & habitat conservation) intends to do.
The government organization aims to convince users to participate in logging sightings of species at risk. They are doing this by partnering with FishBrain, the largest social network for fishing enthusiasts. The application would feature a new section, allowing you to log sightings of up to 50 endangered species. This would be done during their fishing trips, which they already take and everyone can now benefit from.
Participating would aid conservationists and scholars in keeping track of how often a specific species is sighted, hence giving them an idea of population. In addition, they could keep tags on where the fish type is seen more often, its habitat and what we could do to improve preservation.
“The first step towards conservation is always education and engagement, and we are excited to work with FishBrain to help us reach a new audience. Anglers are extremely important to protecting and maintaining healthy aquatic habitats. This is a unique opportunity to synthesize recreational anglers’ information and knowledge in local waterways and expand our understanding of various species.” -Gary Frazer, Assistant Director of the Service’s Ecological Services Program
The endangered species will not only include aquatic animals. The final list adds other types of creatures protected under the Endangered Species Act. This includes fish (of course), birds, reptiles, amphibians and even larger mammals like the white-tailed deer. This means even hunters could help out!
You can go ahead and download FishBrain to be part of the action. By the way, the application is free to use, so you don’t need to worry about a thing! How many of you plan on helping out? Do you often find yourself in a situation in which you may run into rare animals? Share your thoughts, experiences and doubts in the comments below!
Largest plane in the world to perform test flights in 2016
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen started planning to build the largest plane in the world in 2011, along with several partners like Elon Musk. Now, that plane called Stratolaunch is already under construction at the Mojave Air and Space Port in California and is even expected to undergo testing as soon as 2016. Allen’s company, Stratolaunch Systems, isn’t building an oversized aircraft just so it can get in the Guinness Book of World Records, though: its primary goal is to perform air launches of satellite-carrying rockets.
Air launches make it possible for rockets to take off despite inclement weather and could save fuel because they don’t have to blast off and start moving from 0 mph. The plane can be used again and again for multiple launches and engineers and scientists can choose the best location to drop a rocket. That ensures the spacecraft can easily insert satellites into their planned orbits, though the amount of payload it can carry will be limited due to weight constraints.
A company called Scaled Composites — its founder Burt Rutan is also one of Stratolaunch System’s founders — is in charge of building the plane using two Boeing 747s. It will have a 385-foot wingspan once it’s done, around 123 feet wider than the wingspan of the Airbus A380, which is the world’s largest passenger airplane. Scaled Composites president Kevin Mickey told KGET in an interview that if you put the plane on a football field, “its wingtips would extend beyond the goalposts by about 15 feet on each side.”
It will need around 12,000 feet of runway to take off, though, which is a bit of an issue. Most commercial planes only need around 7,000 to 8,000 feet, and runways are designed for them, not for gargantuan ones like Stratolaunch. Still, Allen and his team are hoping that the plane will make air launches more common: they believe the practice could make space travel more affordable. We guess we’ll see next year whether their dreams are feasible once test flights begin.
Filed under:
Transportation
Via:
Extremetech
Source:
Yahoo
Tags: paulallen, space, stratolaunch
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