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Google Bolsters Enterprise Support With Divide

Posted: 30 May 2014 07:00 AM PDT

Selling phones to consumers is easy.  Big screens, fast CPUs, and lots of storage gets their dollar, but most companies need more, and Google just bought it.

Divide-Logo

Stepping foot into the IT department of most companies 10 years ago would look drastically different than it does today, especially in the mobility domain.  In less than a decade, a realm that was previously almost entirely owned by Blackberries and flip phones has exploded and fundamentally changed the way companies do business.

Modern enterprise employees are more mobile and more connected than ever.  This creates a large demand on enterprise corporations attempting to support this usage.  The balance between features, security, and cost is ever in flux.

Blackberry used to rule the realm of the connected employee, but as more companies shift towards BYOD strategies and begin to add corporate app stores, Blackberry has begun to lose its grip on the enterprise.  Blackberry was once a standout in its ability to securely provide corporate email to employees on the go, but email is only one of the many features demanded by the modern user and Blackberry just hasn’t been able to keep up with Google and Apple.

In a big move to bolster its own enterprise support, Google has recently purchased Divide.  Divide is a containerization solution that gives employees access to corporate email, but partitions their data to create a sort of secure dual personality for smartphones.  This allows flexibility for enterprise users to user their own devices, but also gives IT Mobility Administrators access to monitor usage, control access, and wipe the enterprise partition in the case of a security threat, while leaving the consumer half unaffected.  Much like Samsung KNOX, but available on any iPhone or Android.

I was able to speak with a representative from divide, and while he wasn’t able to provide details around any impending changes, he did confirm that nearly all of their customers support Apple devices in their corporate ecosystem, so most current divide customers’ largest concern is naturally continued support for iPhones and iPads.

It’s unknown if Divide will be something that gets baked into Android, or if it will just be an additional service provided by Google, but one thing is for sure, Google has a strong record when it comes to support for their iOS apps (at least most of them… Sorry Google Voice).  In fact, many Android fans have been frustrated with Google’s seemingly preferential treatment of iOS in the past when it comes to updates for services such as Google +, Maps, or Gmail.  I think it’s safe to say that Divide will continue to be a quality containerization solution for Apple users.  Possibly even more so than for Android users–but hopefully not.

It’s unknown how soon we will see any Google changes come to Divide (or how soon any integration will occur), but it’s safe to say that we won’t be seeing it with any of the other changes coming from Project Hera.  This will likely be something we sill see incorporated into Android next year, or maybe in the Fall, when Google has traditionally launched a new Nexus phone.

The biggest takeaway from this acquisition is the impact on Blackberry.  The Canadian smartphone maker has been a sinking ship since the advent of the iPhone, but this will likely be another of the many nails in its coffin.  Blackberry may very well evolve to support niche users and emerging markets, but the love affair between Blackberry and Enterprise is all but over and is well past the point of no return.

Despite the lack of details on Google’s acquisition of Divide, more details on the acquisiton and how it will affect Android will likely be mentioned at Google I/O, now less than a month away.

Source: Android Central

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19 Cartoon Characters Artistic Evolution

Posted: 30 May 2014 06:00 AM PDT

Old Bugs

It’s always incredible to see how animation has developed along with technology, as cartoon characters over the years change so much it’s almost impossible to recognize and compare today’s version with the original one.

Archie

He wasn’t the coolest looking dude to begin with:

But it looks like girls prefer the newer him:

Arthur

Something of a sheepish anteater to begin with, turned into a confident nerd:

Bugs Bunny

Charlie Brown

Not a lot has changed from the 1950s when it comes to Charlie Brown:

 

But it’s hard not to notice even the slightest change:

Cinderella

Just your regular Princess:

And this is the Disney Princess:

Garfield

There’s the really grumpy, melted version:

And a slightly happier interpretation

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Mickey Mouse

Here he is on the steamboat:

And the cocky mouse just standing around

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Peter Pan

And here he is in color:

Pinocciho

Tall and scary to start with:

But refined over the years with the Disney touch:

Shrek

An overgrown cactus riding a horse:

And Shrek with a less ride-able donkey:

South Park

A blurry, terrible version in 1992:

And the modern one we all know and love (most of us at least) today:

Snoopy

He needed four legs at one point:

But became a bit more human, walking on just two, later on:

The Iron Giant

This is the 1968 version:

And this is the big chunk of metal 31 years later:

The Simpsons

Here they are at inception in 1987:

But over the years they’ve been smoothed out, looking like this:

 

Yogi Bear

Here he is in the flat version:

And here is his fuller version:

And here is the same effect with Alvin & The Chipmunks

And here is the same effect with Papa Smurf

And Scooby…

 

Hat tip: 

For more cartoon characters undergoing changes, here are some of them without their mustaches, and for those with interest in a more in depth look, here are their skeletons.

Tobii Glasses 2 Shows Others What You’re Looking At in Real Time

Posted: 30 May 2014 05:00 AM PDT

Tobii Glasses 2

As the wearable revolution continues, the new Tobii Glasses 2 gadget is a Google Glass rival that shows other people what you're looking at.

Inarguably, the biggest concern around wearable gadgets, such as Google Glass or the Samsung Galaxy Gear, is that the 'features' that they are offer are actually some well marketed gimmicks. Particularly in the case of Google Glass, which, while it has many practical uses such as allowing you to view a map as you walk along (thus reducing the chances of you falling over as you try to keep an eye on the Google Maps app on your phone) and the ability to take photos via voice command, there are also some less useful uses such as a QR scanner – QR codes after all are the oft-seen but rarely used augmented reality feature. So with that in mind, technology company Tobii have created the Tobii Glasses 2, an eye tracking headset that's a successor to their original device.

The headline feature of the Tobii Glasses 2 is its aforementioned eye tracking capabilities. With a wider field of vision than the pair of glasses that came before it, the Tobii Glasses 2 does this by using several front and eye facing cameras. There are four cameras tracking your eyes, to allow for a precise set of data on where you're looking, so it seems like almost every direction is covered there, meanwhile, there's just one camera facing forward which captures your viewpoint transmitting it back to a viewer in glorious 1080p HD meaning that despite not being right there in the midst of the action, they are still able to view all of the same things as you, whilst able to provide some extra analysis.

It's that analysis that could perhaps clue you in on the price of the Tobii Glasses 2. Their recommended use is by product developers and sports teams, the latter of which could use the technology to analyse how plays are going about or to see extra things – up close – on the court or the field. As a result, the Tobii Glasses 2 are selling for $14,900 which is pricey but it could be a valuable investment if you have solid plans for how to use it.

We'll keep you posted once we know more.

Source: Tobii

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