Category: Tech Nuus

Nuus op tegnologie, soos nuwe sagteware.

Die maak van 'n paar nuwe Android weergawe name

Cute graphic of android version evolution
Van Cupcake te Jelly Bean, Android se gekry ouliker elke weergawe.

Android, die open source bedryfstelsel vir selfone / tablette, geword het baie goed bekend vir hul ongelooflike oulike weergawe byname – elke weergawe is vernoem na 'n nagereg, en hulle gaan alfabeties. So ver hulle gehad het Cupcake, Donut, Eclair, Froyo, Ginger, Heuningkoek, Ice Cream Sandwich, Jelly Bean, en KitKat (die laaste een.)

Google moet 'n span van genieë diens hierdie weergawe name te maak. So ek gaan my hand te probeer aan die maak van 'n aantal potensiële name. Hier is 'n paar van ek gedink het, ten einde:

  • Lemon Drop
  • Milkshake / Muffin
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BREAKING: Tech reuse onthul smart rooster

A smart toaster: the iToaster, Windows Toaster 8, and Google Toast image picture toast
Apple, Microsoft, en Google is die onthulling planne vir smart broodroosters. Om gereed te wees – dit is 'n groot.

Iewers in Kalifornië — In 'n pragtige reeks onthullings wat die tegnologie wêreld op sy kop draai, a trio of tech giants announced plans for a smart toaster. Apple, Microsoft, and Google held launch parties this weekend for a series of new devices. Hierdie dapper verslaggewer bygewoon het al drie.

Kom ons neem 'n blik.

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The future of smartphones

Google Android and Apple iOS fighting
Move over, Android and iOS. You have company.

Right now, if you want to buy a smartphone you have two main options: iPhone and Android. If you’re feeling brave, daar is Windows Phone. Nie veel verskeidenheid.

Al wat dit is om te verander.

Hierdie komende jaar gaan die vrylating van te sien nuwe, gratis smartphone bedryfstelsels wat lyk gereed om die wêreld te verander van slimfone – vir die beter. Kom ons neem 'n blik.

Ubuntu

Ubuntu, die baie gewilde open-source bedryfstelsel vir rekenaars is die verspreiding van gerugte dat hulle gaan vry te stel van 'n weergawe van die bedryfstelsel vir smart phones. Die fone is nie uit nie, maar mense rondom die internet say they’re definitely in the works.

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So much for IPOs

As you probably remember, the professional networking (no other way to describe it) site LinkedIn went public in May under the symbol LNKD. Its IPO (initial public offering, or first release of shares in the stock market) was valued $45 per share. Later that day, LinkedIn shares were trading at $122.

LinkedIn's logo
LinkedIn's IPO was hyped, but did it work?

LinkedIn closed at $94 per share, with a volume of 30 million shares. Not bad for a day’s work. (News article.)

 

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Chrome OS: all web, all the time

As you might have noticed, the guys at Google have released (goed, not released, they’ve just publicly shown it for the first time; Chromebooks are coming out on June 15) Chromebooks, which are netbooks that run the Chrome OS.

Chrome OS (official site)

More about the actual computers later; the interesting part about the computer is its operating system. Chrome OS is a completely web-based operating system; it’s nothing but Chrome, Google’s web browser. Dis reg, the only application on the computer is Chrome.

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Can’t get enough Angry Birds? Play it online

Playing Angry Birds 1-1
A red bird crashing into a structure, killing a pig in the process

If your phone’s battery keeps dying on you because you spend all your time playing the wildly popular mobile game Angry Birds (or if you’re too cheap to buy Angry Birds), you should be pretty excited about this latest development.

You can now play Angry Birds online here. Here’s what you need:

  1. A decent browser (more on that later)
  2. Adobe Flash (jammer, iDevice users)

As the URL (chrome.angrybirds.com) might hint, Angry Birds works best in Chrome. I’ve tried it on several browsers and here’s what I’ve found:

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Microsoft buys Skype

Skype logoMicrosoft has bought the popular IM/voice chat application Skype (goed, not just the product, the whole company) for $8.5 billion, making it Microsoft’s largest purchase ever. I find that a little funny since Skype actually made a loss of $7 million last year.

Maar, when you think about it, it makes some sense. Skype has 663 million user accounts (natuurlik, not all of them are active) and about 8 million paying users – obviously not very many, but it’s still some.

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