http://www.eagleval.com World News Portal Mon, 20 May 2013 18:26:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.eagleval.com/ouya-e3-demo-in-public-parking-lot.html http://www.eagleval.com/ouya-e3-demo-in-public-parking-lot.html#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 18:26:23 +0000 eagleval The E3 event, which has been scheduled to be held from June 11 to June 13, is strictly press and industry-centric. People who attend the event are required to have some professional connection to the industry. But the guys behind OUYA seem to believe that it is wise (and it indeed is) to include the [...]]]> http://www.eagleval.com/ouya-e3-demo-in-public-parking-lot.html/feed 0 http://www.eagleval.com/yahoo-buying-tumblr-for-1-1-billion.html http://www.eagleval.com/yahoo-buying-tumblr-for-1-1-billion.html#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 16:50:11 +0000 eagleval This weekend, the net was abuzz with rumors that Yahoo was buying Tumblr. The news is now official. According to New York Times, Yahoo will pay the sum of $1.1 billion in cash in order to get their hands on Tumblr. As we all know, Yahoo is a fallen former search giant that has attempted [...]]]> http://www.eagleval.com/yahoo-buying-tumblr-for-1-1-billion.html/feed 0 http://www.eagleval.com/verizons-3g-prepaid-plans-with-extended-data.html http://www.eagleval.com/verizons-3g-prepaid-plans-with-extended-data.html#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 16:37:07 +0000 eagleval Back in February this year, Verizon introduced budget friendly 3G prepaid plans which included the $60/month plan with 500MB of data and 2GB of data for $70/month. Both the plans include unlimited talk and texts. Now Big Red has quietly extended the amount of data allotted for each plan. From now on, customers using BlackBerry, [...]]]> http://www.eagleval.com/verizons-3g-prepaid-plans-with-extended-data.html/feed 0 http://www.eagleval.com/the-first-phone-from-jolla-now-up-for-pre-order-runs-sailfish-os.html http://www.eagleval.com/the-first-phone-from-jolla-now-up-for-pre-order-runs-sailfish-os.html#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 16:10:32 +0000 eagleval Haven’t heard of Jolla? This Finnish startup has long been working towards the mission of refreshing the MeeGo mobile operating system and creating a phone of their own to run it. Now it’s official, the company has announced their first phone, aptly named the Jolla. The new phone will feature a 4.5-inch display, a dual-core [...]]]> http://www.eagleval.com/the-first-phone-from-jolla-now-up-for-pre-order-runs-sailfish-os.html/feed 0 http://www.eagleval.com/quad-core-smartphone-for-under-200-the-chinese-thl-w100-is-just-that.html http://www.eagleval.com/quad-core-smartphone-for-under-200-the-chinese-thl-w100-is-just-that.html#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 14:30:40 +0000 eagleval Today’s smartphones offer multi-core configurations, tons of RAM and are considerably more powerful than the PCs of late 90s and early 2000s. Unfortunately, they are also very expensive. You look around and see tablets coming in at ridiculously cheap prices with mainstream brands going as low as around $150-$200, and lesser known brands hitting sub-$150 [...]]]> http://www.eagleval.com/quad-core-smartphone-for-under-200-the-chinese-thl-w100-is-just-that.html/feed 0 http://www.eagleval.com/google-changes-its-mind-on-loaning-out-google-glasses-now-allows-it.html http://www.eagleval.com/google-changes-its-mind-on-loaning-out-google-glasses-now-allows-it.html#comments Sat, 18 May 2013 02:30:36 +0000 eagleval While some of the early Glass Explorers are more tech enthusiasts than actual developers, it is still important to realize that the glasses are in fact targeted towards developers, and not true commercial use. Because of that, they have a few special rules that come with that high $1500 buying price. Specifically you can’t resell, [...]]]> http://www.eagleval.com/google-changes-its-mind-on-loaning-out-google-glasses-now-allows-it.html/feed 0 http://www.eagleval.com/scientists-find-2-6-billion-year-old-pocket-of-water.html http://www.eagleval.com/scientists-find-2-6-billion-year-old-pocket-of-water.html#comments Sat, 18 May 2013 01:07:53 +0000 eagleval Recently near Timmins, Ontario Canada, researchers found a small pocket of water that is estimated to be 2.64 billion years old.  The water was found one and a half miles below the earth’s surface, in the oldest known part of the North American crust, the Canadian Shield.  The depth of this pocket of water is [...]]]> http://www.eagleval.com/scientists-find-2-6-billion-year-old-pocket-of-water.html/feed 0 http://www.eagleval.com/nvidia-shield-pre-sales-begin-today.html http://www.eagleval.com/nvidia-shield-pre-sales-begin-today.html#comments Sat, 18 May 2013 01:01:47 +0000 eagleval The Nvidia’s Android powered handheld console, Shield, which we originally revealed in February of this year, has finally begun taking preorders today for its upcoming June release.  The original pre-order date was the 20th of May, but apparently has been bumped up.  The device has a reasonable $349 price, and pre-orders can be made directly [...]]]> http://www.eagleval.com/nvidia-shield-pre-sales-begin-today.html/feed 0 http://www.eagleval.com/microsoft-kinect-becomes-a-life-saving-device.html http://www.eagleval.com/microsoft-kinect-becomes-a-life-saving-device.html#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 14:10:36 +0000 eagleval A 2012 study done by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration suggests that an average of 38 small children die each year in the US alone, due to heatstroke after being left unattended inside a hot parked car. There are some systems to prevent this problem, but three engineering undergrads from Baltimore’s Johns Hopkins [...]]]> http://www.eagleval.com/microsoft-kinect-becomes-a-life-saving-device.html/feed 0 http://www.eagleval.com/white-nexus-4-and-android-4-3-key-lime-pie-coming-next-month.html http://www.eagleval.com/white-nexus-4-and-android-4-3-key-lime-pie-coming-next-month.html#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 13:56:24 +0000 eagleval It was expected by many that Google would announce the next version of Android (4.3 or 5.0), at their I/O conference. But that didn’t happen, and neither did they announce any new hardware. But, as rumored earlier, they have plans to bring out a new version of the Nexus 4 in the very near future and it [...]]]> http://www.eagleval.com/white-nexus-4-and-android-4-3-key-lime-pie-coming-next-month.html/feed 0