Tag: Sound
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Fix Common Android Issues
Android phones are not going away anytime soon, neither are Android issues. There are countless Android manufacturers ranging through every price bracket and they all share many qualities. Regardless of the Manufacturer, at its heart, your Android is an Android. Thanks to this there are a number of ways to fix your device regardless of […]
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Beolab 90 – More Bang For Your Buck
The materials and processes used to create dynamically accurate speakers are not cheap, meaning that the better the sound quality is the larger in price the leap. It’s not always the case of the price determining how good the product is, but with Bang and Olufsen it seems that you are buying top of the range […]
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Qualcomm Teases Sense ID Finger Scanner
For all intents and purposes Apple has held a monopoly on next gen fingerprint scanners ever since their Touch ID sensor made it onto the iPhone. However, Qualcomm has swooped in with their own product, known as Sense ID, in a bid to make the technology widely available as with their massive range of smartphone […]
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Large Screen iPad Plus Rumored
Apple’s iPad range is already huge, not in terms of screen size, but simply due to the massive amount of iPad models currently in production. The range goes all the way from the iPad 2, through the iPad Air and to the new iPad Mini 2 and iPad Air 2. It really is staggering how […]
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UK Scientists Charge Phone Using Sound
Researchers working at the Queen Mary University of London have devised a unique and ingenious method of charging a smartphone, anytime and anywhere, using only the sounds we hear around us every day. The smartphone they have built uses a scientific principle known as the piezoelectric effect, and takes the sound in the atmosphere around […]
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Twitch to Block Copyrighted Audio
Twitch broadcasting is probably the best way to get yourself noticed in the wide world of video game live streaming, with the service hosting thousands of popular channels that can be viewed on your PC, as well as mobile devices with iOS and Android. A recent update for the Android version which added enhanced user […]
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HTC promises ‘a new sound and camera experience’ in 2013, mocks Nokia PureView
Could we see ‘Ultrapixels’ in the M7?
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Police Academy’s Jonesy Appears in History of Video Games SFX Feature
Police Academy star, stand up icon, gamer and personal hero Michael Winslow appears in a new clip currently going viral on the social internet. The actor, best known as the nuisance causing noise-maker Jonesy in the comedy cop films, is an avid player who knows his game and has made the video with website XPlay […]
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App Focus: Brian Blessed Alarm Clock now available for iPhone
GORDON’S AWAKE!! We think you’ll find it hard to discover a more Epic alarm clock app than the one released today, officially recognized by the bassy-voiced actor himself – it’s the truly fantastic Brian Blessed Alarm Clock for Apple iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. The iOS-based clock and wake-up app features the voice of the […]
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Only in Japan! Pocky Game aids research into ‘bite communication’
Research group Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology is working on a system which uses the nation’s popular export – the biscuit/candy sticks known as Pocky – in recording the sounds and vibrations created when biting and studying into how it can be used as a form of communication. Basing their studies on the […]
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Gear 4 launches awesome Angry Birds Speaker Docks
Well known speaker and iPod dock manufacturer Gear 4 has announced a new and exclusive range of Angry Birds Speaker Docks, for fans of the bird flinging phenomenon. There are three speaker docks available for you to choose from, each one representing a character from the game. There is the big black bird (the one […]
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iOS 5: How to create a custom vibration notification
Apple released iOS 5 to the world last night, leaving millions of iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad users scrambling to get their iDevices updated to reap the benefits of the new features. We’ve already detailed the biggest and best of the new features – iMessage, Newsstand, iCloud, Wireless iTunes sync and more – but what […]