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Obama to host first Google+ Hangout tonight at 5:30PM Jan 30th 2012, 17:51 Barack Obama is no stranger to social networks, but Google+ is still relatively new territory for him (and everyone else for that matter). The president doesn't seem afraid of mixing it up with the online riffraff, though, and will be hosting his very first Hangout tonight at 5:30pm ET. He'll be answering questions submitted via YouTube and selected by Google based on viewer rating. Sadly (or, perhaps, mercifully) this won't be a public free-for-all. Obama will be joined by five of his fellow Americans, but there won't be a rotating cast of random folks popping in and out of the group video chat queueing up clips of Maru. Hit up the source link to watch it live later this afternoon. Obama to host first Google+ Hangout tonight at 5:30PM originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:51:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink The Verge  |  White House (Google+), CNN  | Email this | Comments Clearwire unveils $99 Clear Hub Express and $129 Clear Spot Voyager hotspots Jan 30th 2012, 17:32 Clearwire's impending LTE rollout isn't going to happen overnight, so why not continue to milk the proverbial cow that is their existing WiMax network? That's exactly what the wireless provider is doing today, with a fresh duo of hotspots. The first, the Clear Hub Express, is a $99 WiFi router-mobile hotspot combo which is destined for home or office duty. The second is the Clear Spot Voyager, which for $124 will hawk WiMax to eight devices for up to six hours of continuous use off its internal rechargeable battery. Those are identical specs to last year's model, the Clear Spot 4G Apollo, albeit sans-screen and in a thinner package. They're available today from Clearwire, and either can be kitted with "unlimited 4G" plans that start at $35 a month. Get acquainted with them in the PR after the break. Continue reading Clearwire unveils $99 Clear Hub Express and $129 Clear Spot Voyager hotspots Clearwire unveils $99 Clear Hub Express and $129 Clear Spot Voyager hotspots originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:32:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink   |   | Email this | Comments WiGig SD card gets demoed on tablets, makes DVDs gone in 60 seconds (video) Jan 30th 2012, 17:01 We're pretty excited about WiGig's miraculous wireless transmission rates and Panasonic's now in the process of jamming the functionality into SD cards set to arrive next year. It's now got a working prototype and DigInfo's managed to grab a brief video demo (embedded below) showcasing the tech. Both photos and videos can be effortlessly pinged from a tablet (housing the aforementioned memory card) to compatible in-car displays. We're told that those heady transfer speeds are more than capable of handling a whole DVD of video content in under a minute, although the range of the transmission remains between one to three meters. We may be willing to cope with that limitation -- especially if these multi-gigabit speeds still make it across to future phones. Continue reading WiGig SD card gets demoed on tablets, makes DVDs gone in 60 seconds (video) WiGig SD card gets demoed on tablets, makes DVDs gone in 60 seconds (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink TechCrunch  |  DigInfo  | Email this | Comments Report: Windows Phone Tango to support 120 languages, C++ development Jan 30th 2012, 16:29 When Microsoft confirmed Windows Phone "Tango" back in August, it emphasized its focus on developing country markets that other heavyweight manufacturers tend to neglect. Today, new details have emerged to corroborate these claims about Redmond's forthcoming update, which will reportedly support a wider range of languages than its Mango-flavored predecessor. As WP Sauce reports, a Microsoft representative confirmed the news at a developer event in India today, telling attendees that Tango will support a full 120 languages, compared to the 35 tongues that Mango currently support. (iOS, by comparison, supports 34 languages, while Android boasts 55.) One of the speakers also reportedly confirmed that Windows Phone would add support for C++ native coding, though it remains unclear whether that will apply to Tango, or Windows Phone 8 (codenamed "Apollo"). We'll have to wait and see whether or not any of this actually comes to fruition, though it's worth noting that WP Sauce has since pulled its report on today's news, apparently at the request of Microsoft. Report: Windows Phone Tango to support 120 languages, C++ development originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:29:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink The Verge  |  WP Sauce  | Email this | Comments Nintendo, NTT DoCoMo testing DS-powered speech translator Jan 30th 2012, 16:00 Nintendo and NTT DoCoMo are reportedly teaming up in order to create a voice-to-text system that'll help hearing-impaired children study. Using a modified DSi, speech is converted into text which is then archived in the cloud -- accessible afterward as a learning aid. That way, a teacher can have their words instantly typed up for reading by the students, who can also play interactive games to help them get along. Trials of the system are being held in Tottori and Okinawa Prefectures, with the overall aim of letting them use it as a universal translator outside the classroom. We're worried we'd be too tempted to swap out Tactical Assault during maths class. Nintendo, NTT DoCoMo testing DS-powered speech translator originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink Joystiq  |  NHK (Translated)  | Email this | Comments

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