The high-tech cop of the future is here today
When politicians face scrutiny over police actions, they talk about overhauling the training regimens of officers in their jurisdictions. But they also tend to write checks for new equipment that can supposedly help police officers do their jobs — and hold them accountable for their actions. But are these politicians really helping the community?
January 11, 2016 at 09:52AM
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In an interview with The Telegraph, HTC CEO Cher Wang confirmed that the company’s Vive virtual reality headset will finally be available for consumer pre-order on February 29th. (Prepare for an abundance of “Leap” jokes.) Wider commercial availability will come in April, placing it hot on the heels of the March 28th ship date for Oculus Rift.
This still leaves us with the question of what the Vive will cost when it is up for pre-order. It’s safe to assume that it will be comparable (if not higher) than the $599 price point of the Oculus Rift, otherwise HTC would be squandering an opportunity to head off some Rift pre-orders by announcing pricing now.
Wang also explained that HTC’s shifting focus to wearables and virtual reality was brought on by heavy competition in the smartphone market from the likes of Apple and Xiaomi (as well as other Chinese manufacturers) that are able to throw dramatically greater resources behind marketing than HTC.
While the VR market is in no way as crowded as the smartphone space, it is hardly an empty field at this point. The Facebook-backed Oculus and the Playstation VR, the latter of which has the advantage of merely requiring a $349 console rather than a ~$1,000 PC, are both considerable rivals.
Time will tell if this bet was the right one for HTC.
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An early benchmark test for the Galaxy S7 has appeared on AnTuTu ahead of the handset’s official unveiling, confirming a number of big internal upgrades, including Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 820 processor, 4GB of RAM, and a new 12-megapixel camera sensor. The Galaxy S7 is expected to look a lot like its predecessor, with a curved
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The ESA is making one last attempt to contact Philae before the history-making craft is permanently out of range.
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The wireless charger that came with my new smartphone has a very “living in the future” vibe, but the basic physics behind it is nearly two centuries old.
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If you wish you had a grandfathered unlimited data plan on AT&T now’s your chance to wind back the clock. The wireless carrier is bringing back the unlimited option, though not quite the same as it was before – you also have to sign up for a TV service, either U-Verse or DirectTV.
Here’s the deal. You get unlimited calls and texts, plus “unlimited” data (which may be throttled after 22GB) for $100 a month. Additional smartphones are $40 a month, except the fourth line, which is free.
You can add secondary devices too, like a tablet for another $40 (or $10 if you’re cool with just 1GB/month), select smartwatches for $10, “connected devices” for $10 and phones with just call/texting for $25. All those prices are per month.
New AT&T customers that already have a U-Verse or DirectTV subscription are eligible for up to $500 in credits with a trade-in and can buy a new smartphone with AT&T Next. If you’re the opposite – AT&T subscriber, but not a DirectTV one – you can sign up for the TV service for $20 a month for the first year (of a 2-year contract).
Things are a little messy, hopefully the chart above makes it clear. It doesn’t help that the fourth phone isn’t quite “free,” but you start getting your $40 back as credit. Check out the AT&T press release for more details as the deal can be hard to wrap your head around.
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A NY Times story yesterday says 30% of Yahoo’s workforce quit last year. Those remaining are allegedly threatening to quit to get big one-time retention awards.
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At CES this year, the Ehang 184 passenger drone was unveiled. It marked a new entrant in a transportation war that has never really materialised, and yet we continue to obsess over it – a war waged since the 1950s to own the skyways as well as the highways.
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File this one under “We’ll believe it when we see it,” but The Telegraph is reporting that they have information from a “senior industry source” indicating that Apple has acquiesced to pressure from European telecoms and is working on a tool to facilitate transferring data from iOS to Android, akin to the ever popular Move to iOS app that they released last fall.
At the heart of the matter are complaints from the European telecoms operators that Apple is deliberately creating lock-in for customers by making the transfer of data away from the iOS platform too difficult for most users to undertake. Whether you agree with that strategy or not, it’s clear that this is exactly what Apple intends, and the statistics regarding retention and switching to iOS have been repeatedly highlighted by Apple at its events.
This would be an amazing reversal from the Apple of a few years ago if they actually release such a product, regardless of the motivation, but I wouldn’t recommend holding your breath. I simply don’t find it credible that the European telecoms have sufficient sway over Apple to force its hand.
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