We sat down with Edinburgh-based PureLiFi at MWC in Barcelona to learn about why and when Li-Fi will be available for our laptops, tablets, and smartphones.
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I find it surreal to think that a company can be one of the top five smartphone vendors in the world while selling the overwhelming majority of its phones within just one country. But that’s Oppo and that’s the grand scale of the Chinese mobile market. For Mobile World Congress 2017, Oppo decided to announce not a new phone, but a new camera technology called 5X Dual Camera Zoom. I got to try it out at the show, and I must say it’s kind of awesome.
Oppo has taken the biggest challenge of smartphone cameras, which is their inability to provide optical zoom while keeping the device to a slim profile, and thought sideways about it. The new system has one traditional camera sensor and one that’s been pivoted 90 degrees so that it doesn’t...
Snap, the maker of Snapchat, is developing a drone, according to a report from The New York Times. The drone could be used to take photos and video, though it is not yet clear whether it will be made available to consumers, the Times reports, citing people familiar with the plans.
Snap’s experiment with drones underscores its intent to branch out into new products, following the release of its camera-equipped Spectacles last year. Snap has sought to brand itself as a camera company, and in a video for investors last month, CEO Evan Spiegel spoke about the power of camera technology as a communications tool.
The Times report also comes ahead of Snap’s initial public offering this week. The company is expected to price its stock on...
It's already enjoying success with its camera-equipped Spectacles, so how about a Snapchat drone? Snap has reportedly been looking into the idea of a drone with a camera that could integrate with its popular app.
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Its designers describe it as "the superhero of chairs." Why? Because it's "space-saving, lumbar-supporting, weather-resisting, personality-enhancing, and mechanically-marveling." That's why.
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Remotely controlled copters can be great fun, but a few people can't help but use them for nefarious purposes. Intimidating cattle is apparently now a thing, and one U.S. state wants to throw perpetrators in jail.
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You can now tune into Facebook videos from your friends and global live broadcasts on Apple TV, and on select Samsung Smart TVs. Fittingly dubbed "Facebook Video," the social network's new app is currently featured on the tvOS home page.
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