http://eggig.com Goose, Duck or White Egg Stories From Around The World Fri, 17 May 2013 03:16:12 CDT en http://eggig.com/story.php?title=new-yorker-launches-strongbox-source-protection-service Fri, 17 May 2013 03:16:12 CDT elecsl Technology 41 http://eggig.com/story.php?title=new-yorker-launches-strongbox-source-protection-service http://eggig.com/story.php?title=google-and-nasa-aim-to-give-ai-a-quantum-leap Fri, 17 May 2013 03:16:05 CDT elecsl Technology 23 http://eggig.com/story.php?title=google-and-nasa-aim-to-give-ai-a-quantum-leap http://eggig.com/story.php?title=google-photos-get-the-pinterest-touch Fri, 17 May 2013 03:15:45 CDT elecsl Technology 18 http://eggig.com/story.php?title=google-photos-get-the-pinterest-touch http://eggig.com/story.php?title=nokia-xpress-now-browser-brings-content-discovery-to-asha-phones-in-beta-now
Nokia took to its blog today to introduce Xpress Now, an enhanced version of its Xpress browser. Made for Asha devices, the web app delivers personalized content suggestions based both on your personal preferences and those of the browser's "more than 80 million monthly users." These new recommendations come courtesy of three separate browsers views: What's Hot, You May Also like and Most Liked. The categories are largely self-explanatory, and we imagine suggested content will be more spot-on after the app has been around for a few months. For the time being, though, Nokia Xpress Now is in beta in India, and it should make its away to other countries later in 2013.
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We saw a more unified company that needed three hours in one session to get their message across. Breaking today's keynote up into two days would have disrupted the momentum coming out of a company that closed the day at an all-time high on the stock market. Key areas of the business saw updates, all relaying the important foundation necessary to move Google forward over the next 10 years. ]]> Wed, 15 May 2013 22:01:44 CDT nisansala Technology 50 http://eggig.com/story.php?title=googles-three-hour-io-keynote-boils-down-to-these-highlights-and-one-theme-foundation http://eggig.com/story.php?title=hp-launches-split-x2-win-8-laptop-tablet Wed, 15 May 2013 22:01:11 CDT elecsl Technology 47 http://eggig.com/story.php?title=hp-launches-split-x2-win-8-laptop-tablet http://eggig.com/story.php?title=primesense-demonstrates-capri-3d-sensor-on-nexus-10-hands-on
Take the 3D sensor inside the Microsoft Kinect, shrink it down to a tenth of its original size and add a bunch of mobile capabilities, and you have yourself PrimeSense's latest conquest, better known as Capri. The company, which is the brains behind the Kinect, has been openly working on bringing a tiny-yet-advanced 3D experience to tablets, televisions and smartphones for quite some time now. And it's proud enough of its progress so far that it's willing to give some real-life demonstrations to developers attending Google I/O. You may not see Capri embedded on the PCB of your portable gadget anytime soon -- at least, not until PrimeSense winds up wooing the pants off a lucky OEM or two -- so in the meantime, the company has connected the sensor board to the Nexus 10 via micro-USB.

Unlike the Kinect, however, PrimeSense doesn't think gestures will play a significant role in how we use Capri to interact with our gadgets. Rather, it seems to be more focused on 3D-based use case scenarios, many of which haven't even been thought up yet. As you'll see in the video below, we were shown an AR game that takes the environment around you -- walls, furniture and other elements -- and uses them as restrictions, just as much as they would be in real life. In another app, Capri snapped a three-dimension shot of an object on the table in front of us, captured its measurements and let us export that image to another device or even a 3D printer. In many respects, PrimeSense appears to be taking the same strategy Google does with Glass: get developers excited about the tech in the hopes they'll come up with clever uses for it. And while the company isn't ready to put Capri in their hands yet, the SDK is up for grabs, and I/O is no doubt an ideal place to build excitement for it. If you're looking for more info, we have a gallery, video and press release below, and you'll find the SDK at the More Coverage link.

Gallery: PrimeSense Capri demo at Google IO
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Currently, Google Wallet is available on a plethora of smartphones, but is there really such a thing as too much coverage? Google surely doesn't seem to think so. Earlier today, the company added support for its mobile payment system to the GS4, HTC One (Sprint) and the Galaxy Note II (Sprint and US Cellular). If you own one of these devices, hit the Google Play link below to add its NFC-powered tap and pay capabilities.
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Source: Google Play ]]> Wed, 15 May 2013 22:00:09 CDT nandun Technology 28 http://eggig.com/story.php?title=google-wallet-comes-to-sprint-htc-one-galaxy-note-ii-gs4-and-us-cellular-note-ii http://eggig.com/story.php?title=amtrak-to-roll-out-high-efficiency-trains-with-regenerative-braking-video
Some of us look at electric trains as efficient transportation almost by definition, but that's not entirely true when they consume a lot of power and give little back. Amtrak is about to strike a better balance now that it's close to receiving the first of 70 high-efficiency Siemens ACS-64 trains destined for routes across DC, Massachusetts, New York and Pennsylvania. Each engine centers on a regenerative braking system that can recover up to 5MW of energy, much of which goes back to the power grid. The machinery is smarter, too: it can self-diagnose problems and mitigate the impact until repairs are possible. Commuters won't immediately notice the difference when ACS-64 trains reach the rails between this fall and 2016, but there should be important behind-the-scenes savings. Amtrak reckons that the new vehicles could lower energy consumption by 3 billion kilowatts in the long run, which might help both the company's bottom line and local utilities.
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Via: Inhabitat, Wired
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On the eve of Google I/O, Page and Co. have seen fit to polish the Google Play app with a fresh release. Version 4.1.6 of the mobile OS market brings colorful section buttons and improved spacing for "open" and "install" on application pages, along with a new layout for the wishlist feature that displays apps in rows of three. As for Google Play Services, it's received new syncing options for "App Data" and "People Details." Presumably they could relate to contacts, Google+ or even Mountain View's incoming gaming service, but something tells us we'll find out exactly what they do tomorrow. If your handset hasn't received the updated storefront just yet, follow the adjacent source link to install it by hand.
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Source: Droid Life (1), (2) ]]> Tue, 14 May 2013 22:05:35 CDT nandun Technology 22 http://eggig.com/story.php?title=google-play-spruced-up-in-new-release-services-app-nabs-new-syncing-options http://eggig.com/story.php?title=samsung-to-blaze-5g-wireless-trail-by-2020 Mon, 13 May 2013 21:59:46 CDT elecsl Technology 43 http://eggig.com/story.php?title=samsung-to-blaze-5g-wireless-trail-by-2020 http://eggig.com/story.php?title=xperia-zr-takes-the-plunge-for-underwater-photos-hd-video Mon, 13 May 2013 21:59:42 CDT elecsl Technology 22 http://eggig.com/story.php?title=xperia-zr-takes-the-plunge-for-underwater-photos-hd-video http://eggig.com/story.php?title=eyeing-4-5b-in-sales-this-year-phone-maker-xiaomi-looks-to-emulate-a-340-year-old-chinese-medicine-company
Lei Jun, the CEO of Android handset and OS maker Xiaomi, is arguably the face of tech entrepreneurship in China as a long-time angel investor and serial entrepreneur behind companies like Amazon-acquired Joyo.cn and the recently IPO'd YY.

He's been called the "Steve Jobs of China" in the sense that Xiaomi is an integrated hardware and software maker that has altered Android for Chinese tastes. They sell high-end Android phones at or slightly above the cost of materials and profit through accessories and eventually, software and services. While the country has been known for lower-end hardware makers, Xiaomi is pushing the idea that world-class products can be both made and designed in China. ]]> Thu, 09 May 2013 20:44:23 CDT nisansala Technology 81 http://eggig.com/story.php?title=eyeing-4-5b-in-sales-this-year-phone-maker-xiaomi-looks-to-emulate-a-340-year-old-chinese-medicine-company http://eggig.com/story.php?title=bluestacks-horns-in-on-ouyas-gaming-turf Thu, 09 May 2013 20:44:06 CDT elecsl Technology 79 http://eggig.com/story.php?title=bluestacks-horns-in-on-ouyas-gaming-turf http://eggig.com/story.php?title=microsoft-mulling-nook-media-llc-purchase-for-1-billion Wed, 08 May 2013 20:53:48 CDT nisansala Technology 27 http://eggig.com/story.php?title=microsoft-mulling-nook-media-llc-purchase-for-1-billion http://eggig.com/story.php?title=atts-year-old-nokia-lumia-900-finally-gets-a-taste-of-windows-phone-7-8 Wed, 08 May 2013 20:53:37 CDT nisansala Technology 20 http://eggig.com/story.php?title=atts-year-old-nokia-lumia-900-finally-gets-a-taste-of-windows-phone-7-8 http://eggig.com/story.php?title=obama-may-pick-twitter-lawyer-for-privacy-post Wed, 08 May 2013 20:53:20 CDT elecsl Technology 23 http://eggig.com/story.php?title=obama-may-pick-twitter-lawyer-for-privacy-post http://eggig.com/story.php?title=youtube-trends-map-shows-what-you-like-to-watch Wed, 08 May 2013 20:52:59 CDT elecsl Technology 19 http://eggig.com/story.php?title=youtube-trends-map-shows-what-you-like-to-watch http://eggig.com/story.php?title=sony-xperia-a-hits-the-fcc-with-5-inch-screen-and-removable-battery
Many have suspected that Sony wasn't done with its 2013 high-end phones just because the Xperia Z and ZL were shipping. As of today, that's more than just speculation: a once-rumored Xperia A has swung through the FCC for approval as NTT DoCoMo's SO-04E. The filing is unusually detailed for a device that isn't official, showing a 5-inch, 1080p handset that maintains Sony's OmniBalance look while including a removable, 2,300mAh battery that we haven't seen in the Z or ZL. The manual also has the Android phone sharing the Z's 13-megapixel camera, 16GB of built-in storage and LTE, although mum's the word on any upgrade to the Snapdragon S4 Pro. Sony hasn't confirmed what we're seeing, but we may not have long to learn the full story when NTT DoCoMo is revealing its summer mobile lineup on May 15th.
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