Kobo for Android gets updated with support for extra languages, more Facebook integration

Kobo for Android gets updated with support for more languages, deeper Facebook integration

App updates are always nice, right? Well, if you're an avid user of Kobo's intellectual offerings on Android handsets and slates, you'll be happy to know the all-things-eReader service has rolled out a fresh update to its eBooks application. Most notably, this new version brings support for an array of new languages within the app, such as French, Italian, Dutch, German and Spanish. That's not it, however, and in addition to gaining a "multi-language experience," Kobo's eBooks application now also offers an in-book progress indicator, a two-page landscape view for folks using tablets and the ability to share current readings with friends on Facebook or Kobo Pulse. As usual, you'll find the refreshed goods inside Google's Play store, link for that is down below.

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Smarter Stand iPad Stand Kit for the Apple Smart Cover and Smart Case Review

With less than 2 weeks to go on his Kickstarter project, entrepreneur Dotan Saguy, the man behind the Smarter Stand iPad Stand Kit for the Smart Cover and Smart Case, has no worries that he will reach his funding goal of $10,000. That’s because at the time of this writing, the earnings are already beyond that number by over $120,000. The Smarter Stand isn’t available in retail yet, but they sent me a set of pre-production clips to test drive. Let’s take a quick look.

Note: Click the images in this review to see a larger view.

The Smarter Stand is actually 2 plastic clips that are designed to work with your existing Apple Smart Cover or Smart Case.

The clips slide on either side of the Smart Cover or Smart Case.  By placing them over certain folds, you can adjust the angle of the stand. Shown above is the clip placement when you’re not using the cover as a stand. In this placement, you can use the cover as you normally would if the clips weren’t attached. The clips do not interfere with the on/off feature of the cover.

 

Placing the clips as shown above will allow you to create a stand that will elevate the iPad’s display to an angle of about 33 degrees.

If you’re a Smart Cover user, a non-slip pad is included that sticks to the back side of the iPad to provide stabilization to the iPad when it’s on a slick surface. Smart Case users don’t need to use the pad since the polyurethane of the back cover provides the necessary grip on slick surfaces.

In this orientation, the Smart Cover with the Smarter Stand clips provides a relatively stable stand for use on a flat surface. It won’t work well on your lap though…

Adjusting the location of the clips allow you to customize the angle of the stand from 33 to 45 degrees.

Another way to orient the clips creates a privacy shield.

The Smarter Stand is a simple product that is easy to use. I’ve heard some people make the argument that you can do the same thing for free with metal binder clips. That’s true, you can… but you wouldn’t want to leave those clips attached to your Smart Cover because they would scratch the iPad’s screen when the cover was in the closed position. Of course, you could keep the binder clips in your gear bag and use them when needed and there’s nothing wrong with that idea. But if you want something a little less home brew, the Smarter Stand Kit will do the job.

The Smarter Stand will begin shipping this Fall, and it will retail for $20. But if you want to save a few bucks, you still have a few days to pledge to the Kickstarter project. $12 will get you 2 White clips. Liking them on Facebook will get you an extra clip for a total of 3 clips.

Product Information

Price:$20
Manufacturer:Smarter Case
Pros:
  • Simple to use
  • Compact
  • Easily stores on the Smart Cover when not being used
  • Does not interfere with on/off feature of Smart Cover
Cons:
  • None

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SLIPS liquid repeller is inspired by carnivorous plants, enemy to insects and graffiti artists alike

SLIPS synthetic liquid repeller is inspired by carnivorous, enemy to insects and graffiti artists alike

When a team of Harvard researchers wanted to create the ultimate liquid- and solid-repelling surface, they looked toward the Nepenthes pitcher plant, where curious insects check in and never check out, thanks to slippery walls that lead to their tiny, horrific fate. The tropical plant inspired the creation of SLIPS (Self-healing, Slippery Liquid-Infused Porous Surface), a synthetic material that utilizes nano/ microstructured substrates, capable of repelling just about anything you can throw at it. During a visit to the hallowed Crimson halls, the team was kindly enough to show off the material through a series of messy, messy demos, dropping water, motor oil, liquid asphalt and newly-mixed concrete on aluminum and glass. The team even went crazy with a can of black spray paint, comparing the results to a Teflon surface. The outcome was the same in all case -- an amazingly repellent material.

The team has published a number of papers on the stuff, including ones that demonstrate its ice- and bacteria-repelling properties. Oh, and like its natural inspiration, SLIPS does a great jobs keeping bugs off its surface. You can check out our demos and one unhappy ant filmed by the SLIPS team. No insects were harmed in the making of our video, at least -- and the lab assures us that ant had a good life before learning the hard way why it shouldn't mess with Harvard scientists.

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New software uses facial recognition to defend against prying eyes

Having the right programs and hardware to keep the information on your display safe from prying eyes is never a bad idea, and new software from Oculis Labs offers a very interesting take on how to do just that. It's called PrivateEye, and it utilizes facial recognition to automatically pixelate the contents of your display when you look away.

If you step away from your system and someone else decides to sit down and poke around, PrivateEye will present a confusing jumble of garbled text. It'll even notify you if someone tries to peek over your shoulder -- and display a picture of your peeping Tom, throw up an alert, or sound an alarm.

Check out the video embed after the break, and share your thoughts in the comments!

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Apple v. Samsung: Schiller to Testify Friday as Apple Calls on Top Brass

We’re two days into Apple v. Samsung litigation, and it’s been a doozy of a trial thus far. Friday shouldn’t be disappointing either: It promises to provide never-before-seen looks into Apple’s creative process as the legal crew from Cupertino calls its witnesses to the stand.

Apple executives Phil Schiller (senior vice president of worldwide marketing) and Scott Forstall (senior vice president of iOS software) will be the first two to testify Friday morning in a San Jose, California federal court. But upcoming testimonies aren’t just limited to top Apple brass. Apple’s rolling list of trial witnesses includes Justin Denison, Samsung’s Chief Strategy Officer; Wookyun Kho, a Samsung engineer; Peter Bressler, an industrial designer and University of Pennsylvania professor; and Ravin Balakrishna, a University of Toronto computer science professor and interface designer.

Perhaps most intriguingly, Apple will also be calling on graphic designer Susan Kare to provide testimony. Kare created some of Apple’s most enduring software icons, including those famous pictographs of a floppy disc, wristwatch and “happy Mac” bearing a smiley face. How her work relates to the iPhone and iPad remains to be seen, but we can surmise that Apple will be looking to Kare, Bressler and Balakrishna to affirm what it believes is the incontestable originality of Apple’s in-house design.

We haven’t even finished two days of court proceedings, and already the trial has provided compelling drama for technology enthusiasts. Monday’s proceedings involved the tedium of jury selection, but the second day of the trial was marked by juicy opening statements from each side. Apple painted a picture of innovation and ingenuity, and claimed Samsung’s 3G-related patents are old and not applicable to Apple products. Samsung, meanwhile, trumpeted its broad product line to demonstrate that the iPhone didn’t cast undue influence over the aesthetics of Galaxy smartphones, and went into technical detail about the patents involved in the case.

Trial watchers may find the action occurring outside of the courtroom even more intriguing than what’s going on inside. On Tuesday, Samsung lawyer John Quinn sent out a public statement decrying Judge Koh’s ruling to let Apple say the Samsung F700 smartphone was an iPhone copy in its opening statement. Samsung then publicly released two batches of evidence Koh had ordered to be excluded from the case. Judge Koh wasn’t pleased, and Apple even less so — its lawyers filed a document requesting the Court rule that Apple’s design patent claims were valid and infringed by Samsung. (More details about this imbroglio can be found in the fourth and fifth images in the gallery above.)

And now, as we await more revelations in day three of the trial, let’s take a look at the most intriguing product prototypes and illustrations that are being used as exhibits in the case. Click through the gallery above, and please share your thoughts in the comments section below.

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Slices for Twitter for iPhone review

Slices is a beautiful new iPhone Twitter client and it's unlike any Twitter client you've seen before. It's loaded with features, has a gorgeous look, and is extremely responsive. But its killer feature, and the reason for its name, is its ability to chop up your timeline into mini user-created feeds called Slices.

The first thing you're probably wondering is, how does a "Slice" differ from a "List"? Lists are something you create and maintain, and are stored on Twitter's servers as part of your Twitter account. Slices are also something you create and maintain, but they're stored on Slices' web site. That might sound redundant, and there's certainly a confusing amount of overlap, but in theory Slices should be faster, easier, more granular, and more powerful than Lists. For example, Slices does conveniently, automatically create Tech & Science, Celebs, and TV & Movies Slices. They'll also create carefully curated Slices around other things that might be of interest, like live events, let you carve up your timeline in mini-feed Slices, and offer you up a variety of other Slice categories.

Slices for Twitter is actually a very beautiful and fast Twitter client. A lot of thought was put into its design and it's incredibly responsive. One of my favorite features is that along the top of the timeline, there are tabs for home, mentions, and direct messages. Tapping one of these does not switch your timeline view, but quickly pops up a little box that displays the desired Tweets. If you want to change your main timeline view, you can do so via the left side-panel.

Slices also has a mute feature called Zip It. With Zip It, you can choose to have any user, #trend, or keyword temporarily hidden from your timeline. Unzipping is very easy and quick to do.

The Explore feature of Slices is a bunch of popular Twitter users separated into sections. Along the top is a left-to-right scrollable list of sections and tapping on one will show the users in that list. Some sections are further separated into categories. For example, the Sports section has categories for Headlines, NFL Football, Baseball, MBA basketball, etc. One of the sections that many people may find useful is Live Events.

Slices is available for free, but is ad-supported. The ads can be removed with an in-app purchase for $4.99. Unfortunately, Slices doesn't support push notifications.

The good

  • Gorgeous
  • Blazing fast
  • Explore sections and categories of users
  • Live Events stream
  • Shortcuts to you popups of your timeline
  • Zip It feature (mute)
  • Bookmark your favorite Twitters users and lists

The bad

  • Does not support push notifications
  • What's the advantage of creating a Slice?

The conclusion

The first thing that popped into my head when I launched Slices for Twitter was "ohhhh! Pretty!" I'm definitely a big fan of its looks. Next, I become incredibly confused (and still am) about the appeal of creating a Slice when I already have Lists. Further, why would I spend time creating a Slice when it's not going to be carried over to any other Twitter clients I may choose to use? But after I moved on and starting diving into everything else in Slices, I was continually more and more impressed. It's filled with the "little things" that, together, create a beautiful experience. Not to mention -- it's smoking fast. Since Slices is free to download, I recommend all Twitter users as least give it a try. What do you have to lose?

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You Can Livestream All of Lolapalooza This Weekend [Soundtrack]

The Lolapalooza music festival is officially underway in Chicago, but you can catch the whole event at home because it will be livestreamed all weekend on YouTube. If you've got some down time why not tune in and catch some jams from the likes of Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Black Keys, Jack White, and loads of other bands. Personally, I'm psyched to catch the recently reunited At The Drive In on Sunday night for some throwback, post-punk radness. The YouTube page for the livestream has a complete schedule. [YouTube Blog via The Verge] More »


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Poll: What will Apple call the next iPhone?

The next iPhone is reportedly coming on September 12, so what will Apple call it? For the last two years, Apple has used iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S respectively, so does that mean iPhone 5 and iPhone 5S is next? Apple's internal model number is iPhone 5,1, and the next number after 4 (and 4S) is 5, so could Apple just keep on counting?

Maybe Apple isn't done with 4 yet. Could last year's iPhone 4S become this year's iPhone 4GS with 4G as in LTE? Or could they drop the number and go back to radios like they did with the iPhone 3G, and just call it the iPhone LTE? Are there enough LTE markets to even justify that yet?

They could decide to skip the fives entirely and go straight to 6. It will be the 6th version of the iPhone sold, after all.

Or they could just take a page from Sprint's Android handbook and call it the iPhone 4S II, Epic 4G LTE Touch. Though that probably wouldn't fit on the usual box...

How about "the new iPhone" or just "iPhone"? Sure they'll have to do iPhone (6th Generation) or iPhone (2012) for tech support and store orders, but that's exactly what they've been doing with Macs for years, and started to do with the new iPad back in March. Then they could do "the new new iPhone" next year, reduce the price of this one, and sell it as "the old new iPhone". I kid. Really. Because those names return such productive search results...

You know the drill! Answer the poll up top and then tell me why you picked the name you did in the comments below!

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