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LG Electronic Newspaper to be Mass-Produced
It shaped like a sheet of newspaper. However, the display of text and images is rather different with static printing. Writing and drawing on the sheet can be fickle like mobile phones or computer screens. This is one technology that may be the future of newspapers in today’s digital era. With a flexible sheet format, readers can still enjoy a relaxing habit of reading newspapers, but in a digital format according to the demands of the times.
Paper prototype electronic newspaper design giant South Korean electronics company, LG Electronics, has now started to be produced. The latest news published by PC World, Thursday (26/08/2010), mentions that LG plans to mass-produce color electronic paper sized 9.7 inches and 19 inches.
LG has exhibited a prototype of electronic paper-made, but only displays text and black and white images only. Could be, the items to be mass produced is the development of the prototype. However, no mention whether the electronic paper will be produced for the needs of what kind of device. In addition to the new style paper with the navigation keys, electronic paper is also potentially be used as a flexible touch screens for public information boards or other needs.
IPad Users Tend to Ignore Their Environments
User iPad was typical of person who does not care about the surroundings. It is the results of a survey which is recently conducted by one research firm United States, against 20 000 iPad consumer in the UK.
The survey noted that the average owner iPad is people with high financial, educated, and aged between 30-50 years. In the UK, since its launch last May, has now become one of the iPad gadgets most coveted community. Apple’s own target could sell up to 600,000 units this iPad worth £ 429 in England.
Tim Koelkebeck of MyType revealed that most iPad users are workaholics. Even in the Monday through Friday, they had worked long in front of the computer, they even still continue the habit on the weekends with their iPad.
Koelkebeck said that the expensive prices of iPad which tend to attract the interest of such special people.
The New Samsung “Galaxy Tab”
Current competition in the tablet market heats up. Companies are increasingly competing to make the device maker Slate or tablet which can compete with Apple’s iPad. One of them is Samsung, which plans to make a tablet-based Android operating system.
According to reports from Reuters, Nokia plans to launch in the third quarter tablet PCs this year to compete with the iPad and other tablets that use Windows as the case may be released also by Microsoft. Samsung tablet output, this could be called “Galaxy Tab”. So far, Samsung is using the brand name for products based on Android Galaxy him. Read the rest of this entry »
Reactable Multitouch Table, Electronic Musical Instruments
To be able to make music, not forever we should sit at the Major Labels are to be followed by a series of operations and selection. Of course not everyone could get a chance to penetrate the music industry like that. Quite often also, ultimately more musicians are making music using the system of Home Recording. Using computers and certain musical instruments, music can be packaged in such a way that its quality may also not be lost compared with the results of Major recordings Label.
Several times the research has been conducted at Pompeu Fabra University, which eventually resulted Reactable Multitouch Table is that electronic musical instrument capable of combining the various types of touch and expresses them with a special noise. Read the rest of this entry »
MySpace Is Not For Sale
NewsCorp has revealed that MySpace does not put up for sale and will continue to develop new services in an effort to win back users. Niche social networking site with a music specialist has fallen from the site when most active, while Facebook reveals himself as the second most visited site in the western world although new figure shows the slowdown, MySpace itself has consistently lost members along with its identity.
Speaking to Reuters, Jonathan Miller of NewsCorp said there was a “fabrication” on the rumor and the company was clearly not in talks for the sale of MySpace. Instead there will be a re-launch of this site due to funding approximately $ 350 million incurred by NewsCorp to buy this social network back in 2005. Now the number is displayed to show there is a gap between MySpace and Facebook. In June, MySpace users are 5 million (according TechCruch) while Facebook reportedly has 26 million users. If the statistics were not enough, Facebook is also now the third largest referrer to MySpace.