Hi there everyone. We’re here again for
another episode of Tech Tuesdays on TFL. On this episode we’ll be talking about
the newest player in the smart camera race, a company’s new logo after a
quarter of a century and the verdict to one of history’s most controversial
lawsuits.
Nikon has just released its S800c smart
camera powered by Google’s Android mobile operating system. The camera features
a 16MP BSI CMOS sensor, 25-250mm equivalent F3.2-5.8 lens, a 3.5-inch WVGA OLED
touchscreen, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, 2GB of internal memory, up to 8fps
continuous shooting, 1080p video and Android v2.3 (Gingerbread).
At the moment, the only app Nikon offers
for the camera is its “My Picture Town” app for uploading images to its cloud
storage service. It’s still a question whether the camera would take advantage
of existing camera apps available on Google play like Instagram and
Hipstamatic, of course only time will tell.
Microsoft has unveiled its new company
logo. After twenty five years, the company has finally decided to make that
change and it’s just in time for the release of Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8
in the coming weeks.
The design of the new logo is not that of a
radical departure from the logo that Microsoft has been using for the past 25
years. The logo still features the same four coloured boxes without the wavy
shape. It still retains the same four colours – red, green, yellow and blue.
The logo is already in use at Microsoft’s
website as well in three retails stores in Boston, Seattle and Washington.
The most controversial tech news of past
weeks would probably be the lawsuit that involves two major companies. Apple
and Samsung’s patent war has finally received a verdict, with the decision in
favour of the Cupertino Company.
A nine-person jury came to a unanimous
decision on August 24 saying that Samsung did infringe several Apple-patented
features. In relation to his, the court is awarding Apple approximately $1.05
billion in damages. Conversely, Apple’s stock skyrocketed a few hours after the
verdict. Stock prices rose at around 1.8% (around $12) closing at $663.22 per
share.
But in true corporate lawsuit fashion,
Samsung is planning to appeal the decision not only in the US but in other
courts and tribunals around the world. In the coming weeks, the two companies
will have to decide on what actions to take regarding the decision of the
court. But it’s almost inevitable that Apple will ask the court to ban sales of
several devices from Samsung’s past and present line up including the Galaxy S,
Galaxy S2, Nexus S, Mesmerize, Vibrant, Skyrocket, Continuum, Prevail and
Infuse among others.
And that concludes this week’s edition of
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