YotaPhone promises dual-screen E Ink and LCD mobile for 2013 No longer will you have to choose between ereader and mobile as the two combine next year Remember the hybrid E Ink/LCD phone prototypewe found one at CES 2012? Now it could become a reality as Yota Devices prepares to launch its YotaPhone, due out in 2013. No, we hadn’t heard of the Russian phone maker either; this is its first phone outing....
Your next birthday cake may display augmented reality video Disney has patented the rights to augmented reality birthday cakes, but does that make them more or less appetising? A picture of your face on your birthday cake might have been impressive before, but now that Disney haspatented augmented reality cakes, only interactive video feeds will do. The future of cakes looks like it will involve motion sensors and a small projector built into a cake decoration....
YouTube takes on TV with 60 new channels Throwing lots of money at lots of talent means YouTube is going to continue offering staunch competition to TV This time last year we brought news ofYouTube launching its own TV style channels, funded by it’s advertising revenue. Now, the streaming giant is raking in more than US$2bn in advertising from its channels – which is why it’s making 60 more. Sure TV might make a whopping US$60bn a year, but a lot of that goes into people’s pockets....
YouView internet TV launches next week We’ve had our invite to an event that could see smart TV take a giant leap forward YouView, the Freeview box-styled internet TV player, has beenin the works since 2010and may finally launch on Wednesday, July 4th. Below is our invite, received this morning, to a YouView event that will likely see the unveiling of this £6m taxpayer funded project. Sure Sir Alan Sugar and CEO Richard Halton have thrown private funding at it too, but since we’ve paid some we’re expecting BBC iPlayer quality results....
Zippo Woodsman is four tools in one Is it an axe? Is it a saw? Is it a hammer? Is it a peg puller? Yes it is – to all those Zippo, famed for lighters, has started anoutdoor rangemainly focused on aiding man in his most proud achievement, starting fires. Now Zippo is, ahem, branching out by helping you make the firewood too, with the Woodsman. The Woodsman is a 4-in-1 tool including a saw with removable blade which, when put away, let’s you unsheathe the head and use it as an axe....
ZTE Mozilla phone coming in 2013 Chinese manufacturer pals up with Firefox developers to create new mobile OS ZTE is teaming up with Mozilla – the makers of the Firefox web browser – to create a new mobile OS, and an accompanying line of smartphones. According toReutersandThe Wall Street Journal, ZTE will roll out its Mozilla OS over the next few months, with a hardware launch to follow in 2013....
ZX Spectrum gets Google Doodle for 30th anniversary Sinclair’s classic home computer turns 30 today just in time for St George’s Day and some zany celebrations over at Google Feeling patriotic? After you’ve hopped over to take a look at ourbest British gadgets, spare a thought for the esteemed Sinclair ZX Spectrum – which has made it to the grand old age of 30 today. Without the programmer-friendly home computer, we might not have experienced such joys as overdosing on golf inLeaderboardor shooting polygonal graphics inStarglider IIin quite the same way....
