Samsung pushes a new app to the Play Store for its Galaxy View tablet
After rolling out one last week, Samsung has pushed another app for its enormous Galaxy View tablet to the Play Store.
Samsung has introduced “Galaxy View Remote” for its new Galaxy View tablet. However, it’s not just for your View tablet, it’s for your smartphone to control your View tablet. The app must be installed on a Samsung smartphone with bluetooth connectivity in order to work. After opening the app, users will be prompted to pair their Galaxy View tablet over bluetooth. Once paired, your smartphone will act as a remote control for your Galaxy View tablet.
Samsung is obviously aiming for a PC-like experience here by letting users use their smartphone as a mouse to control their tablet, just like on a desktop. Users can use the trackpad to navigate with a simple swipe in each direction. Users also have access to the View tablet’s volume controls, back button, multitasking switcher and home button right on their Samsung smartphone. Arrow keys and an “ok” button are also included to make selections without the need to touch the View tablet’s display. And lastly, if you don’t enjoy the large keyboard experience on the Galaxy View, you can use the keyboard on your Samsung smartphone to type on the View tablet.
The app is free to download in the Play Store.
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Target and Indiegogo team up to get crowd-funded wares to retail
When you back a project on Indiegogo, Kickstarter or any other crowd-funding site, chances are you’ve never seen the product you’re putting your faith (and cash) in the flesh. Target and Indiegogo want to change that. The two companies announced that select devices from Indiegogo campaigns would show up in the retailer’s Open House connected-home experiment in San Francisco. It’s a small step towards giving the folks that can actually deliver their device a chance to show the world, they actually made something that’s worth buying.
Astronomers image the birth of a planet, verifies formation theory
We already have a pretty good idea of how planets come into existence, but the first one astronomers ever imaged in the midst of formation is LkCa 15 b. The Jupiter-like protoplanet (that’s the term used to describe a baby exoplanet), which orbits a young star 450 light-years away, was first caught on cam by Drs. Michael Ireland and Adam Kraus. At the time, however, the scientists weren’t sure if they were truly seeing a new planet being born. Now another group of researchers has taken a photo of the LkCa 15 b, and they strongly believe that they “successfully and unambiguously detected a forming planet.” Plus, they’ve verified a formation theory stating that protoplanets glow in the light of incredibly hot (17,500 Fahrenheit) hydrogen gas. The group’s paper, which has been published in Nature, combines data from separate studies conducted by two lead authors: University of Arizona graduate student Stephanie Sallum and her former schoolmate Kate Follette, who’s now doing postdoctoral research at Stanford University.
Via: The Washington Post
Source: Stanford, The University of Arizona
Reuters: photos must use compressed format to ‘reflect reality’
News agency Reuters will no longer accept photos shot in the RAW format, saying its freelancers are now required to submit JPEG photos shot in-camera. It told PetaPixel that it made the unusual move partly to speed up workflow, but also because RAW allows photographers to do too much image manipulation, and “our goal is not to artistically interpret the news,” according to a spokesman. It said it would only permit images made from the original JPEGs, provided they had just “minimal processing,” including cropping and level correction.
Via: Ars Technica
Source: PetaPixel
London Fire Brigade adopts Uber model to track and dispatch engines
When a fire breaks out in the heart of London, every second counts for the emergency services. To speed up its response times, the London Fire Brigade has adopted a new mobilising system that tracks the location of its fire engines and any caller dialling from a mobile phone. In the past, vehicles were dispatched based on the closest fire station, rather than their actual proximity to the incident. Now, the people manning the phones can track all of London’s 155 fire engines on a screen, allocate the appropriate team and track its progress towards the scene. Such a system also means that the operator can reassure callers by telling them the vehicle’s exact position and estimated time of arrival.
Skype 6.11 for Android lets you search within conversations, save video messages, and more
Ever received a video message on Skype that you wished to save to your gallery? Skype has released an updated version of its Android app, which introduces a new feature that allows users to save video messages that they wish to keep forever.
Skype 6.11 for Android brings several new and updated features, which can be divided into two sets. One set of features help users in keeping track of, and saving their special Skype moments and most important conversations. The second set of features are focused on making it easier to share media files with group conversations and contacts.
Version 6.11 of the Skype app makes it easier for users to manage their conversations. In the Recents tab, you can now long tap on a contact or chat to bring up an all-new toolbar. This toolbar lets users delete, mark as read, or mute notifications for that particular contact or chat.
The enhanced search function now lets you find content from within conversations, no longer being limited to searching contact or group names. A similar feature was rolled out to WhatsApp in the recent past, and is quite handy when you need to search for something specific (say an address, or any other important piece of information), but don’t know which contact or group to look for.
Skype has also added the ability to save video messages. Many times, you record or receive memorable videos that you might not want to lose. The updated app has made it dead simple to preserve those video memories. All you have to do is tap on the video and save it to your phone’s gallery.
The second set of features basically aid in sharing photos or videos in group conversations. Found something interesting while scrolling through your gallery? You can now directly share that piece of media from your phone’s gallery to a Skype group chat. Additionally, forwarding those files to a contact or to another group only requires the user to tap on the file. It’s really become that simple.
Skype’s updated Android app also makes it super easy to forward Mojis, which are basically short clips from TV shows and movies. So the next time you receive a really cool Moji from a friend or in a group chat, simply tap on it to forward it to another group or friend. Users are sure to appreciate that the Mojis won’t automatically play again when you forward them. But if you do want to play them again, simply tap.
The last major update to Skype’s Android app, which bumped the app version to 6.0, was released back in September and introduced Material Design enhancements, among other things.
If you aren’t already on the latest version of Skype for Android, hit the download link below to be able to use all its new features. Are you an iOS user? You’ll have to sit tight until we here from Microsoft.
Deal: these REMXD Bluetooth headphones are only $35.99 right now!
Any music lovers looking for a new set of Bluetooth headphones? A good headset will make your commutes, runs and quiet times much more interesting. Furthermore, a good headset will not get you trapped in a tangle ball of cables. This is why we are excited to show you a neat pair of Bluetooth headphones the AA Deals Store is currently offering for only $35.99.
Those of you who have been following Bluetooth headphones’ prices will know this is a steal for good quality on-ear cans. And these are certainly no bad contenders. The REMXD On-Ear Bluetooth Headphones offer 33 feet of Bluetooth range, up to 15 hours of battery life, comfort and audio clarity even some expensive headset users will envy. And considering that 28% discount, you really can’t go wrong with this one.
These sound like life-savers to me, so go ahead and click through the button below if you want to sign up for a good (and affordable) pair of headphones. Maybe they could make for a great Christmas gift!
Apple Pencil Teardown Reveals Antenna, Battery and Tiny Folded Logic Board
iFixit has completed an Apple Pencil teardown, removing the outer plastic casing to reveal the pencil’s inner metal cylinder. The teardown provides a closer look at several Apple Pencil components, including the antenna, battery, pencil nib, Lightning connector and miniature folded logic board.
At the core of the Apple Pencil is a tiny 0.329 Wh lithium-ion rechargeable battery that holds just 5% of the charge of an iPhone 6s battery, next to a small cylindrical black and gold antenna. There is also a small ribbon cable that connects the Apple Pencil’s battery with its Lightning connector for charging.
On the other side of the battery is the Apple Pencil’s tiny folded logic board that weighs just one gram, yet houses more than five components, including an ST Microelectronics low-power 32-bit ARM-based Cortex-M3 microcontroller and Qualcomm Bluetooth 4.1 chip from Cambridge Silicon Radio.
– Red: ST Microelectronics STML151UCY6 Ultra-low-power 32-bit RISC ARM-based Cortex-M3 MCU
– Orange: ST Microelectronics AS5C Y533 (also found in the 2015 Apple TV)
– Yellow: L05286 QS4 VG Z SGP 528
– Green: EWX 01129
– Not shown: Cambridge Silicon Radio Qualcomm CSR1012A05 Bluetooth Smart IC
iFixit awarded the Apple Pencil its lowest repairability score of 1 out of 10. While the pen nib and cap can be replaced if worn out or lost, iFixit says you can’t get inside the Apple Pencil without destroying the device. It says the 12-hour battery is not replaceable, giving the Apple Pencil a limited lifespan.
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ICYMI: Robotic cats, Kickstarter fails and more
Today on In Case You Missed It: In today’s cautionary tale, the recordbreaking drone company Zano Drone is going belly-up after shipping only 100 of the roughly 15,000 drones ordered. Hasbro’s latest foray into robotics has us all shouting from the tallest meowtain, because they’ve launched companion cats that purr and meow and are generally fantastic. NASA’s latest robot is less cuddly but perhaps has more scientific importance: The humanoid Valkyrie, weighing in at 210 pounds, will be shipped to US colleges where AI students will develop programs for NASA’s upcoming Space Robotics Challenge.
The Dojo gateway secures your smart TV and other home devices
Two things are true about the Internet of things: it’s a fragmented mess and it’s a target for hackers. The Foscam baby monitor hack reminded everyone that anything that’s on a network needs to be secure and that includes your connected cameras, lights and fire alarms. Dojo Labs saw the security mess that’s happening in our homes and decided instead of addressing the devices individually, it would keep tabs on the entire network and the traffic going in and out of it. The Dojo smart gateway tracks devices trying to connect to hardware inside your network and when one of those smart items, like an over-sharing television, is sending information outside the network. It does this in way that makes security easy for anyone to understand and manage with an app.
Source: Dojo Labs
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