Google has finally release the newest version Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. The new version comes with a number of exciting features such as improved flexible widget, notification, Android beam, offline voice typing, voice search etc. Let’s check the newly arrived features.
In a recent interview with The Chronicle Bill Gates has remarked that tablets are not much help in education. The tech tycoon seemed amazingly disappointed on the role of tablets in education. The statement came at a time when his dream child Microsoft is working on releasing its flagship Surface Tablet commercially. The billionaire reckons that low cost PC is still more reliable than tablet. He directly denounced the concept that giving gadgets like tablet to students will bring change in education.
Professor Stephen Hawking has been working together with scientists of Standford University for developing a device called iBrain. This device can pick up brain waves and communicate the message through a computer. Scientists are referring the project as to hacking into Hawking’s brain.
Human-powered helicopters are a very fascinating thing and while they are not a mainstream concept yet, they may gain traction in the future, some day. To this end, students from the Clark School of Engineering at University of Maryland will definitely have a huge role. That’s because these students were able to make their Gamera II helicopter hover in the air for full 50 seconds.
Belkin Slingbox TVPlus place-shifting receiver can stream videos from your media source to your smart device. The TVPlus can link up with any media source, like digital cable box, satellite receiver or DVD player for Streaming. That means, you can access content from anywhere with tablet, smartphone, or laptop over Wi-Fi or a 3G/4G cellular connection by using the Slingbox TVPlus.
Seagate brings new Backup Plus 1 TB USB 3.0 Portable External Hard Drive for $109. This Seagate drive has professional security features and works with social media accounts. With this portable drive, it’s simple to back up and share online photos, movies and more.
Fujitsu has introduced a new scanner named ScanSnap S1300i. This is the smallest multi-page double-sided ScanSnap scanner. This portable scanner works with only one button. This super fast compact scanner has USB power option and can send scanned documents to Android and iOS devices and cloud-based services.
Need for Speed franchise has been undoubtedly one of the most wildly popular and successful franchises when it comes to car-racing games. The game has been a hit for many long years and it seems that Electronic Arts, the creators of this game, have decided it is time for the game to hit the big screen.