Posts Tagged ‘Technology’
Most Tablet Users Are Educated, Employed, Not Young
29
Okt
Tablet users are educated, employed, and earning money but are not necessarily young, according to new data.
At this point, 11 percent of Americans have a tablet device and 77 percent of them use it daily. Approximately 46 percent are in the 30 to 49 age bracket, however, and they are serious about their news, according to an infographic produced by the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism and The Economist Group. Read the rest of this entry »
Google and Your Memory
22
Okt
Snapshot: Apple App Store
06
Jun
In light of today’s Apple announcement, here is a look at the App Store, via Social Media Graphics:
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Carsten Schloter will Social Media auf keinen Fall verbieten
16
Mai
Swisscom: Carsten Schloter will Social Media auf keinen Fall verbieten, nutzt selbst Skype.
Keynote and session videos from Google I/O now live
13
Mai
With Google I/O 2011 just two days behind us, we wanted to thank the nearly 1 million developers who joined us at Moscone Center, attended I/O Extended events and watched online via I/O Live from 161 countries around the world.
The keynote presentations highlighted the momentum and vision for two of our most important developer platforms: Android and Chrome.
On the topic of Android, Hugo Barra, director of Android Product Management, opened Day 1 of the conference with the themes of “Momentum, Mobile and More,” announcing Movies in Android Market, Music Beta by Google, Android @ Home, Android Open Accessory and a preview of the new Ice Cream Sandwich logo. Read the blog post summary or watch the keynote in its entirety below.
The Day 2 keynote was all about Chrome, which has grown to 160 million active users, up from 70 million last year. Sundar Pichai, senior vice president of Chrome, discussed the launch of the HTML5 version of Angry Birds built with GWT on App Engine, Chromebooks for consumers and businesses and in-app payments. If you missed it, watch the Chrome keynote below.
These launches are just a few of the more than 30 announcements we made over the two days, including the launch of Google App Engine 1.5, a updated Google Prediction API, new additions to the Fusion Tables API and many more. For more information about these and the other news coming out of the event, visit the Google I/O label on the Google Code Blog.
Additionally, in case you missed any of these announcements, HD recordings of the sessions are now available online.
Find the highlights from this year’s event at www.google.com/io, where we’ll feature photos, announcements and the latest videos. Also stay tuned for a feature on “Backstage at Google I/O” where we’ll highlight the developers and artists who helped to make the event possible this year.
Google I/O kicked off the year as our biggest developer event—but we’re only getting started. As of today, we’re announcing locations for our eight Google Developer Days (GDDs), which will take place all over the world with more than a few DevFests in between. Stay tuned for more info on the 2011 event details, but we’ll look forward to seeing you in Brazil, Argentina, Prague, Moscow, Tokyo, Sydney, Israel and Germany for our Google Developer team world tour.
Posted by Vic Gundotra, Senior Vice President of Engineering
A gadget’s life: From gee-whiz to junk
11
Mai
A very cool look at the cost and popularity of gadgets since the 1980s – covering phones, computers, TV, video, and audio. You can clearly see the “digital revolution” start around 2000, killing off earlier technologies; it’s also interesting to see the cost of any gizmo fall over time (the circles get smaller).
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Source: Alicia Parlapiano Washington Post
Source: Alicia Parlapiano Washington Post Head-Tracking mit Frontkamera bringt 3D auf’s iPad 2 und iPhone 4
15
Apr
Nicht wenige bemängeln die schwachen Kameras beim iPad 2. Tatsächlich schiesst das iPhone 4 wesentlich bessere Fotos als das iPad 2. Meiner Meinung nach hat das iPad 2 aber auch keine Kamera um damit schöne Fotos zu schiessen. Wäre auch eine ziemlich unhandlicher Fotoapparat… Die Kamera soll die Funktionalität des iPad 2 erweitern. Zum einen ermöglicht die Kamera FaceTime, zum anderen hilft sie bei Apps zum Thema Augmented Reality.
Die Doktoranden Jeremie Francone und Laurence Nigay von der Universität Joseph Fourier Grenoble haben aber noch einen Verwendungszweck mehr gefunden. Die Kamera erkennt den Kopf des Benutzers und kann so Berechnen in welchem Winkel der Benutzer auf das Display schaut und entsprechende Inhalte so in einem dreidimensionalen Effekt wiedergeben. Noch ist das alles ein Vorprojekt der Beiden. Doch auch Apple hatte bereits ähnliche Konzepte für die Mac Computer eingereicht. Read the rest of this entry »

