Tuesday, 9 April 2013

The new HTC One can act as a universal remote for your T.V.

HTC's new flagship phone, the One, is easily the most beautiful Android phone we've ever used. It even rivals the iPhone 5's design.
You can read our full review of the HTC One here, and check out gorgeous photos of the phone in the gallery below.

htc one remote control app
 

Tuesday, 2 April 2013

Infotainment


That is not a criticism of the automakers; they are fighting against a pace of innovation that is exceedingly fast – far faster than the development cycle of an automobile. Apple releases a new version of its iOS platform every year, and new version of Google's Android may arrive at double that pace, saying nothing of all the security updates and bug fixes in between.
By 2017, more than 60% of new cars in the US and Western Europe will have some sort of network connectivity, making it imperative to have cohesive, streamlined telematics systems that can be upgraded at minimal cost. Aware of this, auto companies are making some unlikely alliances to ensure their infotainment platforms stay fresh.

The BMW i3 demonstrates how entwined vehicle systems and telematics can be. (BMW Group) 

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Monday, 1 April 2013

12 Useful 'Easter Eggs' Hidden In Your iPhone

5th avenue apple store iphone 5 launch 

There are so many features packed into the iPhone that one demonstration from Apple couldn't possibly cover them all.
We put together a few of our favorite hidden tips and tricks on the iPhone.

This Actor's Upcoming Movie Has The Hong Kong Stock Market Spooked

saving general yang

His name is Adam Cheng Siu-chow.
And whenever Cheng's films hit movie and TV screens, the Hang Seng index tends to collapse.
Cheng's next movie — Saving General Yang — comes out on April 4.
CNBC's Deirdre Wang Morris points us to this story in the South China Morning Post.  Here are some of his film stats via the SCMP:
  • "The Greed Of Man," 1992: The Hang Seng fell 13 percent while the show was on.
  • "Legend of Yung Ching," 1997: The Hang Seng sunk below the below 10,000 while the series was running.
  • Cheng had shows airing during the Asian financial crisis of 1998 and the tech bubble burst of 2000.
  • The market fell during 11 of 17 of his television shows since 1992.
  • CLSA analysts say the markets do worse when the series are more tragic.
It's called the "Ting Hai effect," named after one of Cheng's characters who makes money by shorting derivatives and stocks.
File this one under bizarre stock market indicators.

Anyone Who Thinks Apple Will Rule The World Forever Should Look At This Picture.

Know what this is?
PDP 8 

It's one of the first mass-produced mini-computers--the PDP 8. 
The PDP-8 was made by Digital Equipment Corporation in 1965.
It cost $18,000.
It was much less powerful and vastly harder to use than a cheap smartphone is today.
The PDP-8 and similar machines made Digital Equipment Corporation the leader in the mini-computer revolution. Mini-computers provided a vast price-performance-and-usage improvement over mainframes, so they quickly took over the corporate computing world. Digital Equipment Corporation, meanwhile, became one of the world's most dominant technology companies.
For two decades, the company's stock soared. Nothing would ever stop Digital Equipment Corporation.
When the personal computer appeared, DEC's founder famously ridiculed it.
No one, Ken Olsen said, would ever want a computer in their home.
You know what happened next.

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