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Showing posts with label 2013. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2013. Show all posts
Saturday, 5 January 2013
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  • 14:51
In its ongoing battle against Samsung, Apple may be forced to unveil a smaller, cheaper version of its flagship phone, says Strategy Analytic.

 Will the iPhone get a baby brother?

Is an "iPhone Mini" on the horizon? Strategy Analytic analyst Neil Maws ton thinks so. But why?
Will the iPhone get a baby brother?
Samsung has been the clear winner in the smartphone wars, with Apple playing second fiddle. And that lead may wider further in 2013.
Maws ton expects Samsung to carve out a 33 percent chunk of the smartphone market this year, up from a projected 31 percent in 2012. At the same time, Apple's share will inch up to 21 percent from 20 percent last year. Samsung could sell as many as 290 million smartphones this year, while Apple is likely to sell 180 million i Phones.
The Korean handset maker has the edge over Apple in large part because it "plays in more segments," Maws ton told Reuters, allowing it to "capture more volume than Apple."
To fight back, Apple may try to win over a larger base of consumers by launching a smaller, cheaper variant of the iPhone, dubbed the "iPhone Mini" by the analyst.
With the iPhone 5 grabbing huge demand and sales, a low-end model may not be on Apple's agenda this year.
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Tuesday, 6 November 2012
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  • 05:06

The smallest USB digital camera in the world, the quality may not be the most fantastic, but at least you can capture moments and easily too, just shoot, click and plug in to your USB port and see the images from the world’s smallest camera.


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Wednesday, 24 October 2012
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  • 12:47

Weighing in at just over 4.5 pounds, the PlayStation 3 Superslim lives up to its name, shedding nearly three pounds from the Slim and 6.5 from the original (monstrous) 11-pound console. Sadly, the clean, classy matte finish of the Slim model has been replaced with the glossy, fingerprint-prone plastic that Vita, PSP and first-gen PS3 owners have come to know and loathe. You may not notice the glossy facade at first, however, as the biggest hardware change in the new PS3 is where you insert disc-based media: a top-loading slider gets moved to the left, revealing a space for your brand new copy of Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception Game of the Year Edition (bundled with the 250GB console).
Aside from being the most notable change to the new PS3, it's ... well, it looks and feels terrible, to put it plainly. Not only is the new design unfriendly to home entertainment centers (where most PS3s reside, we'd argue), but it feels cheap and unstable -- a distinct step down from the previous two models' front-loading tray design.
What's different

The familiar hum of a game console -- from the Harrier jet noise of the original Xbox 360's fans to the nigh-imperceptible din of the last-gen PS3 -- is hard to escape. The new PS3 manages to make approximately zero noise; it is without a doubt the quietest home console we've ever heard (er, not heard, rather). That's likely due to the ubiquity of air vents found all over the machine, not to mention three hardware iterations and years of R&D. An entire horizontal half of the rear is dedicated fan space, and the bottom is framed by openings, giving the internals plenty of space to breathe.
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Sunday, 12 August 2012
Mp3 Media Converter for Android devices

  • 12:29

Media converter allows you to convert your media (videos of flv, 3gp, mp4 and more...) files to mp4 or mp3; 
Advanced options supports setting start and end positions, allows you to extract short audio from a movie to create your ring tone.
Notes:
This app uses LGPL ffmpeg and mp3lame libraries as underlying codecs.

What's new
1.2 Update:
1. Added: Add advanced convert options.
2. Fixed: Setting new output directory does not work.
3. Improved: Mkv and more other formats support.
4. Fixed: Separate codecs from app to a new package.

Fast and easy way to edit and share your favourite music in mp3 and mp4 format. This allows you to convert high definition videos into high definition audio surround mp3 format. 
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Wednesday, 18 July 2012
Microsoft begins building Skype into Office 2013

  • 09:37

Microsoft has announced that it will be integrating its newly acquired Skype VoIP service with Office 2013.
The company finalised the purchase of Skype last October, paying $8.5 billion for the service that draws around 65 million customers. At that time it was too early to tell exactly how the Redmond software giant would use its new acquisition.
Finally, details are beginning to emerge and Microsoft is putting Skype behind the "presence" feature in Outlook, making it a standard feature of all Office 2013 versions.

Linking up with Lync

Office already uses the Lync communications platform, with which Microsoft says that Skype users will be able to integrate their contacts.
In a demonstration of Office 2013, Lync was being used to power a video conference call which suggests that the inclusion of Skype will be to subtly add features rather than replace existing functionality.
Users of the new Office 365 subscription version of Office will also get 60 minutes of Skype credit each month that should see them chatting free to landlines across the world.
Sourch: Techradar
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Microsoft Office 365 relies heavily on SkyDrive cloud functions

  • 01:25

 During a special press conference today, Microsoft unveiled Microsoft Office 365 - the premium home subscription service.
Along with a touch-friendly interface and social interactions, cloud functionality via Microsoft SkyDrive is one of the most important elements of the new Office suite, said Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer.
Microsoft's Corporate VP of Office Kirk Koenigsbauer then took the stage to demonstrate exactly what Ballmer was talking about.

The cloud is "hugely important"

"This is a hugely important part of the release," Koenigsbauer said. "SkyDrive is incredibly fundamental to this release of Office."
Koenigsbauer demonstrated SkyDrive functionality between multiple devices, including a Samsung laptop and a Windows Phone device.
He opened up Microsoft Word, where his sign-in name "Kirk" was displayed in the upper-right corner.
Signing in to Microsoft Office 365 applications gives you easy access to your settings, recently used documents, templates, custom dictionaries, and more, Koenigsbauer said.
When he switched devices, Word asked him if he'd like to pick up in the document precisely where he left off on the previous device.
He showed how easily images, video and other multimedia can be inserted into documents from the web or from the Cloud.
Koenigsbauer showing off the latest features of Microsoft 36
Koenigsbauer also demonstrated how Microsoft Word will automatically resize for the size of your device, be it a laptop, tablet or smartphone, using the all-new "reading mode."
Office 365 will store data in the SkyDrive cloud "by default," he said, though local storage remains another option.
Cloud functionality also allows users to easily share documents with others via SkyDrive or post them to social media.
Microsoft Office 365 is looking to compete directly with Google's emerging sweet of Google Docs apps, so watch out for more news as the rivalry rages on.
Source: Techradar
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Microsoft CEO reveals Microsoft Office 365, preview available now

  • 01:07


Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer took the stage at a special press conference in San Francisco today to announce the new Microsoft Office 365.
The Microsoft Office 365 customer preview is available to try now.
This cloud-based version of Office 2013 "is a service first," Ballmer said, rather than a simple set of applications.
Ballmer added that "your modern Office" focuses on cloud, social, and other new scenarios, and that it's been optimized for touch and other important emerging input interfaces.

Exciting times

"These are certainly exciting times," he said, beginning the presentation with a brief recap of Microsoft's current undertakings, including Windows Phone 8, Xbox 360, Bing, Windows 8, and more.
Ballmer called Microsoft Office "the flagship application from Microsoft" and "the most important application" the company sells.
Microsoft Office 365 has been designed with the Metro UI in mind, he said, and touch controls will be an important element.
Office 365 is meant to be a catch-all service for a modern, social workplace environment, with elements like Skype integration facilitating social interactions in a professional environment.
And cloud functionality will allow both home and business users to save progress and settings for Microsoft Office applications between devices.
Even meetings can be done digitally through Microsoft Office 365 as an alternative to teleconferencing.
Microsoft Office 365 will compete directly with Google's emerging suite of business apps, so watch out for more news as the rivalry continues to heat up.

Source: Techradar
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