Tech-a-Byte: Tech news roundup
Samsung has launched the highly anticipated Galaxy Note 7 in India. The Note 7 is a direct successor to the Note 5, with Samsung opting to skip the '6' to bring the Note series in sync with their 'S' line of devices. Priced at Rs. 59.900, the Note 7 is one of the costliest devices available in the market today. Just like previous generations, the Note 7 is loaded with top notch specs, with the Indian version getting Samsung's home-grown Exynos 8890 chipset, 4GB of RAM and 64GB of inbuilt storage. The device does have expandable storage however.
Samsung's famed S-Pen makes a return with even more features, including the ability to record a GIF of a selected part of the screen, and this time around the device is waterproof as well. The company has also given the Note 7 an edge screen and an iris scanner for rapid and secure unlocking.
According to Google's online code and GitHub, the Mountain View-based search giant may be working on a new operating system, called Fuchsia. Details are scarce at the moment, but the big takeaway is that the new OS is not based on Linux, making it different from Android and Chrome OS, the two major offerings from the company.
Based on available information, Fuchsia seems designed to run on all kinds of devices and be scalable for any task required of it. This has led to many speculations, ranging from one that says it could power Google's push towards enhancing the Internet of Things (IoT), and power devices like their OnHub router, to another which assumes Fuchsia may one day replace both Android and Chrome OS and serve as a single unified ecosystem. MIT students create smartphone-controlling tattoo Designs etched onto the body that can be used to control devices are now a reality. Students from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab teamed up with researchers from Microsoft Research to create DuoSkin, a temporary tattoo that can work like a touchpad. It can be made in different designs and peeled off whenever the wearer wants.