When Microsoft launched its Surface tablet, it was a surprising move for a lot of us. The chief source of surprise was the fact that from being a software vendor for such a long time, Microsoft was entering into the hardware realm directly (in terms of standalone computers). And it was doing so by jeopardizing its long partnerships with a lot of hardware vendors.
ARM has recently proved its mettle when Samsung decided to go with its Mali 400 GPU for the latest flagship Android release, Galaxy S III. Given the sheer performance of S III, it can be safely said that ARM has packed a powerful punch in its Mali GPU. Now, the company is planning to go a step even further.
The latest Android release from Google, Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, has introduced a number of new features to the mobile platform. However, it seems that the true potential of Jelly Bean is yet to be realized and there is space for many new features. A developer on the xda-developers forum has demonstrated one such feature – multi-user functionality in Android – through a video.
Facebook Stories was an app which the social network giant launched back in 2010. However, it was soon scrapped. Now, the company is relaunching a website as well as a Facebook page titled ‘Facebook Stories.’ The idea is to highlight the innovative and extra-ordinary uses of Facebook by individuals so as to show the world how useful it is.
Apple and Samsung are embroiled in a bitter legal tussle. Apple accuses Samsung of having infringed its iPhone and iPad design patents where Samsung vehemently denies these charges. Now, due to a court ruling, Apple had to reveal the designs of some early iPhone prototypes.
The Motorola Atrix HD is the first Android phone from Motorola after it has been become a Google subsidiary. This smartphone is not that much different from phones that Motorola released before its acquisition by Google. This phone is unbelievably thin and made with KEVLAR, a component that is strong enough and ensures the splash resistance. The ATRIX HD is coupled with SMARTACTIONS, a app that can help you a lot by reminding you to charge the phone, adjusting the power usage based on your confirmation and many more user-defined actions which are triggered by time or location information.
Engineers at the University of Kiel (in Germany) and Hamburg University have discovered the world’s lightest material by chance. It’s called aerographite. It is 6 times lighter than air and 75 times lighter than Styrofoam (a closed-cell extruded polystyrene foam). At the same time, aerographite is said to be incredibly strong, yet very flexible.
We have heard many weird things, but nothing like this one. A man from South Korea has claimed that his pet dog gave birth to a cat after “a prolonged ramble one night”. Can our medical or genetic science find the answer “how a dog gave birth to a cat?”