Last year Hughes Telematics had the Mercedes mbrace iPhone app on display, providing some OnStar -like functionality like locking your car remotely, un locking your car remotely, and even getting navigation to your car for those times when you park way out in the lot and can’t find it again when you’re suffering from post-shopping marathon mental lethargy. Now there’s a new version coming, getting submitted to Apple at the end of the month for a February release, and it adds a suite of new navigation features. Full details after the break. Continue reading Next-generation Mercedes mbrace iPhone app hands-on (video) Next-generation Mercedes mbrace iPhone app hands-on (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 08 Jan 2011 02:22:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Miner Edison Pena, rescued from the Copiapo copper mine in Chile last October, fulfilled a lifelong ambition on Friday by singing Elvis Presley songs at the late singer’s home in Tennessee. (Jan. 7)
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Saturday, 8 January 2011, 5:32 pm Press Release: United Nations Joint UN-African Union Envoy Confers With Sudanese Official On Darfur New York, Jan 7 2011 6:12PM The head of the joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID) held discussions with a senior Sudanese official on the security and humanitarian situation following the recent fighting and heightened tensions between the Government and armed groups in the region. Following the meeting yesterday in El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur state, between Ibrahim Gambari, the Joint AU-UN Special Representative in Darfur, and Ghazi Salah Al-Deen, Sudan’s presidential adviser in charge of Darfur, UNAMID…
Continue reading …Movea SmartMotion Air Mini Keyboard remote and Air Mouse revealed alongside Sunrex partnership
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Don’t quote us on this, but we’ve got a feeling that remotes will be more than just remotes by the time 2012 rolls around. HDTV companies have been slyly adding motion support to their remotes here at CES, and with PrimeSense’s technology going over so well in the Kinect, there’s an obvious next-step when looking at TV control. Movea — the company responsible for the Gyration Air Mouse and Air Mouse iOS app — has just teamed up with Sunrex here at CES, with the newly formed relationship expecting to yield new kit based on the former’s MotionIC platform and SmartMotion technology. We’re told to expect the first products to be available in Q1 of this year, with the SmartMotion Air Mini Keyboard remote and SmartMotion Air Mouse being named in particular. The former includes a full four-row QWERTY keyboard and relies on 2.4GHz wireless technology, but no images, pricing and availability details are available just yet. Continue reading Movea SmartMotion Air Mini Keyboard remote and Air Mouse revealed alongside Sunrex partnership Movea SmartMotion Air Mini Keyboard remote and Air Mouse revealed alongside Sunrex partnership originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 08 Jan 2011 01:31:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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The Crystal Gallery of Ice Carving Competition started Friday in Anchorage, Alaska. Teams began carving 6000 pounds of ice into different creations. The competition ends Sunday. (Jan. 7)
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SEOUL (AFP) – North Korea took further steps to mend ties with South Korea, suggesting talks be held within weeks and reopening an office to foster cooperation on the fractured peninsula. The latest offer from Pyongyang on Saturday follows an apparent easing in tensions, which have soared since the North shelled the South's frontline Yeonpyeong island on November 23, killing four people. Pyongyang's Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland “formally” proposed an “unconditional and early opening” of talks between the two governments. “The level of the talks and their venue and the date of…
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Article by WorldNews.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. When WikiLeaks unveiled the infamous and secretive pre-Gulf War One Glaspie Memo, where some speculated that comments were made which misled Saddam Hussein into believing the United States was giving him a green light to invade Kuwait if diplomacy failed, it should have sent chills throughout the world, particularly in America. The Glaspie Memo, known as 90BAGHDAD423 or “Saddam’s Message of Friendship to President Bush,” details a meeting between U.S. Ambassador April Glaspie and Saddam Hussein on July 25, 1990. The meeting occurred just a few days before Iraq invaded Kuwait. The leaked memo reveals that indeed, Hussein expressed grave…
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Looked at your stash of USB 3.0 cables lately? Chances are that each and every one of ‘em are three meters or shorter, and there’s good reason for that. Signal degradation over long distances is a problem that the world at large has been dealing with since the early days of human life, but somehow or another, Icron Technologies has figured out how to bend physics. The company has just announced a partnership with Intersil Corporation, and the two are linking up in order to produce a 20 meter USB 3.0 cable. Reportedly, it’ll deliver a full 5Gbps of USB 3.0 throughput over the full 20 meters, but there’s no mention of a price. Rest assured, it’ll be far more than you’re prepared to pay. Continue reading Icron Technologies unveils 20-meter USB 3.0 cable, mostly because it can Icron Technologies unveils 20-meter USB 3.0 cable, mostly because it can originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 08 Jan 2011 00:47:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Jungo and RealVNC partner up, aim to marry phones and infotainment systems
January 8, 2011 No Comment
Quietly, in-car infotainment systems have progressed greatly here at CES 2011 . What started a few years back with the integration of SYNC into Ford vehicles has blossomed into an industry-wide obsession , and now two of the biggest names that work behind the scenes are joining up to better integrate mobiles (and applications) with vehicle entertainment systems. Jungo and RealVNC’s newfound bond has resulted in a CEA-approved solution to make that kind of magic happen, and it’s one that just so happens to support Terminal Mode . The combined Automotive Connectivity middleware will enable a car’s head unit to automatically detect, access and control mobile devices in the vehicle and display their content on the screen in the dashboard. The design combines VNC (remote access and control) technology from RealVNC with Jungo’s tech, featuring device connectivity, media and network management, USB and Bluetooth protocol stacks. Hard to say when automakers will grab hold of this stuff and start offering it from the factory, but if we know anything about progress in the automotive industry, we’d say we’re still a year or so out. Jungo and RealVNC partner up, aim to marry phones and infotainment systems originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 08 Jan 2011 00:39:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Remember those all-night Mario Kart DS and Advance Wars marathons? Looking to recreate the magic with the 3DS? Bring a wall charger. Nintendo’s just unveiled its best-case scenario figures for the 3DS’ battery life, and compared with its predecessors, it ain’t pretty. The official numbers are three to five hours playing per game, or five to eight if playing an older DS title (and up to three hours 30 minutes to fully recharge). So… three to eight hours under the most ideal circumstances. Let’s look at the family album: the DS is 10 to 14 hours, DS Lite 15 to 19 hours, DSi 9 to 14 hours, and DSi XL 13 to 17 hours (all figures also from Nintendo). Can’t say we’re entirely surprised; Haus of Mario Chief Satoru Iwata’s own words back in October were “it is inevitable that Nintendo 3DS will be a device which requires more frequent recharging than Nintendo DS.” Think of it as an extension of the warning label . You can never be too careful, you know. Nintendo 3DS good for only 3 to 8 hours of play time per charge originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 08 Jan 2011 00:28:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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