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The Navy has been accused of stealing design elements for its Littoral Combat Ship and refusing to play the inventor who came up with them. In this case, the accusation may well have weight.
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The GoPro Hero5 Session is the smaller, and cheaper, of the two latest additions to GoPro’s range of action cameras – the other being the flagship GoPro Hero5 Black. It is more of an upgrade on the Hero4 Session from last year, missing some of the features on its more-expensive brother. Where to Buy GoPro
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Who said students life is easy? They have to scuffle through a ton of books, assignments and also make sure that their laptops don’t fall and break into smithereens. HP has decided to solve this problem by offering a laptop that comes with a military grade of toughness for students. The laptop is not only rugged but also offers software needed for the schools.
In essence, the HP ProBook x360 Education Edition is a low-end laptop that comes with a rugged exterior. In fact, Gus Schmedlen, HP’s head of education says that the laptop is “tested to military field standards”, Well, by the military grade standards they categorically point out to the MIL-STD-810G standard. HP claims that they have been dropping the tablets from the desk height onto concrete and steel floors, just to ensure that it doesn’t give away.
Furthermore, the keyboard is expected to be resistant to spills of about 12 ounces of liquid and is also resistant to being picked at. That said there is no shortage of rugged laptops but most of them come with a mid-range or even a high-end configuration the end result of which is a premium price tag. The ProBook x360 comes with an 11-inch display but all the rugged features mean that the ProBook is bulky as opposed to the other similarly sized laptops. But again HP has found a sweet spot and claims that the ProBook X360 is the “thinnest rugged convertible” in the market.
The HP Laptop comes preloaded with classroom management software and is laced with features that were designed after taking feedback from the educators. To start with, the LED light at the back begins to glow when the Wi-Fi is switched on thus cleverly signaling the teachers that the student is using the internet when they are not supposed to. The touchscreen can be folded and HP has fixed an optional camera to film the laptop when it is folded. The laptop is expected to be sold directly to the educational institutions and HP might consider selling it to third party retailers at a later stage. HP is yet to announce the pricing and availability are yet to be announced.
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We’ve seen several rapid smartphone application trends this year ranging from hunting for fictional creatures around the globe on Pokemon Go, turning surreal selfies into art through Prisma, and a whole lot more. To highlight the leading titles and continuing their tradition, Google has officiated the “Best 0f 2016” list revealing the top trending content on the Play store. The list also outlines the most streamed movies, songs, and even, books.
However, the results disclose that Android users aren’t particularly installing the best titles and as a result, there are some bizarre entries too in terms of sheer download numbers. While globally, “Face Changer 2” leads, “BeautyPlus Me – Perfect Camera” is the front-runner in India. As expected, “Pokemon Go” is the most trending game followed by the multiplayer behemoth, “Clash Royale” that is actually the best game of the year according to Google. It is also worth noting that Indians have acclaimed Google’s efforts to make its video-calling service work efficiently on slow networks as “Duo” stands third in the country. Additionally, Prisma has been crowned as the best app of 2016. Here’s the rest of the list
Furthermore, Google has also categorised apps based on various properties such as, here are the leaders among them,
Most Competitive: DC Legends
Most Innovative: The Trail
Best Indie: Mekorama
Most Exhilarating: FIFA Mobile Football
Most Irresistible: Little Big City 2
Most Beautiful: MOBIUS FINAL FANTASY
Best Family: Disney Magic Kingdom
Most Innovative: Contacts Phone Dialer: drupe
Most Share-Worthy: Boomerang from Instagram
Most Beautiful: Colorfy – Coloring Book
Made in India: Indian Rail Train PNR Status
Most Entertaining: MSQRD
Best Self-Improvement: U Dictionary (English offline)
Google, as a bonus, is also offering a 50% discount off any one movie if you own a Chromecast device.
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Lenovo Moto has now confirmed that it will not be launching a new smartwatch along with the Android Wear 2.0 next year. The company had earlier said that they would not be releasing a smartwatch in 2016 but now it seems that the timeline has been pushed beyond early 2017, despite the fact that Android 2.0 will be heralding in early 2017.
This is what Shakil Bakat, head of global product development at Moto had to say, he said that the company doesn’t “see enough pull in the market to put [a new smartwatch] out at this time,” though it may revisit the market in the future should technologies for the wrist improve. “Wearables do not have broad enough appeal for us to continue to build on it year after year.” This inadvertently means that the smartwatch will no more figure out in the Moto’s roadmap.
This doesn’t come as a surprise since IDC numbers have shown how the global market share for smartwatches is taking a plunge, in fact, the report goes on and further says that Smartwatch share has fallen by 55% Year on. Smartwatches, especially the Android Wear devices have not been faring well in the market in the recent past and this has forced some of the companies to shift their focus from the smartwatch. The very fact that Google itself delayed the Android wear 2 from launching is a tell tale sign of how things are limping when it comes to the smartwatch segment. Also, Pebble, a company that was at its peak only a couple of years ago has reportedly been acquired by Fitbit in a distress sale with devalued assets.
Moto 360 had been originally released in 2014 after which the smartphone got an iterative upgrade in 2015. The Android 2.0 update will only be available for the Moto 360 2nd Gen while the first gen is expected to be left crippled with the Android Wear. That said Moto is not sure if they will take a plunge and rejoin the smartwatch market but instead keeps the possibility open, talking about the future plans Barkat said, “We believe the wrist still has value and there will be a point where they provide value to consumers more than they do today.” That said the chances are very bleak when it comes to getting a new Moto 360 in the imminent future. On a related note, it would be interesting to see whether Google’s upcoming Android watches will be delayed as well.
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OnePlus 3T has now been made official in India at Rs 29,999, after having launched globally a few weeks back. Before entering India, the latest flagship smartphone from the high-flying Chinese OEM has made its way to US, UK and Europe wherein, the device has replaced its few month old brother the OnePlus 3. That said, OnePlus hasn’t (yet) decided to discontinue their OnePlus 3 in India, rather they simply added the 3T as an alternative for consumers with deeper pockets.
It’s still not clear as to why OnePlus decided to launch the OnePlus 3T just 6 months after the launch of its predecessor, especially when the OnePlus 3 was garnering praises all around for being one of the best smartphones of 2016. For the uninitiated, the OnePlus 3T comes with the upgraded Snapdragon 821 processor clocked at 2.35GHz along with 6GB of RAM. Apart from that, the OnePlus 3T features a few other changes here and there but mostly things have remained unchanged.
From the exteriors, it’s hard to distinguish the OnePlus 3T from the 3, except for the new base metal back of the device. OnePlus has also kept the dimensions despite including a markedly larger battery inside. It now features a 3,400mAH battery inside up from the 3,000mAh cell in its predecessor. It goes without saying it comes with the company’s proprietary Dash Charge technology.
Developing….
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AMOLED panels may be the highest sought after displays worldwide, especially in the smartphone segment; but their limited availability has worried many smartphone OEMs. That said, the second largest smartphone manufacturer, Apple, has stayed clear of AMOLED panels by opting for LCD IPS displays for their iPhones and iPads. This trend may soon change, as initial reports claim that the Cupertino giant may indeed opt for AMOLED panels for their next generation devices including the iPhone 8 and upcoming iPads.
With Apple entering the AMOLED market, the demand for such panels would increase by manifold. It would further put pressure on the already pressurized supply line of a handful of AMOLED display makers. Samsung, LG and JDI are the major suppliers of these high contrast AMOLED smartphone panels worldwide. Among them, Samsung may go into a co-operation with Apple to supply their Super AMOLED panels exclusively to the Cupertino firm. Currently, the Korean company supplies their panels to a number of manufacturers worldwide including the likes of OnePlus and Xiaomi. So with Apple tieing up with Samsung, the supply of panels to these Chinese companies would be put to a halt.
Considering the possible move, the leading Chinese smartphone OEMs including Huawei, Oppo, Vivo and BBK have decided to form a consortium with China-based flexible display maker, Royole. This would include the OEMs and Royole making a joint investment in a local flexible AMOLED production center in 2017. With the expected worldwide crunch in supply of AMOLED panels, these Chinese smartphone brands have already started opting for locally supplied AMOLED panels for their devices.
Apart from that, one of the largest Chinese smartphone firm, BBK, which apparently owns Oppo, OnePlus and Vivo has already established an independent subsidiary to focus on manufacturing AMOLED panels. The firm plans to increase the monthly capacity of the subsidiary to produce at least 60,000 AMOLED panels within the time frame of 2017-2019. Royole, on the other hand, which is also a part of the Chinese consortium is reported to expand its AMOLED capacity to 45,000 units in 2017 and 2018. It is also reported that Royole plans to establish new 5.5G production lines in Shenzhen, China next year.
Analysts report that the demand for AMOLED panels will peak somewhere around 2018-2020 and will soon reach a threshold point. These consortiums between Chinese brands may, however, help them build an exclusive supply line of their own. It would be interesting to see whether the likes of Xiaomi and Lenovo become a part of the consortium.
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