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In today’s world, we are all obsessed with convenience and speed especially when it comes to technology. The quest to discover and create something that will make our lives more convenient than they currently are is a never-ending journey. Whether we want to admit it or not, we depend a lot on our gadgets such as our mobile phones, laptops and tablets. We have to ensure that they have enough battery power to keep going through-out the day, as well as the night, for those who keep their devices switched on overnight. Because of this, manufacturers have tapped into something called Electromagnetic Induction, which has made the charging of our laptops and other devices wireless as well as more convenient.

The inductive charging of laptops uses the science of electromagnetic induction. Through the “manipulation of an electromagnetic field”, energy is transferred within a short distance between two objects—the transmitter and the receiver. The process involves a surface that will act as a transmitter and the receiving object is going to have a built-in coil underneath it to make the transfer of energy possible. As long as you have a proper sleeve or your laptop battery’s cover attached, you are good to go. Charging through electromagnetic induction holds a promise of convenience since the reality of carrying bulky laptop chargers everywhere we go is no longer convenient enough for us.
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It might seem like a tired stereotype that men love to play with gadgets but there’s an army of men out there who are keen to keep it alive. While it can be nice on occasion to get ‘back to basics’, most of the time we’re looking to stay on top of the latest gadgets; whether we’re looking for functionality and efficiency or pure entertainment.

Here, we take a look at some of the most popular gadgets in 2013 for men.

Media Hubs

Whether you’re the kind of technology fiend that hooks up a Raspberry Pi to a large hard drive in order to watch all your movies or are more inclined to look for a pre-built media hub, there’s no denying that one of the hottest technological trends at the moment is the media hub.

The ability to store all of your films, music and photographs in one place and to access them all easily through your television is something most men have been looking for a long time. Today’s technology has made it possible.
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Digital storage is big business, and many cloud based businesses with huge storage capacities work on the cutting edge of technology.

Data is growing at a huge rate. For example, every day around 350 million pictures are uploaded to Facebook which, on the last count, had around 250 billion of them. To cope with such vast amounts of data new hardware is required. Facebook is building what it calls cold storage centres which are much more energy efficient and use hard disk drives rather than magnetic tapes. New techniques such as drive spin-down minimise the number of drives that are spinning, reducing heat load and HVAC costs. New software is also called for. Erasure code is a new data encoding technology that reduces the amount of data that needs to be stored while maintaining data security.

As well as advances in technology there are new ways of thinking with regards to data volume and speed; not just about how to store it, but also how to use it. There is no point in discarding data because there will be better ways to use it in the future.
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Powered by a 1.6GHz A9 quad-core processor, Samsung GALAXY Note 8.0 features multi-window options to split the screen and run multiple live applications simultaneuously. Born in NOTE category, this Android device comes with a new generation S Pen just like its predecessors. Users can use the Pen to access a suite of S Note templates and tools for unique editing. The 8” WXGA screen is suitable for reading ebooks, and Samsung optimizes the reading experiences with its “reading mode” technology.
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How big a smartphone can be handled conveniently with your hand? Forget the answer, and let face the HUAWEI‘s new smartphone with 6.1-inch HD display, the Asecen Mate. Powered by a 1.5 GHz Hi-Silicon quad-core processor and a 4050 mAh battery, the giant phone runs on Android 4.1 and features dual camera: an 8.0MP rear-facing and 1.0 MP front-facing camera. HUAWEI Ascend Mate also offers dual MIC noise reduction technology, Dolby® sound system and stereo recording. And last but not least, it also features an Augmented Reality navigation application.
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Sony introduced VAIO Tap 20 PC for the U.S. market. Mentioned as the company’s first mobile Tabletop PC, the Tap 20 features a 20-inch screen and can lay flat on a coffee table. Coming with a removable battery, this mobile desktop PC is powered by Mobile BRAVIA Engine 2 and is equipped with built-in stand.
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Manufactured by Samsung, Nexus 10 is mentioned as the world’s highest resolution tablet display at 2560×1600 pixels. With Jelly Bean taste, Nexus 10 is powered by a dual-core A15 processor and measures only an 8.9 mm thin and weighes just 603 grams. For connectivity, this tablet features a advanced MIMO WiFi enabling users to browse the web up to 4x faster than normal WiFi. A 1.9MP front-facing camera is also included that’s suitable for video chat especially through Google hangout. If you prefer the smaller tablet, you may check its lttle brother Nexus 7.
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Just as regular broadband took the world by storm all those years ago, fibre optic broadband is rapidly making its way into people’s homes.

Offering high speeds that can be as much as four times as fast as traditional ADSL broadband, fibre optic broadband is the future of the internet.

Fibre optic broadband is a relatively new technology, so people are still learning about how it works and the advantages it can bring. There are actually three different types of fibre optics, so what is the difference between them?

FTTC

FTTC, or fibre-to-the-cabinet, is one of the most common types of fibre optic broadband in the UK, due to the technology’s relative infancy.

In many areas in the UK, the fibre optic cables only extend as far as the street, and not into buildings. In this case the cables go to a cabinet on the street; from there traditional copper wires are used for the connection.

FTTP

FTTP refers to fibre-to-the-premises, and is also fairly common across the UK. In this case there is a fibre optic cable connection from the cabinet to the building itself.

While this has the potential to offer higher speeds, due to an uninterrupted line, shared buildings may still feature internal copper wiring.

FTTH

The final type of fibre optic broadband is fibre-to-the-home, which is otherwise known as FTTH. This means there is an unbroken fibre optic connection the customer’s living room.

As you might have guessed, this type of broadband is the strongest, though it is also the least supported in the UK.