Category archives for: Sci-Tech

The new iPad (2012): First review – Most intimidating factor, Retina Display – Part 2

What Apple has done here is doubled the pixel number in height and width—2,048×1,536 from 1,024×768—quadrupling its pixel density on the screen real estate, 3.1 million, if you want to crunch some numbers. Hence, the Retina Display. Prior to iPad, only iPhone 4/4S and iPod Touch 3rd generation were bestowed with the mesmerizing technology. On […]

The new iPad (2012): First review – Most intimidating factor, Retina Display – Part 3

iPad’s updated rear camera, which the company calls its iSight camera. It is a huge improvement over the iPad 2’s 0.7-megapixel shooter. If you’ve spent any time over on Apple’s iPad page, you’ve probably seen the exploded view of Apple’s five-element lens system, which was adopted from the iPhone. However you want to explain it, […]

The new iPad (2012): First review – Most intimidating factor, Retina Display – Part 4

I still think Siri was a fine addition to family of features in the iPhone 4S, but as far as the iPad is concerned, it does not make much of a sense to me. A smartphone is an advised thing to carry with you on a morning jog or stroll through the park in the […]

The new iPad (2012): First review – Most intimidating factor, Retina Display – Part 5

The original iPad made its debut with iOS 3.2. That OS’ limitations seem prehistoric today. You couldn’t bounce between applications with multitasking. You couldn’t organize applications into folders. And support for document printing and AirPlay streaming of music, videos, and photos didn’t arrive until November 2010. At launch, the new iPad comes with iOS 5.1. […]

The new iPad (2012): First review – Most intimidating factor, Retina Display – Part 6

Mainstream magazines, including The New Yorker, Wired, and Vanity Fair, all have iPad-specific editions. Even specialty publications, such as comic books, test prep, and sheet music, have found their way onto the iPad. But when you compare the experience of reading on the iPad with its paper-based ancestor or dedicated e-ink readers, the iPad still […]

The new iPad (2012): First review – Most intimidating factor, Retina Display – Part 7

Another advantage of iPad with 4G is the added capability of assisted GPS (A-GPS), allowing users to accurately pinpoint their locations on a map and take advantage of navigation and location-aware apps. The Wi-Fi-only models of the iPad can use rudimentary Wi-Fi hot-spot triangulation techniques to guess locations, but are much less accurate and consistent. […]

Treyarch and Infinity Ward both working on Call of Duty Elite

Activision has explained both developers are working on the next edition of Elite and have worked on the current version as well, though not necessarily in ‘harmony’. The Call of Duty series is a unique franchise. Unique in the sense that the games are split into two series, one developed by Infinity Ward and the […]

Apple to decide on its $98 billion cash pile

(Reuters) – Apple Inc, the world’s most valuable company, will discuss on Monday what it plans to do with its $98 billion cash hoard, raising expectations it may meet demands to pay a dividend for the first time since 1995. Just days after its stock touched $600 per share, Apple issued a short press advisory […]

Samsung bets on TV as a gateway to Internet at home

Samsung has long been providing Internet connection to their high-end TVs. They have called it as Smart TV. The Korean manufacturer has completely banished LCDs (liquid crystal). Henceforth all televisions will be light emitting diode (LED). The Korean company are expected to begin their marketing campaign for the devices with applications priced ranging between 300 and 3,000 Euros in […]

Verizon, Time Warner Cable , Cablevision, Cary Sherman

Cary Sherman, head of the RIAA, the American Association of the recording industry, has announced that major U.S. cable operators like Cablevision, Verizon and Time Warner Cable will start monitoring user’s downloads through their broadband from July 12, on Wednesday in New York.  RIAA are taking the effective measures to cut off illegal downloading mainly of music and the movies. The […]

Scientists study magnetic anomalies on the moon

A new reports suggests that the magnetic anomalies observed on the moon are actually remnants of massive asteroid collision which occurred almost 4 billion years ago. According to the research team, the metallic iron on an asteroid could have been magnetized by the impact and topographical surveys indicate that they are spread around the rim […]

Goldman person leaked Apple, Intel secrets: lawyer

(Reuters) – A person at Goldman Sachs Group Inc, who has not been identified or charged in a broad U.S. insider-trading probe, was caught on a wiretap leaking secrets about Intel Corp and Apple Inc, a lawyer for former Goldman board member Rajat Gupta said in court on Friday. Lawyer Gary Naftalis, in a heated […]

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