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Tesco drops the price of its original Hudl tablet to £79

Oct10
by on October 10, 2014 at 10:36 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Insider

Just a day after Tesco opened sales for its new super-duper budget tablet, the Hudl2, the British supermarket giant has dropped the price on its Hudl predecessor to a very appealing £79. Though this equates to a £40 drop on the original price, Tesco had actually already lowered it to £99 a couple of months back. Still a tablet of the Hudl’s quality for £79 is a great deal, and it’s a whole £50 less than the Hudl2. ➤ Hudl | Tesco [via Pocket Lint]

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The UK is using white space spectrum to livestream meerkats, as it prepares for wider use in 2015

Oct10
by on October 10, 2014 at 10:08 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Mobile, UK

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It’s not news that the UK has been looking at the ways in which ‘white space’ technology – gaps in spectrum between existing radio bands – can be used to ease the strain on mobile and M2M (machine-to-machine) data overheads, but Ofcom has today revealed that the UK could be the first country in Europe to roll out the technology more widely, starting next year. Trials to test the suitability of white space for certain uses have been under way for some time already but the most recent has seen Ofcom team up with ZSL London Zoo to live stream…

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Pay-per-laugh? This comedy club tracks your facial expressions to decide how much you pay

Oct10
by on October 10, 2014 at 9:55 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Shareables

Facial recognition technology can be used for many ends, including tagging people in photos and ID-ing criminals. But what about detecting how funny you find a joke? Designed to combat dwindling ticket sales, a Barcelona comedy club is trialling a new pay-per-laugh scheme that tracks your facial expressions to establish how hilarious you find the on-stage shenanigans. Each seat has a tablet attached to the back of it, which analyses your eyes and mouth for the merest suggestion of mirth. As the BBC reports, for every laugh induced, you’ll pay €0.30 (about $0.40), though you’ll never pay more than €24…

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The Apple Watch is headed to the front cover of Vogue in China

Oct10
by on October 10, 2014 at 9:18 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

Apple unveiled its new watch a month ago, and even though it’s not available to buy for another six months at least, it’s already making waves. Just as Apple helped make smartphones and tablets as much a fashion accessory as anything else, its watch is set to follow suit too. As Business of Fashion reports, the Apple Watch is hitting the cover of Vogue China’s November issue, which comes out on Monday. It features Chinese fashion model Liu Wen sporting the technological timepiece. Vogue China’s Front Cover in China | Source: Vogue China ➤ BoF Exclusive | Apple Watch To…

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Tesla unveils the ‘D’, a dual-motor all-wheel-drive super car with auto-pilot

Oct10
by on October 10, 2014 at 8:32 am
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Last week, Elon Musk promised to ‘unveil the D’ on October 9, whatever that meant. And on October 9, he delivered on that promise. At the Los Angeles unveiling, Tesla Motors’ CEO pulled the curtain back on a new dual-motor, ‘all-wheel-drive’ version of its existing Model S sedan. Basically, you get a motor in the front and back of the car, with three different versions hitting the market: the 60D, 85D and P85D. That’s not all though. Tesla is fitting a radar too that can infiltrate fog and snow, as well as a camera with image-recognition abilities and a 360-degree…

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