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Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Google Maps Adds Real-Time Transit Info to 4 New Metros, Route Option Summaries

Google announced today that Google Maps and its real-time transit info is now available in four new metro areas, but also that “relevant journeys are handily arranged and summarized in the app.” Google doesn’t want you to miss your ride as you guzzle that “last sip of coffee,” but should you, these new summaries will help you always find another option. 

To see what the new summaries will look like, take a look at the images above.

As for real-time transit info, Google unfortunately, did not specify which new metro areas would start to see it. They did mention that they are also working with 25+ new partners to make real-time transit info a possibility in the UK, Netherlands, Budapest, Chicago, San Francisco, and Seattle, though.

For those new to real-time transit info, just know that when it is live in your area, transit info in the Google Maps app shows live, with arrival times for busses, metros, and subway systems. As routes are cancelled or delayed, you are able to quickly make decisions on your best possible route.

Tough to tell if this is real-time action will arrive via update or behind-the-scenes, but I’m going with the latter.

Via:  Google Maps Blog

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LG Exhibiting 18″ Flexible Display Panel and 6″ Active Bending Panel at SID 2015

LG Display has set up shop at the 2015 meeting of the Society for Information Display (SID) conference in San Jose, showing off its latest advances in display technology. For those curious, LG Display will be exhibiting a few unique pieces of display technology, including an 18″ flexible display panel, capable of being rolled up to a radius of just 3cm without affecting any functionality of the display. 

The company will also be showing off plenty of ultra-large OLED TV panels, but more importantly, LG Display will exhibit a 1.3-inch circular panel, a 5.5-inch curved panel (possibly the same one from the G Flex 2), and a 6-inch active bending panel. The circular panel could inevitably be found on a smartwatch sometime in the future, while the larger 6″ active bending panel could one day be found in smartphones.

To top off that excitement, the company has developed AH-IPS Plus, which is an advancement in AH-IPS technology for smartphones. This new technology, “improves transmittance by 20~30 percent by altering the liquid crystal material and UV alignment technology, creating a high-resolution display that consumes less power.”

If anymore exciting news comes out of SID, we will be sure to let you know.


LG Display Highlights Next-Generation Displays at SID 2015

Seoul, Korea (June 2, 2015) – LG Display, the world’s leading innovator of display technologies, will showcase the future of display technology at the 2015 Society for Information Display (SID) conference at the San Jose Convention Center from June 2 to 4.

SID is the world’s most respected academic association of the display industry, which is comprised of 6.000 leaders in the sector, including executives, academics and researchers, from all over the world.

Under the theme of Leading Technology, Great Design & Picture Quality, and Differentiation, LG Display will highlight its exclusive advanced technology and the company’s commitment to deliver the best value to customers.

In-Byeong Kang, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at LG Display, will give a keynote speech on “The Opportunities and Challenges Facing the Display Industry” on June 2. He will discuss the future direction of display innovation based on the fast changing IT environment with the advent of the Internet of Things (IoT) and 5G mobile communications. He will also map out the future technology evolution of LCD and OLED displays and prospects for transparent and flexible OLED displays.

LG Display will present three invited technical papers on its cutting-edge research, including the fundamental technology of the world’s first 18-inch flexible panel; new OLED technology concepts for large-size Ultra HD OLED TVs; and Advanced In-Cell Touch (AIT) technology for large-sized LCDs among a total of 20 presentations it will conduct at SID 2015.

In addition, the 18-inch flexible OLED panel with a curvature radius of 30R, which can be rolled up to a radius of 3cm without affecting the function of the display, will be showcased at the exhibition.

The company will exhibit 55-inch, 65-inch and 77-inch UHD OLED TVs, which ushered in the era of large-sized OLED TVs, as well as other OLED products, including a 1.3-inch circular panel, a 5.5-inch curved panel, a 6-inch active bending panel and a 12.3-inch automotive display.

LG Display has emerged as the industry leader in the application of the touch embedded technology AIT, which is used in various smartphones and tablets as well as a 15.6-inch notebook display and a 7-inch automotive display. AIT represents a major advancement over In-Cell Touch technology, offering excellent touch functions and a differentiated design advantage with its ultra slim bezel.

The company has also developed AH-IPS Plus, an improvement on the conventional AH-IPS technology used in smartphones. The new technology improves transmittance by 20~30 percent by altering the liquid crystal material and UV alignment technology, creating a high-resolution display that consumes less power.

LG Display will have an exhibit section to demonstrate to visitors a comparison in power consumption between 5.5-inch FHD and 5.7-inch QHD smartphone displays using AH-IPS Plus with conventional displays of the same size and resolution.

The company will also show innovative next generation displays such as a 55-inch high-transparent LCD display with the world’s first 25 percent transmittance, and a 21.5-inch automotive display with 2,000R that can be integrated into the dashboard as a Central Information Display (CID).

In-Byeong Kang said “LG Display will strengthen its position as the world’s leading display company with such differentiated LCD technology as IPS and AIT, while OLED technology is playing a pioneering role in creating new markets. The company is committed to putting its best efforts into leading the next-generation of innovative display technology.”

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Microsoft Acquires Popular To-Do List App Wunderlist

Wunderlist, the popular multi-platform to-do list app that seems to get better by the day, was acquired today by Microsoft. Add Wunderlist to the list of companies Microsoft can’t seem to keep their hands off in recent months, like Sunrise and Acompli, a list that shows company’s “ambition to reinvent productivity for a mobile-first, cloud-first world.” 

According to Microsoft, nothing will change for now for Wunderlist users. The apps will remain free in all existing markets with Pro and Business prices staying the same.

Wunderlist, excited as ever because its founders are likely now rich, said that over the next few months they will introduce a “host of new features” and add new partner integrations. As you can imagine, with Microsoft behind them, Wunderlist now has a “massive wealth of expertise, technology and people” to pull from to continue to improve their to-do products even further.

Via:  Wunderlist | Microsoft

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Amazon Brings GameFly Streaming Service to Fire TV Devices

Announced this morning, Amazon is bringing the GameFly streaming service to Fire TV owners, allowing access to various PC titles straight through a broadband Internet connection. This news was delivered on top of Amazon’s announcement that the company has added over 600 app titles for Fire TV devices in the past 3 months, beating the likes of Apple TV and Roku in the same timeframe. 

With GameFly, gamers will be able to access titles such as Dirt 3, Darksiders II, plus the Batman series of games from Warner Bros. At this time, Amazon and GameFly will offer 6 different “game packs,” each of which are rentable for $6.99 a month. Amazon states this service is now live for Fire TV device owners. And of course, you should probably own a Fire TV Game Controller if you plan on doing any heavy gaming.

Steve Rabuchin, Vice President Amazon Appstore, states that the app selection for Fire TV devices has grown 127% in the past six months, and continues to accelerate.

If you were an early adopter of Fire TV, this is great news for you.

Update: In case you wanted to view what packs are available, here you go.

  • Action Pack (7 titles) – $6.99/month includes F.E.A.R. 3, Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising, Red Faction:  Armageddon, Red Faction: Guerilla, Mafia II, Sleeping Dogs, and Hitman
  • Adventure Pack (7 titles) – $6.99/month includes Dark Void, Overlord II, Darksiders, Darksiders II, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Batman: Arkham City, and Batman: Arkham Origins
  • Gamer Pack (16 titles) – $9.99/month includes F.E.A.R.3, Red Faction:Armageddon, Red Faction: Guerilla, Sleeping Dogs, Hitman, Darksiders, Darksiders II, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Batman: Arkham City, Batman: Arkham Origins, Shank, Shank 2, Dark Void, Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising, Mafia II, and Overlord II
  • Speed Pack (7 titles) – $6.99/month includes Ace Combat, Dirt 3, GRID, GRID 2, MotoGP13, Ridge Racer Unbounded, and WRC 4
  • Fun Pack (7 titles) – $6.99/month includes Flock!, PAC-MAN Championship Edition, PAC-MAN and the Ghostly Adventures, LEGO Harry Potter Years 5-7, Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams, Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams – Rise of the Owlverlord, and BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger
  • Lego Pack (7 titles) – $6.99/month includes LEGO Batman, LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes, LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham, LEGO Lord of the Rings, LEGO Harry Potter 5-7, LEGO Marvel: Super Heroes, and LEGO The Hobbit
Via: Business Wire

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Deal: Refurbished, Unlocked AT&T Galaxy Note 4 is Just $399 at eBay

Samsung probably has a Galaxy Note 5 unveiling lined up for some time in late August-early September, but that doesn’t mean last year’s Galaxy Note 4 isn’t still a heck of a phone (our review). In fact, me, the hater of all oversized phones, loves the Note 4. It’s one of those phones that is designed so well and feels so premium, that you can easily forget that it’s the size of a Smart car. It has an amazing camera, performs with the best of them, lasts well through an entire day on a single charge, and that display…that display.

If you are interested in the Galaxy Note 4, think about cruising over to eBay this morning to check out a deal on an unlocked, manufacturer refurbished model (SM-N910A) that will work on AT&T (T-Mobile for the most part, but is missing 1700 band)). Priced at just $399, you are looking at one of the best prices ever for a Note phone that isn’t really all that old.

The deal has been running for a day and is almost over, so be quick.

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Imgur Android App Goes “Native,” Gets Redesigned Gallery and Improved Uploader

Imgur for Android received a big update this morning that takes it fully native, “built form scratch and with love.” The update also brings with it a redesigned gallery made just for mobile, a new and improved upload experience, and a couple of bug fixes. It’s lovely. Go get it. 

What’s New

  • Our first fully native Android app, built from scratch and with love.
  • Redesigned gallery made just for mobile that lets you focus most on what matters: the images, comments, and community.
  • New and improved upload. Create a new post with your camera, saved images, and a healthy dose of your superior storytelling abilities.
  • Bug fix: you’ll no longer get stuck in an image loop.
  • Browse by topic to find the posts that interest you most.
  • Bug fix: you’ll no longer get stuck in an image loop.

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Via:  Imgur

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Verizon Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge Get First Update With HD Voice, Photo Editor Tweaks

Verizon and Samsung have readied updates for the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge this morning as software version VRU1A0D5. You would be safe in assuming that this is mostly a bug fixer, but there is at least one new feature in the photo editor.

That new feature is a drawing mode that allows you to drop over the top of photos using several different brushes, colors, thicknesses, etc. We received this feature back in early May on our international unit, so you should be familiar with it. 

As for the bug fixes and tweaks, Verizon is moving buttons around in the HD Voice calling screen, Google Wallet now comes pre-loaded, and People Edge (GS6 Edge only) now has a visual cue on the home screen. The rest of the list of bug fixes can be found below for each phone.

To grab the update, head into About device>Software update.

Galaxy S6

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Galaxy S6 Edge

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Via:  Verizon [2]

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