Manual Camera Controls and RAW in Android L
For those that have followed the state of camera software in AOSP and Google Camera in general, it’s been quite clear that this portion of the experience has been...
32 by Joshua Ho on 7/20/2014ASUS ROG Maximus VII Formula Released
One of the major announcements at Computex this year was that of the Maximus VII Formula, ASUS’ ‘gaming-rather-than-overclocking’ focused member of the Republic of Gamers line-up. The additions for...
28 by Ian Cutress on 7/18/2014Google Maps Updated to Version 8.2 With Voice Actions and Elevation for Bike Routes
It seems that Google wasn't able to ship out all their updates on Wednesday in their typical bundle of application updates. Google Maps for Android has just received an...
8 by Brandon Chester on 7/17/2014AMD Q2 2014 Quarterly Earnings Analysis
AMD hosted their quarterly earnings conference call this afternoon to announce their financial results for the quarter ending June 2014. In a similar story to last quarter, AMD has...
31 by Brett Howse on 7/17/2014Microsoft Announces Significant Cuts to Workforce
Recently appointed CEO Satya Nadella announced the largest layoffs in Microsoft’s 39 year history today, with a staggering 18,000 jobs on the chopping block. The goal, according to Nadella...
38 by Brett Howse on 7/17/2014Imagination Posts PowerVR Rogue Specification Summary
Being in the business of licensing out GPUs rather than building them directly, Imagination’s PowerVR group has always walked a fine line in how they communicate with their direct...
7 by Ryan Smith on 7/17/2014WiGig Startup Nitero Launches NT4600 802.11ad Solution for Mobile Platforms
We have looked at multiple 60 GHz 802.11ad solutions from Wilocity over the last couple of years. A couple of weeks back, this market area received a fillip as...
12 by Ganesh T S on 7/16/2014Google Updates Chrome To Version 36
Today Google updated the stable version of its Chrome browser to version 36.0.1985.122 on Windows, OS X, and Linux. The update contains a couple of visual changes as well...
37 by Brandon Chester on 7/16/2014Evaluating Samsung's QHD AMOLED Displays
Recently, a package showed up at my door. While this is normally not worth talking about, the Galaxy S5 Broadband LTE-A happened to be in the box. For those...
71 by Joshua Ho on 7/16/2014AT&T Launching HTC Desire 610 On July 25
Today AT&T and HTC announced that the HTC Desire 610 is coming to AT&T. The Desire 610 was announced back in February and so it has taken quite some...
9 by Brandon Chester on 7/15/2014Intel Q2 2014 Quarterly Earnings Analysis
On July 15, Intel released their Q2 2014 Earnings report for the period ending June 28, 2014. GAAP revenues for the quarter came in at $13.8B which is up almost...
33 by Brett Howse on 7/15/2014Synology Expands Evansport Arsenal with 4-bay DS415play
The DS214play 2-bay NAS is turning out to be a popular product for Synology. Sensing a lot of market interest in a version with more number of bays, Synology...
12 by Ganesh T S & Mahendra Lodha on 7/15/2014Microsoft Begins Rollout of Windows Phone 8.1 and Lumia Cyan Update
After a long period as a developer preview, the official release of Windows Phone 8.1 is now rolling out to Nokia Lumia Windows Phones. Windows Phone 8.1 brings many...
41 by Brandon Chester on 7/15/2014Seagate Reboots Network Storage Offerings with Rangeley NAS Pro and ARMADA NAS Lineups
The fruits of Seagate's LaCie acquisition started to appear earlier this year with the Seagate Business Storage Rackmount Series. The NAS OS that was part of the unit was...
19 by Ganesh T S on 7/15/2014Thread Group Moots New IP Wireless Networking Protocol for IoT
The increasing popularity of home automation (HA) equipment as well as the upcoming wearable market opportunities have fueled the Internet of Things (IoT) revolution. In the home automation front...
14 by Ganesh T S on 7/15/2014Netgear Launches ReadyRECOVER Appliances for Data Backup and Recovery
Netgear announced the launch of ReadyRECOVER appliances today to simplify data backup and recovery tasks for SMBs and enterprises. ReadyRECOVER appliances, at the hardware level, are the same as...
12 by Ganesh T S on 7/14/2014Your Thoughts on the Wearables Market
For the past couple of years we've noticed a shift in focus of dominant players in the smartphone space. As the smartphone market moves from rapid expansion to a...
151 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 7/11/2014MSI’s ECO Range of Motherboards Announced
At Computex this year, the MSI booth featured a range of new motherboards branded ‘ECO’, with the emphasis on minimizing power output while still retaining a level of functionality...
28 by Ian Cutress on 7/10/2014Watch our Hangout with ARM GPU Fellow Jem Davies
For those of you who weren't able to catch the live stream be sure to watch our interview with ARM Fellow and all around GPU expert Jem Davies. In...
5 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 7/9/2014HGST Expands Ultrastar C10K Family with 1.8 TB 12 Gbps SAS HDD
HGST (a Western Digital company) today launched the Ultrastar C10K1800, a 10000 RPM hard drive in the 2.5" form factor targeting enterprise / data center applications. Earlier versions of...
20 by Ganesh T S on 7/9/2014