Daily Archives: August 18, 2015

Google launches OnHub smart Wi-Fi router for $199.99

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Google’s latest hardware project is, a bit unexpectedly perhaps, a Wi-Fi router. It’s called OnHub and it’s built in partnership with TP-Link. Oh, and it looks nothing like your average router.

The OnHub is an AC1900 router, boasting a total of 13 built-in antennas: 6 for the 2.4 GHz band, 6 for 5 GHz, and another one that’s used for continuously monitoring your environment for wireless congestions. In conjunction with this antenna’s scans, the software automatically switches wireless channels when necessary (but not when you’re actively using the Internet).

Aside from the 802.11ac support, you get legacy a/b/g/n too, but this router also has Bluetooth (with Bluetooth Smart Ready), and support for Weave and 802.15.4, so it’s as future-proof as possible.

Speaking of which, Google promises many firmware updates, and these will apparently download and install automatically. The OnHub doesn’t have annoying blinking lights, instead featuring a dimmable four-color light ring that uses each of those colors to give you feedback.

On the hardware side, we’re looking at a Qualcomm / Atheros chipset solution, with an IPQ8064 1.4 GHz dual-core processor, 1GB of RAM, 8MB of NOR flash, 4GB of eMMC flash, and a QCA8337 Gigabit Ethernet switch.

There’s only one Ethernet port, though, unlike normal routers which come with four. The OnHub has a USB 3.0 port, an ambient light sensor (presumably for auto-dimming those LEDs), and a 3W integrated speaker. This is used for the initial setup of the router, which also requires an Android or iOS device and the Google On app installed.

Basically all the management of the router is done via this app. It lets you easily test the speed of your connection, see each connected device and which is using the most bandwidth, and even prioritize the traffic from certain devices.

The OnHub is available to order today from the Google Store as well as many other retailers. It costs $199.99 and is offered in blue and black. According to Amazon, it will be released on August 31. Google itself only says it will be shipping “in the coming weeks”.

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Twitch Will Never Beat ‘Dark Souls,’ But The Attempt Is A Glorious Trainwreck

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Last year, Twitch chat garnered attention for something besides being a stream of consciousness feed of idiocy and memes. Users banded together to use chat to beat the original Pokemon, inputting commands in a lengthy stream, crawling their way through the game one painful step at a time. It took them 16 days, but in the end, they were victorious.

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The Best Enterprise Cloud Computing Startups To Work For In 2015

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Employees are most recommending CloudLock, Nutanix, Apprenda, SendGrid, Plex Systems, Cloud Sherpas, FinancialForce.com, Duo Security, Pure Storage and MarkLogic to their friends interested in working at an enterprise cloud computing startup.
43% of the most funded enterprise cloud computing startups are in the Bay Area, 17% in Boston, 5% in New York City and Seattle each and 4% in Los Angeles.
10% are in A-Stage funding, 24% in B-Stage, 21% in C-stage and 45% are in late stage funding.

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Google takes Android One to Africa with the $87 Infinix Hot 2

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Today Google has announced that the Android One program has entered a new continent: Africa. So far, the company’s affordable smartphone initiative has been contained to certain Asian markets.

However, with the Infinix Hot 2 handset, Android One will debut in Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Egypt, and Morocco. These countries have combined populations of 379 million people. Infinix, Google’s partner this time around, is apparently “one of the hottest, fastest growing smartphone brands in Africa”.

The Infinix Hot 2 comes with a 5-inch 720p touchscreen, an 8 MP rear camera with LED flash, a 2 MP selfie snapper, a 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek processor, 16GB of storage, dual-SIM support, an FM radio, and a 2,200 mAh battery. There’s a version with 1GB of RAM, and this is offered in black, white, red, or blue, and another with 2GB of RAM, which is only out in gold.

The smartphone runs Android 5.1.1 Lollipop from the get-go, and it’s also guaranteed to receive an update to Android 6.0 Marshmallow at some point in the future.

The Hot 2 is available today in Nigeria for NGN 17,500 (with 1GB of RAM) or NGN 19,500 (with 2GB of RAM). These prices currently translate into $87 and $97, respectively (or €79 and €88). The device will make its way to the other African countries mentioned above “over the next few weeks”, presumably with similar pricing.

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Google Hangouts Now Has Its Own Website

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Google has launched a dedicated website for Hangouts, a communication platform for instant messaging, voice and video calls. This will be handy for active users that were looking for another way to use Hangouts without having to log in to Gmail, Google+ or the Google Chrome Hangouts extension. The URL for the standalone Google Hangouts website is hangouts.google.com.
Through the Google Hangouts website, you can message a friend or start group chats. You can add up to 100 people in a group chat, which also supports photos, maps, stickers, GIFs and emoji. The Hangouts website makes it very easy to set up video calls too. For video calls, you can talk one-on-one or set up a group call with up to 10 people. Your Google Hangouts chats also sync between your mobile devices so you can continue your conversations on the Hangouts Android, iOS and web applications.

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