Category Ideabox

Samsung’s Smart Window
Posted on January 14th, 2012 | Permalink

Samsung’s Smart Window is obviously one of the best things we were introduced to during CES 2012, but this could be the start of a lot of other cool projects. The fact that it also uses solar power is mind-blowing. If this pulls off to be a consumer-friendly price, we could soon have things like mirrors with interactive displays. And considering you can’t see anything that’s happening on the alternate side, two-sided touch screen boards? Or how about stores use these as windows for promotions without using any paper? So much potential in this.

And all Gruber could comment on was a “similar” widget. Really? Always complaining that Samsung doesn’t innovate, and when they come up with an innovative idea, knock them on one, tiny part of it that apparently looks like Apple design. Sheesh.

Google+Everything: A Deep Look Into Google’s New Social Project

Posted on July 2nd, 2011

It’s finally here. Google’s brand new social network project was finally unveiled this week and the world stood in shock at the search company’s brand new attempt to grasp online identity. After Buzz, a horribly failed social network, and Wave, a communication’s platform that just couldn’t hit the high tide, Google was afraid that the social realm would be that one part of the internet they would never conquer. Even though Google has numerous successful platforms such as Android and Chrome, it seemed that they could never grab hold of what social really meant. But this week changed everyone’s view of Google’s social plans. It definitely changed mine. Google+ is more than just a social network – it’s an integrated platform straight from the get-go, and it may finally be Google’s social success story. Read more

How Side-by-Side Multitasking Can Be Implemented On Android

Posted on June 8th, 2011

Windows 8. A dual-layered OS which makes Microsoft’s mobile and desktop experiences sit side-by-side. It seems that Microsoft has finally got the tablet game right when it comes to UX, but if there’s one thing that stands out on the brand new, upcoming OS (other than the flaming bright colours), it’s the side-by-side multitasking on the touch UI. I love it. In fact, I envy it.

I was one of the 5000 blessed with a Limited Edition Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 at this year’s Google I/O, and I have to say it – I love Android’s take on the tablet OS. Granted, it still is quite rough around the edges and could use a little work, but for a first iteration, Honeycomb is a new side of tablet experience that we’ve never seen. Apple is set on taking their phone/media device OS and scaling it to a larger screen while Microsoft believes that both desktop and tablet have to work together to make our computing lives better. Android, on the other hand, converges the two in a best-of-both-worlds subset. Almost. Read more



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