IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Digital Trends) 13/02/2013

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

IT News Head Lines (Digital Trends) 13/02/2013

Digital Trends

Facebook’s location tracking feature will push the privacy envelope – again Facebook is hell bent on monetizing for mobile, but this increasingly means its invading former privacy settings users have become accustomed to. Are our standards flexible, or will the typical outrage associated with new Facebook features follow once it introduces its rumored location-tracking product?

Maserati pinning hopes on BMW-battling Ghibli model to increase annual sales We always wondered if the folks at Maserati’s marketing department were having a laugh with its names. Now we know they are with the next model set to be named the Ghibli. Nevertheless, Maserati hopes the mid-size luxury sedan will dramatically improve global sales.

Mopar makeup means meaner-looking Dodge Dart – just not any faster Mopar has unveiled a whole new lineup of parts for the Dodge Dart, and while mostly cosmetic, many also serve practical functions. The only downside: The Dart is still pretty slow.

Redesigned Cadillac CTS coming to 2013 New York Auto Show The CTS helped reinvent Cadillac, but will the third generation of this luxury sport sedan pick up where its predecessors left off?

Australian government wants to know why Adobe, Apple, and Microsoft charge more Why do the same tech products cost so much more overseas? The Australian government is now requiring Adobe, Apple, and Microsoft to explain the difference in their prices abroad.

‘Intimacy 2.0′ is Valentine’s Day fetish wear for serious science fiction geeks An art project never looked so sensual. Studio Roosegaarde has designed the Intimacy 2.0 dress which changes itself from opaque to see-through based on the wearer's increased heart rate.

Suddenlink subscribers get first look at TiVo’s Mini DVR extender Though it won't launch until the spring, Suddenlink is making the TiVo Mini available to its subscribers. The diminutive DVR extender won't officially launch until spring, but Suddenlink customers can now secure themselves a sneak peek.

More analysts think Apple will introduce an affordable, lightweight iPhone Apple may be looking to introduce a new, slimmer, low-cost version of the iPhone to the market this year. These models would likely be available for nearly 50 percent less than the cost of current iPhones.

Turkish designer creates solar charging tent for electric vehicles It’s called the V-Tent and it could very well bolster the future of electric vehicles. Simply put: A driver pulls their vehicle up, extends the solar tent, pays for parking, plugs in, and walks away, protecting it from the elements and replenishing its power supply.

With the possible PS4 announcement looming, a few launch titles may have leaked With just nine days to go before the PlayStation event in New York, Sony isn't alone in teasing the next generation. The developers behind signature Sony games like Beyond: Two Souls, MotorStorm, Killzone, and LittleBigPlanet are teasing PlayStation 4 games.

Website auto-resizes font by watching your face, makes it possible to read text from afar Want to play with some auto-resizing font magic? Realtime Responsive Typography, an experimental website, adjusts the font size on screen for you, depending on how far away you are from your display's webcam.

How to take a screenshot on any Kindle Fire If you want to grab a screenshot on any Kindle Fire (Kindle Fire, Kindle Fire 2, Kindle Fire HD 7, Kindle Fire HD 8.9), we've got a step-by-step guide. Those of you with original Kindle Fires, you may want to brace yourselves.

Stepping through the game development looking glass at the 2013 D.I.C.E. Summit The 2013 D.I.C.E. Summit has concluded and Digital Trends was there to check out all of the talks, take in the awards show, and speak to some of the most talented creative minds in game development.

Punk lives on: Suda 51 says he agreed to sell his studio so he could get back to creating Is Punk finally dead? Not at all according to Grasshopper Manufacture's Goichi Suda. The studio surprised the industry by selling to GungHo Online Entertainment, but the independent studio did it so Could could get back to directing games like No More Heroes.

2014 Chevrolet Corvette C7 Stingray: The ‘Vette Chevy should have built a decade ago Beloved by both the elderly and the senile alike, the Corvette has been America’s most iconic sports car for 50 years. Now there’s a new one, with an old name. But is it worth its weight in aluminum?

‘Minecraft: Pi Edition’ lets you play Minecraft for free on your Raspberry Pi computer Ready your bricks and stones, Minecraft is coming to the $35 Raspberry Pi platform with Minecraft: Pi Edition. This free version of the game will allow you to program it yourself.

DISH ships Hopper with Sling as legal storm rages on DISH hopes to defeat litigation - both pending and impending - and establish its new set-top as a market leader.

iPhone 5 ranks 5th in user satisfaction in U.S. behind four Android phones Apple's iPhone 5 is one of the best smartphones around. But going by customer satisfaction, it just cracks the top five. A new report reveals four Android devices topped Apple in user satisfaction in the U.S. and U.K., but Apple's still the company to beat in mobile device quality overall.

eMusic to ditch subscription requirement, allow a la carte purchasing You no longer have to be a paid member to download new tunes from eMusic. The site now gives users the ability to purchase individual songs and albums without paying a monthly fee.

Skylanders series hits $1 billion in sales, but Activision must remember past mistakes With two games, myriad mobile apps, and over 100 million action figures sold, the Skylanders series has become Activision's latest billion dollar franchise. Disney Infinity, aging game technology, and Activision's history of saturating the market could hamper Skylanders' growth.

Hangout with President Obama on Google+ this Valentine’s Day Who needs a date on Valentine's Day, anyway? Following his February 12 State of the Union address, President Obama will be doing a modern-day Fireside Chat using Google+'s Hangouts.

Volvo unveils new mobile vehicle connectivity app – but not in the US Volvo will unveil a smartphone connectivity app called “Volvo On Call.” The app enables Volvo owners to connect with their vehicle remotely, allowing for monitoring and control of several vehicle functions.

Flickr privacy flub exposes private photos for three weeks Privacy settings on some Flickr photos had been changed, which Flickr chalks up to a bug, for three weeks. The bug has since been patched.a

Bill Gates would rather fight one horse-sized duck (video) Microsoft's Bill Gates has taken to social news community Reddit for one of its famous "Ask Me Anything" (AMA) interviews. More than 8,000 comments await him – but the most important question of the day has already been answered.

Blurstagram, physible, bashtag, and more tech lingo you need to know Saw something on the Web that you want to gossip about with your friends but not sure how to succinctly describe it? This week's tech lingo lesson will illustrate some useful terms to navigate the Internet.

The gaming landscape is changing as digital sales are up while physical sales are down The NPD Group reported sales data for all game software, both digital and physical, in 2012 and the numbers are disappointing. Digital distribution isn't growing as quickly as physical game sales are declining. Can the PlayStation 4 and Xbox 720 turn around ailing game retail?

Want a phone you can see through? Polytron unveils clear phone prototype Innovator Polytron unveiled a new prototype for a cell phone handset that is almost entirely entirely see-through. The company believes that the device could be ready for the market by the end of this year.

British GT Championship says Sony-Nissan GT Academy drivers are too fast to be amateurs GT Academy's drivers may have started out playing Gran Turismo, but their real-world skills are beginning to rival professional racers'.

Raytheon’s RIOT tracks social media users, predicts their next move Raytheon has developed analytics that tracks and analyzes social media users to make predictions like whether or not an individual is a security threat.

Crysis 4 may be free as Crytek says its game will all be free-to-play in the future With more than 5 million players in Russia alone, Warface holds the potential to be Crytek's most successful game to date. That's by design. Crytek's pragmatic and outspoken CEO Cevat Yerli says that its Warface and not Crysis 3 that foretells the fully free-to-play future of his expanding company.

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