Posts in February 19, 2014

CNN

Google spreading Fiber fingers to more cities USA TODAY SAN FRANCISCO - Google unveiled big expansion plans for its fast Fiber Internet service on Wednesday, stepping up pressure on incumbent cable and Internet providers such as Comcast, Verizon and AT&T. Google, the world's largest Internet search ... Google out to spread its super-fast Internet serviceAFP Google Plans Fiber Expansion and Looks to 34 Potential CitiesBloomberg Google Explores Super-Speed Internet In Nine More Major CitiesWired San Jose Mercury News -FierceTelecom -WSOC Charlotte all 202 news articles

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Ultra-fast Google Fiber seeks to expand in 9 metro areas, including San Jose San Jose Mercury News MOUNTAIN VIEW -- Google is inviting San Jose and 33 other cities around the country to begin talks on joining the gigabit-speed home Internet service known as Google Fiber, in a move that promises lightning-fast downloads to millions of consumers while ... Google spreading Fiber fingers to more citiesUSA TODAY Google Fiber may be coming to city near youCNN Google Looking at Brookhaven for Super-Fast InternetPatch.com BGR -WSOC Charlotte all 170 news articles

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The profile for Apple's senior VP of design, Jonathan Ive, briefly disappeared from the company's executive bios webpage earlier on Monday, reports note. The page has since returned without changes, making it unclear why it was pulled in the first place. Even while it was gone from the official list, a direct link to the profile continued to work....






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Apple has won rights to a US patent on a biometric headphone system. The technology would track factors like temperature, heart rate, and/or perspiration, using embedded sensors. The sensors could be embedded into the rim of a speaker, or broken out into other components, such as ear clips or inline remotes. Apple also suggests integrating one or more accelerometers for tracking movement, in the latter case recording multiple axes....






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Samsung's upcoming flagship device, the Galaxy S5, will indeed ship with a fingerprint sensor, reports Samsung-focused blog SamMobile. Contrary to earlier reports which hinted at a fingerprint sensor embedded into the display, however, this latest report claims the Galaxy S5 will adopt Apple's model by integrating the sensor into the home button.

Samsung Galaxy S5 render with Galaxy S4 and Galaxy S3 from Move Player
Samsung's fingerprint sensor reportedly is activated using a swiping motion that scans the finger from base to tip, which differs from Apple's motionless scan.

The sensor itself works in a swipe manner, which means that you would need to swipe the entire pad of your finger, from base to tip, across the home key to register your fingerprint properly. Also, you would need to keep your finger flat against the home key and swipe at a moderate speed or else it won't recognise your fingerprint. The fingerprint sensor is sensitive to moisture, as well.

Samsung supposedly has added support for the scanning technology to various parts of the operating system, enabling users to secure files, widgets and apps using the scanning technology. Similar to iOS 7, Samsung will allow users to -- For more information read the original article here.