Friday, June 10, 2016

​Lenovo Phab2 Pro: World's first Google Tango phone could be the key to mind-blowing indoor maps and other top stories.

  • ​Lenovo Phab2 Pro: World's first Google Tango phone could be the key to mind-blowing indoor maps

    ​Lenovo Phab2 Pro: World's first Google Tango phone could be the key to mind-blowing indoor maps
    I'm walking around the conference room, aiming my Tango phone at the space between two chairs where Lenovo executives are sitting. A third empty chair, a plush leather one, sits on the carpet. I'm walking around it, seeing how it looks. But it isn't real: it's augmented, generated by an app on my phone screen. As I move around, it stays in place convincingly. I think to myself...I could use this to furniture-shop for my living room without even lifting a finger. If you haven't used Google's Pro..
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  • Android's Nearby Recommends Apps Based on Your Location

    Android's Nearby Recommends Apps Based on Your Location
    Google's new Nearby feature could change the way we view our surroundings. Nearby is rolling as part of the new upcoming Google Play Services release and will work on any Android smartphone running Android 4.4, KitKat, or higher. Other select Google ...
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  • The Moto Z has no headphone jack

    The Moto Z has no headphone jack
    Lenovo has decided that its 2016 flagship Android smartphone doesn't need a 3.5mm headphone jack. Neither the Moto Z nor its slightly thicker, slightly better Moto Z Force variant offers an analog audio port, though both come with a USB-C adapter in the box. The Moto Z is a phone defined by the extra accessories and modules it can magnetically connect to, leaving its basic form as a super streamlined and simplified slab. Ignoring its substantial camera bump, most of the Z measures just 5.2mm in..
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  • In a first, Iceland power plant turns carbon emissions to stone

    In a first, Iceland power plant turns carbon emissions to stone
    Section of rock core from the CO2 storage reservoir showing vesicular basalt with a well-defined fracture with calcium carbonate mineralization. Credit: Annette K. Mortensen. Scientists and engineers working at a major power plant in Iceland have shown ...
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