CCS Tek - Show Notes (9/22)

Apple

iPhone 6 and 6 plus drops 2 day

good luck getting one

iOS is available. Go download it.

Nvidia GTX 980

http://www.engadget.com/2014/09/18/NVIDIA-Maxwell-flagships/

Jobs

http://www.engadget.com/2014/09/18/toshiba-restructure-900-jobs/

http://www.engadget.com/2014/09/18/microsoft-layoffs-round-2/

CCS Tek - Show Notes (9/16) - Apple Event

Show Notes

Apple Event

Apple

http://www.engadget.com/2014/09/10/apple-and-larger-iphones/

iPhone 6 and 6 plus

http://www.engadget.com/2014/09/09/the-iphone-6-hands-on/

http://www.engadget.com/2014/09/09/the-iphone-6-plus-preview/

http://www.engadget.com/2014/09/09/iphone-6-plus-versus-the-competition/

http://www.engadget.com/2014/09/09/the-iphone-6-vs-the-competition/

Apple Pay

http://www.engadget.com/2014/09/09/apple-pay-hands-on/

Apple Watch

http://www.engadget.com/2014/09/10/apple-watch-wearable-headache/

http://www.engadget.com/2014/09/11/apple-pay-visa-mastercard-rate-changes/

CCS TEK - show notes 9/8/14

iCloud security leak

http://www.engadget.com/2014/09/02/apple-says-icloud-wasnt-breached-in-celebrity-photo-leak/

so this last weekend someone(s) hacked several celebrities icloud accounts and then leaked the nude photos

Aside from however “cool” it maybe to see these photos, the fact they they are out there brings up some big points

1 - a security hole in icloud

2 - lack of privacy

3 - the internet - it will share whatever it wants

Intels new CPUs

http://www.engadget.com/2014/08/30/review-roundup-intels-8-core-haswell-e/

http://www.engadget.com/2014/09/05/intel-core-m-chips-detailed/

So intel had some big launches this week

First of all it launched new “extreme” processesors or Haswell-E on the 2011 x99 chipset.

These CPUs start at 500 at go all the way up to the i7-5960X for $1000

but whats so special?

Well overclocking is insane (over 4.4GHz), 8 physical cores! the most on a desktop,

DDR4 support - great for gaming, video rendering, and more.

But again this is for those who can spend the money or need a more beefy machine for content work.

1k for the chip alone, and then the board and DDR4 ram is also expensive

Intel also released another new series - the M chips (M for mobile) is in an amazing 14 nanometer etching, making it the smallest yet.

This gives intel a powerful yet extremely power efficeint processor as a competitior to ARM

this is going to go into windows and android tablets and PCs coming soon. even using existing hardware, it boosts battery by up to 2 hours

Insane display news

http://www.engadget.com/2014/09/05/dell-5k-ultrasharp-display/

Dell is releasing a new 5k display.

it has an amazing resolution of 5120 2880, or 218 PPI it has 2 16w harmon kardon speakers, 6 usb ports, and a card reader

yet its so powerful, it needs 2 display port 1.2 cords to drive it

and all this for an “affordable” $2500

CCS Tek News - Show Notes (9/1/2014)

Kickstarter king - Coolest Cooler

http://www.engadget.com/2014/08/27/coolest-cooler-kickstarter/

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ryangrepper/coolest-cooler-21st-century-cooler-thats-actually

Two years ago - Pebble set the record for most money raised on kickstarter

But now a new king is crowned. Coolest Cooler.

the project has managed to lure in nearly 50,000 backers and collect a little over $10,424,610 so far, shattering Pebble's previous milestone of $10,266,845.

The cooler is actually pretty cool - it offers a lot including

18v rechargeable blender

removable waterproof bluetooth speaker (looks to be jambox)

A usb charger

LED lights inside the cooler

Gear tie down straps

Cooler divider that doubles as a cutting board

Nice big tires

Storage for plates and silverware

and a bottle opener

This is a pretty cool cooler (haha I know so puny) but in all seriousness I will be interested to see how successful it will be when they start selling publicly after the kick starter.

Instagram - Hyperlapse

http://www.engadget.com/2014/08/27/instagram-shows-how-hyperlapse-works/

So a new crazy in video seems to be slo-mo and hyper lapse (super fast) video clips.

So Instagram decided to capitalize on that by programming their own app - “hyperlapse”

What's interesting is that it uses cropping and your devices gyroscope to do on-the-fly editing to make your hyperlapses super smooth.

It will crop your video, or change the frame rate - whatever it takes to make the video smooth and nice.

Interestingly Microsoft demoed something similar for youtubers to make hyperlapse out of recorded video. But Instagram beat them to the punch and put it in a convenient iphone app to allow easy uploads to instagram.

heres mine

Amazon buys Twitch?

http://www.engadget.com/2014/08/25/amazon-buying-twitch/

So late last week and early this week, there was rumors that Google would buy Twitch and make their streaming empire even bigger. But it has not been confirmed that Amazon would actually be buying twitch for an astounding $970 million in cash. The deal is almost finalized after it goes through the legal merger and government approval.

The CEOs of both companies have come out and talked about how happy they are about this merger. Twitch has a new backer so they can do even more. And amazon now has a way to do streaming

As long as amazon doesn't mess with the current Twitch setup, they should be golden. Because you really don't want to tick off millions of gamers - it doesn't end well.

So yeah - it will be exciting to see what Twitch can do with its new Amazon money.

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