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Archive for the 'Gadgets' Category

Wireless Charging Standards Converge (A Little)

Posted by Sam Churchill on May 22nd, 2013

Wireless power standards, are consolidating, reports All Things D. Powermat, the company that last year allied with Duracell and Starbucks, is the main technology behind the PowerMatters Alliance. Today it announced that it has acquired PowerKiss, a Finnish company. Powermat has about 1,500 locations in the U.S. enabled with its technology. PowerKiss brings with it [...]

The New X-Box

Posted by Sam Churchill on May 21st, 2013

Microsoft has a live stream today at 10AM Pacific Time. The new Xbox One will launch in markets around the world later this year. The Xbox Wire blog has more features on the new system. Engadget had a liveblog. A new Kinect motion-sensing camera that goes alongside the new Xbox One game console is expected [...]

Leap Motion Vs Kinect for Windows

Posted by Sam Churchill on May 21st, 2013

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Drone Airshow at Google I/O

Posted by Sam Churchill on May 16th, 2013

Engadgetreports a fleet of camera-equipped, remote-controlled blimps are live-streaming Google I/O on YouTube, right now, It’s called Google AirShow and it’s taken over the airspace within Moscone Center. Chris Miller, a software engineer with AKQA (Facebook), explained to Engadget they use an off-the-shelf model airship that’s flown manually via standard a 2.4GHz radio. Each blimp [...]

Android Supporting Bluetooth 4.0

Posted by Sam Churchill on May 16th, 2013

According to the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG), Google has committed to updating Android with support for Bluetooth Smart (also known as Bluetooth Low Energy) “in the coming months.” That means future smartphones and tablets running the OS will be able to take advantage of the low power consumption in devices like the Fitbit Flex [...]

Google I/O Live Today

Posted by Sam Churchill on May 15th, 2013

Google I/O kicks off with a three-hour-long keynote address Wednesday morning. Here’s the live Google I/O 2013 Keynote. Among the rumored announcements are a new Google Maps interface, Bluetooth 4.0 support for the Nexus 4, tracking sensors, new subscription music services and Google Glass apps. According to a blog post from Google, the company will [...]