Tag: testing
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Amazon Heads North To Test Drone Delivery
If you’ve been keeping track of developments in the drone world, you’d already know that Amazon are making inquiries and forays into getting these robot helpers airborne to drop off goodies. It’s absolutely surreal what the company are planning – the drones will utilize a pocket of oft-unused airspace, and travel through predetermined ‘corridors’ at…
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Google Confirms Wireless Service At MWC
It’s never really been discussed by Google when the tech giant may or may not enter the mobile network – rumors and speculation aside the company has been pretty coy about whether they would in fact provide a service themselves. However a recent announcement at the Mobile World Congress says that the time for a…
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Devs Arrive at Apple HQ to Test Watch Apps
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Apple Watch app development has been underway for a while now, as major app developers were given exclusive access to the development platform when the watch was announced, and also other smaller third party developers have had access to the WatchKit development tool following its earlier release. Now, Apple is inviting the biggest app devs…
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Lutz Pod Is UK’s First Self Driving Car
Self driving vehicles are set for testing in a number of cities in the UK, with the first tests of their kind going on in Milton Keynes, London, Coventry and Bristol. recently we’ve seen pictures of one of the vehicles that will be being tested, the Lutz pod. additionally some of the onboard hardware on…
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Boeing, SpaceX To Test Crew Capsules
A combined announcement from the two current contractors for NASA’s International Space Station missions, Boeing and SpaceX, has revealed that soon capsules designed by both groups to ferry astronauts will be tested on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral in Florida. The tests will be aimed at examining the safety of the capsules and their…
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Elon Musk Readying Hyperloop Testing
The world’s most talked about inventor, Elon Musk, is gearing up for the next step in his vision to take planet Earth kicking and screaming into a world where travel, both on the ground and in space, is augmented with technologies of his own design. The Paypal founder now plans to build a test track…
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UK Driverless Car Tests To Begin In 2015
The UK’s plans for driverless cars have been announced, four cities, three testing initiatives, and a multitude of vehicles are set to roll out around the country. In Bristol, Greenwich, Coventry and Milton Keynes three test initiatives are set to begin, with the latter two working together on a joint venture. SEE ALSO: Microsoft Ditches Clipart…
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Volvo Testing Driverless Car In 2017
Big Tech’s foray into the driverless car is achieving better and better results, according to Volvo. The Swedish car manufacturer announced that an array of sensors places on the perimeter of most cars could help eliminate crashes as the technology matures over the next 5 years. SEE ALSO: XP Losing Market Share As Users Upgrade…
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Windows 10 Adds OS X Style Gestures
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Windows 10 is getting along fantastically, with a triumphant Microsoft giving us weekly announcements of the software’s success amongst new developer mode users and early adopters. The operating system, which Microsoft CEO proudly announced will ‘run on everything’ is headed for mass adoption once the kinks are all ironed out, as any good Microsoft OS…
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WIndows 10 Logs 1 Million Testers
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Microsoft’s Windows 10 preview has been open for around a week, and has allowed a massive number of users to get their hands on the brand new version of Windows, an operating system which ‘runs on everything’, according to Satya Nadella, Microsoft’s CEO. The Windows Insider program lets users get hold of and test new…
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T-Mobile Sues Huawei Over Robot
T-Mobile’s USA branch are not happy today, as reports are coming in that they are suing rival Chinese firm Huawei, whose employees have apparently made off with their robot. It’s a lot less like a tussle between two toddlers at playgroup than you might think, as the robot in question is an asset closely guarded…
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Steam Controller Returns With Thumbstick
The Steam controller, currently in development by Valve, has appeared and disappeared many times this year. Designed to work with the recently available Steam box standalone console, Valve’s controller has been through various iterations, with the most interesting feature being the inclusion of mini touchpads as one of the main input methods. However, it seems…