Monday, November 15, 2010

What Is Path? [Video]

What Is Path? [Video]

Path! Path? It's this week's buzzy social networking iPhone app, developed by an impressive roster of peeps and backed by a long list of investors. But what's it really do?

Path is a 'personal network' app for the iPhone...

Path is a new social network app for the iPhone that lets you share what's going on in your life with friends and family. It's kinda like Twitter or Instagram, but it's kinda not.

with a personal twist...

Unlike other social media platforms where a bigger list of friends is always better, Path caps you at 50 friends. The idea is that when you know you're just sharing with people you really trust, you'll be far more inclined to share without inhibition.

based on sharing pictures...

Photos are the meat of Path. Snap one on your iPhone, tag it with any number of people, places, or things, and fire it off to your friends. It'll show up on their Paths, and a feature called "See" shows you which of your friends have actually stopped by and viewed your photo. Stop ignoring my pictures, friends!

that was developed by an all-star crew...

Path is the brainchild of Dave Morin, a long time Facebook employee who left the company last January, Shawn Fanning, Napster founder, and Dustin Mierau, developer of the Mac Napster client Macster. It's a pretty impressive team.

that you can download now for free.

Path is available in the App Store right now for free. [Path]

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Hide Google Instant Previews With an AdBlock Filter [Search]

Hide Google Instant Previews With an AdBlock Filter [Search]

We've looked at Google's new Instant Preview feature (and showed you how to access it with the keyboard), but if you don't like the previews popping up all the time, you can ensure they stay hidden with these AdBlock filters. More »


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Create a Dirt Cheap Camera Slider Using Skateboard Wheels [Video]

Create a Dirt Cheap Camera Slider Using Skateboard Wheels [Video]

Camera sliders and dollies, designed to help you film butter-smooth video while the camera is in motion, are quite pricey. This DIY version uses extremely cheap parts, like skateboard wheels, to keep the cost under $50. More »


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Lenovo IdeaPad U260 Has A 12.5-inch Screen And Is Less Than An Inch Thick [Lenovo]

Lenovo IdeaPad U260 Has A 12.5-inch Screen And Is Less Than An Inch Thick [Lenovo]

Lenovo IdeaPad U260 Has A 12.5-inch Screen And Is Less Than An Inch ThickThe ultraportable Lenovo IdeaPad U260 is set to release November 15th (this Monday) for $895. It's under an inch thin and Lenovo is calling it the first laptop to have a 12.5-inch display with an HD 16:9 screen.

Lenovo is using a single piece design made of magnesium-aluminum alloy for the first time, and the U260 clocks in at only 3 pounds. Lenovo is also pimping out luxury features like a leather palm rest and glass touchpad for the U260.
Lenovo IdeaPad U260 Has A 12.5-inch Screen And Is Less Than An Inch Thick
Users can configure the U260 with a Core i3 or i5, hook it up with up to 320GB of HDD storage space and max it out at 4GB of RAM. Comes in Mocha Brown or Clementine Orange. [Lenovo]

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Why Netflix Isn't On Android Yet (and Only Some Android Phones Will Get It) [NetFlix]

Why Netflix Isn't On Android Yet (and Only Some Android Phones Will Get It) [NetFlix]

Why Netflix Isn't On Android Yet (and Only Some Android Phones Will Get It)Netflix says: "The hurdle has been the lack of a generic and complete platform security and content protection mechanism available for Android." They can't get Netflix on Android because they can't get a secure DRM system across Android devices.

According to Greg Peters, from Netflix product development, the difficulty in securing a common DRM system on Android devices is "the same security issues that have led to piracy concerns on the Android platform." He goes on:

Setting aside the debate around the value of content protection and DRM, they are requirements we must fulfill in order to obtain content from major studios for our subscribers to enjoy. Although we don't have a common platform security mechanism and DRM, we are able to work with individual handset manufacturers to add content protection to their devices.

By dealing with individual manufacturers on a phone-by-phone basis, it means not every Android phone will get to have Netflix. Which means that F-word comes up again.

Unfortunately, this is a much slower approach and leads to a fragmented experience on Android, in which some handsets will have access to Netflix and others won't.

To Netflix's credit, they don't want to cause confusion among their customers but smartly believe that having some Android phones have Netflix is better than no Android phones having Netflix. In any case, those Android devices that will get Netflix should expect it early next year. [Netflix Blog]

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You Can Use Ping On Your iPad Now [Ping]

You Can Use Ping On Your iPad Now [Ping]

You Can Use Ping On Your iPad NowApple just updated the iTunes app on the iPad and it adds...Ping! It was a backend update so there's no new download necessary. Just hit up the new Ping tab on the iTunes app to get your social music-ing on. *cricket*

In the tab in iTunes, You get your Ping feed, the people you follow, your followers, your profile, a dedicated section for concerts and twitter integration in iPad-sized glory. Can Ping still catch on? [9to5mac]

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Social Networking iPhone App Path Shares Photos and Info With Closest Friends Only [IPhone Apps]

Social Networking iPhone App Path Shares Photos and Info With Closest Friends Only [IPhone Apps]

Social Networking iPhone App Path Shares Photos and Info With Closest Friends OnlyTwitter's fun, but wouldn't you be more "you-like" if you were broadcasting your life to just 50 of your closest friends? So goes the thinking behind Path, which uses your phone's camera as the basis for the free social-network. [iTunes]

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Jolibook no longer camera shy, opens its lid on Flickr

Jolibook no longer camera shy, opens its lid on Flickr

Well, thar she blows -- the Jolicloud Jolibook. You've seen the teaser images and the official specs, but the 10.1-inch netbook is finally showing its keyboard deck and rear in a set of official press shots. Most of the information you need is in that gallery below, but just like we saw in the other images, its lid is skinned with a crowded cartoon scene while its back is home to a bulging battery (though, one shot shows it with a smaller cell). Under the cover it looks to have a fairly standard plastic panel complete with a chiclet keyboard that happens to look strikingly similar in styling to that on the recent Acer Aspire One systems. We're hoping that all plastic build translates to a seriously low starting price, but naturally, we're still waiting on that last nugget of information. We dare you to check out the shots in the gallery below and try saying "Jolicloud Jolibook" three times fast!

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Jolibook no longer camera shy, opens its lid on Flickr originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 13 Nov 2010 09:50:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Confirmed: Lenovo LePad headed to US in 2011

Confirmed: Lenovo LePad headed to US in 2011

Lenovo led us to believe that our LePad chances weren't terribly good, but CEO Yang Yuanqing recently told the Wall Street Journal that the Android tablet is indeed slated for a 2011 US launch. Though Lenovo's COO Rory Read was pretty clear that the LePad wouldn't ship stateside until a tablet-ready version of Android was ready to go, it seems the company's now confident that Google will deliver the goods. However, our gain is apparently China's loss, as the publication reports that the slate's been pushed into 2011 (as opposed to this December) in its country of origin as well. What's a multinational computer corporation to do?

Confirmed: Lenovo LePad headed to US in 2011 originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 13 Nov 2010 16:39:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Intel unveils 120GB X25-M SSD, tinkers with 80GB / 160GB model price tags

Intel unveils 120GB X25-M SSD, tinkers with 80GB / 160GB model price tags

Face it, for the average consumer, solid-state drives still have a price-to-storage issue -- but once you get used to the quick and quiet performance, it's hard to go back. If you're willing to take the dive, or already have and are looking to swap out / upgrade, Intel's lowered the suggested price of its 80GB and 160GB X25-M SSDs to $199 and $415, respectively. Looking to take the middle road? Introducing the 120GB X25-M from the House of All Things Blue. That'll set you back $275, but hey, 'tis the season. Press release after the break.

Continue reading Intel unveils 120GB X25-M SSD, tinkers with 80GB / 160GB model price tags

Intel unveils 120GB X25-M SSD, tinkers with 80GB / 160GB model price tags originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 13 Nov 2010 17:17:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Hybrid batteries tease big energy capacity while charging in seconds

Hybrid batteries tease big energy capacity while charging in seconds

Ioxus Inc. is an up and comer in the energy storage industry that has plans this Monday to announce a new hybrid storage device that it hopes will radically alter batteries used in the auto, medical, and consumer electronics industries. The teased product is said to be roughly the size of a typical C-cell battery and combines the fast charge / discharge benefits of ultracapacitors with the impressive energy-to-weight ratio of a lithium-ion electrode. As a result, Ioxus says the hybrid devices can store more than double the energy of traditional ultracapacitors and charge in a matter of seconds. The catch is that the hybrids have shorter life spans of 20,000 cycles compared to millions of cycles for typical ultracapacitors. We're also taking this with a grain of skepticism until these claims are proven in the field. Some brief digging though did unearth an article written by MIT researchers and published in Scientific American last year that discusses the possible benefits of supercharging lithium-ion cells -- which is encouraging.

The first iteration could be used to power a host of devices like off-the-grid lighting or power tools. Use in larger systems like the regenerative breaks of electric cars however won't be possible until the second generation arrives -- which the CEO pegged as sometime in the first quarter of next year.

Hybrid batteries tease big energy capacity while charging in seconds originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 14 Nov 2010 00:28:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Hack turns Kinect into 3D video capture tool

Hack turns Kinect into 3D video capture tool

We all knew this would inevitably happen, but seeing it in action is something else -- the Kinect transformed by the power of open-source drivers into a true 3D video camera for capturing oneself. UC Davis visualization researcher Oliver Kreylos fed the streams from his peripheral's infrared and color cameras into a custom program that interpolated and reconstructed the result, generating a mildly mindblowing 3D virtual reality environment he can manipulate at will. And if it makes him look a little bit like the proficiently penciled protagonists in Take On Me, that's just the cherry on top. Don't miss the videos after the break to see what we're talking about.

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Hack turns Kinect into 3D video capture tool originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 14 Nov 2010 20:06:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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ASUS' Sandy Bridge motherboards are pretty, come with Bluetooth and USB 3.0 as standard

ASUS' Sandy Bridge motherboards are pretty, come with Bluetooth and USB 3.0 as standard

We already got an early glimpse at what ASUS is bringing to Intel's upcoming Sandy Bridge party, now how about some glamor shots of the actual hardware? The Taiwanese company has taken the shroud of mystery away from its latest range of motherboards and the first thing that stood out to us was the TUF-looking Sabertooth P67 above. It comes with an extended five-year warranty, "military-grade" electrical components, a litany of thermal sensors, and of course that Tactical Jacket up top. Beyond its obvious visual appeal, the Jacket serves to channel airflow throughout the board, aiding the cooling of more peripheral components. On the more diminutive front, ASUS is showing off a Mini-ITX board, the P8P67-I, that fits everything but full-sized RAM slots within a minuscule footprint. Check it out after the break. Oh, and ASUS is sticking USB 3.0 and Bluetooth connectivity on almost all its future boards. Yay!

Continue reading ASUS' Sandy Bridge motherboards are pretty, come with Bluetooth and USB 3.0 as standard

ASUS' Sandy Bridge motherboards are pretty, come with Bluetooth and USB 3.0 as standard originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 15 Nov 2010 04:10:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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AMD promises Radeon HD 6900 series launch for the week beginning December 13th

AMD promises Radeon HD 6900 series launch for the week beginning December 13th

AMD's cutting it mighty close, but the latest word from its PR mouthpiece is that the hotly anticipated Radeon HD 6970 and HD 6950 will be unveiled just in time for the gift-giving holidays. Fudzilla has heard directly from the Radeon team, who say they're "going to take a bit more time before shipping the AMD Radeon HD 6900 series." The NDA is expected to lift on the week beginning December 13th, but it's anyone's guess whether reviews of the cards will be accompanied by widespread in-store availability. Our hearts say yes, but our minds are already making other plans.

AMD promises Radeon HD 6900 series launch for the week beginning December 13th originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 15 Nov 2010 05:52:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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RT @heidicohen examples of social media done correctly http://bit.ly/bNbkda; otherwise, The ROI Is Still Zero http://bit.ly/cV9z3J

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