Daily Archives: July 24, 2015

Samsung Galaxy Note 5 will have 4GB of RAM, benchmark reveals

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As we get closer to the Samsung Galaxy Note 5's rumored launch date of August 13, more and more details about it are starting to surface. Just recently we saw it smiling for the camera in some live images, and we've had our fair share of renders originating at case makers too.

Now through a benchmark run it's been revealed that at least one version of the phone will come with 4GB of RAM. The Samsung SM-N920V was put through the paces of Geekbench, and it was caught with that amount of memory on board.

This is going to be Verizon's version of the top of the line smartphone. For now it's unclear if different carrier iterations will get different amounts of RAM.

The benchmark also reveals that the board used is "7420", which could imply that the Note 5 will sport the same chipset as the Galaxy S6 duo, namely Samsung's own Exynos 7420. However, the upcoming phablet has so far been rumored to come with the Exynos 7422, a similar solution to the 7420, but one that has the modem on the same chip. Keep in mind that the board for both may simply be called the same, so this might still happen.

Finally, Geekbench tells us that current Note 5 prototypes are running Android 5.1.1 Lollipop, which is no surprise really, since this is the latest version of Google's operating system at the moment.

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Big Data Detective: Can You Tell Good Data From Bad?

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In this age of big data, business leaders have access to unprecedented amounts of information about their customers, markets and industry. But how can they tell the good data—information that’s accurate, relevant and free from bias—from the bad? Here are some tips for how to identify the best possible data to inform your business decisions.

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Will Elite Athletes Use A Social Networking Site To Avoid Scams, Agree Deals & Plan For Retirement?

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A few months back I wrote about how ex-Manchester United and France soccer star Louis Saha had founded a start-up, Axis Stars, a social networking platform focussed on getting a fairer deal for athletes when they negotiate contracts with clubs, agents and sponsors, buy luxury goods, make investments or plan for a comfortable retirement.

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The PS4/Xbox One Console War Has Taken A Decidedly Stupid Turn

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The first real video game console war was detailed expertly in one of my favorite non-fiction books, aptly titled “Console Wars” by Blake J. Harris. It’s a story of drama, suspense, and even intrigue, and shows how Nintendo eventually bested SEGA to knock the rival company out of the console game. There are funny parts about how SEGA built Sonic the Hedgehog from scratch to compete with Mario (Sonic originally had fangs, a guitar and a busty girlfriend), and intense moments like when SEGA realized the Saturn was doomed once they understood Nintendo had the 64 on the horizon with the original PlayStation not far behind.

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Nintendo Just Filed A Patent For A Bizzare New Device

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Here’s what we do know: Nintendo is planning on changing things up, and soon. The legendary game developer has been pretty tight-lipped about its new “NX” console along with its “Quality of Life” initiative, promising only to tell us more about them in 2016. A new patent filing unearthed by a NeoGaf user, however, gives us an early glimpse at just what the company is planning. I’d say it was out of left field, but Nintendo basically just lives out there, hurling balls for us to catch whenever we’re up to it. From what I can tell, it appears to be a device that turns sleep into something like a video game. Here’s the abstract (the only part of the patent application in English):

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