September 23rd Top 10 News

September 23rd Top 10 News

 

1. GTA V breaks records hitting $1 billion sales in 3 days

Grand Theft Auto V was released on September 17^th on both the PS3 and Xbox 360 platforms.  The games earned $800 million on the first day of release. Then 3 days later it earned more than $1 billion according to Take-Two Interactive. Thus making it the fastest selling game beating out Call Of Duty: Black Ops who earned $ 1 billion 15 days after its release.

2. Ubuntu’s smartphone OS launching October 17^th

While the Ubuntu Edge smartphone didn’t reach its crowdfunding target by a massive amount. Ubuntu has still decided to release its Ubuntu Touch operating system. The OS is still in testing and will be release on October 17^th.

  3. Apple iPhone 5S fingerprint sensor hacked

Apple claimed that the iPhone 5S fingerprint sensor is “a convenient and highly secure way to access your phone.” However just days after the iPhone 5S launch, the German hackers known gas Chaos Computer Club (CCC) has successfully bypassed the biometric security of Apple’s fingerprint sensor.

4. LinkedIn sued for allegedly hacking users’ email contact lists

LinkedIn the popular job-recruiting site is been sued for hacking into their users email accounts. The user’s filed a complaint on Friday September 20^th in the San Jose Federal court. The users are accusing LinkedIn of accessing their emails, contacts and send spam-like emails.

5. Robotic exoskeleton to be rolled out to the general public  by 2015

Yaskawa Electric a Japanese company is planning to sell the world’s first robotic exoskeleton to the mass market in 2015. The exoskeleton boot will measure the users heel pressure and then provide a bit of boost strength.

6. Apple store kids app section

Apple has final launched a kid’s app section in its app store. The kid’s section will allow the parent to select age appropriate games, education and entrainment apps for their kids.  The apps as been separated into ages 5 and under, 6-8 and 9-11 year olds. The store is only available in the US for now and hopefully will be released world wide soon.

7. LG Vu 3 offers 5.2 inch 4:3 aspect ratio displays

LG has unveiled a 5-inch 4:3 aspect ratio display smartphone dubbed the Vu 3. The Vu series will offer the some of the same hardware and feature of the LG G2 but with big screen.

8. BrdsNBz a free texting service hotline for teens with sex health questions

New Mexico and North Carolina are teaming up to launch a free texting service called BrdsNBz. The texting service is targeted towards teens and parents who can text a sexual health question and get an answer in 24 hours.  The questions will be answered non judgmental and private response by health experts.

9. BBM for android and iOS suffers delays

With BlackBerry trying to sell its company over last few months people were looking forward to the release of the BBM on Android and iOS. However a version of the BlackBerry Messenger {BBM} was leaked over the weekend so BlackBerry has decided to delay the global roll out of the BBM.

 

10.  Apple breaks record by selling 9 million phones over the weekend

Apple iPhone 5S and 5C has broken the record for the fastest selling phone in just a few days by selling 9 million units. The phone sales exceeding apples expectation with phones flying of shelves like  speeding bullet.

September 23rd Top 10 News

Nismo the 1st every smartwatch that can drive

Nismo the first every smartwatch that can drive by Nissan

The world has seen a rise in smartwatch recently but the newest by Nissan the Nismo is the most unique as it can help you drive your. Nissan one of the world top car manufacturers is the first to create a smartwatch of this nature. Nissan has designed the Nismo smartwatch specifically drivers of the Nismo cars.

Nismo smartwatch concept was that it would be the first watch to connect driver to their car and provide real-time biometric data. The watch will be on display at Frankfurt Motor Show (10th – 22nd September 2013), so that everyone can take a look and test it out.

 Nissan Nismo smartwatch will allow driver to:

• check the efficiency of their vehicle with average speed and fuel consumption readings;


• access vehicle telematics and performance data while on track;


• capture biometric data via a heart rate monitor;


• connect to the car using a Smartphone app via Bluetooth Low Energy;


• receive tailored car messages from Nissan

 

The reason why Nissan is driving into the smartwatch market is, according to Gareth Dunsmore General Marketing Manager, “Wearable technology is fast becoming the next big thing and we want to take advantage of this innovative technology to make our Nismo Brand more accessible”.

Nismo smartwatch uses the Nissan’s proprietary Social Speed software to track and rate the users’ social performance on site such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.  The Nismo watch was designed to be futuristic with a two button control that allows for easy use and a simple snap-fit mechanism for user to quickly put it on their wrist.

Nismo Smartwatch has lithium battery that is charged via micro-USB and will last Seven days under normal use. The smartwatch will come in 3 colours black, white and flagship black and red.

Nismo the 1st every smartwatch that can drive

Smart Baby Monitor

Smart Baby Monitor

To parents, their kids are their greatest treasure. They are worth everything to them from sleepless nights, pressures of every day and the constant worrying about their welfares. These make parents do any thing to keep their kids safe.

Currently, parents don’t have to worry as Jeff Huang Smart Baby Monitor has created the smart baby monitor Bo-Bi Baby Care Kit, which is a set of smart baby monitor that keeps on eye on your baby and his/her health.  The smart baby monitor kit is made up of three parts the i-Egg, i-Cam and the i-Nipple.

The first part of the smart baby kit is the i-Egg, which is the mothership. It’s the smart baby monitor and also doubles as a wireless charging station for the two other devices.  The i-Egg has been designed to look like a baby’s bed toy. The i-Egg can be hanged easily or stand up on a table.

The next part of the smart baby monitor kit is the i-Cam, it works as an HD camera that will record video and take picture, it can be controlled by the i-Egg or your mobile device. The i-cam also have day and night mode double lens that detects the baby’s situation all day.  It has a combination of voice detection sensor for when the baby cries and informs the parent through your mobile devices.

The final part of the Smart baby monitor kit is the i-Nipple a temperature sensor device. It responds to the baby’s body situation instantly then sends a notice message to the parents via I-Egg. The i-Nipple will turn red from the LED flight light been switched on and cause the parents or carer to pay attention to the baby instantly. So with this new Smart baby monitor the parents can capture the most precious moments on video or picture. The parents will get a chance to also show off their babies on the mobile devices.

Smart Baby Monitor

Smart Coffee machine for instant coffee

Smart Coffee machine that allows you to create the prefect coffee via your smart devices

A lot of people these days depend on coffee to get them through the day and all-night, from workers, busy mums and to students who have a deadline. Also there are a lot of coffee machines on the market now such as the Pod machine, espresso machine and the filter machine. All of them make the coffee you want but none of them is a Smart Coffee machine.

The Smart Coffee machine is Philips Saeco GranBaristo Avanti that was displayed at the IFA 2013 electronics show in Berlin. Saeco GranBaristo Avanti will allow you to create the perfect espresso, latte macchiato or any coffee drink with your smart device.

The smart coffee machine is controlled by a mobile app that is connected via Bluetooth. The app allows you to select what type of coffee you want such as macchiato, cappuccino or create your own custom coffee recipes.

The app has four sliders that allow you to control the temperature, coffee strength, coffee volume and milk volume to create the perfect coffee.  The users can then name the customise coffee what ever they want and save it so you can use it again.

The app also gives you a step-by-step guide on how to use and also additional ingredients you didn’t know could be mixed with coffee to make a mouth-watering coffee.

The smart coffee machine allows you to create more than one coffee at a time for family and friends and put it in a queue to be made. Furthermore it allows the coffee lovers to share their creation with the coffee lovers community on their social media accounts like Pinterest and Instagram.

The smart coffee machine is an innovative idea and will allow you prepare coffee when you wake up in the morning by taking up your smart device and make coffee with the touch of a button. What’s more it allows users to create their favourite coffee they might find in Starbucks right in the comfort of their own home. The smart coffee machine is still in the concept phase so no launch information is available at this time. Ping! Magazine is will update you on further developments as regards this.

Smart Coffee machine for instant coffee