About two months ago, when Mac fanboys all over the world were all excited about the launch of the new MacBook Airs and the Mac OS X Lion, Apple made it a point to detail the new Thunderbolt Display, the first display that uses the Thunderbolt I/O (input/output) technology. On July 20, Apple said that they are launching the 27-inch display withing “the next 60 days” and this time, the company is looking to keep its promise. Apple news site MacRumors reported that Apple will start shipping the 27-inch Thunderbolt Display to...
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An Israel-based company called ICVT has developed a new image compression technology for JPEG pictures called JPEGmini, which reduces the image’s overall file size by up to 5 times while preserving its resolution and quality. The new technology was designed specifically for the Web as more photographers, professional and amateur, use the internet for archiving and storing their photos. JPEGmini enables users to share and upload image files faster and saves bandwidth and storage costs. According to the developers, JPEGmini works by...
As we live in a fast-paced world, we tend to lose track and let ourselves go. More of our time gets wasted on our everyday activities and we oftentimes fail to make time for ourselves and how we look. Now, L’Oreal has launched a campaign to bring back grooming in men. L’Oreal’s The Expert campaign is designed to create a personality for its Men Expert line of products, which encourages men to reconsider grooming. The campaign is headed by the Expert, an expert at being a man, giving advice to men everywhere, teaches men...
A study by research firm Juniper Reseahow’s predicts that shipments of touchscreen-only smartphones will surpass 700 million per year in 2016, 72 percent of total shipments compared to half in 2010. Extensive research into upcoming and recent mobile phone models found a trend going away from keyboard-only interfaces, and with one of the top smartphone manufacturer Research in Motion (RIM) announcing a line of new devices that only has touchscreen interfaces, there is further evidence of this “design strategy.” Daniel...
19-year old Nicholas Allegra, also known as “Comex,” revealed recently that in early September, he will be starting an internship with Apple. Comex is well-known as the hacker who is responsible for a number of high-profile jailbreaks of Apple’s iPhone. Allegra announced via Twitter that he will be starting an internship with Apple in “the week after next.” Last year, he gained notoriety when he released the JailbreakMe, a web-based exploit for the iPhone 4. “It’s been really, really fun, but it’s...
Making music using computers have been possible for quite a while now. Artists, musicians, producers, and even ‘normal’ people have been making music in their homes using mid to high end software for the last ten years or so. Now, researchers at the University of Hampton have developed a way to make music using tangible objects and computers. “Grab a block and add a base beat, turn a block to speed up the high hat and we have a new way to generate music through controlling the computer,” said Dr. Enrico Costanza...
For blind people, a guide dog is useful when crossing a noisy and busy street, and a cane is helpful in tapping out dangerous objects scattered around. However, not everyone is willing to look after a seeing-eye dog and canes have their limitations. For those who are looking for something more efficient, Steve Hoefer designed and constructed the Tacit, a wrist-mounted device that uses sonar to measure the user’s distance to objects. Through haptic feedback, it provides the visually impaired with a view of his surroundings. Since...
The first and only authorized biography of Apple’s co-founder Steve Jobs, which is set to be launched on November 21st, will be updated with news of his surprising resignation last Wednesday. Simon & Schuster, the book’s publisher, said that the highly-anticipated biography, which is written by biographer Walter Isaacson, will include the former CEO’s announcement last Wednesday from his point of view. Tracey Guest, a spokeswoman from Simon & Schuster, said that Isaacson “speaks to Jobs regularly and is...
Art is about the freedom to express yourself, which often results in controversial pieces that push the boundaries of decency and challenge the social norms. Art comes in all sorts of forms, it can be auditory (music) or visual (paintings, sculptures, etc.) and anything one can think of. Tech website TheNextWeb came across a piece of art called the “5 Million Dollars, 1 Terabyte,” which simply consists of a 1 TB external hard disk drive parked on a white pedestal. The $5 Million, 1 Terabyte artwork, which can be found at the...
The Santa Cruz Police Department in California, USA has implemented a predictive policing project, which began on 1st July and will end after six months, to help police officers predict certain crime types before it happens. The authorities will be using a complicated math equation, similar to the algorithm used for predicting earthquake aftershocks. Through the model, police officers will patrol areas that has minimal police presence with the goal of stopping crime. “There’s a belief that certain crime types — in this case,...