Troika’s Palindrome Kinetic Sign At The Victoria & Albert Museum
Troika installed Palindrome, a kinetic sign for the Victoria & Albert Museum, UK. From the website: Troika’s Palindrome, based on the existing V&A logo is made of three independently revolving parts. With each half turn the logo deconstructs and reconnects itself forming a playful palindrome.
Barnes & Noble Expanding In-Store Nook Displays
Due to the success of Apple Stores, Barnes & Noble is also trying to capture the atmosphere by introducing the in-store Nook displays. This will encourage users to browse through their Nook e-reader while inside the store. B&N has called this Nook Boutique. Will they get ahead of Amazon’s Kindle by doing so? We hope so, as Amazon is purely online and none of the customers have a chance of holding a Kindle before buying it.
OpenAppMkt An Alternative To Apple App Store For iPhont
OpenAppMkt is a marketplace where you can easily discover and install mobile HTML apps on the Web instead of native iOS apps. It is still early stage at the moment and time will tell if this market place will flourish.
Check it out at OpenAppMkt website
BlackPad: RIM’S Answer to Apple’s iPad
Research In Motion (RIM) the maker of Blackberry is about to come up with BlackPad touch-screen tablet. BlackPad will feature 9.7 inch screen, back and front cameras, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and access to Blackberry App World. Can it compete with Apple’s iPad as shown above running Pulse.
The tablet will retail at $499 for the basic model.
YouTube Now Gives Users 15 Mins Upload Time
YouTube has listened to user feedback and have added another 5 mins to the 10 minutes upload time for videos.
From YouTube blog:
We encourage you to take full advantage of this new time limit by making a video of your “15 minutes of fame.” Imagine that this video is all the world will ever know about you: what would you want to communicate? What will be the enduring stamp you’ve left on us all? Tag your video with “yt15minutes,” upload it by Wednesday, August 4, and we’ll select a handful of people to truly gain their 15 minutes of fame by featuring them on the YouTube homepage in a future spotlight.
Porsche 918 Spyder Is Super Green
Porsche is starting production of its 918 Spyder hybrid sports car which can hit 100kph in just 3.2 second. It is powered by a 500-horsepower V8 engine and electric drive-systems that enable the vehicle to run up to 25 kilometers on electric power. The price tag is rumored to be over $600,000. Will you buy one? You can in early 2013.
Apple Releases Safari 5.0.1 With Extensions
Apple updated Safari to version 5.0.1, which includes bug fixes and enables Safari 5′s new extension system by default.
From Apple:
Extensions are a great way for you to add new features to Safari 5.0.1. Built by developers, Safari Extensions use the latest HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript web technologies. And they’re digitally signed and sandboxed for improved security. You can install extensions with one click — no need to restart Safari.
Read Apple Press Release on Safari 5.0.1
Amazon Reveals Kindle 3
Amazon is releasing the latest updated graphite coloured Kindle 3 for $139. Not sure how this is going to compete with Apple iPad, Amazon is still using a non colour LCD screen. The price of the new e-reader will be $139 for a Wi-Fi version and $189 for a model with both 3G and Wi-Fi.
Features listed on Amazon website:
- All-New, High-Contrast E-Ink Screen – 50% better contrast than any other e-reader
- Read in Bright Sunlight – No glare
- New and Improved Fonts – New crisper, darker fonts
- New Sleek Design – 21% smaller body while keeping the same 6″ size reading area
- 17% Lighter – Only 8.5 ounces, weighs less than a paperback
- Battery Life of Up to One Month – A single charge lasts up to one month with wireless off
- Double the Storage – Up to 3,500 Books
- Built-In Wi-Fi – Shop and download books in less than 60 seconds
- 20% Faster Page Turns – Seamless reading
- Enhanced PDF Reader – With dictionary lookup, notes, and highlights
- New WebKit-Based Browser – Browse the web over Wi-Fi (experimental)
Blackberry 9800 Touchscreen Slider At Aug 6 Event?
BlackBerry/AT&T is holding an event in New York on August 6. Will Research in Motion and AT&T announce the new touchscreen BlackBerry smartphone (9800) and a new OS6 of the BlackBerry operating system?
Apple Debuted A New 27-inch LED Cinema Display
Apple’s new 27-inch LED Cinema Display comes with 2560×1440 resolution and 60% more screen real estate than the 24-inch LED Cinema Display. The display offers a built-in iSight video camera, a microphone and speakers, a USB 2.0 hub, and a universal MagSafe connector.
From Apple: The new, larger 27-inch LED Cinema Display features a beautiful 16:9 edge-to-edge glass display on an aluminum stand with an adjustable hinge that makes tilting the display almost effortless. The LED Cinema Display has vivid colors and exceptionally high contrast and uses a premium display technology called in-plane switching (IPS) to provide a brilliant image across an ultra wide 178 degree viewing angle.
Read the full press release on the new LED Cinema Display
