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Apple to release 4.7 and 5.5-inch iPhone 6 to mitigate fading iPad sales, convert Android owners July 25, 2014 at 8:24 am
Apple is gearing up for the launch of the iPhone 6 in September, and has reportedly placed a massive order of between 70 and 80 million units — far more than any previous iPhone launch. As we’ve previously reported, the iPhone 6 will step up to a much larger 4.7-inch screen with a sapphire front panel — but curiously, there’s now a very solid rumor that there will also be an iPhone 6 with a 5.5-inch screen. At first blush, a 5.5-inch iPhone 6 sounds utterly crazy, but it makes a little more sense following Apple’s earnings call on Tuesday: Last quarter, Apple’s tablet sales dropped a massive 19% sequentially and 9% year-over-year. Perhaps fading iPad sales are the reason Apple is finally looking at large-screen phones?
The liquid hard drive that could store a terabyte of data in a tablespoon of fluid July 24, 2014 at 1:45 pm
New research on nanoparticles shows that they could be used to encode information when suspended in a liquid. This could one day allow us to store vast amounts of data in a very small volume of “digital colloid.”
How to download Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite beta for free (updated) July 24, 2014 at 1:33 pm
Early last month, we got our very first peek at OS X Yosemite at the Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco. Just eight weeks later, Apple is now preparing to roll out public access to the latest beta of OS X 10.10. Are you interested in trying out Apple’s latest and greatest operating system for yourself? Well, you’re in luck because it’s incredibly easy to sign up for the beta, and it won’t cost you a dime.
The smartshoe: A much more sensible approach to wearable computing than Glass or a smartwatch July 24, 2014 at 12:47 pm
You know how wearable computers have always sounded cool, but in practice strapping a big computer to your face always seemed a little bit impractical? Well, here’s a slightly more sensible alternative that you can wear without fear of reprisal or feeling self-conscious: The smartshoe. Developed by Ducere Technologies, and available for just $100-150, the Lechal smartshoe is surprisingly comparable to Google Glass — though, of course, it’s not quite as good as capturing point-of-view videos of your loved ones or extreme sports.
US military’s ‘air optical fiber’ increases the power of laser weapons, networks, science July 24, 2014 at 10:43 am
Researchers in the US, funded by the US military and the National Science Foundation, have managed to turn air into an “optical fiber.” This breakthrough allows the scientists to turn thin air into an optical waveguide, allowing for much better transmission of lasers through free space — much in the same way that glass and plastic waveguides allow for efficient transmission of laser light over long stretches of optical fiber. As you might have guessed from the US military’s involvement, this could be big news for laser weapons — but there are repercussions for laser-based communications and scientific research as well.
The solar storm of 2012 that almost sent us back to a post-apocalyptic Stone Age July 24, 2014 at 8:25 am
While you didn’t see it, feel it, or even read about it in the newspapers, Earth was almost knocked back to the Stone Age on July 23, 2012. It wasn’t some crazed dictator with his finger on the thermonuclear button or a giant asteroid that came close to wiping out civilization as we know it, though — no, what nearly ended us was a massive solar storm. ‘If it had hit, we would still be picking up the pieces,’ says Daniel Baker, who led the research into the massive solar storm.
The polariton laser: With 250x lower power consumption, could this be the answer to on-chip optical interconnects? July 23, 2014 at 2:34 pm
Engineers at the University of Michigan and Intel have succeeded in creating the first practical, room-temperature polariton laser. The polariton laser is of extreme interest because it requires just 0.004% of the current required by normal lasers, making it a prime candidate for use with on-chip optical interconnects. It is also believed that the polariton laser is the first new practical method of producing coherent laser light since the laser diode debuted more than 50 years ago in 1962.
Amazon Fire Phone review roundup: A gimmicky mess, unless you’re looking for a Buy Now button in the shape of a smartphone July 23, 2014 at 10:31 am
This morning, ahead of its July 24 release date, the internet was flooded with Amazon Fire Phone reviews — and, rather unfortunately, they almost universally pan the smartphone for being gimmicky, ugly, sluggish, and low on battery life. A fair number of reviews go as far as calling the Fire Phone more of a prototype, and that you’d be better off waiting for the sequel. As expected, too, the fact that dozens of key apps are missing from the Amazon App Store makes the Fire Phone much less useful than an iPhone or Android smartphone.
Microsoft will unify Windows, Windows Phone, and Xbox into ‘one converged operating system’ July 23, 2014 at 8:26 am
Microsoft’s Satya Nadella has confirmed that the next version of Windows, probably Windows 9, will unify the Windows, Windows Phone, and Xbox operating systems into ‘one single converged operating system.’ Microsoft had previously made some moves towards unification with Universal Windows Apps that run across all three platforms, but this new version of Windows will go a lot further: ‘This means [we'll have] one operating system that covers all screen sizes.’
Nvidia launches new Tegra K1 Shield Tablet and separate gamepad, priced rather optimistically at $360 July 22, 2014 at 9:08 am
Nvidia’s new Shield is dropping today and the updated tablet packs a number of high-end features. Will gamers bite, considering the increased price tag but better use cases?
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