Apple iPhone 6 Will Allegedly Feature a 10 MP F/1.8 Camera

It's still pretty early to be talking about the next generation of Apple iPhone, but the latest report from a Chinese website suggests that the iPhone 5s successor will support an enhanced camera and improved filters over the current model.



Citing the supply chain sources, the report claims that the upcoming iPhone will feature a 10 megapixel rear camera with an aperture of f/1.8. Furthermore, the new camera is said to be accompanied with new and improved filters, which is lighter and thinner than previously used IR filters.

The lighter filters will help capture quality images as it minimizes the color shift of CMOS sensors. The rumored brighter f/1.8 aperture will boost low-light performance and it allow you to do images with shallow depth of field and blur the background while keeping sharp focus on the closer subjects.
Apple is also working on a new image stabilization mechanism, according to a recent patent filling. It looks like the company is working very hard to regain some of ground it lost in the camera department with the next iPhone.

Source:  Via

Samsung Galaxy S5 Rumored Specs Sound Promising

Rumors of the Samsung Galaxy S5 specifications are slowly starting to converge – it was about time too, considering it's likely the new flagship will be unveiled at the upcoming MWC.
The screen size will undergo another bump, this time to 5.24", and the resolution will follow – the new Super AMOLED screen will reportedly have QHD resolution (2,560 x 1,600 pixels). The pixel density will jump to 560ppi but the effects on visual quality are hard to predict (it depends on the matrix, really).



The chipset will continue Samsung's current approach of having a Snapdragon version (805 in this case) and an Exynos version (Exynos 6, but the core configuration is unknown). Both versions will have 3GB RAM say the rumors.
Anyway, the camera should be a 16MP shooter with a leaked sample photo to back up those claims. The front-facing camera will allegedly have 3.2MP resolution. There's nothing on video capture, but we'd be surprised if the Galaxy S5 doesn’t do UHD video like the Note 3.

The storage options will be 32GB and 64GB, with the 16GB option conspicuously missing. It's high time the built-in storage caught up with the rest of the advancements.
Finally, the battery capacity is said to be 3,200mAh, which sounds quite probable considering the LG G2 (a 5.2" phone) has a 3,000mAh juice pack.

None of these predictions sound particularly outlandish, but it's still too early to take them for granted. We haven’t heard anything on the metal and plastic versions rumor recently, but with a Galaxy S4 Black Edition out, a faux leather back seems like a safe bet.
Source  Via

Genes In Space: First Android and iOS Game That Helps Cure Real-world Cancer

Could there be a way to convert all those countless hours we spend on games into something useful in real-life, something big, as big as curing cancer?

As implausible as it sounds, turns out, the answer is yes. 'Play to Cure: Genes In Space' is an intergalactic game by Cancer Research UK that uses real-world cancer data that you solve in a virtual world to help scientist cure breast cancer.



A free Android and iOS space travel game, under the surface, Genes in Space uses real genetic data to create your quests, and playing the game speeds up the process of finding faulty genes, responsible for breast cancer. You can even play from the comfort of your couch to solve one of the world's most frightening diseases.

What’s the game all about? Genes in Space revolves around the mysterious ‘Element Alpha’ in space. You take over a spaceship to collect as much as possible of it. At the beginning of each level you have to pick the route through most Element Alpha (the most dense area). That route actually translates into real genetic data, and if thousands of gamers join in to manually map it, the speed of cancer research would improve hugely.

Real-world microarray genetic data...

..gets translated into a game map - just draw a track through the most dense areas to play.

The idea came about after a 2013 hackathon that brought scientists, game devs and designers together from all walks in life, including Google and Facebook employees. Now, with this game, game developers Guerilla Tea collaborated with scientists to have the real anonymous genetic data coming from thousands of breast tumors transformed into a space adventure game.

Cancer Research UK’s first game (not on mobile) already had 200 000 people classifying over 2 million cancer images, an effort that’s reduced the time for research from 18 months to just three. Why not play from the comfort of your Android and iOS device now for such a great cause?

Developer: Cancer Research UK	Download: Android | iOS
Genre: Space exploration	Price: Free

Source: The Phone Arena

Apple's iPhone 6 To Be Solar-powered (Extended Battery Life?)

Analysts say new iPhone is likely to feature Sapphire Glass screen embedded with solar cells

A SOLAR-POWERED iPhone 6 is likely to be one of the "tricks" Apple chief Tim Cook has up his sleeve, analysts say.

The California-based company released its "best quarter of iPhone and iPad sales to date" yesterday, says The Register, with revenue of $57.6bn and a quarterly net profit of $13.1bn. But its share price dipped reportedly because its conservative sales projections for the opening three months of 2014 have investors worried about a lack of growth.


Apple's revenue outlook for the quarter to March 2014 is between $42bn and $44bn. During the same quarter last year, Apple posted revenues of $43.6bn.
What's needed to ensure continued growth over the longer term, says The Register, is a Next Big Thing. That may be the much-discussed Apple television or iWatch, but it could also be a radically-updated iPhone.

ZDNet agrees, saying "solar energy may be what Apple needs to put the 'i' back into innovation."
Apple filed a patent in February 2013 which included the use of touch sensors and solar panel, but the application didn't mention how the device might work.
Since then, its partnership with mineral crystal specialist GT Advanced Technologies, has triggered speculation  that the iPhone 6's Sapphire Glass screen "will be embedded with solar cells", ZDNet says.

ZDNet's conclusion: "Apple is quite likely to use sapphire and solar charging in its devices in future, and one can expect the next iPhone or iWatch to come with the same in or around September-October 2014."


Source:  The Week

Apple Introduces The World’s First Multi-Touch Mouse

Suddenly, everything clicks, swipes and scrolls...

It began with iPhone. Then came iPod touch. Then MacBook Pro. Intuitive, smart, dynamic. Multi-Touch technology introduced a remarkably better way to interact with your portable devices — all using gestures. Now we’ve reached another milestone by bringing gestures to the desktop with a mouse that’s unlike anything ever before. It's called Magic Mouse. It's the world's first Multi-Touch mouse. And while it comes standard with every new iMac, you can also add it to any Mac with Bluetooth wireless technology for a Multi-Touch makeover.

Make one great gesture after another.

Multi-Touch technology on the iPhone and iPod touch introduced a breakthrough way to interact with your content. Magic Mouse, with its Multi-Touch surface, does the same thing for your Mac. When you use gestures, it’s as if you’re touching what’s on your screen. For instance, swiping through web pages in Safari gives you the feeling of flicking through pages in a magazine. And scrolling with Magic Mouse isn’t your everyday scrolling. It supports momentum scrolling (similar to iPhone and iPod touch), where the scrolling speed is dictated by how fast or slowly you perform the gesture.

Give it your personal touch...

Maybe you want scrolling but don’t want swiping. Or two-button clicking instead of one. Whatever the case, Magic Mouse works the way you want it to work. All you do is go to the Magic Mouse preference pane in System Preferences to enable or disable features.
The ambidextrous design of Magic Mouse means it fits comfortably in your right hand if you’re a righty or in your left hand if you’re a lefty. And left-handers can easily swap left and right button functionality using System Preferences.

Now included with every new iMac. And available on its own for just $69. Would you be getting one soon???