Apakah Google Siapkan Android Versi Virtual Reality?

Setelah merilis Android 5.1 Lollipop, Google tampaknya telah bersiap untuk mengembangkan Android lainnya. Berbeda dari OS Android sebelum ini, OS Android mendatang dikabarkan akan mendukung virtual reality, sebagaimana dikabarkan oleh dua sumber anonim WSJ belum lama ini. Menurut kedua sumber tadi, Google telah membuat kelompok insinyur yang berjumlah belasan hingga puluhan orang untuk mengerjakan proyek tersebut. Android versi virtual reality tersebut nantinya akan didistribusikan secara gratis seperti halnya Android standar. Langkah Google tersebut ditempuh setelah tren virtual reality menanjak akhir-akhir ini, salah satunya dengan telah dibelinya Oculus oleh Facebook seharga 2 miliar dolar. Virtual reality juga telah dikembangkan...

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Sony Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact review: light in the hand, heavy on the wallet

 0 Sony's consumer electronics division is in an ongoing state of flux. Having already given up on PCs and e-readers, the company recently pledged to make fewer TVs and smartphones in a bid to get its books back in the black. How Sony's strategizing will affect its output of tablets remains unclear, but no doubt a keen eye is being kept on the reception of its latest slate, the Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact (don't let that mouthful of a moniker fool you -- Sony only classes the 8-inch tablet as "compact" to differentiate it from its two previous 10.1-inch devices). The company is renowned for the quality of its premium products, and like the two smartphones that make up the rest of the Z3 family, its newest...

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The iPhone 6S 'Spring 2015' Rumour Is Wrong

These guys think the iPhone 6S (or iPhone 7, even) is coming in Spring 2015. They are wrong. Why? Because (a) Apple has only just ramped up production enough on the 6 and 6 Plus to meet demand, a hugely expensive (and profitable in the long-run) process that it would not up-end just for the sake of it. And also, the press ALWAYS gets this wrong. To whit: So there's this story that the iPhone 6S is coming in Spring 2015. Daily Mail Funny that. Rumours said the said thing about the iPhone 6. It was announced in September. Justin Sullivan via Getty Images And the iPhone 5S. It was announced in September. AFP via Getty Images And the iPhone 5. It was announced in September. Bloomberg via Getty Images And...

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Ed Sheeran covered 'Dirrty' because it's 2002 again

Ring the alarm, Ed Sheeran's throwin' elbows. We've all been waiting for Sheeran to embrace his "grown up" phase, and here it is. The singer covered Christina Aguilera's 2002 hit "Dirrty" for BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge and turned it into a soulful, acoustic guitar piece that was oddly pleasing to the ears. ...

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Christina Aguilera does a spot-on impression of Britney Spears singing

Wait, is it the '90s again? Christina Aguilera and Jimmy Fallon took turns doing musical impressions of famous singers on Monday's Tonight Show. Christina tried her hand at Cher and Shakira, during which she sounded mostly like herself, but her Britney Spears impression? Spot on. Guess X-Tina spent a lot of 1998 listening to "Baby One More Time" — much like the rest of the world. ...

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The “Shark Tank” Effect On Apps

Sitting at the top of the iTunes App Store for the fourth day in a row and counting is Scholly, another one of the many mobile applications that found its way onto the national stage by way of ABC’s popular TV pitch competition Shark Tank. The show now has a history of being able to move the market when it comes to turning apps that would otherwise be also-rans into mobile hits – at least in terms of visibility and downloads, if not user sentiment or long-term success. Scholly, for example, is being slammed by a number of one- and two-star reviews from consumers who downloaded the app because they saw it on TV and thought it would be useful – especially considering the fight it caused among Shark Tank investors, leading several to...

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