Daily Archives: December 30, 2015

Digital Storage Projections For 2016, Part 1

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2016 will see the emergence of new solid-state storage solutions and the growth of interfaces that can use the performance that solid-state storage makes possible. 3D flash will grow in market penetration with offerings by multiple companies. Solid-state client and enterprise storage will grow, driving many new system start ups at the same time that device and interface commoditization and consolidation is underway. One way or the other, 2016 is the year that solid-state storage goes vertical!

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Samsung Pay se extenderá a pagos on-line y a teléfonos más baratos

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Samsung Pay en un Walmart

Anunciado en el Mobile World Congress de este año, Samsung Pay es el servicio de pago mediante smartphones creado y desarrollado por Samsung, de momento únicamente disponible en Estados Unidos y Corea del Sur y en terminales como el Samsung Galaxy S6 o el Note 5, compatibles con su exclusiva tecnología Magnetic Source Transmission.

A inicios de Noviembre recibimos ya un rumor en el que se exponía la posibilidad de expansión de dicho servicio a países como España, Reino Unido y China, que hoy se confirma con las palabras de su co-director general de Samsung Pay, Thomas Ko, en un reciente post de Reuters. Por lo que respecta a Sudamérica, Thomas Ko no ha pronunciado ni una palabra respecto a abrir su mercado a estos países.

Expansión de móviles compatibles con Samsung Pay

Ko, en su última entrevista, declaró que los terminales Samsung con un precio moderado empezarán a ofrecer Samsung Pay “en el transcurso del año que viene”. Conociendo la gama media-baja de Samsung intuimos que se trata de terminales como el Galaxy A3, el A5 o el J5, y por lógica su anterior “tope de gama” el Samsung Galaxy S5.

Samsung Pay colores

A pesar de su pobre repertorio de terminales compatibles, Samsung Pay ya ha superado a sus rivales directos como Android & Apple Pay en Estados Unidos, en el cual fue lanzado el 28 de Septiembre de 2015. En consecuencia, su expansión a más países y precisamente a más terminales quizá terminarán por definir a Samsung Pay como el rey de los pagos a través de smartphones.

Samsung Pay, ahora on-line

Si dicha expansión a más países y a más terminales no era suficiente, Samsung Pay prepara ahora su aparición en las compras por internet, donde tendrá que competir contra servicios como PayPal. El soporte de Samsung Pay a compras on-line abre un mundo de posibilidades para sus usuarios, los cuales podrán confiar su dinero por primera vez a una empresa fuera del ámbito bancário.

Samsung Pay España China UK

Aún así, Samsung no se ha pronunciado respecto a la fecha de salida de dicho servicio ni de cuando será esta expansión a más países, pero se espera terminar el 2016 con un Samsung Pay mucho más maduro y abierto a más países y quién sabe, a internet.

¿Usarías Samsung Pay si estuviera disponible en España? ¿Qué te parece su expansión a las compras _on-line?_

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6 iPhone And Android Apps To Help You Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions In 2016

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Many will make New Year’s resolutions, but few will actually keep them. Research shows 25 percent of us will give up on our goals in just one week, and in the end, only 8 percent will see those pledges all the way through. Here are a few apt apps to help you beat the odds.

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LG’s G5 said to feature secondary display, fingerprint reader, and more

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The G4 from the Life’s Good crew turned out to be a good handset that a lot of people liked, and the V10 features a major new secondary display that might be a gimmick to some, but it could be something LG wants to keep around for a bit longer. And then there’s the Nexus 5X, another phone with features that will probably make it to the company’s newest flagship in 2016.

Those are assumptions placed on the right path, if a new report from Evan Blass via VentureBeat is to be believed. According to the serial leaker, LG’s G5 will gather noteworthy features from some of its other high-profile devices and merge them together into LG’s “most premium device to date.” The phone will reportedly feature an all-metal construction, a fingerprint reader on the back, and a secondary display with a resolution of 160×1040.

The camera system on the back will get a significant upgrade as well, according to the report. It will have two lenses on the back, with the main camera being a 16-megapixel shooter and the secondary working to give it 135-degrees of wide-angle functionality. Between those lenses, LG will house four sensors, including a pair of flashes, an RGB sensor that should boost scene recognition and focus, and the laser autofocus sensor. On the front, the G5 will boast an 8MP camera.

Other features include Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 820 processor under the hood, 3GB of RAM, 32GB of built-in storage, and a battery that’s measured in at 2800mAh. The screen’s resolution is said to be 5.3 inches, and boast a resolution of 2560×1400.

The LG G5 will also reportedly feature something called a “Magic Slot,” but the details on what this could be are thin. However, the report indicates it could be used to support hardware expansion modules, things like an external keyboard, camera accessories, and more.

As far as a release date goes, the report suggests it could see the light of day in the first quarter of 2016.

What do you think of the G5 rumors?

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Fresh Meat: 10 new Android apps worth checking out

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New apps need lovin’ too, right? Every day there are thousands of additions to the Google Play store, but many go unnoticed and never receive the attention they deserve. We’ve shown in the past that this community can discover great apps and propel them to new heights. Our weekly Fresh Meat column highlights new apps with fewer than 100,000 installs. Browse our new Android app picks below and let us know which ones you enjoy.

Clipboard Actions

Clipboard Actions

Description: Clipboard Actions creates actions based on your clipboard and shows them in the status bar as notification.

(Playboard) | (Play Store)

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FoodMe

FoodMe

Description: FoodMe shows you full meals, one at a time, with PICTURES, with tax/tip included in the price and no delivery minimums or options to worry about. Just swipe, swipe, food! 

(Playboard) | (Play Store)

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AutoMate

AutoMate

Description: AutoMate makes common services available to you from your device while you’re driving. With AutoMate, you get the right information at the right time, so you can focus on the road.

(Playboard) | (Play Store)

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SportsLine

SportsLine

Description: SportsLine combines advanced data with the analysis of sports experts to project the outcome of every game for all major U.S. sports. Our picks are powered by computer simulations that play out each game over 10,000 times to predict the winner, score and stats for every matchup.

(Playboard) | (Play Store)

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Avast Wi-Fi Finder

Avast Wi-Fi Finder

Description: Avast Wi-Fi Finder helps you automatically connect to the nearest free Wi-Fi in your range, so you can save on monthly bills and roaming fees.

(Playboard) | (Play Store)

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BlindTool

BlindTool

Description: This app tells you what it is looking at and vibrates based on how confident it is. When using this app you will wave the phone around you until you feel it vibrating more and more which means you are getting closer to an object it understands.

(Playboard) | (Play Store)

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YouSing

YouSing

Description: Discover YouSing, THE new social karaoke app that enables you to fill your daily life with singing! Sing in solo, or join the singers of the YouSing community: record duets or group songs and meet other talents, brought together by singing!

(Playboard) | (Play Store)

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FiLMiC Pro

FiLMiC Pro

Description: Features include: Intuitive User Interface, Standard, Manual and Hybrid shooting modes. A shooting style for whatever your level.
Variable Speed Zoom

(Playboard) | (Play Store)

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Large Heap App Detector

Large Heap App Detector

Description: Applications that request Large Heap in the manifest are typically reducing user experience on the device. Android will terminate other apps’ processes to free up system RAM for use by the large heap. This will result in slower multitasking and response times for your device.

(Playboard) | (Play Store)

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Times Square Official Ball App

Times Square Official Ball App

Description: Join millions of revelers around the world to celebrate New Year’s Eve LIVE. The Official Times Square Ball App is your exclusive access to be part of the activities in Times Square as you watch the LIVE official show featuring musical performances, celebrity appearances, reveler interviews, hourly countdowns and the midnight Ball Drop!

(Playboard) | (Play Store)

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ZTE teases a January 5 event, Nubia Z11 might get unveiled

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Today on its official Weibo account ZTE’s Nubia sub-brand is teasing something that will happen on January 5. It’s probably going to be big, hence the need for the teaser, but it’s unclear exactly what we are to expect.

This may be when the Nubia Z11 becomes official as the company’s next flagship smartphone. The Z11 has so far been rumored to sport a bezelless curved screen 5.2 inches in size and with QHD resolution, a 20.7 MP rear camera with dual-tone LED flash, a 13 MP selfie snapper, 4GB of RAM, 128GB of built-in storage, and Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 820 chipset at the helm. It’s also reportedly going to have a fingerprint scanner on the back, as well as a metal construction.

On the other hand, ZTE could only be launching an international website (and, presumably, online store) for its Nubia brand on January 5. That’s because the company has recently purchased the nubia.com domain name for a whopping $2 million, so it stands to reason that it would want to put that to good use as soon as possible.

Anyway, we expect some more teasers in the next few days, which will hopefully reveal more about the upcoming January 5 event.

Source (in Chinese) |…

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