PopSlate is an innovative iPhone 5 case that add second screen, by adding an e-ink screen on the back of the phone case.
It’s low-power, always-on and customizable.
The screen can display any picture as a black and white image, by double tap or via the PopSlate app.
API will be available to integrate the e-ink screen with other applications.
E-ink display are low power requirements, only uses power when images change, and is readable even in the direct sunlight.
The case draws power from lightning power port, and your iPhone 5 can now charge with micro-USB cord, instead of a Lightning cable.
You can now play with Firefox OS on your desktop, by installing a Firefox browser add-on Firefox OS Simulator, called r2d2b2g.
Download, install the Firefox browser add-on, and start the Simulator by following the instruction in link below, then you will be at the lock screen of Firefox OS. Slide (with mouse) to the left to activate camera app or to the right to unlock.
Touchscreens nowadays are limited in that they only know where on the display they've been touched. FingerSense, is a technology that can tell exactly what they've been touched with, such as with your finger, knuckle, fingernail and even other objects, and also difference actions like flick, rub, knock, grasp.
FingerSense use an acoustic sensor and touchscreen that “listens” to the input, the FingerSense software is able to detect actions, it can also tell the difference between materials such as fingernail or difference stylus.
There are many possibilities to do with FingerSense, such as using different stylus for draw or erase, use knuckles to knock on things in a game.
Windows 8 officially launched, with a new tiles-based, touch-centric Metro interface, it's still somehow usable with mouse and keyboard. The new interface is flatter and Aero-less theme, and you can switch between Metro interface and traditional Windows desktop.
Lock Screen
Windows 8's lock screen is now with beautiful picture along with widgets, like time, emails and notifications from apps. You can choose to use "picture passwords," which let you swipe or draw gesture to unlock.
Start Screen
Old Start menu is gone, replaced with Windows 8's new Start screen, which is similar with Windows Phone. The new Start screen come with tiled application icon, which can show information and notifications for the app. You can also create tiles for games, contacts, and even traditional Windows apps that will pull you into the traditional Windows desktop. Move mouse to the bottom left corner and click (or press the Windows key) to return to the Start screen, you can start typing once you're on the Start screen to start searching for an app or setting.
Full Screen Apps
Tablet-optimized apps will go full screen, with touch-based controls, like pinch to zoom. Full Screen apps can be multitask and even run side by side, so you can watch video while browsing the web, or play game while writing an email, just like traditional Windows desktop.
Charms bar
A new menu bar on the right side of the screen, for options like search, sharing, accessing the Start screen, managing devices, and settings, all of which can be directly integrated with apps. The Charms bar can be accessed by swiping from the right edge of the screen, pointing in one of the right corners of the screen, or pressing Win+C.
Cloud Support
With Microsoft account, you can sync address book, photos, SkyDrive data, third-party apps data, and even Windows 8 PC settings up to the cloud. You can access your themes, languages, app settings, taskbar, etc on any other Windows 8 device once you sign in with Microsoft account.
Windows 8 also comes with other features and enhancements:
Improved boot time
Internet Explorer 10, can run on traditional desktop, or as new full-screen interface
Windows Store, one portal to discover all Windows apps
"Ribbon" interface Windows Explorer
Built-In Antivirus with Windows Defender
Redesigned Task Manager
System-wide spell-checking and search
"Refresh your PC", faster way to re-install Windows
Windows To Go, allows create of bootable USB and external hard disk
Microsoft announced a preview of new free web-based e-mail service Outlook.com, to be replacing Hotmail. Outlook.com come with Metro user interface (similar with Windows 8), designed to be touch friendly.
Outlook.com comes with unlimited storage. Hotmail users can upgrade to the new service just by logging in to Outlook.com, and keeping Hotmail addresses. Users can also change current email address to Outlook.com. New users can register a new Outlook.com addresses.
Modern: Metro interface and touch friendly, larger messages visible in inbox. Plus no display ads or large search boxes that take up that extra space.
Connected to Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google, and soon, Skype. Message to friends and post to Walls right from Outlook.com.
Smart. Automatically sorts messages from contacts, newsletters, shipping updates, and social updates. Integrated to free service such as Office Web Apps and SkyDrive.
Hotmail was launched in 1996 and was among the first free web-based e-mail services. Hotmail is still one of the web-based e-mail services with largest users.
Microsoft unveiled its brand new Office 2013, with Metro user interface (similar with Windows 8), along with various cloud-based features and more devices support.
Cloud-Based
Documents in Office 2013 are saved online to SkyDrive or SharePoint by default, enabling Office in the cloud for access, online edit, share, and post to social network.
More Devices Support
Office 2013 is optimized for touchscreen, available for Windows Phone 8 handsets as well. Recent files will be sync accoss different devices, Word and PowerPoint will remember where you were with reading a document, and then pick up for resume reading where you left off—even on a different PC or tablet.
Word 2013
-Present Online as you read through the document on your screen, the other party can follow along in their browsers.
-Open and edit PDF in Word, embed web videos into documents
Excel 2013
-Flash Fill learns and recognizes your pattern and auto-completes the remaining data
-Quick Analysis preview variety of ways to represent your data visually and apply
PowerPoint 2013
- Improved Presenter View, zoom in and zoom out of the presentation
- Navigation Grid, control and switch slides during presentation
Outlook2013
- Peeks and quick glance at schedule
- Share Your Calendar
A HTML5-based mobile OS from Mozilla (previously known as Boot to Gecko) - Firefox OS, is expected to be rolled out in 2013.
By using HTML5 and the new Mozilla-proposed standard APIs: Web Apps for Mobile -Firefox OS allows all features on the phone to be run with advancedHTML5, even basic messaging and call functions -All software running on the phone will be a web app that uses HTML5 techniques and device APIs rather than platform-specific native APIs -Unlocks many of the current limitations of web development on mobile, allows web app to access the phone's hardware directly via JavaScript, can taking advantage of smartphone features such as gyroscopes and cameras
-As the user interface is entirely written in HTML5 browser code, a web app can be run on other browsers outside of Firefox OS Lower Cost
-Developers will no longer need to learn and develop against platform-specific native APIs -Users no longer need to re-purchase apps for each device from different manufacturers
-Theoretically this should bring down the cost of producing the hardware
Here are highlight of some interesting products showcased in Google I/O.
Google Glass
An amazing demo for Google Glass live skydiving involving
with a group of skydivers using Google+ hangout, jumped out of a blimp above San Francisco and landed on the roof of San Francisco's Moscone Center, where Google I/O was taking place.
The getting popular browser is now available for iOS. It's using Safari as the core, but surprisingly quicker than the native browser. It has a number of cool navigation features and support sync for settings, tabs, bookmarks etc. Tabs opened on computer can be accessed and continue reading in the Chrome on smartphone.
Google Drive is now available for iOS. Files on Google drive can also make available offline for viewing in iOS. Offline editing and real-time collaboration is now possible on Google Drive online page. Real-time collaboration allow multiple users editing a document simultaneously from different devices, and have the changes all appear for all users (still remember Google Wave?).
A new product expected to first available for Android, that will attempt to "gets you just the right information at just the right time". Similar with Siri on iOS, but what it does differently is to proactively "push" you every information that you appear to be interested, such as traffic information or restaurant nearby based on your location. It will do even more, when you have an appointment, it checks traffic so you can know how long it'll take to get there and notify when you should leave.
Apple had just announced details of its upcomingiOS 6, but the final version will only available to the public later this year. Here are the highlighted changes:
Apple Maps
No more Google Maps. 3D and turn-by-turn navigation
Siri
More languages (Mandarin, Cantonese, Korean and more), new iPad support, more 3rd party apps support, car voice control
Facebook
Facebook integration includes Safari, Photos, Maps, Siri, Calendar, Contacts, Notification Center, App Store
Photo Streams
Share photos via iCloud, like photos and make comments
Passbook
New app for boarding passes, movie tickets, retail coupons, loyalty cards, all in one place
FaceTime
FaceTime over cellular networks
Phone
Decline a call and reply with text message or set callback reminder, new Do Not Disturb mode
Safari
Sync pages opened accross iDevices with iCloud Tabs, offline reading with Reading List, upload photo/video from Safari
Google had been actively introducing new product recently.
Google is rolling out a new Google+ feature to help people find restaurants around them, with recommendations from their friends via Google+ and Zagat.
You can access to Google+ Local from the new "Local" tab on the left-hand side of Google+, search for specific places, and you'll be taken to a local Google+ page, which including reviews from people.
Google+ Local also integrated across other products such as Google Search or Maps, and it will replace existing Google Place pages (the page you used to see when you click on Google Maps), all of the Google Place pages have been automatically converted into Google+ pages.
Also, read this intetesting article about Google+: Google+ is a ghost town, study says, where most of Google+ users are actually not active.
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