Sony shows how its Xperia X smartphones have evolved

Sony is dropping the Xperia Z line in favour of the new Xperia X smartphones launched this week at MWC . Going full-premium in terms of materials and playing up the fact that Sony makes some of the best mobile camera sensors used by the likes of Apple and Samsung, the new Xperia X smartphones feature large 23 megapixel sensors as well as top notch display technology and a more rounded form factor. More than just the smartphones, which have long been some of the most underrated Androids devices because of the higher price, The Xperia line has now expanded to effectively include various accessories.

Microsoft customers now have access to BlackBerry’s secure enterprise mobility solutions via Azure

 

Microsoft and BlackBerry are teaming up to offer access to BlackBerry’s secure enterprise mobility solutions in the open, flexible, enterprise-grade cloud computing platform Microsoft Azure.   

Enterprises can opt to install and manage their BES12 deployment through the Azure platform. This means customers have full access to their BES12 licenses while benefiting from the Microsoft cloud architecture – without having to invest in their own IT infrastructure.

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AT&T's new ad campaign addresses the casualties of text driving

We see people texting while driving every day and some of us are guilty of sneaking a peek at our devices or even trying to send out responses while behind the wheel. AT&T's latest ad campaign titled 'Drop Your Weapon,' shows just how lethal text driving with statistics that prove the practice kills more people than war.

The ads show that there have 4,491 US casualties in the Iraq War between 2003 and 2014. This number is superceded by deaths due to text-driving exceed 33,000 within the same period. The big difference is that text-driving deaths could have been avoided if someone just waited until they were parked or safe to send a text.

New technologies like hands-free headsets and voice control on newer cars assist it remaining connected but they don't remove the root cause of accidents which is distracted driving. How many more people have to die unnecessarily before we realize that when driving a vehicle, all our attention should be focused on the road ahead as well as the other cars and people around us.

Source: Design Taxi

Father.io lets you play laser tag anywhere you like with your smartphone

Laser tag’s a lot of fun. But what if we tell you that you can play it anywhere thanks to this new Indiegogo project? Father.io is an augmented reality smartphone game that turns the world into your game board. It makes use of your camera to show you the world overlaid with a floating arm and a gun as well as your health, ammo, and the players around you. It also makes use of GPS to locate your position. For the laser tag aspect, you attach a widget called an Inceptor, an infrared blaster, to your phone. This will help you shoot at other players. It connects to your phone via Bluetooth and fires up to about 50 feet.

Aside from playing the traditional laser tag game, you can also try story mode. With story mode, you’ll be interacting with 12 million points of interest around the world. In this mode, you’ll be in a dystopia where an A.I. gets a virus that turns cybernetic humanoid machines into human killing machines. You can visit real-life places like banks and hospitals to gain points and influence. But there won’t be much use for the Inceptor in story mode; it’ll mostly make use of your GPS. The Early Bird Inceptor pack will cost you around US$20 + shipping and that includes one Inceptor and the free Father.IO app on Google Play or iOS.

Source: Indiegogo | Via: Popular Science