Hey, Toshiba: You're no longer the only game in town for big-name laptops with 4K displays. Acer has announced a new version of its V Nitro Black Edition portable with a 15.6-inch, 3,840 x 2,160 screen at its heart, giving you extra-sharp imagery...
Apple's senior vice president of design Jony Ive did not mince words about the competition at today's Vanity Fair New Establishment Summit. When he sees designs from Apple in the products of other companies he isn't very flattered.
The official Twitter account for Vanity Fair tweeted some choice quotes from Jony Ive. Here are some of our favorites:
I think a beautiful product that doesn't work very well is ugly
I don't see it as flattery, I see it as theft, and it's lazy. - on Xiaomi's copy-cat phone
There were a thousand reasons, and many occasions, where we nearly gave up" on touch
Hit up the Vanity Fair Twitter stream to see some more. There should be video shortly posted online of Jony Ive. We'll share it when it does go live.
Source: @VanityFair
Let's say you bought a pricey curved TV, only to remember that your existing soundbar is (gasp!) flat. Will you have to live with that geometry mismatch for the life of your set? Not if Samsung has its way. It just unveiled the Curved Soundbar, which...
As far as resumes for droids go, the skills and experience
Amazon just unveiled Dash, a handheld Wi-Fi magic wand thingy that helps you keep your AmazonFresh shopping list forever up to date. Never run out of toilet paper or oatmeal again!
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Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. — you might know them better has Foxconn, manufacturer of many things Apple — saw their net profit last year rise 13% on the back of increased sales of iPhone and iPad devices. Pegatron, another major Apple manufacturer that is the primary source of the iPhone 5c and iPad Mini, saw their earnings jump 22% in just the last quarter.
Both companies are dependent on Apple sales. Foxconn and Pegatron both draw more than 40% of their revenue from Apple, and both are expanding manufacturing in the United States for both marketing bonuses (made in the USA!) and cost savings on lower-volume devices. Devices like the Mac Pro, which is built in Texas. Motorola, too, has an assembly plant in Texas for custom Moto X smartphones.
Apple's impact on Foxconn and Pegatron cannot be understated. In the last quarter alone, Apple sold 51 million iPhones and a record 26 million iPads. While that didn't meet analyst expectations, it was still enough to turn a tidy profit for Apple, Foxconn, and Pegatron. The Wall Street Journal reports that despite the increase in orders and profits, Foxconn is still worried about a possible slow-down from Apple, and is working to trim costs to ensure they continue to rake in decent profits. They've also been diversifying, branding out into networking equipment and investing tens of millions of dollars in robotics manufacturing, software development, and facilities.
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When dreaming up that world-changing invention, wouldn't it be great if you could just sketch out the circuits and have them magically work? That's the idea behind Circuit Scribe, a ballpoint pen that's full of quick-drying ink that'll help you doodle your circuits on notebook paper. Emerging out of research from the University of Illinois, the team is now accepting your cash through Kickstarter to help bring it into the real world. $20 will get you a pen and an LED component, while $30 will buy you a basic kit, complete with plenty of accessories to help you test the systems to their fullest. We imagine it'll be a big hit with STEM educators as well as hobbyists, but if you're not yet convinced, check out the video to watch it in action.
Filed under: Misc
Via: TechCrunch
Source: Kickstarter
If you start counting from the Magnavox Odyssey, we've been playing console games for seven generations now. Yes, it's crazy to think of, but it's even more alarming to realize that the industry has been in an all-out "war" since generation three. For better or worse, competition became a part of the hardware cycle. The players (you know, Sega, Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft) have changed several times through the years, but until recently, the game hasn't -- the console wars were fought over who had more bits, what had the most RAM and how fast a machine could render frames. Now, as we kick off generation eight, we're seeing a very different kind of contest.
We're not saying that hardware specifications don't matter -- they absolutely do -- but this time, the two leading armies are packing painfully similar heat. On paper, the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 really aren't that different. So, what's going to win the war? Software, services and brand.
Filed under: Gaming, Sony, Microsoft
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