iPhone 4S owners are always keen to show off some Siri tricks, but what if the humble voice assistant stopped being so humble and went all SkyNet on us? That’s the idea behind this technically impressive short film, which depicts the voice searching tool as a possessive murderer.
We’ve just stumbled across something rather special. Remember the marble and ball runs you used to make as a kid with bits of Lego and old toilet tubes? Your wildest creations have just been bested beyond belief. Read more
Samsung’s transparent AMOLED displays have kept its staff busy in the dark confines of the South Korean company’s labs for years now, but they could soon be about to make it into consumer tech. To get us excited, they’ve produced a concept video of where the tech could take us. Read more
The new Ford Focus that’s set to go on sale in January next year, complete with the ability to reverse park by itself, also has another trick in its bonnet, revealed today.
Or rather, its door: when you open a door in a tight space, it pops out a padded rubber door edge protector in just 60ms that acts as a cushion between the door’s edge and any other object that might be in the way. Like, say, a really expensive BMW.
No, not on their iPhone, Android or even… ahem, Symbian phones. But with their trumpets, horns and strings. Take a listen after the jump, as London’s finest musicians tackle mobile’s biggest hit, and more.
We’ve heard whispers of a Samsung Galaxy R phone on the way, and that it’s a slightly downgraded version of our five-star rated Samsung Galaxy S 2 phone. And what do you know? A thoroughly legit looking video has popped up online showing it in action.
Apple is the frame to buy US online video service Hulu, according to a report from Bloomberg. The claim from two anonymous sources is that Apple is currently engaged in negotiations described as “early talks that may lead to an offer for Hulu”. Talk of a bidding war for the service has been hotting up since it started shopping around for buyers after deciding not to go public with a $2bn share offering.
The deal to buy Hulu includes five years of programming from the US networks and two years of exclusive rights to shows from Disney (where Steve Jobs is the largest single shareholder), News Corp and NBC Universal. With rumours of an iCloud video service in the works, Hulu could be a perfect fit for Apple which currently has $64bn in cash reserves.
There is a fairly big issue for us Brits though: the Hulu UK launch was scuppered by a deadlock in deal making with UK channels. Let’s hope if Apple does gobble up the site, it’ll also use its klout to bring it here too.
