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Sunday, October 6, 2013

The After Math: Samsung's big Premiere and Instagram's video debut

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Welcome to The After Math, where we attempt to summarize this week's tech news through numbers, decimal places and percentages.

The After Math Samsung's big Premiere event and Instagram dabbles with video

This week's been arguably less hectic than the last, but both Samsung and Facebook decided to up the tempo on Thursday. The Korean hardware maker announced a stack of new hardware, from tablets to cameras to desktop PCs, while Facebook's Instagram went toe to toe with Twitter's Vine, announcing a new video-sharing feature. On the very same day, Tesla had something to show, deftly switching batteries on its Model S faster than you'd be able to fill a gas tank. There were, however, six other days to the week, and we've pored over all of them for this week's numeros.

New products announced at Samsung's Premiere 2013: 6New products announced by Samsung in the last three months: 18Operating systems on Samsung's versatile ATIV Q: 2Functional positions for the ATIV Q: 4Cold startup time on Samsung's new ATIV Book 9 Plus: less than 6 secondsSeconds taken to swap out batteries on a Tesla Model S at its new service stations: 90Length of video clips on Instagram: 15 seconds

Video length on Vine: around 6.5 secondsInstagram video uploads in its first 24 hours: 5 millionFinal score of Game Seven, San Antonio Spurs vs. Miami Heat (where Instagram video uploads spiked): 88-95Years since NEC launched a phone in the US: 8 yearsSmartphones that feature a liquid-cooled processor: 1 (by NEC)Total value of Apple's iPad contract with LA schools: $30 millionNumber of tablets the deal will provide: 31,000Number of students in Los Angeles Unified School District: 640,000Hypothetical number of tablets that money could buy, priced at $678 each: 45,000 when.eng("eng.perm.init")
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Thursday, September 19, 2013

BlackBerry Q5 to make early debut in the UAE tomorrow

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Earlier than expected (and a little pricier than we'd hoped), the BlackBerry Q5 will go on sale tomorrow in the UAE. We know that its radios are primed for AT&T 3G and while the build might not rival the flagship BB10 device, it's another option for those who can't relinquish the tactile joys of a physical keyboard. It will launch priced at 1,499 AED (just above $400), which nets you BlackBerry's latest OS spread across a 3.1-inch touchscreen with the aforementioned keyboard nestled below. Interested in hopping on a red-eye flight for the third device since the company's name change? Then we'd recommend reacquainting yourself with our first impressions.

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Friday, August 16, 2013

Hillary Clinton’s Twitter Debut: A Cut Chat

Today, at 12:44 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, Hillary Clinton finally joined Twitter. The news that "hair icon, pantsuit aficionado, glass ceiling cracker" Hillary had joined Twitter drove the Cut's internal chat room into a frenzy. How does her first tweet rate? What's up with that bio? What does Huma Abedin think? Come, join us in wild speculation.

Benina Sax, social media manager: Just a heads up — Hilary Clinton is now verified and officially on Twitter.

Charlotte Cowles, writer: AHHH, I love it.

Maureen O'Connor, writer: I wonder if Huma was consulted on this decision.

Kat Stoeffel, writer: She's so good at it already, perfect first tweet: 

Charlotte: The Texts From Hillary guy she tweeted at is freaking out.

Kurt Soller, features editor: AMAZING. But let's talk about Hillary's Twitter bio: "Wife, mom, lawyer, women & kids advocate, FLOAR, FLOTUS, US Senator, SecState, author, dog owner, hair icon, pantsuit aficionado, glass ceiling cracker, TBD ... "

Maureen: "Cracker" kind of distracting me.

Stella Bugbee, editorial director: "TBD" is my favorite, but "Wife, Mom" is such an interesting and calculated little piece of text. Of all those things, WIFE made it first?

Maureen: Seems like chronological order, maybe? Surprising because people used to be suspicious about the origin of her career, how she "politicized" the office of First Lady. Also, everyone knows résumés are supposed to be reverse-chron.

Charlotte: I bet it's a "softening" thing.

Kurt: She also turned her pantsuits and hair into a joke, but I thought we weren't supposed to talk about those things. Can we now? 

Kat: By embracing her memes, she's saying yes. What a 21st-century form of self-actualization.

Benina: Speaking of WIFE, Bill Clinton has weighed in:

Kat: Hahaha, Bill's bio. "Founder, the Clinton Foundation." It should be "father, philanderer, vegan."

Maureen: When did Twitter bios become epitaphs, anyway? The listing of relationship identities — wife, mom — is straight out of an obituary. "Here lies Maureen O'Connor, daughter, sister, ironic use of the #TweetYourWeight hashtag."

Kat: "Katherine Stoeffel, followed her mom."

Maureen: There is something almost too easy about famous people culling favor by sweetly buying into the memes other people create about them.

Charlotte: When it's handed to you on a silver platter, it'd be silly not to.

Maureen: I know. Just that I'll be more impressed when someone like Romney, whose memes all made fun of him, finds a way to turn that momentum around and harness it, jujitsu-style. We already know what Hillary is going to do on Twitter. Same stuff Obama does. I would be more excited if Huma Abedin joined Twitter. Or if Huma Abedin commented on Hillary joining Twitter. Everyone just scream "TWITTER" every time Huma Abedin walks by, is what I'm saying.

Charlotte: Yeah, but if Huma is BEHIND Hillary's Twitter? And what if Hillary tweets dog pictures??

Maureen: Dog pictures have potential.

Charlotte: See, that's where I think the "wife, mother" thing comes in. She's going to use Twitter to endear people to her with cute pictures and other Internet fodder.

Maureen: I love Hillary, but I'm not following her until Bill tweets a crotch shot. That is when it gets interesting.


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Wednesday, May 22, 2013

The Last of Us will debut 'play while it downloads' feature on the PS3

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The Last of Us

Even though we don't yet know what the PlayStation 4 looks like or how much it will cost, one of the many details revealed at Sony's February event was that games will be playable even as they download. Now it turns out we won't have to wait for the new hardware to experience that feature on a console -- Steam, for example, does this on PCs with some games -- as The Last of Us leaders Bruce Straley and Neil Druckman told Game Informer the PS3 game will be available as a download the same day it arrives on discs, and is playable once the transfer is 50 percent complete. There's no word whether other developers will have access to the "magic" Naughty Dog worked out with Sony to make it happen, but as least there will be as little delay as possible before you begin exploring its post-apocalyptic landscape June 14th.

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Thursday, May 16, 2013

'Ender's Game' Teaser Trailer Will Debut May 7 in Google+ Hangout

Enders-gameBahjournalist-5e1f0b4ff8 By Brian Anthony Hernandez2013-05-03 19:09:59 UTC

Ender's Game director Gavin Hood, producer Bob Orci and actor Asa Butterfield will unveil the science fiction movie's first teaser trailer in a Google+ Hangout on May 7.

The live video chat begins at 4 p.m. ET. The trio will discuss and answer viewers' questions about the flick, which is based on Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game book.

Butterfield, who plays Ender Wiggin, and Harrison Ford, who assumes the role of Colonel Hyrum Graff, give a sneak peek of the teaser trailer in this new video. It features the first footage posted online of the film (starting at 0:30).

Ender's Game isn't the first movie to premiere its trailer in a Google+ Hangout. A trailer for Steven Spielberg's Lincoln was the first back in September during a live chat with Spielberg and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

Ender's Game also stars Hailee Steinfeld, Ben Kingsley, Viola Davis and Abigail Breslin.

Hood previously checked in with fans on the Ender's Game Tumblr blog in March:

Hello fellow Ender’s Game fans. It’s been four years since I first began writing a screenplay based on the classic novel. I love the book. And I especially love the character of Ender Wiggin. I was drafted into an army myself at 17, and Ender’s journey of self discovery - his battles with authority figures he does not trust and his development as a leader - are themes I strongly relate to.

Without exception, every person who works on this wonderful film brings more than just skill to the table. They bring passion. Like me, they are huge fans of this story: of its unique environments, its amazing characters and its great, timeless themes.

We are now well into post production and the famous zero gravity battle room scenes are looking fantastic. We started a year ago by sending our talented young actors off to a “space camp” to train under the guidance of real NASA astronauts. They learned to move in zero gravity environments and experienced the wonderful feeling of weightlessness. Mix in some truly incredible visual effects work and today we are looking at battle room scenes that will blow your mind!

Tomorrow you will get your very first look at the battle room with the reveal of the teaser poster on Yahoo! Movies. For now, enjoy a small tease of Ender’s feet at the gate! I wish I could show you more, but with just over six months to go before our Nov 1 release date, the poster will at least give you a small glimpse of what we are working towards.

Image courtesy of Summit Entertainment and Lionsgate

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