Sep 29

M6 Gran Coupe features 4.4.-litre twin-turbocharged V8 engine with 560hp and needs just 4,2 seconds from zero to 100 km/h. That is 0,3 seconds quicker than the lighter M5. Carozzeria Carbon has made available for the M6 a front lip spoiler set, under splitters, side skirts, read diffuser and mandatory trunk spoiler. Continue reading »
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3D Design,
BMW,
Carozzeria Carbon,
M6,
M6 Gran Coupe
Sep 29

Delta Air Lines surprised industry observers by choosing Microsoft’s Surface 2 tablet for its pilots, so they can replace large and physical flight literature. Airline reportedly wants that currrent iPad Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) users to transition to a company-issued device. Its flight attendants already use ca. 19,000 Nokia Lumia 820 smartphones for demonstration of precautionary details for flights and to assist in seating. Delta is trying to make paperless cockpits in less than two years and this will resulted in thousands of pounds of flight weight saved, leading to thousands of gallons of fuel conserved. Continue reading »
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Apple,
BYOD,
Delta Air Lines,
Microsoft Surface 2,
Nokia Lumia 820
Sep 29

LaFerrari was spotted at Nürburgring nad most likely this is nothing more than some final high-speed testing before customer deliveries. Continue reading »
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Ferrari,
LaFerrari,
Nürburgring,
spy photos
Sep 29

Major League Gaming hired Houston Rockets’ general manager Daryl Morey. He has previous experience as SVP Operations for the Boston Celtics and overseeing the Houston Rockets. Daryl will try to build the company into a mainstream sports media property and will get involved in eSports.
They also hires Greg Chisholm as CFO for overseeing financial strategy and Allen De La Cruz as SVP Engineering for online content and multiplayer gaming platform (MLG: Play). Continue reading »
tags:
Allen De La Cruz,
Daryl Morey,
eSports,
Greg Chisholm,
Major League Gaming,
MLG,
MLG Play
Sep 29

High-end manufacturer Bang&Olfusen announced at the CEDIA conference its new wireless speaker platform that will provide a second-to-none multi-channel wireless experience and will be compatible with any WiSA-compliant device. The new wireless speaker technology will deliver 24-bit, uncompressed audio to either a pair of speakers or a full 7.1 surround setup. That will be possible with the WiSA open standard, which operates in the 5.2-5.8GHz range, along with some more proprietary tech from bang&Olfusen and Summit Semiconductor. The company will show off the new platform at the end of October, when a new set of „Immaculate Wireless Sound“ speakers is set to debut. Continue reading »
tags:
Bang&Olfusen,
CEDIA,
Immaculate Wireless Sound,
Summit Semiconductor,
wireless speaker platform,
WiSA-compliant device
Sep 29

Apple has hired Nike’s top Fuel Band designer Ben Schaffer. He was a Nike’s Studio Director of the Innovation Kitchen and under his lead Nike was named the most innovative company in 2013 by Fast Company. Ben’s experience in working on the wearables with Nike will be critical, because Apple is developing its own wearable watch-like device. But it also seems possible that Apple could be working on wearables beyond those for the wrist. Tony Fadell, former Apple executive, recently revealed that Apple toyed around with wearables akin to Google Glass. Continue reading »
tags:
Apple,
Ben Schaffer,
Fuel Band,
Google Glass,
Innovation Kitchen,
Nike. Fast Company,
studio director,
Tony Fadell,
wearable devices