Galaxy S4, Google Reader, and Netflix 4K - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Thursday, March 14th, 2013
Galaxy S4, Google Reader, and Netflix 4K - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Thursday, March 14th, 2013
2013-03-14
it's Thursday March 14 2013 I'm your s
host toast evan rodgers this is 90
seconds on the verge brought to you by
motorola as expected Samsung today
announced the galaxy s4 the phone's
design stays pretty close to its s3
predecessor but there are some new
features the 5-inch 1080p android
flagship can detect so called air
gestures for controlling the phone
without touching it also has I tracking
for scrolling through pages although in
our testing that didn't work very well
new camera features include dual shot
for using the front and rear lenses
simultaneously and the net for making
gifts the galaxy s4 will be released
worldwide in q2 with a quote premium
price google reader will be going the
way of the dinosaur as part of its
annual spring cleaning initiative google
announced that the popular RSS service
will be shut down on july first Google
Reader originally launched in 2005 and
his success led many third-party RSS
services to fold up their tents don't
panic just yet several companies are
working on direct replacements including
dig yes dig finally Netflix plans to
bring 4k television to your living room
within the next two years chief product
officer Neil hunt told us that Netflix
thinks the ultra high resolution format
will come to streaming services first
and that quote we expect to be
delivering 4k within a year or two the
nature promises and is that
remain immune to changing circumstances
Netflix should have 4k and codes of its
series house of cards later this year
hunt also thinks that the next big thing
will be high frame rates sorry Hobbit
haters that's it for today's top stories
join us tomorrow we'll be talking to
some of the most influential voices in
the Ukrainian opera
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