Apple is slated to announce the fruits of its labor on improving the use of technology in education at its special media event on Thursday, January 19. While speculation has so far centered on digital textbooks, sources close to the matter have confirmed to Ars that Apple will announce tools to help create interactive e-books—the "GarageBand for e-books," so to speak—and expand its current platform to distribute them to iPhone and iPad users.
Along with the details we were able to gather from our sources, we also spoke to two experts in the field of digital publishing to get a clearer picture of the significance of what Apple is planning to announce.
So far, Apple has largely embraced the ePub 2 standard for its iBooks platform, though it has added a number of HTML5-based extensions to enable the inclusion of video and audio for some limited interaction. The recently-updated ePub 3 standard obviates the need for these proprietary extensions, which in some cases make iBook-formatted e-books incompatible with other e-reader platforms. Apple is expected to announce support for the ePub 3 standard for iBooks going forward.
Corning unveiled its latest high-damage resistant Gorilla Glass 2 at CES in Las Vegas. The Gorilla Glass 2 is up to 20 percent thinner, enabling slimmer devices, better touch responsiveness, and brighter images without sacrificing the damage resistance consumers demand.Corning researchers said that the thinner glass would help electronics makers to increase battery size or install additional storage capacity in smartphones.
Gorilla Glass 2 improves on its predecessor by increasing the amount of compression created by the ion exchange and making the protective layer deeper. The complete product information can be downloaded from here
When Microsoft bought Skype late last year everyone was expecting Skype to be rushed out onto theWindows Phone platform. However, we're now a couple of months on and Skype still isn't available on Microsoft's operating system.
That could be about to change though because in an interview at CES Rick Osterloh, Skype's Vice President of products, stated that the company is working on Windows version of Skype.
Many expected Microsoft would integrate the Skype application deeply into its operating system, but this first version will be a stand-alone application. No launch date was given but its expected to launch soon !
Microsoft need to make the Skype partnership work because they paid a whopping $8.5 billion for the company. This application will be only the first in a number of important Skype releases on Microsoft's Windows Phone platform and once we get any more news about a release date we'll let you know.
2011 had been great and I wish all my friends, my blog readers a very happy new year 2012. Here are some of the special things that happened in 2011.
1. I've started this blog on June 2011 and its only around six months, I've got so many positive responses from all the guys. I wish to continue this blog all way along my life.
2. Next special thing is that I've completed my school and joined College. This was probably a big turn over in my life. I'm now doing my first year in Computer Science Engineering. That's my favorite.
3. The Third Special thing was that Android become so popular and I tried out one by myself. So here is my Samsung Galaxy Pro.
4. This is the special part of 2011. I came to know Nokia Connects (aka WomWorld/Nokia) in Twitter and they were the coolest guys I've known. I would like to wish them a Happy New year rather in a different way.
5. I got a chance to trial the Nokia E6 smartphone from Nokia Connects. I enjoyed using it a lot. I was really a beautiful and awesome device.
Wish you guys a Happy 2012. There are still 365 days to enjoy this new year. Here is my greetings for you guys.
As World Rally Championship (WRC) is getting hotter, everyone needs to get the latest news and info. Nokia being a sponsor of WRC, has brought an app called "WRC Live" providing exclusive news and media on WRC. This app also provides real-time mapping and also live progress of teams and all other stuff in one place. In this post, I'll cover an in-depth review of "WRC Live" app.
So What's special about this app for which it got 1 million downloads? This app is available for both S^1 and S^3 devices. I'll go through each one separately.
S^3 WRC Live App:
I have used over 100 apps and found nothing unique expect the usual "Loading..Please wait" and similar stuff. But the WRC Live app is rather different. The Loading screen of the app brings the racing fever to its maximum. See the below images to find it out:
The clutch is out and the throttle is up. Let the racing begins... The home screen of the WRC app consists of transparent tabs with a quick info of the latest news and tabs for results, teams and media and also the details of the last completed race. For this instance its Wales Rally GB.
Inside the "Rallies &Results" tab, We have the Ranking, Player and the total. We can also find the total of the player and the Team which is pretty good. There is also "Rally Calender" where we can find quick info on the Rallies.
Now moving on to the "Drivers & Teams", We can find the details of the Rally drivers, co-drivers, teams and also there is "Hall of Fame" to remember the legends.
Next is the "Media" tab where we can find all exclusive images and videos and there is "Near Live" which is my favorite.
Another great feature in this app is that Nokia has added Nokia Maps (formerly "OVI maps") in this app that shows the track and also the split time difference. So you'll never miss anything.
Installation:
We went through the app almost completely. So what's next? Download the app from the Nokia Store, Install it through Nokia Suite or right from your mobile.
After installation, you can find the WRC Live app under "Applications" which is the default location.
Launch it. Sit back and enjoy the Race. Mission accomplished.
S^1 WRC Live App:
Now moving on to S^1 devices, this app is available for both S40 and S60 Nokia devices. This is similar to that of S^3 app only with a few modifications.
The Homescreen of the App contains the transparent tabs for "Rallies&Results", "Teams&Drivers", "News" and "Media".
First moving on to the "Rallies & Results", We can see the Rallies and also the Championship standings in the Rallies. All in one place.
Next comes the "Drivers&Teams" tab under which we can find info of Drivers, co-drivers and Teams and moreover this is the Hall of Fame.
We can click on the each tile to have the complete details of them of which some are below.
We have the "News" tab next which is also one of the cool features of this app. We can quickly skim over the news or read them completely.
And last but not the least is the "Media" tab for complete entertainment. This app provides the complete media of WRC organised in one place.
So, that's all about the S^1 WRC Live App.
Installation:
So You are now ready to take the race. Download the App Nokia Store here
This App is also exclusively available for Lumia Windows Phone. I have no Lumia WP yet. In fact I'm writing this detailed Review post so that I can win one from Nokia Connects
A new facebook app called "Fascinate" has showed up in the Nokia Store. This app is similar to that of the Facebook app fMobi. This app has a swipe interface and includes all the features for a social networking app including chat.
We can scroll over the news feed, update our status, check in, upload photos, view over the events and there is also a notification window.
This app is supported by S^1 and S^3 devices and also has a homescreen notification widget. It is available for free in Nokia Store here
