Google’s $200 ‘OnHub’ router tries to fix complicated WiFi
OnHub is a redesigned router from Google that promises a quick and stable WiFi connection built around an easy-to-use app. OnHub features 4GB of storage space for updates, 13 antennas (six 2.4GHz, six 5GHz and one to monitor congestion), and it provides WiFi speeds of up to 1900 Mbps. It also has “subtle, useful lighting,” according to the Google blog. Users can manipulate OnHub via an app for iOS and Android, with an option to prioritize certain devices for faster streaming and connection speeds. The router updates automatically without interrupting its WiFi output and it supports smart devices via Bluetooth Smart Ready, Weave or 802.15.4. The debut OnHub device is made in collaboration with TP-Link, though Google says it will design more OnHub devices with other partners, including a model from ASUS due later this year.
OnHub costs $200 and pre-orders are live now from a handful of retailers, with shipments expected to roll out “in the coming weeks.”
Google’s aim is to put OnHub in the center of your living room, not hidden on the floor or behind closed doors where the signal often loses power, Google Product Manager Trond Wuellner tells Wired. The outer shell comes in blue or black to begin with, but it’s removable and more color options are on the way, Wuellner says.
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Household, Networking, Internet, Google
Source:
Google blog
Tags: google, onhub
Google and Intel bring RealSense to phones with Project Tango dev kit
It was only a matter of time until Intel’s RealSense 3D camera got a chance to dance with Google’s 3D mapping initiative, Project Tango. Today at Intel’s Developer Forum, the two companies revealed that they’re working together on a Project Tango developer kit for smartphones using RealSense. From what we can tell, it looks like a fairly standard smartphone with a six-inch screen, except it has a slew of cameras on the rear. The news follows Intel’s unveiling of a smartphone-friendly RealSense sensor back in April — up until then it was mainly something we saw on laptops and all-in-one PCs — as well as a Project Tango phone concept from Qualcomm. Along with the Project Tango tablet dev kit Google unveiled last year, the RealSense-powered kit should give developers a better idea of how to create 3D mapping apps. We’re still in the early stages of depth-sensing technology, but it has the potential to improve the way we handle things like indoor mapping, scanning environments or creating VR spaces. Intel says the dev kits will be sent out to Android developers at the end of the year.
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Mobile, Google, Intel
Tags: google, intel, mobilepostcross, ProjectTango, RealSense
Razer’s 3D-sensing camera brings motion tracking to your games
Razer has been big on immersive gaming as of late, and it’s reinforcing that by unveiling a 3D-sensing camera at the Intel Developer Forum. The ominous-looking gadget uses Intel’s RealSense to track your movement in games, whether you’re sitting at a desktop or sporting a VR helmet (including Razer’s own OSVR, naturally). For example, it can follow your head movements when you look to the side in a race car’s cockpit. There aren’t many more details to speak of just yet, but this hardware should arrive in the first quarter of 2016.
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Gaming, Peripherals, Intel
Tags: camera, gaming, idf2015, intel, motiontracking, peripherals, realsense, virtualreality, vr
Fossil details its Intel-powered wearables
We’ve been hearing about Fossil’s wearable tech aspirations for quite some time, and now we’re finally getting a look at what the company has been working on. At IDF today, the fashion brand showed off three “connected accessories,” all of which are powered by Intel. Sure, we’ve known the two companies were teaming up, but until now we hadn’t seen any tech. The three wearable devices are a connected bracelet, a connected watch and smartwatch that runs Android Wear. The duo wasn’t very forthcoming with specs and features, but from the looks of the devices we saw today, you can expect plenty of silver (and likely some gold) with leather and metal bands. You’ll also notice the unsightly black bar that the Moto 360 sports along the bottom of Fossil’s smartwatch face. The quick peek today comes as a bit of a teaser ahead of an official launch in time for the holidays and we’re sure to get more info in the months to come. Slideshow-313249
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Wearables
Tags: fossil, idf, idf2015, intel, smartwatch, watch, wearable, wearables
Unofficial Amiibo can use data for any Nintendo figurine
Haven’t had any luck scoring the Amiibo you need to unlock certain goodies in a Wii U or 3DS game? A very, very unofficial accessory might help. Axiogame’s Amiiqo device uses an Android app to load the data from any Amiibo (it can store up to 200), including those that already have some gameplay under their belts. The company isn’t shy about the true purposes of its $89 gadget, either. While you can use the Amiiqo for a “personal backup,” it’s really meant to both grab bootleg Amiibo data and help you cheat. It even comes with info for 10 characters out of the box.
To put it mildly, the Amiiqo is swimming in dangerous legal waters. While you’re not swiping the figurines themselves, you are using code that you aren’t supposed to have. We’ve reached out to Nintendo to gauge its stance. However, it won’t be surprising if the console maker cracks down. After all, Nintendo is barely profitable even with the mania that surrounds the Amiibo scene — it’s hard to imagine the company willingly giving up some of its statuette revenue.
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Gaming, Peripherals, Nintendo
Via:
Eurogamer
Source:
Axiogame
Tags: 3ds, amiibo, amiiqo, android, axiogame, gaming, nintendo, smartphone, video, videogames, wiiu
Intel shows off its wearable ‘Curie’ chip using BMX tricks
At its annual Developer Forum Tuesday, Intel demonstrated a host of new use cases for its button-sized Curie wearable module. Intel has developed the tiny device as a low-power base for consumer and industrial wearables, debuting it first at CES in January and recently shipping the devices to OEMs. “If you have that kind of power in that kind of form factor, possibilities are endless,” said Intel CEO Brian Krzanich.
Intel demonstrated the variety of uses for Curie via an onstage BMX demonstration. Modules embedded in the seat and handlebars recorded a variety of data points — from bike spin, air time, and maximum height, to the landing impact and bike angle — as a pair of riders pulled off impressive aerial stunts.
The company also pointed out the module’s potential enterprise and industrial uses as well. “Wearables can help solve the password problem,” Krzanich said. To that end, Intel demonstrated it’s new Identity IQ SDK which allows the Curie module can be embedded in a wristband and used to unlock a computer whenever the user is in close proximity to it. The system also includes a secondary password that must be entered whenever the user takes off the band. That way, even if someone else gets ahold of your band, the computer won’t unlock until the password is entered.
The Curie module is powered by a button-cell battery running an Intel Quark SoC, six-axis sensor with accelerometer and gyroscope and Bluetooth Radio. It even packs 384kB of flash memory in there. What’s more, the disposable alkaline battery can also be swapped out for a more permanent, rechargeable cell.
Tags: Curie, idf2015, intel, mobile, mobilepostcross, Quark, SoC, wearables
SwiftKey Keyboard for iPhone Gains New Emoji Insights Feature
The popular SwiftKey keyboard for iPhone was today updated to add a fun new tracking feature, Emoji Insights. Emoji Insights gives users a look into their personal emoji usage habits, offering up data on top emoji used, signature emoji, and emoji state, as detailed below.
My Signature Emoji – The emoji you use more than other people. This emoji is generated by the emoji you overuse compared to the average – this is not the emoji you use most often.
My Top Emoji – The emoji you use most often. This is a cloud-like visualization of the emoji you use the most – the bigger the emoji in the ‘cloud’, the more you use it.
Emoji State – The US state that most reflects your emoji use. We looked at how people use emoji in each state and compared your emoji use to that data to generate this stat. Do your emoji match up with your home state, or somewhere totally different?
Emoji Insights within SwiftKey are accessible to all users who use SwiftKey Cloud, the feature that allows user preferences and learned language data to be backed up and synced across several different devices. Emoji data can be accessed and shared with family and friends via social networks through the My Profile option in the SwiftKey app.
SwiftKey has aimed to distinguish itself from other third-party keyboards through the inclusion of typing statistics and inside information on how the app works for each individual user. In April, the SwiftKey keyboard was updated with usage statistics, letting users get a look at words typed, distance Flow-ed, words predicted, words corrected, and more.
Today’s new emoji usage statistics come seven months after the SwiftKey keyboard was updated to include both emoji and predictive emoji suggestions.
SwiftKey Keyboard can be downloaded from the App Store for free. [Direct Link]
Nearly Half of Apple Music Users in U.S. No Longer Using Free Trial
A new study by consumer research firm MusicWatch finds that 77% of iOS users in the United States are aware of Apple Music, with 11% currently using the streaming music service. Additionally, among those that signed up for Apple Music’s three-month trial, 48% said they are no longer using the service and 61% reported they have turned off the auto-renewal subscription option in iTunes.
Apple Music has attracted more users from Spotify Premium than ad-supported services such as Spotify Free and Pandora:
More than one quarter (28 percent) of Spotify Premium customers also use Apple Music, but the draw from popular ad-supported services is more modest: Just 11 percent of Spotify Free users, and 6 percent of Pandora users, now use Apple’s offering.
“In terms of benchmarking Apple Music, 40 percent of iOS users are buying digital downloads from iTunes, suggesting trial of Apple Music could be higher,” said Russ Crupnick, managing partner of MusicWatch. “That’s the disadvantage of not being the first mover in a market where very good services currently exist.”
While nearly half of iOS users that have tried Apple Music are no longer using the service, with some maintaining their loyalty to Spotify, Pandora and other rivals, the study finds that 64% of current users said they were “extremely” or “very likely” to pay for an Apple Music subscription following the free trial period, which concludes on September 30 for those that signed up on launch day.
The research study also claims that 30% of Apple Music users listen to Beats 1, while 27% use Apple Music Connect. MusicWatch’s data is based on an August 2015 survey of 5,000 U.S. consumers age 13 and older, and the results were weighted to the U.S. population. The research firm has been cited by publications such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Fortune.
Google is bringing Android One to six African countries with the new Infinix HOT 2
Android One, Google’s low-budget smartphone initiative that launched late last year, is finally making its way to Africa. Google today announced that it’s launching a new smartphone built by African smartphone manufacturer Infinix in Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Egypt and Morocco. The Lollipop-powered Infinix HOT 2 smartphone will be available in Nigeria at select retail outlets and online through Jumia from today for N17,500 (~$88 USD). The company says the new handset will be made available in the other countries over the next few weeks.
The HOT 2 boasts a quad-core Mediatek processor, 1GB of RAM and dual SIM card support. It will be available in Black, White, Red and Blue color options, with a Gold option also being made available with 2GB of RAM. And like other Android One devices, the HOT 2 runs on Android 5.1.1 Lollipop, and, according to Infinix’s update schedule, is slated to receive the update to Android 6.0 Marshmallow when the software is made official.
See also: The future of Android One may be in sub Rs. 3,000 handsets, says Google
Google is also releasing a more streamlined version of Google Search worldwide that will offer users a faster experience on devices with lower amounts of RAM, such as smartphones with just 512MB. Google says this feature can reduce data usage by up to 90% in some cases, while removing roughly one-third of the time it takes to load results.
The search giant has also announced that it’s extending YouTube offline to Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana and Egypt within the next few months. This will allow users to store YouTube videos on their devices for up to 48 hours for later watching.
Could this be the Lenovo Yoga Tablet 3?
A few leaked promotional photos may have given us a first peek at Lenovo’s next device in the Yoga Tablet line. According to @upleaks on Twitter, this is the Yoga Tablet 3, which is reportedly going to be announced in September, possibly at IFA in Berlin. More details were released by @upleaks, indicating that Lenovo will launch the Yoga Tablet 3 in 8-inch and 10-inch versions, which falls in line with their previous iterations of the tablet. What’s even more interesting is that the device is boasting 20 hours of battery life, which would be a big claim to back up if the promotional materials are legitimate. Other leaked specs include an 8MP rotating camera, which we can see on the hinge at the bottom of the tablet. In true Lenovo fashion, the Yoga Tablet 3 will likely have a kickstand as well.
The second photo that was released actually appears to be promoting a different tablet. We don’t see the same camera embedded into the hinge, or the speakers flanking the hinge. Whether this is a different tablet altogether or just a different version that got promotional materials is not clear yet.
Source: Android Police
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