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Will fold-out phones start a new revolution?
Life, James Hein, Published on 27/02/2019
» Lower cost Google phones will be arriving this year. There will be mid-range offerings somewhere in the 4,700-22,000 baht range and another below that as a low-range product. The target is emerging markets that are fairly well saturated with other brands, both Korean and Chinese. The Google Pixel is the high-end product and is supposed to have the best camera, for now, but they are not cheap. The new range will round out the lower end of the market.
Sony α6400
Life, AKIN, Published on 20/02/2019
» Lightweight, compact and sturdily built, the α6400 is loaded with capabilities and features. With super-fast AF and highly precise subject tracking, it's ideal for capturing fast-moving action, while its wide sensitivity range and stunning image quality make it suitable for just about any photographic opportunity you may encounter, whether you're shooting stills or movies.
A budget telly with caveats
Life, Komsan John Jandamit, Published on 20/02/2019
» I'm very old school when it comes to televisions, using them until they die, which mine did recently. Since then, I used my computer monitor for TV watching purposes. This works fine and dandy but the smaller monitor produces less vibrant colours and has few ports. As a stingy person, I was looking for a nice budget TV. This Coocaa TV seemed to be a perfect match.
Miners an underrated cyberthreat
Business, Published on 13/02/2019
» Crypto miners are a much more common security threat for companies than cyber-attacks attempting to steal data, according to a report by Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.
AI-aided hope on the horizon
Life, James Hein, Published on 13/02/2019
» Despite some of my criticisms in the past there are some excellent examples of emerging artificial intelligence technologies. I've mentioned some of these from the medical world in earlier articles but a new one caught my eye this week, figuring out in which hotel a picture was taken. No, not to help people remember where holiday snaps were taken but to track down human trafficking where pics of women are taken to sell them for sex. The three groups behind this identification technology are from George Washington University, Temple University and Adobe, all in the US. Like many AI systems a large amount of source data is used and to help with this more than a million images have been collected from 50,000 hotels worldwide. Using all the room elements in backgrounds a neural network is being trained to identify a hotel chain and then a location.
Huawei MediaPad T5
Life, AKIN, Published on 06/02/2019
» The MediaPad T5 tablet brings a captivating entertainment experience right to the user's hands with a 1080p Full HD display at the size of 10.1 inches and a dual-speaker set-up with stereo sound. It comes with a microSD slot supporting up to 256GB of external memory. The tablet has two variants: Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi + Cellular.
Nova 4
Life, AKIN, Published on 30/01/2019
» The HUAWEI nova 4 comes with groundbreaking Punch Display technology implemented on a 6.4-inch bezel-less display. It also shines with flagship-level specifications including 8GB of RAM, 128GB of internal storage and Kirin 970 CPU with AI technology. A triple camera on the rear now offers an ultra-wide lens and 25MP gives a clear selfie.
An English-always app workaround
Life, James Hein, Published on 30/01/2019
» On a recent overseas trip I noticed that some of my Android phone Google-related apps would change language settings and feeds based on the country I was in. Unless you can read in multiple languages this is really annoying. Even more so is that this behaviour is the default one and apparently unchangeable. If you are using Google as a browser you can at least stop this when browsing by using the URL google.com/ncr where the "ncr" stands for No Country Redirect. The result is an English always result regardless of where you may be in the world at the time.
StoreJet 25C3S Hard Drive
Life, AKIN, Published on 23/01/2019
» Transcend's StoreJet 25C3S external hard drive is ultra-slim at just 9.95mm. Housed in an aluminium alloy, the drive weighs in at just 133g, making it the perfect business or travel companion. The drive is equipped with the USB 3.1 Gen 1 interface with the support of UASP (USB Attached SCSI Protocol), providing lightning-fast transfer rates of up to 5Gbps.
Nexstgo PRIMUS NX301
Life, AKIN, Published on 16/01/2019
» PRIMUS NX301 features a 14-inch narrow bezel display made with aluminium alloy. It weighs 1.25kg and offers 13 hours of battery life. Four Dolby Atmos DAX3 speakers deliver optimal surround sound, while an FHD 1080P, fixed-focus and IR camera provides clear visuals for virtual meetings. The machine is built with a TPM 2.0 HW chip to provide hardware-based security functions and repel malicious attacks.