Xbox One Preview Program

The Xbox One Preview Program is one of the console's bigger draws. It lets you check out features before they're out for the general public such as game streaming and backward compatibility. Now, getting into the Xbox One Preview Program just got a whole lot tougher. Microsoft has stated that it will be reducing the number of invites sent for this invite-only program as it is now reaching maximum capacity.

"Due to a tremendous response from our fans, the Xbox Preview program has reached a near-capacity level With that in mind, we are slowing the number of new people we are accepting to optimise for testing," a Microsoft representative said in the Preview Program's forums. "We are thankful for the amount of interest we've received to date and look forward to sharing more details on preview opportunities soon."

It's no surprise that the program has seen a tremendous amount of popularity. At E3 2015, Microsoft announced that backwards compatibility will be coming to the console and at Gamescom 2015, it announced that it will show up in November. 

Asus ZenFone 2 Deluxe Special Edition

Asus has announced another variant of the ZenFone 2 Deluxe. Called Asus ZenFone 2 Deluxe Special Edition, the phone was launched on 21-st of August, in Brazil.

The new phone has the 256 Gb internal capacity of memory, but the other specifications are the same as on the 64GB and 128GB internal storage variants. The original report gives no indication about the price and availability of Asus ZenFone 2 Deluxe Special Edition with 256GB storage.

If we appeal to numbers, the Asus ZenFone 2 Deluxe comes with 4GB of RAM, a 2.3GHz quad-core Intel Atom Z3580 SoC, 13-megapixel rear camera, a 5-megapixel front camera, and a 3000mAh battery. It sports a 5.50-inch full-HD display with 72 percent screen-to-body ration. It's a dual-SIM, dual-standby 4G/ LTE smartphone that runs Android 5.0 Lollipop.

Asus launched the ZenFone 2 Deluxe in India earlier this month, with the 64GB internal storage variant priced at Rs. 22,999, and its 128GB variant sporting a price tag of Rs. 29,999. At the same event, Asus also unveiled the ZenFone Selfie with 16GB inbuilt storage and 2GB RAM priced at Rs. 15,999, and the 32GB variant with 3GB RAM at Rs. 17,999.

Living with robots

Nowadays robots are widespread, they almost replace humans in different spheres of life. But the question is - is it good or bad? Let's think about our ordinary life. From one side it's very comfortable - robots can clean your house when you want to sit on the sofa and read a fairy tale to your child when you are busy.
From the other side - think of how lazy you can become if they do everything instead of you. Modern robots can communicate with people, speak with them on different subjects and for lonely people it's probably good. But we shouldn't allow robots to replace real live communication. Even the newest and very expensive robots can't move and behave like us, they still look artificial.
If we think of manufacture there're more benefits - robots for sure are more productive than people.
It's up to you - if you have money and wish to buy a robot - just do it, but don't forget that no robot will be able to replace a human.

Cмартфон OnePlus 2 дебютирует в Гонконге

Внимание тех, кто следит за новинками в мире IT-технологий, будет приковано 28 июня к выпуску нового смартфона - OnePlus 2. Китайская компания Oneplus значительно уступает по показателю продаж таким конкурентам как Apple и Samsung, но все же не осталась в их тени. За полтора года компания продала около миллиона смартфонов One, что можно считать не плохим успехом. Благодаря невысокой цене и хорошим характеристикам, у компании уже появилась своя аудитория и поклонники, которые ждут появление следующих продукций. Предполагается, что второй смартфон будет также обладать невысокой ценой и достойными техническими характеристиками. Ранее обсуждалось, что первая цена OnePlus 2 составит 400 долларов. Точные характеристики пока не обнародованы, пока известно, что телефон будет оснащен 5,5-дюймовым дисплеем, 16-мегапиксельной камерой, а оперативная память будет составлять 3 Гбайта.

Компания постепенно развивается, заключает договоры с различными фондами для будущего роста и развития. Ожидается. Что в конце текущего года Oneplus планирует выпустить еще более доступный телефон.

The Android version of Microsoft's voice-driven assistant has been leaked

It's a good news for android lovers, because it was not supposed to be released till 29 July, together with Windows 10.
Despite the fact that this is a leaked version, users share good reviews and say that is similar to windows handsets.
Peter Bright, a tester of Ars Technica said that the application worked on his Nexus 5 with Android 5.1, despite the fact that it was originally made just for Windows. Microsoft announced that they will be making a version for Android and iOS.
Cortana is brought to life by the words, "Hey Cortana". Peter Bright though, said that Cortana on Android missed some features seen on Windows, said that you could not listen to music or read emails for flight numbers. Cortana also missed some privacy functions that would stop it springing into life when users are busy.
However it is not totally clear if the people would prefer it to Google Now, because Google is more integrated on Android and more capable to deliver a good and interesting service.

RFID chips

RFID goes for radio-frequency identification and is the use of magnetic fields for data transfer and for tracking objects or identifying them. Lets take some mythos about RFID chips and discuss them.
RFID information is perfect. First of all the information the tag sends to reader is as good as the information that was put on the tag, and you know, there is always a way for human error to occur. Info can be affected by many things, like bad integration, poor software, materials like water, double reads etc.
RFID is the doom of our privacy. Lets be serious, every consumer thinks that items they buy will be full of radio chips, and everybody will be able to see what they bought using and RFID reader.Consumer products have “kill” software which renders an RFID tag useless once it leaves the store.
So to make the long story short, RFID is not all about conspiracy theories, but we may assume RFID will find its way to that market 

Brand new Tiny render Moto X (2015) is coming soon...

Recently, in the Internet repeatedly appeared information about upcoming third-generation smartphone Moto X (2015) of Motorola, which means that device will announce in coming months. Messages received or without supporting images of the smartphone, or with a photo of his housing to hide the source of the information. New render Moto X (2015) has a tiny size - 59 × 88 pixels.  If you make it a size larger, you can see the corresponding previous photo, which adds credibility to a tiny image. It is possible that it is about press photos Moto X (2015). On the back side of housing is visible camera with LED flash, below is placed logo of company. On the right side surface of housing can be seen irregularities, which may indicate the presence of the volume buttons, as well as starting and blocking. The front panel of the smartphone seems to look the same as its predecessor with microphone and speaker nets.

According to the latest rumors, the Moto X (2015) will be produced in two versions with different dimensions: 5.2 "and 5.7" screen with a resolution of QHD. The device is running Android 5.1.1, equipped with a 16-megapixel and 5-megapixel cameras, has 64-bit eight-processor Qualcomm Snapdragon 810, 2 or 64 GB of flash memory and battery capacity of 3280 mAh.