Since the turn of the twentieth century, technology has put artistic and economic power in the hands of the owners of the means of production: movie and recording studios and media and publishing companies. One hundred years later, technology is turning the tables.
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‘The Taken King’ brings player-activated public events to Destiny’s Dreadnaught patrols in Court of Oryx.
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As the line between smartwatches and fitness bands grows blurrier and blurrier, Motorola is leading the way by releasing the Moto 360 Sport, which features the best of both worlds.
A part of the new Moto 360 Collection, the Moto 360 Sport is made for the fitness enthusiast. It bears a sporty design, made with a silicone casing featuring moisture wicking and air vents. It also boasts a bevy of sensors, including a heart rate monitor and on-board GPS.
One of the most noteworthy new features in the 360 Sport is its AnyLight hybrid display. From Motorola:
It’s the first of its kind; an LCD display that combines a traditional backlit transmissive screen with a front lit reflective technology. Moto 360 sport can switch between the two modes based on the lighting conditions to ensure you have the best experience, regardless if you are in a dark theatre or out on a run during the day.Moto 360 Sport AnnouncementMotorola
Release info on the Moto 360 Sport isn’t available today, but it should be soon. If the Moto 360 Sport interests you, be sure to keep an eye out.
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The Motorola Moto 360 is undoubtedly the smartwatch that put Android Wear in the map. It was the first round, full color smartwatch to hit the mass market, and it showed us just how beautiful a nontraditional watch could be. Today Motorola is announcing the much anticipated followup to the Moto 360 as a part of the new Moto 360 Collection, alongside the Moto 360 Sport.
The first thing you might notice about the new Moto 360 is its refined design. The bezel has been thinned out and the screen runs edge-to-edge now. It looks phenomenal, especially in the newest colorways (more in that in a bit). Size-wise, the new Moto 360 comes in several different sizes: 46mm and 42mm cases for men with 360×330 and 360×325 displays, respectively, and a 42mm case for women. For men, the standard Moto 360 colors are silver, black and gold with your choice of chamfer or micro knurl bezel treatments. Women get silver, gold and rose gold, and peak or micro etch bezels.
As you might have guessed by now, with all these different colors and bezel choices, the new Moto 360 is Moto Maker-compatible. Not only can you change the case color and bezel treatment, but also the bezel color and band. Speaking of the band, that’s also been redesigned for easier removal.
The specs of the new Moto 360 have also been updated:
The new, second gen Moto 360 is available for pre-order today from Motorola.com, Best Buy and Google. It starts at $299 and goes up to $429. It will be available in late September at Nordstrom’s, Best Buy and Verizon. The new Moto 360 is also expected to come to Asia, Europe and Latin America.
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Six-inch phones are a relatively normal occurrence in flagship devices in 2015, and with that normalcy has come the death of the word “phablet.” For better or worse, Lenovo’s got a shovel and they’re doing some digging with the announcement of the Phab Plus and Phab.
Sporting 6.8 and 6.9-inch displays, Lenovo is once again challenging the limits of what people are willing to carry around on a daily basis and hold against their face for long periods of time. But the Phab and Phab Plus aren’t meant for US, they won’t even be released here, so for markets where a smartphone is some people’s only access to the Internet, a 7-inch device makes a lot of sense.
Other than their gargantuan screens, the Phab phones are spec’d just about right for the price: $299 for the Plus and $179 for the regular Phab. The Plus comes with a Snapdragon 615 with 2GB of RAM, while the Phab comes with just 1GB. However, both do have an HD display. As previously mentioned, these won’t be released in the US, but they will be available elsewhere in September.
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Ask just about any smartphone user what they would love in a new device and you can almost guarantee all of them will say better battery life. Lenovo is taking on that challenge with the introduction of the Vibe P1 and P1M (these devices should look familiar from MWC) at a very affordable price.
The P1M is the lesser of the two devices, coming in at just $159 with a 5-inch 720p display, 64-bit MediaTek MT6735P 1.0GHz quad-core processor, 2GB of RAM, 16GB expandable storage, 8 and 5-megapixel cameras, Android 5.1 and a 4000mAh battery.
The flagship Vibe P1 boasts a 5-inch 1080p display, 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 1.5GHz octa-core processor, 2GB of RAM, 32GB expandable storage, 13 and 5-megapixel cameras, Android 5.1 and a whopping 5000mAh battery, all for just $279.
Unfortunately, both handsets are not slated for a US release, but they will be available in the markets in mid-September. If you want one bad enough, there’s sure to be a way to import one in the coming weeks.
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According to Lenovo, selfies are still a thing. Unfortunately, a quick check of your Facebook news feed will confirm this. So Lenovo is embracing the long-lasting trend with the Vibe S1, a new smartphone launching with two front-facing cameras.
Yes, that’s right, two front-facing cameras. The first is an 8-megapixel shooter for capturing your beautiful mug, and the second is a 2-megapixel depth sensor. The two cameras “work in tandem to unleash a myriad of new possibilities that can give selfies a creative twist.” Possibilities Lenovo suggest like getting rid of a photobomber, making the background blurry or superimposing your face in front of Eiffel Tower or Taj Mahal.
The rest of the phone isn’t too shabby: It comes with a 64-bit MediaTek MT6752 1.7GHz octa-core processor, 3GB of RAM, 32GB expandable storage, 5-inch 1080p display, 13-meapixel rear camera, Android 5.0 and a 2500mAh battery, all for $299, launching this November. The Vibe S1 also comes with a curved glass back reminiscent of the original Moto X.
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Sony has been persistent in using the same 20.7MP sensor for its flagship camera setup since the Xperia Z1. That makes for four generations of regular-sized Z-series members and two Compacts, so it’s fair to say that the imager was due for a replacement.
That’s precisely what Sony did and it’s now introduced a brand new custom sensor, exclusive to the company’s own device portfolio. Sources from Japan call it IMX300, but we couldn’t verify that. The chip debuts on the just announced Xperia Z5 lineup and is paired with an f/2.0 24mm-equivalent wide-angle lens.
The smartphone camera is being advertised as 23MP, and that’s what’s engraved on the backs of all three models, but that number only tells part of the story.
While we were shooting our camera samples with the pre-production models we have at the office, we noticed a discrepancy between the dimensions of 16:9 and 4:3 shots. That led us to dig in a little and we discovered that the camera utilizes what’s become known as a multi-aspect sensor.
Samples shot in 4:3 and 16:9 aspect ratios
Photos shot in 4:3 aspect come out at the headline 23MP resolution, or 5,520 x 4,140 pixels (22.85MP, but who’s counting). Meanwhile, the 16:9 aspect yields images, measuring 5,984 x 3,366 pixels (20.14MP). What you’ll notice, is that the 16:9 shots are wider than the 4:3 ones, hence they’re not cropped from 4:3, but instead use a different part of a larger sensor.
Basically, the effective area of the imager is at least (or exactly, we have no way of knowing) 5,984 x 4,140 pixels, totaling 24.77MP. The concept allows for optimum utilization of the image circle, projected by the lens, but also means you get comparable resolution in both ratios.
For example, if you were to extract a 16:9 aspect photo from a supposed 5,520 x 4,140 native 4:3 sensor, you’d be left with 5,520 x 3,105 pixels, or only 17.14MP. Additionally, your field of view (measured diagonally) would be narrower. With the multi-aspect sensor you get 3MP more and the same diagonal field of view, though obviously wider horizontal coverage. All that comes at the expense of wasting the extreme corners of the sensor, which we’re inclined to agree is a minor trade-off.
Sony, naturally, went the obvious route and branded the camera as 23MP, choosing go keep the nitty-gritties to itself. If it were to announce a 25MP camera, but users could only select a 23MP maximum resolution, we reckon marketing will have a lot to explain. More or less, the…
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Hulu is finally going to let you watch stuff without being pestered by ads. The streaming service announced a new paid plan today, and this will give you the freedom of watching your favorite content without it being interrupted by ads.
The catch is that it’s more expensive than Hulu’s other paid plan, which for $7.99 per month brings you “limited commercials”. If even those are too much for you to bear, then you can now opt for the “no commercials” variant, yours for $11.99 per month.
However, “due to streaming rights”, certain shows “will play with a short commercial before and after each episode”. Thankfully though there won’t be any interruptions while you’re watching.
The $7.99 plan isn’t going anywhere, so if you’re on that but don’t want to pay more you can just keep it. Hulu says this will continue to provide “a seamless and relevant ad experience by connecting viewers with the right advertisers”.
This year, the company has grown to 9 million US subscribers, up 50% from 2014.
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Land Rover is developing a special rear view mirror that makes that pesky trailer invisible. Well, sort of.
The post Land Rover Has a Cloaking Device for Your Horse Trailer appeared first on WIRED.
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