Apple News: Check Out This Mac OS X 10.10 Concept With An iOS 7 Inspired Design
There have been speculations that the next version of Mac OS X, which is supposedly going to be named Syrah, will feature a flatter UI similar to iOS 7. Early reports suggested that Mac OS X 10.10 will be an iOS and OS X merger, but it was later reported that won’t happen. Here’s a new OS X 10.10 Syrah concept, by Danny Giebe, that brings iOS 7′s flat look and design to the Mac. If Apple has gone with a flatter design for Mac OS X 10.10, it’ll probably not be as bright as iOS 7. This concept is based on the design of the new Contacts and Notes app found in OS X Mavericks.
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Technology News: Apple, Google, and Intel are laying the foundation for the Internet of you
Wearable technology is on a collision course with the Internet of everything. When the two collide, we will enter into a new era of the Internet of you. The recent Apple Healthbook and Google’s Android Wear, combined with Motorola’s Moto 360 news are taking the wearable space to the next level. Apple Healthbook demonstrates the powerful insights about ourselves that wearables could deliver. Once the data is pulled into the platform, it can find correlations and trends and not only display its meaning in the historical sense, but make predictions that can give us even greater, more proactive insights about ourselves and how to improve our lives. It also confirms something we have known for a while: that the real winners will be the platform players that can leverage their channels and deliver services beyond just fitness.
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Programming News: OracleVoice: 8 Reasons To Love Java 8
Java, the programming language used by millions of developers, is now even better. The launch of Java 8 on March 25 represents the most significant update to the Java programming model ever, and demonstrates that Java is thriving among a worldwide community of programmers, code contributors, and users. Technology-enabled innovation has become a top priority for businesses everywhere. Coming up with the next cool product or service and winning customers requires new ways of doing things. And software has become integral to business innovation—both for organizations that consider themselves tech companies and those that don’t. Java 8 is a platform for innovation. It enables developers to create applications—faster and easier—for business environments, the cloud, and the emerging Internet of Things (IoT). And, with Java 8, developers can leverage a common skill set across this wide span of platforms and application types.
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Photography News: Is a hand held light meter necessary for digital landscape photography?
I recently decided to start refining my technique shooting landscapes using the zone system. I have been reading that handheld spot meters are used rather frequently as opposed to the in camera meters. So my question is, do handheld spot meters really offer much of a difference in digital landscapes, or can the same results be achieved with in camera metering(spot)?
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