Monthly Archives: August 2015

LG’s new wireless portable keyboard folds into an easy-to-carry stick

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LG has developed what it is calling “the industry’s first solid rollable wireless portable keyboard.” Dubbed Rolly Keyboard, the device folds into a stick that you can easily carry in your pocket, purse, or briefcase, the company claims.

In its unfolded form, the keyboard is capable of connecting to two different devices at the same time via Bluetooth 3.0 – you can toggle between the devices by pressing a key. The device also has a couple of arms that fold out to support smartphones as well as tablets in an upright position. It is powered by a single AAA battery which LG claims gives up to three months of average use.

“LG Rolly Keyboard is just one of the many premium input devices we’ll be unveiling in the coming months as we expand our accessories offerings,” the company said. “The goal was to create a product that could add more value to LG smartphones and tablets at the same time offering a unique design proposition that hadn’t been explored before.”

The keyboard will be showcased at the upcoming IFA event in Berlin, and will be launched in the United States shortly thereafter. It will land in Europe, Latin America, and Asia in Q4 this year. There was, however, no word on…

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Facebook M es la respuesta de Mark Zuckerberg a Google Now, Siri y Cortana

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Desde que Facebook cosechara sus éxitos con la compra de WhatsApp o Instagram, y haber colocado otros servicios como Facebook Messenger en una posición bastante dominadora, esto ha conseguido que aumentara las ganas de Mark Zuckerberg por seguir introduciéndose en nuestros dispositivos con una mayor presencia. Los asistentes virtuales son una categoría que está siendo deseada por muchas compañías, y la de Zuckerberg no podía faltar a la cita.

Hoy mismo Facebook ha desvelado su apuesta para contratacar a los Siri, Google Now y Cortana con un asistente digital que intentará ser algo distinto a lo acontecido con los nombrados. Facebook M se introducirá directamente en Facebook Messenger para contestar a tus preguntas y para aquellos momentos en los que los algoritmos “no saben que decir”, estamos ante un asistente al que se le ha entrenado con personas reales, por lo que su ayuda podrá ser más considerada si la comparamos con otros asistentes.

Una apuesta distinta

Así tal cual, Facebook dice que su inteligencia artificial ha sido entrenada y supervisada por personas reales. Por lo que este anuncio en parte confirma los rumores acontecidos en las semanas pasadas donde se comentaba que la compañía estaba detrás del desarrollo de un asistente de voz por motu propio.

Facebook M

Facebook M no solamente provee de información y datos, sino que te puede ayudar a realizar pedidos y reservas en localizaciones cercanas a donde te encuentres. Facebook quiere que ofrezca una experiencia total y el usuario no tenga que relegar en un motor de búsqueda que se puede utilizar en un navegador web cuando el usuario no encuentra lo buscado en el asistente de voz.

Por lo que “M” aparecerá como un propio contacto con el que podemos entablar una conversación o preguntarle cosas para que no tengamos ni que salir de esta ventana para realizar búsquedas. La diferencia con Cortana, Siri o Google Now es que no ofrece resultados de búsqueda predictivos, por lo que la apuesta de Zuckerberg va por otro camino aunque luego su objetivo sea el mismo, que los usuarios estén pegados a su servicio y no salten a otro.

Directo contra la competencia

También era raro que la compañía de Zuckerberg no se acercara a esta categoría de apps que suelen aunar en ella un montón de actividades y acciones. Si ya vimos como se introdujo directamente en la mensajería online de la mano de WhatsApp o lo que es la fotografía gracias a Instagram, la tentativa de Facebook con M es toda una mayor apuesta, ya que parte de si mismo para proveer de un servicio en el que hay que poner muchos esfuerzos para intentar ofrecer algo distinto a Siri, Google Now o Cortana. Justamente hace dos días estábamos hablando de la incorporación de la beta pública de Cortana.

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De momento M se encuentra en fase de pruebas para un grupo de cien personas en San Francisco. Debido a esa fase de desarrollo tardará todavía un poco en llegar a los demás usuarios de Facebook Messenger.

Toda una gran novedad que seguirá sumando para que Messenger vaya siendo algo más que una app para la mensajería online como en un principio fue su gran objetivo.

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Evernote is pulling the plug on its Food app

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Popular productivity app company Evernote has announced that it is killing off its Food app, which was released back in 2011 and allowed users to find and save recipes and click food photos.

“As of September 30th, we’ll no longer support Evernote Food for iOS and Android,” the company said in a blog post. “This means the apps will no longer be available for download and we won’t be making any further updates to them. It also means that features within the apps, including sync with the Evernote service, will no longer work.”

In addition, Evernote said that its core apps and Web Clipper are now capable of doing what Food did best: clipping recipes and snapping photos of meals. The company is also suggesting users to check out its App Center Food Collection that features Evernote-integrated food-centric…

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Amazon’s Prime Instant Video service to launch in Japan next month

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Amazon Prime Instant Video, a subscription-based service that allows users to stream movies and TV shows to their device, will be launched in Japan next month. The service will be available at no extra cost for members of Amazon Prime, which launched around a decade ago in Japan, and is available for $32.50 a year or $2.71 per month in the country.

As for the content, Prime Instant Video will include popular US and Japanese movies, TV shows, variety shows, anime, concerts, as well as Amazon Originals like Mozart in the Jungle, Transparent, and Tumble Leaf. Select titles will also be available in 4K Ultra HD.

The service will also be available on the Amazon Video app for iOS and Android phones and tablets, Fire tablets, game consoles, and smart TVs.

Incidentally, Netflix is also launching its streaming service in Japan next month – precisely, on September 2, i.e. next week.

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Obi Worldphone entering the affordable Android battle with SF1 and SJ1.5

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The battle for mobile dominance in emerging markets has heated up lately, and even Google has gotten in on the action with its Android One program. Now a new competitor has entered the fray.

Obi Worldphone is a new company that’s co-founded by John Sculley, who once worked as CEO of Apple. The company today introduced its first two smartphones, the SF1 and SJ1.5, which it says are targeted at “young consumers in high-growth markets” like Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, South Africa, Pakistan, Turkey and India.

Pricing for the SF1 will start at $199, while the SJ1.5 will set buyers back $129. Here’s what the spec sheets for the two phones look like:

SF1

  • 5-inch 1920×1080 display with Gorilla Glass 4
  • 1.5GHz octa-core Snapdragon 615
  • 13-megapixel rear camera with Sony IMX214 sensor and LED flash
  • 5-megapixel front camera with LED flash
  • microSD slot
  • 3000mAh battery
  • 4G LTE
  • Android 5.0.2 beneath custom Lifespeed user interface
  • 2GB of RAM/16GB of storage for $199
  • 3GB of RAM/32GB of storage for $249
  • Fiberglass unibody construction

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SJ1.5

  • 5-inch 1280×720 display
  • 1.3GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6580 processor
  • 8-megapixel rear camera with OmniVision sensor and flash
  • 5-megapixel front camera
  • microSD slot
  • 3000mAh battery
  • Android 5.1 beneath Lifespeed UI
  • 1GB of RAM/16GB of storage for $129
  • Polycarbonate body

The low-cost Android market is pretty competitive, with many major manufacturers and even more smaller ones all vying for consumers’ dollars. While Obi Worldphone is a newcomer, the company does have the whole “former Apple CEO is co-founder” thing going for it, and its first two phones aren’t too shabby looking. It’ll definitely be interesting to see how they fare in the handful of countries that they’re launching in.

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