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Apple’s iOS 9 extends batter life and enhances Siri performance

 

 

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You can see the first look at its iOS 9 mobile operating system launched by Apple at the Worldwide Developers Conference.

The new version software is said to improve battery life, performance and security. It provides the users an intelligent experience.

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The improvements include Siri with the virtual assistance set to become 40% more accurate and 40% quicker at responding to queries.

Siri will be able to respond to a broader ranger of requests, for example it will be capable of locating specific photos and videos.

The engineers adjust the assistant more closely with search, locating images either they are stored locally or on a social network. The engineers also unit the services such as Netflix for movie queries.

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The iOS9 users can set an appointment into the calender app and they are informed by the device when they need to do according to the appointment.

iOS 9 will instruct the users which apps should open first in the morning according to their daily life schedule.

iOS lengthens its battery life by the iPhone’s runtime extending up to one hour of the general one. It is set by a “low power” mode which will extend the usage with three more hours.

The device demands only 1.3GB of storage space, it takes up less than iOS 8 did.

iPad users will find out its excellent benefits on iOS 9 for new shortcuts on the suggestions bar at the top of the Quick Type keyboard and fully-fledged multitasking.

The iPad Air 2 has the limitation of hald-and-half split view, it will work with the flagship tablet while picture-in-picture. The iPad Air, iPad mini 2 and iPad mini 3 also work in similar principles.

The iOS 9 will be on a public trial in July for the mobile operating system. The software will be able to use as a free upgrade in the autumn and it is compatible with iOS 8.

Drones being used for faster safety inspections by Easy Jet from 2016

 

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Easy Jet has plans to start using drones for faster safety inspections from 2016.

The budget airline hopes to lessen the time of flying is out of action with the new programme. This plan will be available in i2016.

In the meanwhile, the company is working on a new trial 3D printing which producing replacement aircraft cabin parts. Easy Jet’s new generation engines will also incorporate 3D printing.

Except for these new improvements, the airline has completed the test both on a new iPhone app and the Apple Watch.

Carolyn McCall, the chief executive of Easy Jet said, they have made great improvements dealing with drone technology which successfully tested automated drone inspections of aircraft. On the other hand, they have also approved to cooperated with Airbus for an inflight prognois tool. These technical support are in the hopes of avoiding delays due to technical issues.
Carolyn McCall pointed out the new application is to enhance the reliability of aircraft and gradually improve the passengers’ experience. They have been experimenting in digital improvements in which iPhone App, their bespoke Apple Watch APP and a new digital self-control tool that allow the passengers to book their accommodation and flights in event of flight disruption.

The Head of Engineering of EasyJet Ian Davies also stated that the application of these advanced technologies helps the engineering and digital team to challenge more skill tasks and to cut down the cost of operation which attributes to low fares, fewer delays. These improvements helps their company to maintain their industry leading punctuality for the passengers.

Safety is top priority issue to concern. Their new technologies will be used with the support of experienced records. The safety records will be tested by the engineering and flight crew.

Apple Watch user gets a fine for using the device while driving

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The first fine by using an Apple Watch while driving went to a man who is from Quebec, Canada. He is the first person encountered such kind of embarrassing experience.

His is name is called Jeffrey Macesin. He was fined with a $120 penalty and 4 scores on his license after the police detected he used the Watch device while driving.

According to Section 439.1 of the Quebec Highway Safety Code the Pincourt resident got fined as no one can use a handheld device, including a telephone function while driving a road vehicle.

Macesin was using the watch to change the music tracks on his iPhone when he pulled over which was against the ruling based on the Section 439.1.

Macesin told CTV Montreal that he had the Watch charged in the bad but the auxiliary cable was plugged in the radio which controls his phone to play music. So he changed songs with hands while driving on the road.

Macesin was going to a city called Vaudreuil when a police car coming after him and the police did not have the lights on. Then the police turned on the lights and Macasin wondered the police wanted him to pull over.

He continued, ” The watch is not so much handheld, it is on my wrist. This is a controversial problem. Isn’t it? I think this problem need to be discussed”.

It is illegal to use a smartwatch while driving on British Roads according to the Department of Transport’s regulations state that it is not permitted to view a screen when driving a motor vechicle.

What iPhone might have looked like in 1984

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Apple has become to the world‘s most powerful tech company attributes to the great success of the iPhone. Maybe you ever image what iPhone could have looked like if iPhone was launched during the company’s early development.

The enterprising designer Pierre Cerveau has tried to answer this question by giving us the concept of‘Macintosh Phone‘, the concept was borrowed from a handset called the Macintosh 512k of 1984.

Here are the details what iPhone might have looked like in 1984.

The handset includes a hybrid rotary or click wheel, the users can dial numbers or scroll through the menu on the small CRT display. It was close to the devices made during that time.

It referred to the age-old Macintosh as the phone has 512 of memory, but you may not be able to use much with the phone except making calls due to the lack of mobile internet and touchscreens in the old days.

The phone was also imitated to make a Mac in the rear of it, it was also made the fan vents for cooling, but there was only one port made due to limitation of technology.

Even the Macintosh Phone’s specs becomes useless today, but they could be the important details for us to sought after the items existed if Apple had launched it back in 1984.

Google’s biggest news of I/O 2015 is upcoming

 

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Among Google’s new VR venture with Gopro, smart-home platform, and Android M, it is no surprised that you would miss the news about Google I/O 2015. It was not showed in the keynote. However, on Tuesday, Google’s Advanced Projects and Technology team surprisingly introduced two impressive technologies that they prepare to catch more attention on Project Soli and Project Jacquard.

The first technology is a motion-detecting technology which promise”sub-millimeter” accuracy, and the other one is a touch-sensitive fabric. The Google engineers did not say much about the technology before, and they revealed the prototypes of both technologies at the first show of I/O, but neither of them has been used into product. The team promised the public will see more excellent applications tomorrow, it is going to give other publishers sock off.

Will touch-sensitive technology surprise the public? It is hard to say. The touch-sensitive technology is made to small touch panels, maybe two inches square were made to a roll of fabric draped across a table and it matches with on Game of Thrones. Even though it is not as sensitive as the touchpad on a modern laptop, the panels can explain the vulgar gestures, like switching a song by swiping or tapping to turn on lights. We can not have our pair of jeans to control our phone, let alone talking it out of t hem.

The Project Soli seems different from the Leap Motion controller we have known. Project Soli and device may give you different options when you play games. It is more accurate. It shows new meaning when you consider that Google’s promise on ATAP presentation: “it will break the tension between ever-shrinking screen sizes which is helpful to make electric wearable and enhance the interaction with techonology” How can we control a smartwatch without touching the screen, we can judge it by ourselves.

We have no idea what Google has in store, but we will figure it out later.

Almost half of world’s popular will be able to surf Internet by the end of the year

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According to the statistics from UN body that there will be almost half of the world’s population can be connected to he internet by the end of the year.

We have 7.2 billion population in this planet. In 2015, there will be 3.2 billion people online which is predicted by The International Telecommunication Union.

Among 3.2 billion people, there are about 2 billion coming from the developing countries, those nations considered the relative developed countries, for example, Somalia and Nepal only make up 89 million people.

The report claims that the mobile subscriptions are expected to develop rapidly from 738 million in 2000 to 7 billion this year.

Among 100 people, there are 78 people using mobile broadband in the US AND Europe, while there are only 17.4% of people have access to mobile broadband in Africa.From the figures we aware of the rapid technological improvements made up to date, and the drawbacks from the quick developing of digital economy. We also need to pay much attention on the ICT investment, statement from Houlin Zhao, ITU secretary general.

In developed countries, there are about 80% of families expected to have some sorts of internet access by the end of the year, while in developing countries it just makes up 34% of families.

BlackBerry will lay off some of its staff for tight budget

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The workers of BlackBerry were told that some of them will be laid off by the company, because the company is still struggling through the hard times.

News confirmed by Re/Code that the smartphone-maker is cutting down the number of workers as the consolidation of its device software, hardware and applications units.

The Canadian office announced in a statement that they appreciate the employees hard work for the computer and feel happy for the contributions. But one of their priorities is making profit for the company. They have to increase the software and licensing earnings at the same time. There will be a picking up of sales in customer-facing activities in sales marketing in the following months. They will continue to build customer-facing teams around the world, and they will also invest in advanced technology for strategic focus, enterprise, security and internet of Things. Those investments will lead to a better growth of sales.

In spite of BlackBerry’s decline from grace, the data of quarterly earnings indicates that the company has engaged to make profit during the lengthy period of economic decline.

It was reported that Microsoft may be evaluating a bid for the manufacturer earlier this week.

Android Wear will be improved with Google Maps

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Google Maps are available on Android Wear devices since launch, and the evidence indicates that the all-round service of of devices will reach to wearables in the future. Android Wear is including LG G Watch, Moto 360 and Samsung Gear Live.

News from Android Central that a stand-alone app will be added to smartwatches based on Google Maps version 9.9, this app will offer an extensive mapping experience for users.

The Android Wear App will update an amount of features which are not used at the present. Those features offers the ability to scroll around maps, enlarge image, switch to compass view and look up your current location from your wrist. One will not be lost with Android Wear.

The other new features will be depend on the smartphone app. For example, the features of the option to scan for nearby points of interest and navigate to them are reliant on the smartphone app.

When the users has stopped interacting with Android Wear, they were told to switch to a black and white viewing mode which avoiding excessive battery drain.

Google will open a press for Android Wear when the stand-alone mapping will be released, and it will be seen and run on an LG Watch Urbane first.

The ZEF climatic Table can absorb heat during the day and emit it at night

A new table is invented to absorb heat during the day and keep the house warm at night. The air conditioning has made to cool down the heat , and we can enjoy the breeze inside no matter we live in a dessert climate or the tropics. But there is also disadvantage of using air conditioning. It runs with electricity. It takes up 5 percent of all the electricity generated in the United Sates and it comes with a total amount of $11 billion per year. This data came from the United States Department of Energy.

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The high-efficiency air conditioner, however can decrease energy by up to 50 percent. It still charges a lot. So there is a new breakthrough from two Paris-based designer that they have created a viable solution in the form of a table base on Dezeen. It presents the first design in the pair’s Zero Energy Furniture line, and it was showed by the designers at Milan Design Week.

This table is call ZEF Climatic Table. Its designers are Raphaël Ménard and Jean-Sébastien Lagrange. When you walk by it, you may think it is just an normal dinning table like the ones we use at home, but this is what its magic from. It has polished sleep oak exterior, the table can be placed any where you like. This table turn into working when the temperature in your room reaches 71 degrees Fahrenheit.

There is a layer of corrugated aluminum that comes with a special phase, it can change the material wax when it softens at 71 degrees Fahrenheit. It starts to absorb the heats in the room while it reaches this temperature. It can release heat as long as the inside temperature drops down to 71 degrees Fahrenheit. The phase-changing material become solidified and and starting to emit the heat it absorbed.

Skype Translator for windows provides Non-English speakers in real-time chatting

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All the Windows users can use a new translator to say Hola and Nǐ hǎo on Skype for the first time, even though they have never learned a word of a new language.

The Skype Translator is available in preview mode for everyone to use on Windows 8.1 or the Windows 10 previews on PC and tablet. This result is benefited by a few months of limited testing.

It is feature is to analyze users words to provide real-time translation during Skype chats. At present, only Spanish, Italian and Mandarin Chinese by voice can be translated. What’s more, it is translated in preview mode. It is a new trial and it may need more tests.

Text with 50 different languages can be translated through the app’s messaging function. What an impressed figure!

Microsoft aims to as many languages as possible on the relevant platforms, so there will be more languages are expected to be translated in the near future.

In addition, users will be asked to help improve translations by highlighting any errors by Skype Translate.

As far as we concerned, whether Skype Translate for Windows 7 is in the pineline and when it hopes to exit the preview phase we have no idea as Microsoft doesn’t mentioned yet.