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Hands-on with Glowdeck, a beautiful 3-in-1 wireless charger, speaker and notification center

Apr08
by on April 8, 2014 at 7:25 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Gadgets, Insider, Product Reviews

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Notification centers, Bluetooth speakers, and wireless charging docks are nothing new – but the concepts find a common place in the Glowdeck, a Kickstarter project that combines all three functionalities in one package – and a single price tag. Until now, we’ve seen these three types of gadgets designed for various consumer types. The Quirky Nimbus clock is a cute tool for data nerds, the Jawbone Jambox (and other iterations of sleek wireless speakers) target the design-obsessed, and inductive chargers like the Duracell Powermat want to help do away with cable wires. The problem? To own all these devices, you’re looking to spend…

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Chrome 34 launches with support for responsive images, unprefixed Web Audio, and importing supervised users

Apr08
by on April 8, 2014 at 6:54 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Google, Insider

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Google today released Chrome version 34 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. The new version includes support for responsive images, an unprefixed version of the Web Audio API, and importing supervised users. You can update to the latest release now using the browser’s built-in silent updater, or download it directly from google.com/chrome. First off, Google is introducing the “srcset” attribute to let Web developers provide multiple resources in varying resolutions for a single image, in the hopes of speeding up page load times, reducing wasted bandwidth, and ending improperly formatted content. In short, support for responsive images means the browser picks…

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Adobe Lightroom Mobile for iPad highlights integrated collaboration between the desktop and tablet

Apr08
by on April 8, 2014 at 5:03 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Product Launches, Product Reviews

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The first thing you need to know about Adobe’s new Lightroom Mobile for iPad is its mission: The app is an adjunct to the desktop Adobe Lightroom 5 photo management application—and you will need both to reap the full benefit. Whereas Photoshop Touch, the mobile app Adobe released last year, is an independent, standalone analog to the company’s flagship image editor, Lightroom Mobile is tethered to its parent program. The second thing you need to know is that in order to use Lightroom Mobile, you will no longer be able to circumvent Adobe’s controversial Creative Cloud subscription service. That’s because the specific…

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This startup wants to arm firefighters with iPads and real-time data

Apr08
by on April 8, 2014 at 4:49 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

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Charlie Jacobson has been a volunteer firefighter since he was sixteen. But fighting flames represents only one of the student’s passions – he’s also pretty hot on data. Along with a team of fellow Princeton engineers, Jacobson has founded FireStop, which is being touted as the “first truly cloud-based platform” that lets firefighters collect, use and share critical information during emergencies. It’s all about real-time. In tangible terms, this means things like having immediate knowledge of nearby fire hydrants, what other fire trucks are already responding to a situation, and any potential hazards nearby. FireStop’s methodology is still very much…

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These new mockups show what the iPhone 6 may look like

Apr08
by on April 8, 2014 at 4:34 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

Remember those design illustrations of the supposed new iPhone that made it into the public realm a few weeks back? Well, MacRumors has commissioned a designer to create some mockups. The latest renderings not only show what the rumored 4.7-inch and 5.7-inch models might look like in the flesh, but it also juxtaposes them up against Apple’s existing line of iOS devices. © MacRumors While this is all conjecture at the moment, it is likely that Apple is at least looking at releasing larger-screened smartphones. Only time will tell how accurate these ‘leaked’ schematics prove to be, and how spot-on…

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