Hot on the heels of more Galaxy Note 5 photos leaking, we now know the date on which Samsung’s next phablet will be officially shown off.
Samsung’s next Unpacked 2015 event will go down at 11:00 am ET on August 13. The company teased its shindig with the image you see above, showing black lines against a white background. But wait…There appears to be something in the middle of those lines that has two sloping sides. Something shaped like a phone with a dual curved edge display.
While Samsung’s not saying what it plans to show at the event, it’s likely that we’ll see the Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 edge+ there. Both phones have been leaking like crazy lately, and reports have suggested that Samsung wanted to move the Note 5 up from its traditional early September launch to give it more time in the spotlight before Apple announces its new iPhone.
So now we’ve got a little more than two weeks to go before two major new Android phones are released. The wait could be difficult, but if the rumor mill is anything like it’s been lately, we’ll see some more leaks to help pass the time until August 13 rolls around.
El servicio de transporte privado inicia su expansión en el país con precios más bajos que en el DF; la compañía lanza una promoción como parte de la apertura del servicio en Querétaro.
The Moto G (3rd gen) is due to finally be made official at a special event tomorrow. That, however, doesn't mean we don't already know almost everything there is to know about it, thanks to a myriad of leaks and rumors we've seen over the past few weeks.
We've gotten the specs on several occasions (though certain things are still a mystery, for example how much RAM the base model will have), leaked renders, leaked hands-on images, as well as pricing information.
One thing that hasn't been talked about much is when exactly you'll be able to buy the Moto G (3rd gen). A leak from South America from a while back implied that it would go on sale on the day of its unveiling – namely, tomorrow. But that was it.
Now from the UK comes an image that's purported to be from the operator Three. It apparently contains a stock update communication sent by the operator to its employees.
As you can see, the Moto G is said to be launching on July 29, with stock of the device being sent to Three stores in advance of that, so there will be plenty of units to go around on the big day.
Keep in mind that this date could only apply to the UK. Other places may in fact get the Moto G a day earlier, while others still might wait for it some more.
This leaked image also tells us that Three will have Moto Maker vouchers for the new Moto G in stock on the same day. This means you'll get one of those vouchers from a Three store, then go online and configure your Moto G as you like it through Motorola's Moto Maker customization service, which will be available for a mid-range offering for the first time.
Furthermore, 200 Three shops will receive Moto Maker POS tablets, which are meant to demo the features of this…
What began as a simple ode to the old-world leisurely lifestyle that India once boasted, two female entrepreneurs have turned into an enterprise that is testament to the power of the country’s e-commerce market, when they decided to dip their toes into the business of selling sustainable luxury.
In the Spring of 2008, I sat down for lunch with Charlene Li — an industry analyst who had made a name for herself covering digital innovation for Forrester — at a place that would later seem prophetic. It was the Sky Kitchen, a small diner that serves the pilots at the San Carlos airport in Silicon Valley.
With the wealth of video content online these days, it has become increasingly difficult to find the time to consume it all. You could spend hours watching videos across social media sites and in mobile apps and still only scratch the surface of the day’s popular video offerings before tomorrow rolls around and brings with it a fresh wave of interesting clips.
Minute is a video discovery app that wants to make this video viewing experience simpler and more efficient. And it aims to do so by synthesizing the best of viral video and by bringing you a personalized daily digest of the web’s video content based on your likes and dislikes.
When you first open the free Minute app, you’ll be greeted with a couple of splash screens explaining the purpose of the app — “All the best videos, just shorter” — before jumping straight into the content. There’s no need to create an account, you can simply begin watching videos straight away.
Using crowd-sourced data and some algorithmic smarts, Minute presents users with sections of 6-10 videos to peruse. At the top page, you’ll see a section labeled ‘Your Daily News’ containing a collection of the day’s important, interesting, popular and noteworthy videos from a variety of publishers and on a broad spectrum of topics. Below it, lie curated sections dubbed ‘Entertain Me!’, ‘World of Sport’, ‘Geeks Only’, and ‘Funny as Hell’ to name a few. These can feature anything from movie trailers to wildlife to extreme sports and more.
Minute isn’t simply curating video playlists, though. When you enter into one of the sections, the videos within are presented in a card-like interface and are shortened to just the 15-25 seconds determined to be the most relevant and interesting part. Using various metrics, Minute’s data analysis algorithm is capable of identifying the best snippet of a video to present to you allowing you to breeze through a selection of videos in a fraction of the time it would take you in order to watch them all fully or skipping around to find that important moment. If a video strikes you as particularly interesting, you have the option to watch it in full at the tap of a button or bookmark it for viewing later.
The algorithm is excellent for shortening the viewing experience, allowing you to get a gist of more content in less time, and quickly decide if a clip is for you or not. Generally, it did find the best part of a video, cutting out a lot of the filler, but a couple of times I found the provided snippet to be just slightly off the mark. When watching highlights from this month’s CONCACAF Gold Cup, for example, the clips occasionally cut off footage of goals awkwardly. While I understand 25 seconds is restrictive, and the option to watch the full video is there, the experience was jarring when it happened (however infrequently it was).
Minute also learns from the videos you like (and dislike). That card-like interface, akin to Tinder in many ways, also operates a bit like the dating app in terms of its functionality — swipe right to like and left to register your dislike. Future video recommendations are tailored to your tastes and over time I found that my feed began to reflect my interests more and more.
As well as being great for some light entertainment, I actually found Minute to be a really useful way to quickly catch up on the day’s news. The ‘Your Daily News’ section was always up to date and most days has brought me a good cross-section of news I am interested in. The same can’t always be said for the other curated sections which sometimes managed to surface videos that were over a year old.
The overall user experience of Minute is superb. The app is fluid, easy to pick up and very polished. Being video-heavy by nature, the video loading speed can determine how great your experience feels but on a fast Wi-Fi or LTE connection you shouldn’t run into any problems. One small qualm I had with the app was when sharing a link to a video or playlist which requires the recipient to then open the video in Minute’s web view (from which it is difficult to open the video at its original source). Not a deal breaker by any means, but worth noting.
Minute is a unique, fun and easy to use way to consume video. While there are some areas for improvement, for the most part Minute achieves its aim of streamlining the video watching experience and allows you to indulge in multiple video highlights from different topics without spending hours trawling the web and social media. The app is well put together and the experience is of a high quality.
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