The Galaxy S6 might pack an amazing secret weapon no other smartphone has
Samsung earlier this week announced that it has started mass-producing high-density ePoP memory modules for smartphones, which happens to be the industry’s first such “embedded package on package” memory module. By itself, this announcement isn’t that interesting, because most people have no idea what this tech does and why it might be useful in their future mobile devices.
But people looking forward to seeing some of Samsung’s 2015 top-shelf devices in stores, including the Galaxy S6, might have a big reason to be excited about this this new type of component.
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Video: This amazing app lets you control your Mac with Kinect-like gestures
Available as a free download in the Mac App Store, ControlAir is a brand new OS X app that will let you control media on your OS X computer like never before. It uses the Mac’s camera to interpret a variety of gestures that can trigger certain actions inside a variety of apps.
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FEATURED: Why Samsung fell — and how copying Apple again with the Galaxy S6 is going to pick it back up
…and how copying Apple again could be exactly what picks it back up
Samsung’s flagship smartphones have changed a great deal over the years. I was covering the industry when Samsung released its first Galaxy S phone, and I have tested each and every Galaxy S and Note-series device that has been released ever since. What started as a quirky little handset has matured tremendously and split into two categories of devices. One focuses on fun and the other enhances productivity, but both are now immeasurably better than Samsung’s initial effort with the Galaxy S, which debuted in 2010.
But as good as Samsung’s smartphones have gotten, there are still areas where they fall painfully short of the competition. And now, with the Galaxy S6, it appears as though Samsung may finally have done something about it.
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Anonymous insiders reveal what it’s like to work at Apple
From the outside, it’s easy to forget that it takes the combined effort of tens or even hundreds of thousands of people to conceptualize, create, deliver and market the gadgets we rely on every day. From toasters to televisions and everything in between, these devices would never come to be without everything that goes on behind the scenes. Since Apple is one of the more secretive companies out there, it’s particularly intriguing when we get a peek behind the Cupertino curtain to see what it’s like working there.
We’ve gotten a few peeks behind Apple’s curtain before, but now tons of new insights from Apple insiders have been made available.
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SAVE $28 IF YOU HURRY! 9 awesome paid iPhone apps that are all free downloads right now
Yesterday’s list of paid iPhone and iPad apps on sale was our biggest list of the week, but that doesn’t mean the fun is over. We’ve got plenty more nifty paid iOS apps on sale for you today — nine apps in total. These sales could end at any time, of course, so be sure to hurry up and download anything you see that looks appealing. And also, a few good apps from yesterday’s list are still free, so if you rush you can grab those as well.
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VIDEO: I filmed my father using Samsung’s Gear VR and can’t stop laughing
Have you ever just wanted to test a new gadget or phone on an unsuspecting member of your family? I was so impressed with Samsung’s new Gear VR virtual reality headset that I brought it over to my parents’ house for them to try. While both my mother and father were equally blown away, my mother acted like a normal person throughout the demo.
My father did not, and so I filmed it to share with the world.
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The definitive account of why Google Glass went down in flames
Google Glass isn’t dead but it’s definitely undergoing some extensive renovations after its first-generation model failed to spark the kind of enthusiasm Google had hoped for. The New York Times has done some extensive reporting on what went wrong with the first Google Glass and has found that Google’s big mistake was pushing the product out into the public eye long before it was a finished product.
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EXPOSED: An insider with Samsung ties just leaked images of the Galaxy S6!
Verus is a popular smartphone case maker based in South Korea, the very same country where Samsung is headquartered. The company has been in business for years, and it has issued images of its cases for unreleased smartphones in the past that have turned out to accurately represent the phones in question.
Now, Verus has seemingly confirmed that the Galaxy S6 renders we’ve seen recently are indeed accurate representations of the Galaxy S6 flagship phone Samsung is set to unveil in less than four weeks. Even better, it apparently just leaked images of the actual Galaxy S6 handset.
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New leaked images might be our best look yet at the HTC One M9
The HTC One M9 is going to be HTC’s 2015 flagship Android smartphone, and likely one of the best smartphones to hit stores this year, at least considering what HTC has done with previous HTC One models. Unsurprisingly, following the large numbers of leaks that have either offered specs or images of the HTC One M9 (also referred to as HTC Hima), Nowhereelse has published a new set of pictures that show the metal case of the handset, painted in gold.
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