As of Wednesday morning, NASA has begun testing its most recent addition to the International Space Station: four HD cameras which will broadcast live from the exterior of the station on the agency’s Ustream page. This project was completed in cooperation with the High Schools United with NASA to Create Hardware (HUNCH) program in order to allow students to design camera components and help operate the experiment.
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Not all smartphone users enjoy their sleek smartphones button-free, and would prefer actual physical buttons for certain actions. Dimple has been imagined with these users in mind, and the project is currently seeking funding on Indiegogo. Each band-aid-like Dimple sticker offers users access to four buttons that can be configured to trigger certain actions on Android smartphones and tablets once an NFC connection is established.
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BlackBerry is not quite ready to roll over and die, but phones like the BlackBerry Magnum shown in a fresh set of leaked images won’t make its fight for survival any easier in a world dominated by iOS and Android devices. CrackBerry has found a few pictures on Weibo that show a Bold-like BlackBerry Magnum, although it’s not clear whether such a device will launch anytime soon.
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Even though Apple thinks unifying the iOS and OS X universes — in a similar manner to Microsoft’s “no-compromise” Windows approach — would be a waste of energy, the two operating systems have various things in common, allowing users to somewhat merge their iPhone/iPad and Mac universes. However, some developers have actually worked on making the two operating systems more similar, iTwe4kz revealed on YouTube.
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Note-taking apps for Apple’s iPhone and iPad are a dime a dozen but every once in a while, a truly noteworthy notes app emerges. Evernote is one example of an app that takes a relatively boring category and gives it a unique and meaningful twist. Another perfect example is Notability.
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Apple is rumored to kick off a massive iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c sale campaign this week in its retail stores, enticing existing iPhone users eligible for an on-contract iPhone upgrade with new iPhone trade-in deals. However, Apple isn’t the only company ready to offer better prices on its newest iPhone models, as Target already has a few hot offers of its own for iPhone buyers.
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In what must be music to T-Mobile CEO John Legere’s ears, Verizon has once again told us that it won’t be lowering our wireless bills just to better compete with T-Mobile. FierceWireless reports that Verizon CFO Fran Shammo said during the Jefferies Technology, Media and Telecom Conference this week that it won’t be overly reactive to T-Mobile’s “Uncarrier” moves even though its subscriber growth rate actually dropped year-over-year in its last quarterly earnings report.
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Climate change and the effects of global warming have been thoroughly and beautifully detailed on two sites. One is GlobalChange.gov, which features the White House’s National Climate Assessment report, and the other is WorldUnderWater.org, a website that uses Google Street view images to show users what their home cities would look under water.
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Samsung has release a couple of new short ads that promote the new Galaxy S5 smartphone, with one of them sending a clear message that the Galaxy S5 is supposed to be cool. The phone is already a hot seller, with Samsung expected to move up to 35 million units in the first quarter, but the company’s marketing department is buzzing at full speed, touting the technical advancements in the new smartphone . In an interview and in a recent post on the company’s blog, Samsung has explained why plastic is a better choice for handset back covers, but also why it decided to change the user interface of the smartphone and remove plenty of bloatware.
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The OnePlus One, a hot new Android phone that comes with CyanogenMod preinstalled, has generated a lot of buzz this spring among Android diehards who want an alternative to the Galaxy S5 or the HTC One (M8). For the unconverted, however, the question remains as to why you should choose the OnePlus One over the other more widely known alternatives. Thankfully, a new video put together by Marques Brownlee will give you some answers about what makes the OnePlus One special by breaking down five of the new device’s coolest features.
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