Samsung reportedly looking to make Gear S2 iOS compatible

Samsung might be looking to join Android Wear’s push to be iOS compatible. According to a report from Digital Sky, spokespeople from Samsung confirmed that they were looking into the possibility of extending into iOS. The Tizen-powered Gear wearables used to only be compatible with Galaxy devices but with the Gear S2 Samsung’s opened up to the rest of Android. And it might also be the first device to be compatible with the iPhone, too.

Well, at least they are looking at the possibility. It’s not confirmed yet but if this happens, then the Apple Watch will be the only wearable that doesn’t support other platforms. What do you think? If Samsung makes the jump, would you consider getting a Gear S2?

Source: Digital Sky | Via: 9to5Mac

Uber fixes ETA privacy flaw that showed full trip details online

A glitch in Uber’s Share my ETA feature has allowed some users trips to be searchable on Google long after the journey’s complete. Share my ETA lets you share on social media or through private messaging the real-time progress of your trip. Thankfully, Uber finally fixed the flaw. If you searched “trip.uber.com” before it displayed dozens of trips that showed quite an extensive list of information including pickup and destination addresses, route traveled, driver’s name and car, rating, and the name of the rider. Luckily, the credit card information wasn’t displayed there.

Uber told Business Insider the links for Share My ETA are now set to expire 48 hours after they’re generated. The publicly available pages that are still in existence have also been erased. However, the user’s address is still available during the 48 hour window so be careful who you share your information with.

Source: Business Insider  

Panasonic reviving popular Technics turntable line with new direct drive motor

Panasonic Corporation announced that it will exhibit a direct drive1 analog turntable prototype equipped with a newly developed direct drive motor at the IFA 20152 trade fair to be held in Berlin from September 4 to 9, 2015. Panasonic is accelerating further development of this technology with a view to market launch in 2016 under the Technics hi-fi audio brand.

In conventional analog turntables, sound quality degradation caused by tiny vibrations of the motor and rotational speed fluctuations has been a major challenge. To overcome this challenge and assure smooth, highly-stable rotation, Panasonic has developed a new direct drive motor and redesigned high-precision motor control technology. This makes it possible to reproduce the warm sound and subtle nuances of musical expression engraved in the analog record grooves.

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Google Translate brings translations all through your apps

Google is hoping to make it easier for you to translate words you don’t understand. The latest update for Google Translate lets you translate any word you want, within any app. The catch is you have to be running Android 6.0 Marshmallow. The update also introduces “smoother conversation” in 40 languages, new 20 languages for instant translation using your camera from printed text, and better accessibility support and stability.

According to SlashGear, the languages included in this update's TO/FROM English text section are Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Filipino, Finnish, Hungarian, Indonesian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Slovak, Swedish, Turkish, and Ukrainian. The update also adds FROM English to Hindi and Thai.

Source: SlashGear