Last week, the buses of private transport company Leap, who work exclusively on natural gas, began to perform the first flight on the streets of San Francisco. The first route is called the Lombard Express. Rather than try to accommodate as many people in the cab of the new public transport buses Leap, which, it should be noted a very high level, decorated inside as a chic cafe and include in its interior a lot of technologies that passengers can feel comfortable getting to operation.

Among Leap say that these new buses are definitely aimed at creating a pleasant feeling of commuting from home to the office, pleasant, without too much stress. The first route stretches Marina district to downtown San Francisco. Along the way, he has four stops along Lombard Street and four between Clay Street and Howard Street.

Running of buses until follows a strict schedule, but it does not mean that passengers can come to a stop and wait for the bus half-day. They can get to the nearest stop and track every bus in real time using the accompanying app for iOS and Android. Information on the number of seats available at any time will also be provided on the screen of their mobile device. According to Leap, buses run approximately every 10-15 minutes during the most intense in terms of the concentration of transport in the streets hours.

A bus ride costs quite significantly – $ 6, although there are a “wholesale” prices when buying a ticket for a few flights. That would not be somewhere in the queues at stations or stops for tickets, passengers can print them you after the payment on the company’s website.

Source: Gizmag

The post Luxury buses Leap begin to ride in San Francisco appeared first on Raqwe.

Prior to the media event Apple, scheduled for March 9, just a few days. It is expected that the main theme of the event will Apple Watch. The invitations sent out to the press and officials, said that all the guests have to come in time.

Recall that Apple has begun construction of additional outbuilding near the main venue – Yerba Buena Center (San Francisco).

Inside the fenced area shows one design. The construction, which is a wall, do not have a roof, and we sincerely hope that on March 9 will be a good, sunny weather. All the territory also continue to monitor the security guards.

The last time Apple has built such buildings during the first demonstration of its watches. We think that this year will show the erection of structures invited all the collections of the first wearable device companies, as well as provide all interested persons an opportunity to hold the device in his hands and see what he can do.

Given that 26 application developers have already submitted their development, it is possible that the construction space somehow will demonstrate the capabilities of Apple Watch.

Source: Slashgear

The post Apple continues to prepare for the presentation of March 9 appeared first on Raqwe.

At last year’s Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, Sony introduced a helmet augmented reality, called Project Morpheus. A year later, the company announced the date of the start of sales of this device: the first half of 2016.

“A year ago we heard about Project Morpheus», – said Shuhei Eshida, president of the World Wide Studios, – and all this time we have seen a real boom in virtual reality. Many people using VR-Soup at various events.

And this fact is partly affected consumers. “President of World Wide Studios shared information about the technical characteristics Project Morpheus. The device has a 1920x 1080 RGB OLED-display and refreshes rate of 120 Hz with a “super low latency.” It also includes a 5.7-inch screen, 100-degree review and nine LEDs for position tracking.

“We wanted to improve the visual experience and precision tracking,” – he said.

While Sony is working on Morpheus, the world of augmented reality supplemented by a list of devices. Among whom was Samsung Gear VR, as well as gadget created HTC.

Source: Wareable

The post New Sony Project Morpheus will be available in 2016 appeared first on Raqwe.

Until all traces of the MWC in Barcelona, there was another interesting event. Namely – GDC 2015 in San Francisco.

Here all the attention of the public announcement drew console Shield from Nvidia. New product designed to run on Android-Games big-screen TVs.

The device is easy to cope with 4K resolution and costs just $ 199. Home sales are expected in May this year.

This is not to the first experiment in the art. Under the mentioned brand recently been released portable consoles, and tablet for fans of interactive entertainment. Now the authors of the project challenged the classical systems room – like PlayStation.

Created a miniature device on the chip Tegra X1. Said solution is equipped with 3 GB of RAM and a powerful graphics core Maxwell.

The foregoing provides twice the performance indicators superior Xbox 360. Enough to ensure the smooth running Crysis 3 at 30 FPS.

In addition to games, Shield can play Ultra HD-video at up to 60 frames per second.

What else can boast of 654-gram platform? The presence of the SSD 16 GB card slot for microSD, Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 4.1 surround sound (5.1 and 7.1).

There’s also a wireless controller, infrared receiver port micro-USB 2.0, HDMI 2.0, two USB 3.0 and Gigabit Ethernet. Plus Power Adapter 40 Watt.

Shield is said to have become an excellent base for a streaming service Grid. It allows you to run the best hits for PC right out of the “cloud” Nvidia. To enjoy the Metal Gear Solid V or The Witcher 3, need only “fast” Internet.

The service will be operational in the near future.

Source: Geeky-Gadgets

The post Nvidia introduced the new Shield game console with support for 4K appeared first on Raqwe.

His vision of SmartWatches  showed almost all the major manufacturers, some even several times (Samsung, LG, ASUS). Apple, of course, also subtly hinted at his plans to show the device of such a plan, announcing Watch more in September. Home sales had been planned for the “beginning of 2015”. In principle,  still kept his promise – in earnest (with sound price and performance) Apple Watch show on March 9.

As for me, the date of thought is just perfect! It was later on February 14 and March 8, the girl did not have time to want to afford these “smart” watch as a gift. Bravo, Tim Cook! Invitations have been sent out a press. The event will be held at the Center for the Arts Yerba Buena in San Francisco on March 9. We expect that the company will also show all the possibilities of its decision and “thousands” promised applications. Of course, no one is not explicitly written that it will present the clock, but the slogan «Spring forward» hints at this. Subtly but hints.

By the way, recently the web lit up the price of Apple Watch. Although, no promises, just with the price tag of the device (and modifications will be many) will go on sale. Price Range: $ 349 (38-mm version Watch Sport) – 19 999 dollars (42-mm version Watch Edition).

The main issue that concerns everyone without exception is in battery life Apple Watch. Despite the “philosophy of the company” does not really want to see in the house have yet another device that needs to be charged every day (or every other day). In any case, the wait is not long and very soon we will know what a gift prepared us by Apple.

Source: Theverge

The post Apple will show its new SmartWatch on March 9 appeared first on Raqwe.

Apple sent out invitations to journalists and officials at the event, which will take place on March 9 in San Francisco. Interestingly, the event was called “Spring Forward,” (“Ready for Spring”). Given the hint appeared in the motto of the event, the public stirred up and waiting for the details about the watch Apple, which just have to come out in April. The event will begin at 10 am local time and will be held at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.

Wearable device Apple is considered the most likely topic for discussion at the upcoming event

Among other potential applications appear on updated versions of MacBook Air and the iPad.

Not be ruled out that the company on March 9 will shed light on the value of each of the collections Apple Watch. May begin execution of pre-orders for this device. Also, everyone is waiting for more precise information about the duration of the battery and the company’s policy in the field of third-party applications.

The company first announced the Apple Watch in September during the presentation of iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 plus. Since then, the clock appeared at various events, including at Fashion Week in Paris. Then they adorned the wrist models, which appeared on the cover of Chinese Vogue. And soon to appear in the 12 pages of the March issue of American Vogue.

Source: TechCrunch

The post Apple convenes a new special guest at the media event appeared first on Raqwe.

Samsung Electronics Company in the event, International Solid State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) in San Francisco announced the industry’s first mobile processors with 10-nm topology. About them told the president of the company’s semiconductor business, Kim Ki-nem (Kim Ki-nam), the resource G4 Games.

Announced a new topology, Samsung has announced its commitment to follow the further reduction of the topological rules. However, by the end of 2015 the new processors are unlikely to appear – they do not come to market until you have run out of a 14-nm process, the magazine writes.

About the beginning of serial production of processors based on 14-nm technology, Exynos 7 7420, Samsung announced less than a week ago. The new technology allows you to get up to 20% higher performance and lower power consumption up to 35%, said the manufacturer. It is assumed that one of the first smartphones with a processor Exynos 7420 7 will become the new flagship of Samsung Galaxy S6, and his companion with a curved screen Galaxy S6 Edge.

In San Francisco announced the industry’s first mobile processors with 10-nm topology

As for the 10-nm chip, one of the first devices based on it, as suggested by G 4 Games, will be the future flagship, the successor has not yet presented the Galaxy S6. Its output can be held in 2016

Head of the semiconductor business Samsung did not specify what benefits will the new process technology, but said that this transition will play an important role in the market of Internet-enabled devices. He also said that the company intends to use the 10-nm process technology in the production of chip DRAM (for RAM) and NAND (for non-volatile memory). Transition to a lower topology will increase the amount of data stored in the same unit area.

Samsung – not the only company that has announced its readiness to move to 10-nm process in the coming years. Intel has recently announced plans to release chips based on this technical process at the end of 2016 or early 2017 Moreover, since then she plans to move to 7 nm. However, this silicon is not suitable, the chips have to use other semiconductor materials such as gallium arsenide, indium.

Recall that recently Samsung refused to use in their future flagship processor Qualcomm Snapdragon 810, citing its excess heat. Media reports suggest that Samsung fabricated argument to increase sales of its own semiconductor business, especially as LG, HTC and Qualcomm Xiaomi new chip is quite satisfied. Snapdragon 810 is made on the basis of 20-nm process technology (as opposed to the 14-nm Exynos 7420 7).

According to the Semiconductor Industry Association, in 2014, worldwide sales of semiconductors were $ 335.8 billion, which is 9.9% more than in 2013. At the same time Samsung, according to IHS, ranks second in terms of sales after Intel. In 2014, the company slightly (from 10.3% to 10.9%) increased its market share, reducing the gap with the leader.

Source: sammobile

The post Samsung introduced the new small processor for smartphones appeared first on Raqwe.

Apple expects to release its first electric vehicle in 2020. The company’s goal is ambitious enough. Lacking experience in the development of vehicles, it plans to build it in less time than do existing market players.

Apple plans to begin mass production of its first electric vehicle in 2020, Bloomberg reported, citing a source familiar with the plans of the company. He argues that the vendor puts the goal for the team in the design of the machine.

Usually manufacturers spend up to seven years to develop a new car model iMove. Apple plans to make it faster. This suggests that the company has ambitious goals, and it intends to allocate for their achievement maximum resources, says Bloomberg.

The newspaper added that Apple intends to compete with Tesla and General Motors. Both of these companies are going in 2017 to release electric vehicles, capable of overcoming the distance of 320 km on a single charge. The cost of such a machine is expected to be $ 40 thousand.

Author of The Powerhouse market batteries for electric Steve Levine (Steve LeVine) shared with Bloomberg, that the output of Apple’s market electric vehicles will lead to a significant increase in sales in this market. He also expressed doubt that GM will be able to compete with the Tesla. “Apple will” – he said.

A few days ago, an American entrepreneur and investor Jason Calacanis (Jason Calacanis) predicted that Apple would buy a company Tesla – manufacturer of electric cars – for 18 months, and the transaction amount will be $ 75 billion. The reserves of cash and cash equivalents from Apple today is about $ 178 billion.

Earlier, in February 2015 it was reported that Apple is working about 50 former employees of Tesla, mostly engineers specializing in mechanics, conveyor production and robotics.

One concept car Apple, called the author iMove

In early February, in the vicinity of San Francisco was seen listed on the Apple machine installed on the roof of the measuring equipment and four cameras. Media speculated that the company can develop rival Google Street View or test system of autonomous control.

A few days ago an American manufacturer of batteries for electric vehicles A123 Systems filed a lawsuit against Apple, accusing the company in luring top engineers.

The post Became known release date for Apple car – iMove appeared first on Raqwe.

Rumors that the engineers of Cupertino create their own car – go for a long time over the network. However, until recently there was no evidence of speculation.

Now the facts are. If we believe the sources of authoritative edition Wall Street Journal, Apple is actively working on the project Titan. Under the code “name” hiding the real electric car.

Insiders claim that the corporation pays much attention to the car. Development “apple” analog Tesla engaged several hundred staff.

As Titan looks like? Design mysterious new items – according to Wall Street Journal – very reminiscent of a minivan.

This is consistent with reports of an unusual type of car in San Francisco. There is not time to notice vehicles, hung with antennas, sensors and cameras. By circumstantial evidence – they belong to is Apple.

Another popular media – Financial Times – complemented listed curious details. Cupertino, as it turns out, is collaborating with Marc Newson, the famous industrial designer (to his credit – good concept for Ford).

Also – contribution to the development of Titan will Johann Yungvirt (head of the research department of Mercedes-Benz).

Apple, of course, behaves as usual. The above does not refute or confirm.

The post Titan – the secret of Apple’s new electric car appeared first on Raqwe.