Verizon starts rolling out Android 5.1.1 update with Stagefright fix for the Nexus 7
Verizon has finally started rolling out the long-awaited Android 5.1.1 update to its carrier-branded variant of the second-generation Nexus 7. In addition to the latest consumer build of the open-source operating system, this upgrade also transports a much-needed patch for the device’s ever-so-scary Stagefright vulnerability.
All the changes you’d expect to find in the Lollipop software are bundled into this upgrade alongside Verizon’s XLTE service, such as support for multiple accounts, improved notifications, stronger 256-bit encryption, a smoother multitasking experience, a new recent screen, personal unlocking and Material Design.
As is the norm, the update is being rolled out in stages, but if you don’t feel like waiting for a notification confirming that it’s ready for your device to hit your unit, you could always search for the upgrade manually.
To do so simply open the Settings app, scroll to the bottom and tap on “About Device”, hit “System Updates”, then select “Check for updates”. Once done, the upgrade will start downloading from Samsung’s servers.
Source: Verizon
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Samsung announces that the Galaxy S6 Edge+ will be available to order in India on August 28
Samsung has just announced that it will launch the upscaled variant of the Galaxy S6 Edge in India. The Edge+ will be priced at INR 57,900 ($888) for the 32GB model and will be available to order in both the black and gold colorways starting next Friday, August 28.
For those unaware, the S6 Edge+ is essentially a larger model of the standard S6 Edge. It features a bigger 5.7-inch QHD display, 4GB of RAM, wireless fast charging and a 3,000mAh battery. All other specifications remain the same, meaning it will continue to pack a 16-megapixel rear-facing shooter and 1.5GHz octa-core Exynos 7420 chipset.
Unfortunately, Samsung didn’t detail any information with regards to the release of the Note 5 in India, but it did suggest that it will shed some light on the subject in the not-too-distant future — so be sure to check back for more details on that.
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SLICK: “the world’s best GoPro stabilizer”
Talk about a successful funding campaign! The Slick stabilizer project has only been on Indiegogo for under 12 hours and it already blasted through its $50,000 goal. They have managed to get over $63,000 in funds… and have 45 days to go! What is this SLICK thing all about, and why is everyone rushing to sign up for it?
The title says it all. Or at least it’s what the company states about the product, and we have to say they are not too far from the truth. This is a GoPro stabilizer that will make your action videos smoother than ever. This is not your average stabilizer – the SLICK is a motorized gadget that can measure pitch, roll and yaw. It offers a complete stabilizing mechanism that is sure to offer the best results. In addition, the SLICK is waterproof, compact and features a removable battery that can last up to 2 hours in use.
To make matters even better, the SLICK doesn’t need much of an operational manual. One simply attaches the GoPro camera to the SLICK, and then places the stabilizer in any GoPro mount (all are compatible… even with drones). After this, switch the device on and you are set. Just let SLICK work its magic!
This handy accessory is compatible with all modern GoPro cameras, including the 3, 3+, 4 and 4 Session. Want to see it in action? The team has put together some videos showing the results, compared to a GoPro without the stabilizer. The difference is astounding!
Want in on the action? All early bird specials are now gone, but you can still get a good discount if you back the Indiegogo campaign. Customers can get a SLICK stabilizer for as low as $229, as opposed to the $279 planned retail price. It’s also possible for backers to obtain a couple SLICK devices by pledging $429. And if you really want to go all out, $1049 will grant you 5 SLICK stabilizers.
It’s not exactly a cheap gadget, but you can be sure it will improve the quality of your action videos. No one likes those shaky clips! Are any of you signing up for one of these? I am not a huge GoPro user, but if you are, this thing is totally worth the cash!
VAIO returns: coming to a Microsoft Store near you this October
When Sony announced that it was spinning off its PC business, many mourned the passing of the premium — but not quite best-selling — VAIO series. The company was reborn in Japan, focusing on far less PC models (only two at the start), and a Made In Japan ethic that stretched from design to manufacturing. Now the company says it plans to start selling its newest machines outside of its homeland. VAIO’s Z Canvas PC will be available both online and some Microsoft stores across the US starting this October. Prices will start at $2,200, depending on specification options. In an interview with the WSJ, the new CEO Yoshimi Ota added that the company plans to sell a slimmer laptop with cellular capability– a feature that occasionally appears in niche laptop models. Slideshow-313637
Ota added that VAIO, as a company, will also branch out into more communication devices, wearable gadgets and, perhaps oddly, factory-automation machines with artificial intelligence. The company will also start to create its own line of robots. VAIO’s factories are already building bipedal robots for a separate company using spare capacity from Sony’s biggest foray into bots: Aibo.
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Intel works with Google to develop Project Tango developer kit for RealSense devices
Google is not the only company working on environment-aware devices. Though Project Tango is outstanding, Intel’s RealSense technology happens to be very similar, and it has already reached the consumer market via the Dell Venue 8 7000 tablet. The kicker here is that these companies are not really competing in these new ventures, though. In fact, they are partnering up!
Intel’s yearly Developer Forum (IDF) has taken off and the chip manufacturer took the stage to tell us about their recent work with the Search Giant. Intel is releasing a Project Tango developer kit that uses RealSense technology. This includes a 6-inch handset that sports multiple cameras, which will help determine distances and environment data. Engadget managed to get a good look at, you will find some of their images below.
This set of tools goes by the name of ‘Intel RealSense Smartphone developer kit’, and it is looking to be quite an upgrade over what we have seen coming from Intel in the past. Google’s technology will allow RealSense devices to gain more capabilities, such as 3D scanning, virtual reality, area learning and indoor navigation.
Intel continues to keep most details on the quiet side, but we should learn more as the developer kit approaches its release date. Do we have any developers interested? If so, you will be able to get your own Intel RealSense Smartphone developer kit by the end of the year. Price is also unknown, but dev kits are never exactly cheap.
After these bundles reach developers and manufacturers, it’s only a matter of time before we start seeing more RealSense/Project Tango devices hit the market. I can’t wait for this technology to evolve. After having tested the Dell Venue 8 7000, I can honestly say the system needs to take more advantage of all those cameras. Measuring distances and blurring out backgrounds just isn’t worth the investment to me.
Intel® RealSense™ Technology Extends to New Platforms and Devices
‘America’s Greatest Makers’ Reality Competition to Premier in 2016
3D XPoint™ Comes to Storage and Memory Solutions with Intel® Optane™ Technology
SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–INTEL DEVELOPER FORUM–In the opening address at the Intel Developer Forum (IDF), CEO Brian Krzanich highlighted new products, tools and programs that support the growing personalization of computing and described the trends creating new opportunities for developers across an unprecedented breadth of technologies.
Krzanich said computing has become increasingly personal, enhancing nearly all aspects of life. “Computers are on our desks, in our bags, in our clothes, in our homes and on our bodies. They are not only growing smarter and more connected, but gaining senses and becoming an extension of ourselves.”
An ecosystem is emerging around Intel to address these growing opportunities for computing. Krzanich detailed many of the essential products, technologies and tools from the company that will help developers make the differentiated experiences possible.
He unveiled a number of updates to Intel® RealSense™ technology that will bring depth sensing to more devices and applications, and announced new collaborations for securing the Internet of Things (IoT), in addition to programs and toolkits for developers to help speed industrial IoT solutions to market. And, for the highly personalized world of wearable computing, Krzanich provided updates on the Intel® Curie™ module and previewed a new reality competition program called “America’s Greatest Makers,” produced by United Artists Media Group* CEO Mark Burnett and appearing across leading networks and properties of Turner Broadcasting*.
Each year at IDF, Intel shares its vision for the future of technology innovation with the developers and partners who will create the products, engineer the systems, render the movies, and power the toys and devices that create amazing experiences. Below are key announcements highlighted at this year’s forum.
IDF 2015 News Highlights:
- Intel RealSense technology will be available on a wide-range of platforms, opening up more opportunities for developers to create new depth-sensing hardware and software. In addition to Windows* and Android*, developers will be able to use Intel RealSense technology with Mac OS X*, ROS*, Linux*, Scratch*1, Unity*, XSplit*, OBS*, Structure SDK*, OSVR*, Unreal Engine 4* and Google’s Project Tango*. Also, a number of developers, including Razer*, XSplit and Savioke* announced new platforms, peripherals and other solutions based on the Intel RealSense technology.
- In collaboration with Google*, Intel is driving innovation in mobile depth sensing by combining Google’s Project Tango and Intel RealSense technologies into an Android smartphone developer kit. The Intel RealSense Smartphone developer kit featuring Google’s Project Tango enables new experiences, including indoor navigation and area learning, virtual reality, 3-D scanning, and more. The developer kit is targeted for release to select Android developers by the end of this year.
- Intel is collaborating with Mark Burnett’s United Artists Media Group and Turner Broadcasting to create a reality competition called “America’s Greatest Makers” that will premiere in the first half of 2016 and showcase makers competing for a $1 million prize by inventing wearable technology and smart connected consumer devices powered by the Intel Curie module.
- Intel introduced Intel® OptaneTM technology, which is based on the revolutionary 3D XPointTM non-volatile memory media and combined with the company’s advanced system memory controller, interface hardware and software IP, to unleash vast performance potential in a range of forthcoming products. Intel Optane technology will first come to market in a new line of high-endurance, high-performance Intel SSDs beginning in 2016. The new class of memory technology will also power a new line of Intel DIMMs designed for Intel’s next-generation data center platforms.
- Fossil Group* previewed three Intel technology-based products2 resulting from its wearables collaboration with Intel first announced in September 2014, including a connected watch running Android Wear. The products will be available in the fourth-quarter of this year.
- Intel announced a new software platform created specifically for the Intel Curie module2, which includes all of the hardware, firmware, software and application SDK needed to enable a variety of device experiences. Intel IQ Software Kits will support future versions of this platform.
- Intel’s Enhanced Privacy Identification (EPID) technology will be implemented by leading IoT sensor and microcontroller vendors including Atmel* and Microchip* to help secure an increasingly smart and connected world.
Humble PC & Android Bundle 13 offers the regular assortment of great games on the cheap
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Humble Bundles are always a great source of great games and the charity aspect of it is a nice bonus. Humble Bundle has just launched the Humble PC & Android Bundle 13 (we’re really up to 13?) which features a roster of great games, a few of which are debuting on Android for the first time.
The list of games includes Crimsonland, Neverending Nightmares, Beatbuddy: Tale of the Guardians, FOTONICA, TinyKeep, Monster Loves You!, and Crowntakers – the first four games you can get for any old donation, but for the other three, you’ll need to donate more than the average price, which is currently sitting around $2.83USD at the time of writing. That actually seems like an abnormally low price for such a great group of games – the combined value is around $100 – but hey, nobody’s complaining about great cheap games that also contributes to charity.
If you want to take advantage of the Humble PC & Android Bundle 13, and I have a feeling that you do, you can visit the Humble Bundle website here to make your donation.
What do you think about the Humble PC & Android Bundle 13? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
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‘Rainbow Six: Siege’ won’t breach and clear until December
It seems like that original October 13th release date proved a bit too unlucky for Ubisoft and Rainbow Six: Siege. A post on the gaming juggernaut’s blog says that the game has a lot of room to improve and an extra month or so will help the developers do just that. Namely, balancing weapons and equipment, tweaking co-op “across all game modes” and some other housekeeping bits. Don’t worry though because the closed beta is still on for September 24th while the full game launches across all platforms on December 1st. It’s starting to look like a trend for the company, and is almost assuredly helped in part by the absolutely atrocious launch of last fall’s Assassin’s Creed: Unity.
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Apple to Demote iPod Stock to Accessory Shelves In Retail Stores
Apple will relocate iPod stock from the sales floor and back storage area to the accessory shelves and remove the iPad-based Smart Signs that sit next to many display devices starting on Wednesday, according to a new report from 9to5Mac. The changes are an effort by Apple to simplify the shopping experience in its retail stores.
Apple is preparing to make significant changes to its stores to simplify the experience by relocating iPod stock to accessory shelves and removing iPad-based Smart Signs, according to several Apple Retail managers briefed today on the plans. Apple will begin rolling out these notable changes overnight on Tuesday to stores in the United States so that customers who begin coming in on Wednesday see the refreshed look.
Apple’s signature products, the iPad, Mac, iPhone, iPod and Apple Watch, have typically been stored in the back storage area of an Apple Store. A customer would have to talk to an Apple Store employee and tell them which model they would like to purchase and wait as their product was retrieved from the back. Apple’s non-signature products, like Apple TV and Time Capsule, are available on the accessory shelves and are easily accessible by customers without having to consult with a retail employee.
Now, customers will be able to simply walk up and pull their iPod of choice off of the store shelves. The demotion of the iPod from the main floor to the shelves is likely reflective of the iPod’s decreased sales, as the device has become an increasingly minor business for Apple. The Cupertino company has also decreased the iPod’s presence on its website, removing the iPod section from the website’s top banner.
Additionally, Apple is removing the iPad 2-based Smart Signs intended to educate customers about Apple products. Sources tell 9to5Mac that some customers would get confused using the Smart Signs, expecting them to be fully usable iPad demo units rather than simple ways to learn about a product. Instead, Apple will begin loading product information directly on the iPads, iPhones and Macs starting next week. With less clutter on the product tables, Apple plans to install more devices for customers to test on the sales floor.
The changes to the retail stores follow Apple’s move to merge its website and online store, also creating a more simplified shopping experience for customers.
XYZ CEO says he won’t be selling the company to Google or any other company
After Google’s massive Alphabet restructuring, the company registered the domain abc.xyz instead of using a traditional .com domain. As you’d expect, this drove a ton of extra traffic for XYZ as a company, and they saw a large increase in domain registration the week following the news.
Not only have registrations spiked, but according to CEO Daniel Negari, XYZ has also received tons of offers for strategic investments and even buyouts from bigger tech companies. It makes sense; most start-ups seem like they exist solely to find funding from a bigger backer or to be bought up and merged into an existing company, which usually happens to be Google, Apple, Microsoft, etc.
Despite all of these offers, Negari has clarified that he’s not interested in selling the company. He says there’s still a lot of work to be done with XYZ to get it to where he wants to be, and he won’t be selling until he’s done.
An IPO may be in XYZ’s future, although there aren’t any plans for that to happen just yet.
Moral of the story? The best way to get your start-up on the front page of tech news sites is to get Google to use your product. Simple, right?
source: Reuters
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Skype updated to 5.10, brings custom ringtones and photo sharing
Skype has been updated to 5.10 and brings with it new custom ringtones and the ability to forward photos from your chats.
With the new update you can now customize the ringtone for incoming calls. The best part is you can do this per friend and give each one their own custom ringtone. To do this you have to be in a conversation with the person you want to change the ringtone of. Just tap the lower right and select “Ringtone options” then “Set custom ringtone”. Skype will automatically detect all the ringtones on your device.
Another newly added feature is being able to forward photos from your chats. You can now share photos from one conversation with other Skype friends who are not in that chat.
Finally, the last change is giving the option to change group chat colors. This makes it a lot easier to tell them all apart.
Source: Skype
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