Smart Utility Systems recently opened a Water and Energy Innovation Center in Silicon Valley. Image: SUS Every year, Americans waste a trillion gallons of water, according to the Environmental Protection Agency — and the way we do it is pretty embarrassing. Most of it is through leaky faucets in our kitchens and
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Despite an onslaught of new product and exciting architecture from AMD, Nvidia only increased it’s dominance in Desktop GPU market share during Q2 2015.
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From laser powered nuclear explosions to power a jetliner to a drone that can transform into a small submersible, Boeing takes science fiction closer to technical reality through a series of patents.
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Data startup Confluent has Silicon Valley buzzing about its Apache Kafka software. Here’s 3 reasons why its cofounders were able to successfully incubate their idea while at LinkedIn.
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Sleek, more silent and extremely colorful, Razer Deathstalker Chroma will make a welcome addition to your gaming arsenal. Forbes contributor Todd Kenreck reviews Razer’s latest keyboard.
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Llevamos tiempo escuchando rumores sobre la posibilidad de que el fabricante canadiense lanzase un teléfono móvil con el sistema operativo de Google. En principio no eran más que rumores, pero estas imágenes dejan muy claro que en breve habrá una BlackBerry con Android y se llamará BlackBerry Venice.
Por ahora no sabemos una fecha concreta ni información, pero estas imágenes filtradas dejan muy claro que el BlackBerry Venice existe y que funcionará con Android tal y como podemos ver en el teclado como en el botón del menú.
BlackBerry no ha sabido adaptarse a la llegada de Android e iOS al mercado de la telefonía, pero por suerte parece que el fabricante pretende dar un gran giro en el timón y ofrecer un teléfono BlackBerry con Android que sea una opción a tener. Y ya os digo que, si los rumores son ciertos, el BlackBerry Venice será un dispositivo muy potente.
Comenzaremos hablando de su pantalla, formada por un panel de 5.4 pulgadas con bordes curvados, muy al estilo Galaxy S6 Edge+, y que alcanzará una resolución de 2560 x 1440 píxeles (QHD). Bajo el capó del BlackBerry Venice se espera un procesador Qualcomm Snapdragon 808, el mismo que monta el LG G4, además de 3 GB de memoria RAM.
Se espera que la cámara trasera del BlackBerry Venice esté formado por una lente de 18 megapíxeles, además de contar con una cámara frontal de 5 megapíxeles, más que suficiente para realizar videollamadas o algún auto retrato. Se espera que el nuevo teléfono de BlackBerry con Android llegue a finales de 2015, aunque no sabemos la fecha exacta.
Habrá que ver cómo les funciona este teléfono a BlackBerry porque hay que tener muy claro que es un movimiento muy arriesgado. El fabricante canadiense ha perdido gran parte de su cuota de mercado y ahora sobreviven a duras penas gracias al nivel de seguridad que ofrecen sus terminales.
El hecho de entrar en el mercado Android con un teléfono móvil de estas características les obliga a ofrecer el BlackBerry Venice a un precio mínimo de 500 euros. Teniendo en cuenta que la gran mayoría de usuarios de un BlackBerry son fieles incondicionales de la marca y su sistema operativo , habrá que ver la respuesta de estos clientes ante la llegada de un dispositivo BlackBerry que funcione con Android.
Y vosotros, ¿os compraríais un teléfono BlackBerry con Android por 500 euros? ¿Creéis que el BlackBerry Venice tendrá éxito en el mercado?
El artículo Así es el BlackBerry Venice, el primer teléfono BlackBerry con Android ha sido originalmente publicado en Androidsis.
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Samsung has a new smartwatch on the way called the Gear S2, and it sports a round face with a unique-looking interface. The company has been teasing it for a bit of time now, and now it’s adding a teaser video to the mix.
The video is focused primarily on the UI, showcasing different aspects of what future owners will be interacting with on a regular basis. That includes the heart rate monitor, the weather, menu and, unsurprisingly, the clock. It’s a short video, but it ends with another tease, “Berlin 09.03.2015,” which would seem to be an obvious suggestion that Samsung plans on talking more about the Gear S2 at IFA in Berlin on September 3.
As it stands right now, only rumors have tried to confirm what the Gear S2 packs under the hood, including a dual-core Exynos 3472 processor, 768MB of RAM, and 4GB of built-in storage. The battery is said to measure in at 250mAh. The display is said to be a Super AMOLED panel, but just how big it is remains unknown. And, finally, the Gear S2 is more than likely running Samsung’s Tizen operating system, not Android Wear.
Are you looking forward to hearing more about Samsung’s Gear S2?
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Blackberry is a company that many, myself included, didn’t think would last this long. But it has clung to life with a loyal fan base. That base isn’t enough to sustain BlackBerry, though, so it’s turning to a different tactic. Blackberry is going to become a manufacturer of Android devices. Its first device is codenamed the BlackBerry Venice, and according to a new leak, it’s arriving in November with a launch on all four major US carriers.
Famed leaker @evleaks has leaked a couple photos of the device with the above information. The biggest news is that the BlackBerry Venice will indeed have a physical, sliding keyboard. Simply slide the phone up to access a full physical QWERTY keyboard, which should be a welcome addition for the loyal BlackBerry customers who will be looking to switch over.
In case there was any doubt… http://pic.twitter.com/yfFfyqEg5v
— Evan Blass (@evleaks) August 19, 2015
A second collage of images also shows two software additions from BlackBerry. The first is a content transfer system that looks like it’ll be available for existing BlackBerrys as well as the new BlackBerry Android devices. It’ll allow customers to back up everything on their old device and have it automatically restore onto their new BlackBerry. The other addition is that of BlackBerry Hub, which we expected to be on the Venice. For those unfamiliar, BlackBerry Hub is a one-stop shop for managing email, texts and social media.
As of now, we’ll just have to wait until November for official word on the BlackBerry Venice. We’ll be sure to keep you posted on further leaks and rumors.
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Call for a ride with your phone, enter a destination (if you’d like), and then get out of the car once you arrive. These days, that’s all it takes to get from point A to point B with the rideshare app Uber. The process is painless, easy and most importantly of all, frictionless. And that’s exactly how Uber wants to keep it.
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Physics and biology are two obvious sciences explored in Star Trek. But the science of geology also played a pivotal role in the series.
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