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Jawbone’s UP2 activity tracker lands in the UK for £90

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by on June 2, 2015 at 11:06 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Insider

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Jawbone’s UP2 activity tracker is now available to buy in the UK for just under £90. Successor to the UP24, the UP2 takes the same form factor as the UP3, except that it’s a little smaller. It’s a full 45 percent smaller than the UP24, which should make it more comfortable and less intrusive for round-the-clock wearing. The company said it is now being made available worldwide, but only gave specific details of the UK launch. It’s available in ‘black diamond’ or ‘light grey hex’ from Jawbone’s website or via Apple’s UK site too. Traditional electronics retailers like Currys, PC World,…

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Intel adopts USB-C connector for its Thunderbolt 3 cable, letting you transfer a 4K movie in 30 seconds

Jun02
by on June 2, 2015 at 10:37 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets

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Intel has announced that it’s developing the super-fast Thunderbolt 3 with the latest USB-C connector. Abandoning its proprietary connector, the new reversible cable reportedly manages speeds of up to 40Gbps. By comparison, the Thunderbolt 2 cable gets up to 20Gbps, with USB 3.1 capable of 10Gbps and 3.0 capable of only 5Gbps. Apple brought the USB Type-C connector to our attention when it was used in the latest MacBooks. So what does that mean to you? Well, it means you can run two 4k monitors at the same time or transfer a 4k movie in less than 30 seconds. The new…

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Embracing emptiness in Web design

Jun02
by on June 2, 2015 at 8:48 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Design & Dev, minimalism, web design, white space

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In Web design, white space, or negative space, makes the difference between an ordered layout that’s easy to comprehend, and a chaotic, cluttered mess. Buttons, links, text, and other media all need room to breath. The spacing between them improves the overall composition and is often seen as a “big picture” concept. Photo credit: Joris Rigerl But white space can also be used between smaller objects like text or image thumbnails. Space will often speak more about individual elements rather than the page as a whole. It’s all one big microcosm of a macrocosm: the little things always affect the…

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BQ’s second Ubuntu OS handset arriving mid-June for just under €200

Jun02
by on June 2, 2015 at 8:00 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Insider

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If you’ve been eagerly anticipating the arrival of new hardware running Ubuntu’s multi-platform OS, then today is your lucky day. BQ’s Aquaris E5 HD Ubuntu Edition is the second smartphone from the Spanish handset maker to use the open-source OS, with the first being the cunningly named BQ Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition back in February. As before, the E5 HD Ubuntu Edition is based on existing BQ hardware but swaps out its Android OS for Canonical’s Ubuntu offering. Key specs include a 5-inch IPS (in-plane switching, for better viewing angles) 720p display, a quad-core processor, dual SIM slots, 1GB RAM and internal…

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