The search giant explains one of the reasons it has postponed the launch
of its build-it-yourself smartphones: They don't keep intact if you
drop them.
Google said it's testing a new technology to make sure its Project Ara smartphones don't fall apart.
Lynn La/CNET
Smartphone makers like...
Thursday, August 20, 2015
'The Martian': What happens when Ridley Scott calls NASA
When legendary director Ridley Scott needed advice for his latest movie,
about a manned mission to Mars gone awry, he called on the real-life
team working to putting astronauts on the Red Planet.
Two men share a desire to send people to Mars, one in the movies and one in real life.
The
first is acclaimed director Ridley Scott, whose...
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Spider glides from the sky, can choose where it lands
A spider discovered in the forests of Panama and Peru can control the direction of its glide as it falls from the treetops.
The gliding spider, which hunts in the treetops, is very thin and light.
Stephen Yanoviak/University of Kentucky
A spider native to the forests of South America has...
See-through swimming pool to span a street, 10 stories up
A new £15 billion development in London will offer a pool with a view.
The transparent sky pool floats 35 metres above the ground. Floats, geddit?
Ballymoore
If you want to splash out on a great view in your next home, then
take a look at this "sky pool": a transparent swimming pool suspended...
Three ways Geronimo will change how you deal with your email
This new email app uses swipes, taps and flicks of the wrist to turn clearing your inbox into a game.
Digging through your inbox is hardly the most fun activity of your
day. A new email app called Geronimo is using gestures, like flicks and
swipes, to change that. It's launching August 27 for free for iOS and
works with Gmail (other...
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Mobile Apps
How blazing Internet speeds helped Chattanooga shed its smokestack past
For Road Trip 2015, CNET looks at how one Southern city's embrace of
superfast Internet turned it into a magnet for tech entrepreneurs.
Chattanooga
has spent decades cleaning up its city, which is now known for its
outdoorsy lifestyle. It's also home to the largest and fastest broadband
network in the US.
...
Samsung slips further in smartphone market but still tops Apple
Apple's iPhone 6 lineup continues to challenge Samsung's Galaxy S6 phones, according to research firm Gartner.
Samsung's Galaxy S6 lineup hasn't helped it reclaim lost sales or market share.
Josh Miller/CNET
Samsung is still the top dog in the smartphone...
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Phones
America's greatest giant combat robot is raising crazy cash on Kickstarter
The nation's great steel hope is looking to raise funds to battle
Japan's meanest robot next year in the first true battle of the Pacific
Rim.
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Mk.II blasted fans in San Diego with t-shirts.
Kristen Ambrose
America's...
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Yamaha lifts lid on MusicCast multiroom system
Yamaha's own inhouse multiroom music system debuts on its 2015 receiver line today.
NEW YORK--Yamaha is now in the proprietary multi-room music system
game with the release of its MusicCast system, which is integrated into
all but one of its 2015 receivers from today.
More than 20 products will support MusicCast, including Yamaha's...
DIY Swiss Army Barbie multi-tool is ready for anything
Barbie always makes a fashion statement but now that she has a hidden a
knife, corkscrew, scissors, screwdriver, and bottle opener she can solve
any problem you throw at her.
Barbie's slogan "We girls can do anything" is even more apt with this handy craft.
Mikeasaurus/Instructables
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