Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Ouya's Android-based, hackable game console now official: we chat with designer Yves Behar

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/10/ouya-android-based-hackable-game-console/

Boxer8's Androidbased, eminently hackable Ouya game console becomes official, we have a chat with Yves Behar

A handful of details briefly slipped out about the project earlier, but now it's here: the Ouya, an attempt not just to delve into the cutthroat world of TV game consoles but to try and shift the goal posts. At its heart, the design sounds more like a smartphone than a gaming rig with a quad-core Tegra 3 and 8GB of storage running Android 4.0. The upscale, RF wireless gamepad's standout is a built-in trackpad for playing mobile games alongside the familiar sticks and buttons -- clever, though not entirely new. But with completely open hardware and software, an emphasis on free-to-play gaming and an all-important $99 price, the system is a gamble by a handful of game industry luminaries that at least a subset of players are frustrated with the status quo enough to want a real break. Read on for the full details, including a Kickstarter project as well as added details from our chat with Ouya (and Jambox) designer Yves Behar.

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Posted by Augustine at 10:01 AM

Votigo Starts A Price War In Social CRM

Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/votigo-announces-new-social-suite-2012-7

Jim Risner

Social media management provider Votigo is set to announce new plans for its suite of tools with prices starting as low as $15 per month.

The move, which CEO Jim Risner, described as the "first of its kind," seeks to lower the cost of social customer relations management, promotions, and conversation, allowing smaller businesses into the field.

Votigo already boasts a host of Fortune 500 brands as clients, like Starwood, Ford, Energizer, and Sony Online, but the company says its looking to expand further.

"We’ve listened to our clients who were looking for an always-­on approach to promotions, and they want the ability to manage the conversation and track and target their social contacts," said Risner.

Previously, Votigo offered various parts of the suite at lower prices. The new price offer includes more of the options it provides its larger clients.

Risner told BI he believes the move gives smaller clients the ability to have all of their online marketing done through Votigo.

Votigo has 47 employees and was founded with $1.27 million in funding from angel investors in 2007.

The social media marketing are has heated up recently, with Virtue being acquired by Oracle and Buddy Media being bought by Salesforce.com.

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Wacom outs the Cintiq 24HD touch, adds multi-touch controls and more to its largest pen display

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/10/wacom-cintiq-24hd-touch/

Wacom outs the Cintiq 24HD touch, adds multitouch controls and more to its largest pen display

Hot off the heels of the more modest Wacom Cintiq 22HD's introduction, the outfit has announced a new version of its 24HD pen display as well. Labeled the 24HD touch, the upcoming offering adds multi-touch functionality to the company's 24-inch input device -- just as the name would suggest. The added features don't stop there. A touch-enabled 24HD also touts an improved display that shows 1.07 billion colors while covering 97% of Adobe's RGB gamut and implementing RGB backlighting that improves on-screen color rendition. Similar to the sans-touch offering, you can expect to utilize Express Keys and Touch Rings to customize your workflow for maximum efficiency in addition to the touchscreen. When the 24HD touch hits shelves, it'll play nice with Windows 8 and will work just fine without installing drivers. In order to customize those pricey multi-touch commands, though, you'll need the requisite software.

If you splurged for the regular ol' 24HD, we can understand your frustration. However, Wacom says that it intended for the touch model to be released at the same time as the pen-only version, but the development took a bit longer than anticipated. Part of the reason for the delay was the extra time needed to perfect features like palm rejection in the kit's software. The peripheral company also hopes that software developers will take the gesture tech and create features that will showcase its full range of p! otential -- your move, Adobe. Itchin' to snag one already? Well, you'll have to wait until sometime in August to get your hands on this model and be prepared to shell out $3699 for the pen display ($1100 more than the previous release). Need a bit more info before emptying your savings account? Hit the PR button for all the particulars or take closer look in the gallery below.

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Wacom announces Cintiq 22HD pen display, we go hands-on (video)

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/10/wacom-cintiq-22hd/

Wacom announces Cintiq 22HD pen display, we go handson video

Oh, to sit in a darkened room all day and get paid to do art. No phone calls, no stress, and no technology except for a PC and a brand new $1,999 Wacom Cintiq 22HD tablet display (and maybe also a pair of equally well-engineered Beyerdynamics). Alas, only our Distro magazine crew get to live like that -- the rest of the Engadget team must make do with spec sheets and quick hands-on impressions, which are precisely what you'll find after the break.

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Posted by Augustine at 7:14 AM

Intel to buy 15 percent of silicon fab equipment maker ASML, wants manufacturing machines made faster

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/10/intel-to-buy-15-percent-of-asml/

Intel to buy 15 percent of silicon lithography equipment maker ASML, wants chip fab machines made more quickly Chipzilla didn't get its position as the king of semiconductors by twiddling its thumbs, folks. It became a Valley behemoth by delivering us faster and better silicon, and its latest $4.1 billion purchase -- a 15 percent stake in silicon manufacturing equipment maker ASML Holding NV -- should help keep Intel atop the CPU heap. You see, Intel's in the process of retooling its chip manufacturing process to use bigger diameter silicon wafers, which'll make those Ivy Bridge, ValleyView and other future chips cheaper for all of us. Such retooling can take years to implement, which is likely why Intel was willing to plunk down so much cash to ensure nothing futzes with its manufacturing timetable. The company's investment will presumably give it the clout to get ASML's crucial lithography equipment on the fast track to completion. Hop to it, fellas, we want our CPUs at bargain-basement prices, and we want them now.

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