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Monster sues Apple’s Beats Audio founders Dre and Iovine

Jan07
by on January 7, 2015 at 12:11 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Insider

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No better time to sue than after a multi-billion dollar sale has been settled, right? USA Today reports that Monster is suing Beats, saying that the technology behind the headphones was stolen. According to the report, Monster claims that the Beats co-founders Iovine and Dre deliberately hid Monster’s involvement in designing and engineering its headphones, as well as the education the company provided for engineering, manufacturing, distribution and the actual sale of the headphones. Monster CEO Noel Lee says that he and Monster invented the technology found in Beats By Dr. Dre headphones and that the technology was “pirated” away from the…

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Motorola devices are on their way to China alongside new Moto X Pro

Jan06
by on January 6, 2015 at 11:16 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Insider

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Motorola devices haven’t been for sale in China for a while, but with the Lenovo acquisition of the company completing it has announced today that it’s coming back to China. Starting with the Moto X in February, Chinese customers will be able to use the full Moto Maker tool to customize their handsets before purchase. After Spring Festival which starts on February 19, Motorola will also make the Moto X Pro and Moto G available for sale. The Moto X Pro mentioned in the post was only announced yesterday and is similar to the Nexus 6, but designed exclusively for China. Those interested…

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Simplicam home monitoring video system debuts beta of face recognition feature

Jan06
by on January 6, 2015 at 10:40 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Product Updates

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Face recognition has come to ArcSoft’s Simplicam home monitoring Wi-Fi video camera. Working in conjunction with the free Closeli app for iOS and Android, the Simplicam camera is rolling out face recognition in beta form, in addition to its existing face detection feature. Here’s how it works: The Closeli app’s new face recognition manager lets users register and store up to 10 people, configure privacy settings for each person and customize notifications, such as alerts when a specific registered person or an unrecognized person is in the house. To ease privacy concerns, users can choose to automatically delete footage if a specific person is recognized…

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Intel shares details of Compute Stick Atom-powered PC

Jan06
by on January 6, 2015 at 10:26 pm
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Tired of that PC sitting on your desk taking up all your valuable space? Well Intel has a tiny HDMI-dongle PC in the works and today it shared its specs. The HDMI dongle Intel Compute Stick houses a quad-core Baytrail Atom processor with 2GB of RAM and 32GB of storage. A Micro-USB slot allows for additional memory. The tiny computer will run Windows 8.1, Linux or Android.Hopefully, when Windows 10 comes out you’ll be able to upgrade. The Compute Stick will be available by the end of Q1 for $149.

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The Parrot eXom drone helps keep bridges from collapsing

Jan06
by on January 6, 2015 at 10:08 pm
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While most non-military drones are used for vanity purposes, including the cool Parrot Bebop, the eXom by SenseFLY (a Parrot company) is made for professionals that need to make sure our infrastructure is in tip-top shape. The eXom is built for inspection and up close and personal mapping. It produces much higher resolution images than your off-the-shelf drone, so it can be used to detect even millimeter- wide cracks in things like bridges and dams. It can also be used to 3D mapping. The sensor head has a gyroscope so it stays level no matter how much the drone itself is tilted. Its…

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