LG smart watch willing to Beat Apple, Samsung, Google by the hand

LG smart watch willing to Beat Apple, Samsung, Google by the hand

Unknown   Monday, March 25, 2013

LG enters the smart watch market in the near future, as the South Korean company's technology works to beat Apple, Samsung, Google by the hand.

LG smart watch willing to Beat Smart Phone

The year 2013 has been rife with the news that major technology companies are looking to enter the smart watch market. It is currently flooded with third-party solutions such as Callao, to sync with iOS and Android devices via Bluetooth. Ah, yes, there are solutions Sony and Motorola, but they are a bit on the meh side.

Details are scarce on what LG plans to do with its intelligent surveillance technology, but according to Korea Times sources, the development of a smart watch is part of the company's plans to stay ahead in the market. It is unclear whether Android will choose LG or Firefox for OS clock.

The new publication learned that LG is experimenting with a product similar to Google glass, glasses laptops introduced by Google last year that beam information in the right eye of a user. LG does not sound too along with the product because it is in a research phase. It seems that every high-tech company is working on something like Google Glass these days.

LG has already shown interest in the introduction of the LG watch phone watch early 2009. 3G had a camera, three side-mounted buttons, Bluetooth, a speakerphone and a music player. Now we know that did not get much buzz in the market, but hey, that does not mean that LG can not do well this year if recent rumors as true surfaces.

Samsung has already confirmed its plans this week smart watch. "We have been preparing the product for so long time," said Lee Hee Young, executive vice president of Samsung's mobile business. "We are working very hard to be ready for it. Products We are preparing for the future, and the clock is definitely one of them."

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Blind People Can See with Bionic Eye

Blind People Can See with Bionic Eye

Unknown   Wednesday, March 13, 2013

A study shows a retinal implant can help restore useful vision in people who otherwise would have gone blind. A bionic eye has enabled blind people to read letters and simple words. The implant converts images from the camera into electronic signals that the brain can "see".

Tests on 21 patients with retinitis pigmentosa, a degenerative disease that destroys light receiving cells in the back of the eye, showed that three-quarters were able to correctly identify individual letters. More than half were able to read words of four letters, according to findings published in the British Journal of Ophthalmology.

The Argus II allows Barbara Campbell, who lost her sight 20 years ago, to see the world through patterns of light. Scientists hope it is the beginning of even more treatments.

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FCC approves merger of T-Mobile with MetroPCS

FCC approves merger of T-Mobile with MetroPCS

Unknown   Wednesday, March 13, 2013

The Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday approved the merger of T-Mobile USA with MetroPCS, a $ 1.5 billion, combining two losers in a stronger rival to wireless giants Verizon Wireless and AT & T.

The FCC said the deal is good for consumers because it would accelerate the pace of investment in telecommunications and combined, the companies would be a stronger alternative to the larger companies.

The Justice Department on Tuesday confirmed separately that also approved the deal, which combines the nation's mobile phone operators and fifth-quarter amid growing concern that the nation smartphone-dependent nation has faced increasing bills cellular phone due to reduced competition.

Justice said the companies do not compete directly with each other and in most consumers MetroPCS metropolitan markets have sufficient alternatives to choose from.

"Today's action will benefit millions of American consumers and help the U.S. maintain global leadership in mobile telephony has recovered in recent years," said FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said in a statement.

The agreement must still be approved by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States because T-Mobile is owned by Deutsche Telekom. However, the merger is expected to be blessed by U.S. officials’ desire for greater competition in the mobile market $ 178 billion.

Under terms of the agreement, Deutsche Telekom will pay Metro PCS $ 1.5 billion in cash for a 74 percent stake in the company, whose prepaid phones have become popular among customers in urban and low-income. The combined company will have about 43 million subscribers.

The companies argued to regulators that combine its wireless waves together to create stronger networks that reach more Americans. Some have criticized MetroPCS shareholders agreement and how it could hurt their investments. The Communications Workers of America union fears that the transaction will lead to job losses.

MetroPCS shareholders will vote April 12 on the merger.

The deal is the latest in a wild ride by Deutsche Telekom T-Mobile, a company based in Kirkland, Washington, who has struggled to get the best devices and get high quality first waves engulfed by Verizon and AT & T in the spectrum auctions.

U.S. officials rejected AT & T merger with T-Mobile in late 2011. That agreement, regulators said, would industry leader AT & T very large recall of a rival rudimentary usually provide more affordable service plans.

Genachowski has accredited the FCC and Justice Department's decision to reject the previous attempt to merge T-Mobile AT & T as a crucial decision for the telecommunications market. They have insisted that their smaller rivals should be encouraged to challenge the dominance of Verizon Wireless and AT & T, which has about six in 10 mobile subscriptions.

Competition in the wireless industry has become a major problem, largely driven by advocacy groups say consumers’ mobile device users are charged with growing wireless bills, data caps and congested networks.

The FCC auction design a wireless waves over the next year, and some public interest advocates have called for limits on the amount of spectrum Verizon Wireless and AT & T should be able to buy.

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