Freshly leaked images of what is purported to be Lenovo‘s upcoming Moto G5 show what appears to be a metal body and suggest the phone will feature a removable battery. The handset, which is expected to debut later this month at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, was shown in the hands-on images shared by Portuguese …
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Disney develops room with ‘ubiquitous wireless’ charging
Disney Research is taking wireless charging to a whole new level. The scientific and tech arm of the entertainment giant has built a prototype room with “ubiquitous wireless power delivery” that allows several devices to be charged wirelessly in much the way we get internet access through Wi-Fi. By tapping quasistatic cavity resonance, researchers discovered they could generate magnetic fields …
Read More »Samsung’s reputation plummets after Note 7 debacle
While Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 was going up in smoke, the company’s reputation was going down in flames. The Korean electronics giant came in at No. 49 in Harris Poll’s annual US Reputation Quotient Report, the market researcher said Monday. Last year, Samsung was ranked No. 7 in the corporate reputation rankings for the 100 most visible companies in the …
Read More »Facebook is going live on NBA All
Hey, wanna watch the NBA slam dunk contest on Facebook along with basketball great Kevin Garnett? Well, you’re in luck. The NBA and Turner Sports are teaming up with Facebook Live for the annual All-Star slam dunk contest. The show will feature Garnett, an analyst at Turner-owned TNT, and some of his friends during the popular exhibition event, which features …
Read More »Throw down: Now you can experience NBA All
Wanna see Golden State Warriors All-Star sharpshooter Klay Thompson win his second straight three-point contest in virtual reality? Or, how about the Orlando Magic’s high-flying Aaron Gordon throwing it down seemingly right in your face in this year’s slam dunk contest? Wish no longer. NextVR will be showing on-demand highlights of the big party that is the 2017 NBA All-Star …
Read More »Valve boss trashes his own ‘marginally adequate’ VR headset
Gabe Newell, CEO of game developer Valve, says he’s not going to lose any sleep if VR doesn’t take off. “We’re optimistic. We think VR is going to be great,” Newell stated in an interview with Polygon. “We’re also pretty comfortable with the idea that it will turn out to be a complete failure.” One of VR’s biggest hurdles right …
Read More »HTC will launch mobile VR device as follow
HTC will soon launch a new virtual reality toy you can use on the go. The device will be compatible with HTC’s new flagship phone, the U Ultra. But HTC says it won’t be just a simple headset like Samsung‘s Gear VR. VR, which puts headset wearers into a computer-generated digital world, has swept across the tech industry over the …
Read More »HTC readies U series phone launches in Asia, Europe
HTC’s new flagship phones, the U Play and U Ultra, are starting to make their way around the world. Chia-Lin Chang, HTC’s president of global sales, said the phone will start shipping in countries in Asia this week and in parts of Europe in March. (You can already buy it in HTC’s home base of Taiwan.) He spoke at an …
Read More »LG G6 to feature new 6.0 mobile user interface
LG’s G6, its new flagship phone, will feature a new mobile user interface when it’s unveiled later this month, the handset maker said Wednesday. The new user interface, dubbed UX 6.0, will allow the device’s 5.7-inch display with 18:9 aspect ratio to shoot photos and review them simultaneously side by side in a new Square Camera mode. The new interface, …
Read More »Drones could save your life in a natural disaster
With Japan’s track record of natural disasters, the country is understandably always on the lookout for ways to better prepare itself. Japan is now looking to the skies, working to develop drones to help out in the case of an earthquake or other trouble. The country last week trialled special drones mounted with speaker systems that can direct citizens to …
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