Google Reader: Why did everyone’s favorite RSS program die? What free Web service will be next?

Death of Google Reader — a wake up call?

http://www.instapaper.com/m?u=http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2013/03/google_reader_why_did_everyone_s_favorite_rss_program_die_what_free_web.html / cloud software RSS reader save data online app application /

Boeing says Dreamliner battery redesign eliminates chance of fire

Credit: Boeing/ Wired

Another way to make this safe would have been to not use the most dangerous lithium ion battery chemistry, or maybe just repackage the cells they did use.

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2013/03/boeing-787-battery-redesign/ / LiIon battery charge energy density cell package cells NiMh nickel metal hydride  chemistry Elon Musk unsafe inherently /

Samsung’s Exynos 5 Octa • Checking out the chip inside the Galaxy S (video)4

Credit: ARM/ Ars Technica

Octa: eight right?  Yes, that's what it stands for.  Eight cores?  Yes & no.  Two sets of 4 cores.  One set is high processing power & battery consumption, the other low power & battery.  Only one set of cores can be active at a time.  By fitting the appropriate set of cores to each task, net effect is high processing power when required with little negative effect on battery life.  Nice!

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/03/samsungs-exynos-5-octa-checking-out-the-chip-inside-the-galaxy-s-4/ / Google Android operating system OS Bada Tizen Galaxy S III iv Note ii 2 3 4 smartphone smart phone tablet pad slate  cell mobile /

Samsung Android relationship analysis: great escape planned

Speculation about Windows Phone is pointless in an article about Samsung abandoning Android to become master of its own destiny: why would it abandon the relatively open Android OS for the more restricted Windows Phone?

http://bgr.com/2013/03/15/samsung-android-relationship-analysis-380102/#more-380102 / Google Microsoft operating system  Bada Tizen Galaxy S III iv Note ii 2 3 4 smartphone smart phone tablet pad slate  cell mobile /

Carbon app shows how Android backup should happen

Credit: IT World

You've spent a lot of time downloading, installing & configuring the apps that let you do what you bought your smartphone for.  And your photographs are irreplaceable.  There's a lot on your phone that you don't want to lose.  Carbon is backup for Android done right: 

http://www.itworld.com/mobile-wireless/336015/carbon-app-shows-how-android-backup-should-happen  Smartphones lost stolen water unexpected baths glass shatter shattering blows hard reset cold reboot wiped out reset sale troubleshooting Android backup restore system settings wallpaper installing customizing apps app restore options Google’s Google backup reinstalling settings data and with you being signed out of all of them root rooted phone restore your entire old phone from a full backup ROM Manager Titanium Backup move moving from one device to another fix a problem that was deep in the system debug Google properly re-installs the apps you actually want on your refreshed phone Log into each app /

Evolution of the smart watch: Part 2

Pebble E-Paper Watch, 2013
Credit: Pebble Technology/ Macworld Australia

http://www.macworld.com.au/features/evolution-of-the-smart-watch-part-2-87440/

Part 1 is available at:
http://www.macworld.com.au/features/evolution-of-the-smart-watch-part-1-87362/ World Network Limited Web-@nywhere Fossil FX2001 Wrist PDA Timex Ironman Data Link USB Microsoft SPOT Watches Fossil FX2008 Wrist PDA Citizen i:Virt W700 Sixth-generation iPod nano with Griffin Slap Sony SmartWatch Pebble E-Paper Watch

Samsung Galaxy S IV Live Blog: All the news as it happened • UPDATED

Credit: Samsung/ Gizmodo

All Most of the speculation is over: it's been announced:


Credit: Samsung/ Gizmodo

And the remaining speculation? 16, 32 & 64 GB versions promised. Will this be the same as the promised 32 & 64 GB versions of the S III? I.e. never to appear? (There was a rumour that they were released in South Korea.)

More at:

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2013/03/samsung-galaxy-s-iv-live-blog-all-the-news-as-it-happens/

Samsung Galaxy S4 hands-on:

http://gigaom.com/2013/03/14/samsung-galaxy-s-4-hands-on-shows-nice-hardware-but-software-is-the-star/ 4 Android smartphone big capacitative touch screen 3G 4G HSPA LTE Cat 3 network 850 900 1900 2100 5.99 5 inch HD Super AMOLED 441 dpi ppi OS 4.2.2 Jelly Bean camera front rear 13 megapixel megapixels video audio sensor accelerometer RGB light digital compass proximity gyro gyroscope barometer IR infrared gesture temperature humidity memory 2 GB microSD micro SD battery 2600 2,600 mAh