OnePlus teaser states that something luxurious is on the way
A new OnePlus teaser was recently posted on Google+ indicting something new and luxurious is on the way. Could this be a new premium OnePlus 2 handset?
Whatever OnePlus is planning has remained a good secret thus far and the company is clearly excited for it. The teaser states “A bit of welcome luxury.” Now this could mean anything from new back covers for the OnePlus 2 all the way to a totally new device. But don’t get over excited.
The image shows a blurred picture of what appears to be some kind of leather surface. One could infer that we’re likely looking at the company’s new SwapStyle covers for the OnePlus 2 handset. Hopefully we’ll find out more shortly.
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The Motorola Moto X Pure Edition works with Project Fi, for now
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Project Fi is a pretty exciting idea for a lot of people, but up till now, it’s only been available for one smartphone – the Google Nexus 6. However, thanks to some testing by Droid-life, it appears that the new Motorola Moto X Pure Edition works with Project Fi as well. Sure, it’s a bit hard to tell exactly how much of the Project Fi functionality is actually enabled, but the fact that it has worked without a hitch has been quite interesting. This is likely thanks to the Moto X Pure Edition being as unlocked as unlocked devices can get in the US – it can connect to every major carrier in the US. You can check out a video demonstrating this below:
While it’s true that the Moto X Pure Edition works with Project Fi right now, we don’t have any official word from Google as to whether this should be possible. It’s possible that Google could eventually wise up and stop this from happening; on the flip side, they might just officially announce that this is completely intentional and that you should keep doing it. We ‘d like to be able to predict the future and tell you, but we’ll just have to wait this one out for now.
What do you think about Project Fi working on the Moto X Pure Edition?
Source: Droid-life
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Samsung’s new ad touts its wireless charging and how the iPhone doesn’t have it
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“If it’s not an iPhone, it’s not an iPhone” is a well known tagline for Apple‘s ads for its iPhone, but with the release of the new iPhone 6S, Samsung has thought to put its own spin on Apple’s ads with its own ad: “It’s Not a Phone, It’s a Galaxy.” The ad very clearly plays on the fact that the iPhone 6S doesn’t have – for whatever reason – wireless charging batteries, a fact Samsung is happy to point out is present in its latest Samsung Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 Edge+. Check out the ad below:
The ad is only 30 seconds, but Samsung even manages to slip in an appearance for its latest smartwatch, the Samsung Gear S2, right at the end. This is no doubt the time when all the manufacturers are going to point out how their devices are are superior to the iPhones, so prepare for a few more weeks of this as the furore dies down.
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Source: TalkAndroid
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Canon’s 120-megapixel camera plumbs the depths of your pores
In case you thought current cameras didn’t expose your physical flaws enough, this week’s Canon Expo featured a prototype of the company’s EOS series packing a whopping 120 megapixels. For contrast, Canon’s current offerings top out around 20 to 50 megapixels. But 120? That’s enough to capture every pore, wrinkle and even distinct reflections in a person’s eyeball. Slideshow-318809
The EOS 120M Camera System (also known as the Y038) may have not have been consumer-ready, but it certainly acted the part. The camera was hooked up to a 24-70mm lens and set up to capture images of artfully arranged knick-knacks like antique books, playing cards and a feather. The resulting photos, displayed on a monitor nearby, seemed almost surreal — they were sharp, incredibly detailed and colorful, but something about them felt more like realistic paintings. I found myself looking between the physical objects and the digital image, not sure if they were the same thing. Zoom in on the photo, though, and every blade of straw and speck of dirt could be picked out in fine detail.
Another image on display was that of a young girl and, while she wasn’t physically there for comparison, there was an incredible sense of intimacy as I zoomed in on her face, making out blonde hairs on her cheek and small creases in her skin. Look into her eyes and you could make out a reflection of the lighting equipment, stands and all, behind the photographer. You know how in crime shows they’ll “enhance” a photo of a murder scene, to the point where they can now identify the killer via the reflection in the victim’s eye? This could make that a reality.
However, as the 120MP EOS camera is only a prototype, we won’t be seeing consumer models heading into creepy hyperrealism any time soon. But, given that Canon also announced a 250-megapixel APS-H CMOS sensor this week, it won’t be long before we all have good reason to be self-conscious about our microscopic faults.
Tags: 120megapixels, canon, CanonEOS, CanonExpo, CanonExpo2015, EOS, EOS120M, EOSY038, photography, Y038
Deal: 1-year subscription to SitePoint Premium Tech E-Learning for 89% off
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Unknown Samsung device gets spotted on GeekBench running a Snapdragon 620
This past May, Samsung filed trademarks for Galaxy A6, A8 and A9 with the USPTO. Today we get what could be our first glimpse of the upcoming Galaxy A9.
A mysterious Samsung device recently passed through GeekBench running an all-new Snapdragon 620 processor. The device was listed as “Samsung msm8976fhdlte-eur-open.” We could be looking at the new Galaxy A9. The device will be one of the first to include a Snapdragon 620 processor, which will be backed with 3GB of RAM. The CPU has eight cores, four in which are Cortex-A72 and the other four which are Cortex-A53. It’s capable of shooting 4k video and includes and all-new unidentified Adreno GPU. It will also include fast download speeds and support up to a 13MP camera sensor. The device is expected to ship with Android 5.1.1 pre-loaded.
The Samsung device managed to score 1325 of GeekBench’s single-core benchmark test, in addition to a score of 4461 on the multi-core test. These are impressive scores for a mid-range device, hopefully we’ll find out more in the coming weeks.
Source: GeekBench
Via: PhoneArena
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NASA’s 4K channel gives you an excuse to buy a UHD TV
NASA may have started posting UHD content on its YouTube page earlier this summer, but that’s not where the agency’s 4K aspirations stop. Today, NASA announced that it’s teaming up with Harmonic to launch 4K content on NASA TV starting November 1st. The channel will not only serve up the latest high-resolution images and video from the ISS and other NASA missions, but “historical missions” will be remastered as well. Eager to watch? Harmonic is currently in talks with pay TV providers to broadcast the channel via cable, satellite and optical networks. It’ll also stream over the web too, so long as you have a 13 MBps connection to handle all of those detailed visuals.
[Image credit: Aubrey Gemignani/NASA via Getty Images]
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Home Entertainment, Science, HD
Via:
The Verge
Source:
NASA
Tags: 4k, hdpostcross, nasa, space, tv, video
Research tool can save phone battery by intelligently killing apps
Even if you’re a task-killing ninja, there are still plenty of apps that somehow bite into your battery life. And that problem can be even worse when your phone is asleep, when you can’t even tell which apps are being battery hogs. A new tool called Hush, which was developed by Purdue researchers, aims to solve that dilemma for Android phones by intelligently stopping apps that run in the background while your phone is asleep. It prioritizes the apps you use a lot and stops apps that you rarely use from gumming up the works. Researchers say it can save around 16 percent of battery life — that’s not huge, but it could be very useful if a similar tool were embedded with phones. You can test out Hush for yourself via its Github page, but it’ll likely be a while before it’s available in a more polished form.
“During screen-off, the phone hardware should enter the sleep state, draining close to zero power,” Charlie Hu, a Purdue professor of electrical and computer engineering said. “Apps wake the phone up periodically during screen-off to do useful things, but then afterward, they should let the phone go back to sleep. They are not letting the phone go back to sleep because of software bugs and, specifically, due to the incorrect use of Android power control application programming interfaces called wakelocks.”
Both Apple and Google are already implementing “low-power” modes in their most recent mobile operating systems, so it wouldn’t be surprising to see something similar to Hush implemented directly in the future. It’s a simple tool, but one that could have a lasting impact.
Source:
Purdue
Tags: Hush, mobilepostcross, smartphones
Playdate: Building the Mushroom Kingdom in ‘Super Mario Maker’
A lot of games are about wish fulfilment, but what if your dream is to make Nintendo games? Well, now there’s a game for that, too: Super Mario Maker — a video game creation suite that’s exactly what it sounds like. Nintendo’s been hyping this game for over a year, and it hits shelves today. How is it? We’re about to find out. Join me and Tim Seppala for an ad hoc remodelling of the Mushroom Kingdom, starting at 6PM ET (3PM PT) on Twitch.tv/Joystiq, on the Engadget gaming homepage or right here in this post.
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Google goes into detail about the latest security update for Nexus devices and AOSP
Nexus devices received a new OTA update this week (Build LMY48M), which fixes some security issues. Now, Google is going into more detail on exactly what those fixes were.
There are a total of eight vulnerabilities on the list with one to have been exploited in the wild. It is unclear if it was just someone rooting their device and trying it or if it was used maliciously.
Security vulnerability summary
Title
CVE
Severity
Active Exploitation
Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Mediaserver
CVE-2015-3864
Critical
No
Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability in Kernel
CVE-2015-3636
Critical
Yes
Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability in Binder
CVE-2015-3845, CVE-2015-1528
High
No
Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability in Keystore
CVE-2015-3863
High
No
Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability in Region
CVE-2015-3849
High
No
Elevation of Privilege vulnerability in SMS enables notification bypass.
CVE-2015-3858
High
No
Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability in Lockscreen
CVE-2015-3860
Moderate
No
Denial of Service Vulnerability in Mediaserver
CVE-2015-3861
Low
No
Ars Technica say the two critical fixes will address vulnerabilities found in the libstagefright Android media library. These allowed users to execute harmful code on to users’ devices. Google has also been pushing manufactures and carriers to release Stagefright fixes over the past few months.
Mitigation Techniques Used To Prevent Exploitation:
- Remote exploitation for many issues on Android versions 4.1 (Jelly Bean) and higher is mitigated by enhancements in the Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) algorithm used in those versions. Android 5.0 improved ASLR by requiring PIE (position-independent executable) for all dynamically linked executables further strengthening the ASLR protection. We encourage all users to update to the latest version of Android where possible.
- The Android Security team is actively monitoring for abuse of issues with Verify Apps and SafetyNet which will warn about potentially harmful applications about to be installed. Device “rooting” tools are prohibited within Google Play. To protect users who install applications from outside of Google Play, Verify Apps is enabled by default and will warn users about known Rooting applications. Verify Apps will block installation of known “malicious” applications that exploit a privilege escalation vulnerability. If such an application has already been installed, Verify Apps will attempt to automatically remove any such applications and notify the user.
- As appropriate, Google has updated the Hangouts and Messenger applications so that media is not automatically passed to vulnerable processes (such as Mediaserver.)
Source: Google
Via: Android Police
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