It’s Apple’s patents and forthcoming technologies that make things interesting and a recently released patent application entitled “Camera as Input Interface” has revealed something cool. Per AppleInsider, the document describes finger swipes over the iPhone’s camera could at some point allow in-call control of functions such as fast forwarding or rewinding a voicemail. In addition […]
Month: February 2010
I’m not sure what to say about this…except that it exists. Per Silicon Valley Insider, a couple of German-speaking guys crafted a pair of old titanium PowerBook G4 notebooks into a small snowboard. The video pretty much says it all, though the amount of flopping about and crashing during tests indicates that riding it takes […]
Late Wednesday, Apple posted its Digital Camera Raw Compatibility Update 3.1, an update designed to extend RAW image compatibility for the Aperture 3 and iPhoto ’09 applications. The update, a 6.8 megabyte download, includes support for the following cameras: – Hasselblad H3DII-50 – Leica M9 – Leica X1 – Olympus E-P1 – Olympus E-P2 – […]
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PowerPage Podcast Episode 127
Episode 127 of the PowerPage Podcast is now available
Following a video preview of Flash running on a Nexus One, Adobe rebuffed claims that the software slashes battery life. Per Electronista, several bloggers observed that the battery charge indicator dropped from the 50% level down to 25% during the eight minute video. The preview was edited, however, making it unclear how long the team […]