HTC Vive Will be $800 and Arrives in April

Costing $200 more than the Oculus Rift headset, the virtual reality headset HTC Vive will cost $800. It will be available in April, just a month later than the Rift.

The Mobile World Congress announced the price of the HTC Vive and also that it will be available for pre-order on February 29^th. Included in the Consumer Edition along with the headset are a link box, wireless controllers, two base stations and Vive earbuds. VP of HTC Dan O’Brien claims that Vive does things that other headset on the market can’t do.

The big win for Vive is; their Consumer Edition providing controllers and Rift having a Xbox One controller and remote control. Rift won’t be selling their touch controllers for some months, and O’Brien considers this way of selling less compelling.

Job Simulator and Fantastic Contraption are free with the Vive, and March’s Game Developers Conference will see more announced. Valve’s Steam Platform will sell the games – so another win for the Vive.

After being tested by GameSpot, the conclusion was that they are superior to any other device on the market when it comes to virtual reality. Playstation VR is also being launched by Sony later in the year although the cost has not yet been announced.

A New Ride Sharing Company Which Will Be Nice To its Drivers

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Uber is facing competition from newcomer Juno and as a bonus, the new company’s drivers will have equity in the enterprise. On top of that, they will get less taken by Juno – 10% as opposed to 20% by Uber. Despite this, fare prices will be on a par with Uber.

Co-founder Talmon Marco has told CNN Money, that happy drivers are what they are aiming for, and the customers will also like this. Drivers will be contract workers and will need to be rated 4.70 or above by companies such as Uber. At present, there is no need for the drivers to work exclusively for Juno but can take work from a variety of ride-hailing firms.

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New York is the setup City for Juno and already has their drivers signed up. They are quite late to the table as Uber has been active for seven years. They are already present in 380 cities and has managed to get an investment of $8 billion. They do have an alliance of rivals however including Lyft, who are now present in 200 Cities.

Some drivers are not happy with their lot, and this has been the catalyst for driver involvement with Juno. If they go to the market, their drivers will be well looked after. Juno is learning from the mistakes of other ride-hailing companies and working well within the confines of the Taxi and Limousine Commission.

Four Free Simple Steps To Become A Good Photographer

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Learning to be a good photographer should take a short amount of time per day and here are the details that will help you to get there.

Firstly, read the manual that comes with your camera every day and it doesn’t matter what page it is that you read. Select a page and read, then go straight on to the next step.

Four Free Simple Steps To Become A Good Photographer

Next, get the camera and do what you have just read about. Use whatever new technique you have learned and if you struggle, read again and continue. Practice makes perfect and combining reading and doing so closely the information will stay with you more.

After practicing, use the camera for real. Take a picture using the function you have just learned about. If you don’t use the camera regularly you will forget how it feels and unless you are focused on learning, you could find that it soon feels alien to you.

Get to know what other photographers are doing, and study them as closely as you can. Think what you would do if you were taking it. Would you use a lens? What would the lighting need to be? If the picture can be duplicated where you live, then take one like it. If you do this regularly, you will soon see a vast improvement in the standard of pictures you are taking.

Original Article: Photofocus.com

What If San Bernardino Shooter Had Used an Android Phone

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Apple has been ordered to support the authorities and unlock the phone used by Farook, who was involved in a major shooting. Next time it could be an Android-based device, and people are wondering, would they refuse to help in the same way Apple have refused. As many companies are using Google’s OS, it is wondered how they will react if they are ever in the same position – although so many other companies would also be involved.

Information via Hioshi Lockheimer states that Google would hold the same view. Bloomberg was told that; the Android boss did not know the details but felt it went away from the standard data sharing protocol. CEO Sundar Pichai believed it would set an example, but was unable to say what Googles response would be.

Apple does not have the encryption lock key that the phone’s owner has, so have only been able to give the FBI information stored in the iCloud according to the New York Times. Google also has strong encryption and regularly refuse to hand over information.

As manufacturers put in their security systems, and can also alter an Android source code, that is causing their system to be less secure. It would be hit and miss as to whether it would have been easier to crack the code had it been an Android phone involved in the San Bernardino incident.

The US Authorities Have Approached VW About Producing Electric Vehicles

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The US authorities have approached VW about producing electric vehicles according to Welt am Sonntag. Volkswagon group still struggling to solve the problems with their 600,000 diesel vehicles, all need to be fixed due to false emission readings, and the U.S Protection Agency is working with VW to correct this problem. It will be a worry to VW that legal claims are likely, and as yet a fix has not been found.

Along with the vehicle manufacture facility in Chattanooga, Tennessee, there will be charging stations set out across the United States. As yet it is not clear if the request is for new models to be designed or the existing hybrid and electric cars to be produced.

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A VW spokesman has stated that; negotiations were taking place, but the details were not being released, and there would be no comments. It is however known that VW Chairman of the supervisory board Hans Dieter Poetsch was ordered to update Alexander Dobrindt the German Transport Minister on the problem. Promises were made that solutions would be found, and the impact on company members would not be a consideration.

Further details are not available although there was confirmation of the February 16th meeting and that the VW head of group government relation Thomas Steg was also involved. According to Bild am Sontag, the final report of the emissions scandal will be presented to law firm Jones Day in April.

Lithium Will Become the Most Wanted Mineral

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The rise in the sale of electric cars is going to lead to an increase in the demand for Lithium-ion cell and battery packs. As Lithium-ion is vital for the batteries for electric vehicles, additional raw materials will be required and already there is an increase in mining for lithium in the Australian outback. Already prices of lithium carbonate have risen by close to 50% and according to Citigroup, there will have been a 64% rise between 2015 and 2020.

Pibara Minerals Executive Director Neil Biddle told Bloomberg that there is an enormous demand due to the increase of electric buses, cars, trucks and bikes. There are three sources of lithium – mining, recycling and also it is produced when brine in salt ponds evaporate. Mining is by far the most expensive but quicker – and that is often the primary factor.

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All this is good news for the miners although their enthusiasm may be too high as China was considered to lead the rise in demand. They are aiming for 5 million “new energy” vehicles to be in use by 2020, and these will all be electric, hybrid or hydrogen fuel cell. Nanjing has seen the building of a new plant where each year there will be 50,000 battery packs produced.

The downside in China is that subsidies will be phased out, but good news for Australian miners is that Tesla wants to be producing half a million such cars a year by 2020.

Photo Credit: Juan Moseinco/IPS

Here is How to Watch The Next SpaceX Mission Live

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This Monday, Elon Musk space company SpaceX completed a pre-launch test with their Falcon 9 rocket. Launch platform had been set for this exciting launch that is out of Florida’s Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

The launch will be taking place at 6:46 p.m. and last through 8:23 p.m. ET Wednesday evening. Falcon 9 primary mission will be to carry the 11,750-pound SES-9 communications satellite into orbit, the secondary goal will be, the rocket will try to land on the platform that is the sea. That is what most of us want to see happen. And one good thing about this launch you can watch it alive on LiveStream or YouTube. The landing will occur ten minutes after the launch. Like before, Space X team will try to land the rocket on the floating ocean platform on the sea. The platform called ” Of Course I Still Love You.”

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The Former Boss of the NSA and FBI is Supporting Tim Cook

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The mass shooting in San Bernardino become a global news after FBI asked from Apple to help them to hack the shooters smartphone which is an iPhone 5C.

And many people around the world divided into two sides about Apple should help or not. Of course, Tim Cook wants to help or any other people who against FBI’s demand but, this so-called backdoor can cause some problems in the future. Micheal Hayden, who were head of the NSA and CIA, told USA Today; he is against to force the tech companies to create a backdoor for smart devices. Yes, it will make it easier for the authorities to access the information in smart devices but it also give access to the people who can use this weakness for themselves to steal important information data from the users. And, take an advantage of this ” universal weakness”.

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Many think, FBI request of hacking the smartphone may not be helpful because it is highly possible shooter already erased the all important information data because they don’t think, he would guess hacking his iPhone will be that hard. so the underline purpose of FBI is getting access to all smart-devices all around the world.

In conclusion, for many of the people, Tim Cook giving a battle for our privacy and people all around the world including Google and other big corporations supporting him.

AT&T and Intel Wants to Connect Drones With 4G Network For Fly Further

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Drones are becoming more and more important in daily life, and AT&T are hoping to connect them, in the same way, they want to connect cities and cars.

Joining forces with Intel, they are hoping to find a way to fit drones with 4G LTE connectivity. If they achieve this, it will play a significant role in allowing drones to fly higher than normal. Initial work will be viewed in Barcelona as it will be shown via the Intel Drone Zone at the Mobile Word Congress trade show.

This partnership further advances drone technology as both companies look to drones as a delivery vehicle and source of photography and residents want them as fly as a hobby. Drones are limited at present as they use Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, but with cell phone network assistance, their limits will now be battery length.

Head of connected services at AT&T, Chris Penrose explained that already images and information was being moved to much greater areas. The problem is however that until restrictions on travel distances are revoked by the US Federal Aviation Administration; there can only be tests.

As well as photography and delivery, the new connectivity would allow streaming and flight information to be returned by the drone. Many industries would benefit if this were made possible. Intel’s New Technology Group Vice President Anil Nanduri says there is “high potential” and areas that could be covered will be “providing emergency relief.” There would also be less risk of using cell phone network rather than Wi-Fi.

There are however issues such as areas with lack of coverage, but AT&T believe new connectivity will help. There are still questions to be answered, but in the meantime, Intel has Realsense image Recognition technology to promote.

Chinese-owned Volvo is Recalling Cars Across 40 Markets

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The biggest Swedish carmaker who bought by Chinese giant has been recalling 59,000 cars across 40 markets. Fault cars have problems with temporarily shutting down the engine. The recall affects five-cylinder diesel models that are S60, V60, XC60, V70 and XC70 manufactured in mid-2015. Owners of the affected vehicles – which are mostly in Germany, Britain and Sweden – are being sent letters directly, and invited to their local dealerships for a short ( 30 minutes ) no-fee fix.

For now, the glitch did not cause any recorded accidents. It can shut down the electrical and engine system while the car is in motion. The problem reported by many drivers of Volvo who said the vehicle is cutting down the system without warning and creating a brief absence of steering and braking. But the car restart both immediately.

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