Apple News: Apple wins patent on opaque-to-transparent bezel tech
The bezel around touchscreen displays might become a bit more useful in the future, if Apple has its way. The company on Tuesday was awarded a patent on a bezel technology that could extend the viewable area of the screen. The patent, which was filed in September 2012, specifically describes a method by which the bezel around the display will remain opaque when users are touching around the screen. As they get close to the bezel, however, it turns transparent to reveal more screen real estate. Apple specifically calls it a “window.”
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Technology News: How vehicle computer modelling could save your life
Cars have been living in a virtual world for the past few decades. Computer simulations of crash tests, stylistic changes that help us visualise a new sports car and models that analyse how much fuel you will consume on your next road trip have helped speed up the prototyping process. Yet recent advancements in data processing, storage architectures and even a new-found faith in the merits of virtual testing have helped car makers even more. For some, building the car of tomorrow is getting easier, and the results are safer and more reliable.
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Programming News: The launch of Firefox OS – my thoughts and some history
It all started about two years ago. I had recently joined Mozilla, and about one or two months in, a wiki page surfaced. It was called B2G. B2G stood for Boot to Gecko, a name implying that you would boot into Gecko, the rendering engine of Firefox, and a codename that stuck around for about a year. Apparently it was about building a mobile operating system based on, and targeted at, the Open Web. The wiki page took most of us by surprise, including our Press and Evangelism team, since it got some traction in press before we got briefed about what it actually was. We scurried around and had meetings to come to a conclusion to what it actually was.
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Photography News: 5 tips to improve your photography skills and your photos
For some time, I have been providing tips on specialized subjects. The previous one (Taking photos of children) was a series of tips on how to take photos of children. If you had read those, I hope they were useful to you. Starting now, the next set of tips will be general guidelines on how to improve your photos. Taking better photos does not only deal with knowing your equipment and its settings better, in fact, the best of photographers always claim better technique and temperament as one of the prime techniques of taking better photos. I welcome comments on whether you agree or disagree with such tips, and if you feel that you have tips you want to share, please do let me know via the comments. Here goes …
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