Google Maps App Comes To iOS 6.

written by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Contributor forbes.com

Good news for all of you who have been waiting for Google Maps to come to iOS 6.
There are a lot of nice features to explore. For example, the vector-based maps load quickly and allow for smooth tilting and rotating of 2D and 3D views.

The search box at the top of the screen lets you search for a place or a business, and the expanding information pane at the bottom of the screen shows relevant information, such as address, opening hours, ratings and reviews, images, directions and other information.
You can also access Street View imagery, so you can see where you’re going before you arrive.
The app is also fast, and very smooth, and gives me the information I need when I’m out and about.
Without a doubt, the Google Maps app blows Apple‘s Maps app out of the water.
The new Google Maps app is available for the iPhone and iPod Touch (4th gen) iOS 5.1 and higher, in more than 40 countries and 29 languages, including Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese and Spanish.
Want to grab the app? Here’s the link. It’s free.

Oppo Finder 5

The Chinese constructor , Oppo , has officially presented the Finder 5.

Review:

The Huawei P1 S was the slimmest phone in 2012, but that was only until the Oppo Finder showed up. This smartphone measures in at 6.65 mm of thickness, making it the thinnest device in the planet (upon its announcement).
Specs include a 1.5 GHz dual-core processor, 1 GB of RAM, Android 4.0, a 4.3-inch Super AMOLED Plus display and 16 GB of storage. We doubt it will come to other markets, but we sure can hope it does.

Best Price:       399.99$

Specs: 

- 4.3 inch Super AMOLED Plus screen
- 6.65mm super slim body, world's thinnest smartphone
- 1.5GHz dual-core processor
- 8.0MP rear camera + 1.3MP front camera
- 1080P video record
- 1GB RAM, 16GB ROM
- Android 4.0.3 OS + OPPO Unique

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First images of the iPhone 5S emerge online

Posted the 06 Dec, 2012, on tech2.in.com| by Aaron Almeida

The iPhone 5 is just making its way to a range of countries across the globe and for those who are yet to purchase the biggest iPhone yet; this news may come as a surprise to you. It appears that Apple is already preparing the successor to the iPhone 5 in the form of the iPhone 5S and a French website, Nowehereelse.fr has acquired some images of the internals of the upcoming model.

From the images, we can see that the screw placement on the upcoming model is a bit different from the iPhone 5 as well as some other minor changes can be noticed. However, in the side-by-side comparison of the two, we can see that the external design of the handset remains the same.

The side-by-side comparison of the iPhone 5 and iPhone 5S

Apple has a tradition of opting for similar designs with every alternate model, hence it may come as no surprise if they do decide to keep the external design the same. The brand did it with the iPhone 3GS and the iPhone 4S and from the looks of it, the iPhone 5S may not have any cosmetic improvements over its predecessor.

As of now, presumably there is still some time before the iPhone 5S gets launched and the iPhone 5 is still flying off the shelves. A couple of days ago news about the iPhone 5 being sold out and it being available in the grey market alone, started doing the rounds. To verify this further, we contacted a number of official Apple resellers such as Imagine, Reliance iStore and Maple and they all stated that as of now, the handset is, in fact, not in stock and the minimum waiting period for it is around 10 to 15 days. Currently they are only taking pre-bookings for the device. Those consumers who have pre-ordered the handset will be given priority over walk ins when the next batch of iPhones arrives.

We then contacted Apple India and they told us that multiple batches of iPhones had entered the market and they would continue to supply phones to resellers on a timely basis. They denied that the smartphone was not in stock.

As per their statement, units of the "acclaimed" iPhone 5 have been and currently are still flying off the shelves, hence the lack of supply. The bottom line sems to be that the reason the device could be out of stock in certain stores is because of the high level of demand for the handset. Stocks are running out quickly thanks to the handset's immense popularity. Apple's spokesperson also informed us that the only model that is difficult to purchase is the 64GB version as there were some supply constraints here in India.

In the grey market, units of the iPhone 5 have become available and the stores are selling the device at the same cost as the official resellers. However, only the 16GB and 32GB models appear to be in stock and as is the case with the official resellers, the 64GB variant is not available. However, if one does want a 64GB version, the waiting period is not as long i.e. around a week or so. At present in the grey market, the black variant of the handset is difficult to come by.

The Apple iPhone 5, which was launched on November 2, was sold out at official resellers' stores on day one. It was reported that those interested in purchasing the handset would have to wait for three to five weeks for the second shipment to arrive.

Apple has teamed up with a couple of distribution channels, namely Redington and Ingram Micro to sell the iPhone 5 in India. Redington revealed the prices of the handset - the base model (16GB) is priced at Rs 45,500, the 32GB version will be available for Rs 52,500, and the 64GB model for Rs 59,500. These prices are more or less on par with the iPhone 4S from the previous generation, when it was first launched in India.

A camera that can shoot around corners

The prototype uses an ultra-short high-intensity burst of laser light to illuminate a scene.
The device constructs a basic image of its surroundings - including objects hidden around the corner - by collecting the tiny amounts of light that bounce around the scene.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology team believe it has uses in search and rescue and robot vision.
"It's like having X-ray vision without the X-rays," said Professor Ramesh Raskar, head of the Camera Culture group at the MIT Media Lab and one of the team behind the system.
"But we're going around the problem rather than going through it."
Professor Shree Nayar of Columbia University, an expert in light scattering and computer vision, was very complimentary about the work and said it was a new and "very interesting research direction".
"What is not entirely clear is what complexities of invisible scenes are computable at this point," he told BBC News.
"They have not yet shown recovery of an entire [real-world] scene, for instance."

                                                 Ramesh Raskar explains how the camera can shoot
                                                 around corners.