Monthly Archives: August 2015

The Secret Weapon Of ‘Fear the Walking Dead’

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Tonight is the series premiere of Fear the Walking Dead, AMC’s spin-off of their shambling ratings monster, The Walking Dead. To call it a “spin-off” is a bit of a misnomer, however. There are no cast members from the original show starring in Fear the Walking Dead, nor are they likely to even appear on the show, considering it’s set in a different timeline and is all the way across the country in an apocalyptic age when air travel is a no-go.

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Los LG G Watch R ya tienen finalmente Wi-Fi gracias a la última actualización

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Plano general del LG G Watch R

El LG G Watch R es uno de los relojes inteligentes más bien valorados que podemos encontrar actualmente en el mercado. Tampoco es que tengamos un gran catálogo, pero el objetivo de los coreanos era claramente competir con el Motorola Moto 360 y con ese objetivo llegó uno de los pocos dispositivos con esfera circular.

Un corte clásico y una potencia correcta, una combinación que ya podría valer para muchos. Pero lo que realmente centró los focos de interés fue el anuncio de que a lo largo del tercer trimestre el dispositivo recibiría una actualización que activaría el Wi-Fi que trae incorporado.

Esta característica, que llega gracias a la actualización de abril de Android Wear, permite a los relojes inteligentes mantener casi la totalidad de sus funcionalidades sin requerir tener el teléfono emparejado constantemente mediante Bluetooth. Así pues, seguiremos recibiendo todas las notificaciones siempre que tengamos una conexión Wi-Fi cerca, algo que sin duda será muy útil para muchos usuarios.

Reloj en el LG G Watch R

Pero esta novedad no se queda estancada únicamente en los LG G Watch R. La actualización, como ya viene siendo habitual, llega en forma de OTA y también añadirá dicha conexión Wi-Fi a los más recientes LG G Watch Urbane.

Además del Wi-Fi, otras cosas que también llegan con la actualización son un soporte adicional de caretas que podremos descargar directamente desde Google Play, la posibilidad de usar determinadas áreas de la pantalla para mostrar información adicional y un conjunto de funcionalidades nuevas que incluyen la traducción en múltiples idiomas y la predicción meteorológica de los siguientes cuatro días.

Probablemente esta primera generación de Smartwatches no ha tenido la repercusión que los fabricantes hubieran querido, pese a que precisamente LG ha hecho campañas muy agresivas en las que ha regalado miles de dispositivos con la compra de algunos de sus teléfonos de gama alta.

Pese a ello, esta primera oleada ha servido para recabar información sobre lo que los usuarios buscan y sobre las limitaciones de la industria actual, por lo que estamos seguros que en un futuro podremos ver dispositivos mucho más interesantes y que tendrán una mejor aceptación por parte del público.

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The Fastest Way To Prepare Yourself For ‘Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain’

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Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain comes out in a little less than two weeks. It was always going to be one of the biggest games of the year, but the recent drama surrounding Konami and Hideo Kojima, and the fact that this will be the last Kojima-led game in the series, means that expectations are higher than ever.

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It all began with a failed rice cooker – a glimpse at Sony’s history

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It’s a well known fact that Sony, a multinational conglomerate head-quartered in Tokyo, Japan, is one of the leading brands in the consumer as well as professional electronics market today. However, what is not widely known is how it all began. In this article, we’ll take a brief look at the company’s history – it’s journey from the beginning to where it is today, as well as some its milestone products.

The Beginning

Around 70 years ago, in the year 1945, defense contractor Masaru Ibuka established a company called Tokyo Tsushin Kenkyujo”(Totsuken), or Tokyo Telecommunications Research Institute. This was the time when the World War II had just ended. Ibuka’s firm operated from the third floor of the damaged Shirokiya Department Store (shown below) in Tokyo.

Although the company mainly focused on radio repairs, it also came up with its own product: an electric rice cooker.

Made by interlocking aluminum electrodes connected to the bottom of a wooden tub, the product lacked innovation, and mostly produced either overcooked or undercooked rice – the result depended on the type of rice as well as the quantity of water used. Overall, it was a failed attempt, and the cooker never hit the market.

Tape recorders and transistors

In May 1946, Ibuka joined hands with former naval lieutenant Akio Morita to launch a new business called Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo K.K. (Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Corporation), also known as Totsuko.

Based in Nihonbashi, Tokyo, the firm was started with an initial investment of 190,000 yen (around $1,500 today), and also incorporated Ibuka’s radio repair business along with its entire staff. Totsuko focused on research and manufacture of telecommunications and measuring equipment.

The company’s first creation was a ‘Power megaphone’ that went on sale in October 1947. Three years later, the firm launched Japan’s first magnetite-coated, paper-based recording tape, dubbed Soni-Tape.

A few months later, the country’s first magnetic tape recorder, the G-Type was also launched. Interestingly, the device was viewed as a product for government use, hence the G in G Type.

The product didn’t sell well initially, primarily because people knew little about tape recorders and how they can be useful. This led to Ibuka and Morita personally visiting places like government agencies, schools, and universities to market the product, and convince people that they need one. Eventually, their efforts bore fruit, and the product sales picked up.

The very next year, Totsuko launched the P-Type portable tape recorder, which was not only smaller and lighter than G-Type, but was also less expensive. It was also commercially successful.

In 1952, Ibuka and Morita learned about transistor (developed by Bell Laboratories) on their trip to the US. They wasted no time in applying for its license, which they obtained in 1953. Given the fact that transistors were a smaller, durable, and less expensive alternative to vacuum tubes (which were used in Totsuko’s products till now), the company started working on a small radio that could be carried in hand or pocket.

Meanwhile, with an aim to go global, both Ibuka and Morita decided to have a short brand name that could be easily remembered – they zeroed down on SONY, a mix of the Latin word “Sonus” (which meant sound) and “Sonny”, an American name for boys mostly used in 1950s. This happened in the year 1955, when the company finally released TR-55, the country’s first transistor radio. Measuring in at just 14 x 8.9 x 3.4cm, the device was an instant hit.

The Sony brand became immensely popular, so much so that the company changed its own name to Sony Corporation in 1958. A couple of years later the company launched a transistorized television, and also established trade offices in the US and Switzerland.

The early 1960s saw the company developing transistor based products including the TC-777 amp tape recorder, world’s smallest and lightest TV dubbed TV5-303, country’s first stereo amplifier, the TA-1120, as well as the TC-357, a tape recorder featuring automatic recording adjustment.

In the second half of the decade, Sony launched products like its first cassette tape recorder, the Magazine-matic 100 TC-100, world’s first IC radio, the ICR-100, as well as a Chromatron-type 19-inch color TV, 19C-70, and…

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