Steve Jobs was wowing the earth with his latest release - not the iSlate but the strangely named iPad. The tech specs for the ipad are as follows:
Display: 9.7 inch IPS Size and Weight: 9.56 by 7.47 by 0.5 inches, and 1.5 to 1.6 pounds Resolution is 1024×768 Processor: 1GHz Apple A4 Chip Storage: 16, 32, or 64GB flash Battery life: 10 hours battery life, over 1 month standby Connectivity: 802.11n Wi-Fi, 3G, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR Other Features: Accelerometer, compass, speaker, mic, 30-pin connector Starting at $499
It comes preloaded with twelve applications - essentially multi-touch versions of existing Mac software such as iPhoto. “We’re pioneering the next version of digital journalism,” said Martin Nisenholtz, a senior executive at the NY Times newspaper. iPad also includes the firm’s iTunes software built in, allowing people to purchase songs and movies straight to the device. The cheapest iPad, which will come with 16GB of flash memory and wi-fi will cost $499. The most expensive version, with 64GB of storage and the ability to connect via a mobile 3G signal, will cost $829.
Yellowbird are taking a leaf out of Google’s Streetmapping technology, with the key difference being that the YellowBird camera records video instead of photographs. The camera uses six lenses in order to capture every possible viewing direction simultaneously. Through a double glass-fiber connection, a stream of 1200 Mbit per second is captured and saved in an uncompressed format. Along with the video, a surround sound microphone system enables to record surround audio at 96 khz…. Enough with the geeky details, check the video below - use your mouse to move around the action… Maybe this could be used for Virtual Tradeshow applications or as extra footage for concerts?
PS3 Owners will soon be able to stream videos direct to their TVs via the just announced Netflix streaming service. This means the Microsoft Xbox dudes will have to come up with yet another way to justify why the X360 is a better box than the PS3. Personally, with 3 (yep, three) failed X360 consoles in my house, and a solid running PS3, I couldnt be happier. Read more…
Guardian News & Media has lost £20 million from Guardian.co.uk in the last seven years. Editor-in-chief Alan Rusbridger wrote on the site: “Since 2002/3, our spending on Guardian.co.uk (operational and capex) has exceeded revenue by just £20m. Rusbridger’s comment confirms one of two Guardian.co.uk figures reported anonymously by FT.com last week, when it said: “A person with knowledge of the business claimed the total net loss on the digital side since 2002 had been £20 million, although no breakdown of those figures was provided. Read more…
TechCrunch have demonstrated their blatant disregard (once again) for privacy or even decency in their publishing of confidential documents hacked (note, thats not leaked, but hacked) from Twitter’s account with Google Documents. What this escapade highlights is the need for solid passwords when using public tools such as Google Docs, especially when said tools contain highly confidential, and potentially embarassing notes.
That being said, one of the docs details how Twitter expect to grow to 1,000,000,000 registered users by 2013 with revenue of $1.5bn, a staff of 5,000 and earnings of over $1bn. Not bad for a company that today generates little revenue (less than $1m) and has a staff of approx 50….
I wont post the docs here but it’s also worth noting that Twitter is taking legal advice after hundreds of documents have now been published on TechCrunch and other blogs.
Google, the search company, will soon be known as Google, the software company. New has emerged from the valley that the Google geeks are working on a super light OS based on the Chrome web browser. Google Chrome OS will be aimed initially at small, low-cost netbooks, but will eventually be used on PCs as well. Google said netbooks with Chrome OS could be on sale by the middle of 2010. “Speed, simplicity and security are the key aspects of Google Chrome OS,” the firm said in its official blog. The operating system, which will run on an open source licence, was a “natural extension” of its Chrome browser, the firm said.
“We’re designing the OS to be fast and lightweight, to start up and get you on to the web in a few seconds,” said the blog post written by Sundar Pichai, vice-president of product management, and Google’s engineering director Linus Upson. Both men said that “the operating systems that browsers run on were designed in an era where there was no web” and that this OS was “our attempt to rethink what operating systems should be”.
Over at TechCrunch, MG Siegler said: “Let’s be clear on what this really is. This is Google dropping the mother of all bombs on its rival, Microsoft.”
Steve Jobs was wowing the earth with his latest release - not the iSlate but the strangely named iPad. The tech specs for the ipad are as follows:
