Friday
Jan292016

2016 Canadian International AutoShow to highlight the future of car design

The upcoming 2016 Canadian International AutoShow will be showcasing various concept vehicles that point to the future of car design. A total of 11 concept vehicles are making their Canadian debut will be held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre between February 12th and 21st. Hit jumpt to see what to expect.

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Friday
Jan292016

Nissan recalling 846,000 Altimas for faulty hood latches

Nissan North America, Inc. is recalling certain model year 2013-2015 Nissan Altima vehicles manufactured March 6, 2012, to December 31, 2014. In the affected vehicles, the secondary hood latch may bind and remain in the unlatched position when the hood is closed. This is the third time these models have been recalled for latch-related issues.

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Thursday
Jan282016

Google dominates mass market VR with 5 million Cardboard viewers, 1000 VR apps

While the world is waiting around for Oculus, Google's already shipped 5 million of its low-cost Cardboard viewers and boasts up to 1,000 VR apps available on its app store. The range of VR experiences available to Cardboard users is staggering with everything from games, to immersive virtual museum tours and even different ways to watch videos and look at panoramic images on smartphones they already own.

On the other end of the spectrum, Google is also enabling creators to make VR experiences with the Cardboard camera app as well as Jump VR authoring suite. 

Next up for Google Cardboard, how about a way to make it less resource intensive on smartphones, which tend to use up a lot of battery life and warm up.

Source: Google

Thursday
Jan282016

iPad Pro will be able to update accessory firmware in upcoming OS revision

The Smart Connector in the iPad Pro which enables the tablet to connect and power various accessory keyboard cases will soon be able to serve as a conduit to update firmware in connected devices. This was discovered when a developer running iOS 9.3 beta version 2 received an alert that the firmware of his connected Logitech CREATE keyboard could be updated via the iPad Pro. This is a first for an iOS device although various accessories and peripherals are usually updated by connecting them to Macs.

Source: 9to5Mac