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When you’ve got a hot new online platform, you inevitably become a target for hackers. That’s the lesson Slack, a popular business collaboration tool, learned when it discovered an intrusion in its systems last February. As a result, the company is n… - Pocket camera helps the visually impaired navigate the world
This might be one of the least invasive sight aids for the visually impaired that we’ve spotted: it’s a camera that sits in the shirt pocket, Her-style, and uses auditory alerts to warn when the user approaches obstacles. The idea here is to help fol… - Tiny 3D-printed retro TV set plays B-movies for your Barbies
The Philco Predicta television is a 1950s design icon and one of the most easily recognizable television models in history, what with its detached picture tube and nearly flat screen. Unfortunately, finding a working example these days is nearly impo… - Vine's six second slices of life get a big video quality bump
Artists and comedians have been doing some truly amazing things with Vine since it launched as a Twitter product two years ago, but those mesmerizing slices of life that eat up your day in six second increments have never really looked all that great…
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Samsung offers a behind the scenes look of how it tests its devices
Samsung is offering a peek behind the scenes of how a smartphone or wearable is designed. The Reliability Test Group is vital to the process and is involved from the very beginning. As soon as the specifications are determined, the group starts starts planning the tests. Then a feedback loop forms - the manufacturing sites send in prototypes, the group evaluates them and reports on what needs to be improved. It varies by device, but a single model may have to go through as many as 12 different cycles. Here's a look at some of them. 1. Image quality lab Tests are performed in...
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Apple dialing down on iPhone production, as sales come below targets
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nubia Red Magic Mars will be unveiled next week, benchmarks show S845 chipset
The reveal date for the nubia Red Magic Mars has been set. A Pacific Rim-themed image confirms the "Mars" name for nubia's second gaming phone and marks November 28 as the big date. That's Wednesday next week. The nubia Red Magic Mars will be unveiled on November 28 We've not heard much about the device. 10GB of RAM was officially teased along with "4D Shock" haptic feedback (a clear nod at Sony). Combined with the rumor of shoulder buttons, we could be in for a very gamepad-like experience. A couple of benchmark results from Geekbench and AnTuTu just came out and offer a...
Realme arriving in the Philippines on November 29
Realme already has 4 smartphones in its portfolio, with a fifth to arrive in two weeks. For the last several months the company has been expanding steadily and according to the latest press release, Realme will arrive in the Philippines, its sixth market, on November 29. Realme's new logo Although the information does not clarify which devices will hit stores in the Asia-Pacific country, we are hoping for a Realme U1 arrival since the Helio P70-powered device is having an unveiling the previous day in India. Jacky Chen, COO of Realme Philippines, said the primary aim is to "push...
