Galaxy S5 specs leak, including a 2560×1440 display!

Samsung will almost certainly reveal the Galaxy S5 in just a couple of months. Predictably, though, some insiders have already let details about upcoming flagship device slip.

An inside source that spoke to Sammobile had plenty more to say than the Samsung VP who recently sat down for an interview with Bloomberg.

What does this source say you can expect in the Galaxy S5? For starters, an improved display with a native resolution of 2560×1440. It’s expected to measure around 5.2 inches, which would make the Galaxy S5 about the same size as the original Galaxy Note — although Samsung has managed to shave off a bit of bezel since the launch of their first phablet.

Either an Exynos 6 or Snapdragon 805. The Exynos 6 is expected to feature ARM’s big.LITTLE architecture and pack four Cortex-A57 cores and four low-power Cortex-A53 cores. It should also be Samsung’s first with 64-bit support.

The Snapdragon 805 wouldn’t be a bad choice, though, with its Adreno 420 GPU. Either way, the Galaxy S5 will have plenty of processing power under the hood. Also good news: Samsung is reportedly going to solder on 3GB of RAM.

Internal storage will likely start at 16GB. A bump there would have been nice, but device manufacturers still love to rake in the inflated profits that extra NAND offers. A 16MP camera is also expected, and it may feature OIS like the LG G2.

Samsung is also considering offering a high-end model with a metal body for around €800 and a polycarbonate one for €150 less. Just in case the marquee offering doesn’t suit your particular needs, Samsung’s still planning to offer a more modestly-sized S5 mini and an S5 Zoom for smartphone photogs.

While this leak has exposed a few key details, Samsung has made it clear that improved hardware isn’t really the focus for the Galaxy S5. The software and user experience are due for a major overhaul, and Samsung’s hoping they’ll provide the wow factor some found lacking in the Galaxy S4.

Sony Teases Its Next Wearable Technology...!

Sony has left us craving for more by teasing its next wearable technology. Sony’s SmartWear is not a smartwatch but a tiny wearable which will be coupled with an Android app to help the wearer maintain a log of his/her life. The SmartWear consists of a removable Core sensor pack and a SmartBand bracelet which serves as a fitness tracker as well as life logger. Sony has kept the details vague but as far as we can work out from the product page the SmartWear is able to track physical activities like walking, running, cycling and even sleeping and it also lets you bookmark events on the companion Lifelog app by pressing the Life Bookmark key on the SmartBand. F3AGT93R2H3G


 The SmartBand can be paired with your smartphone using NFC and it uses Bluetooth connectivity to transmit information. The SmartBand vibrates and alerts wearer whenever he/she gets a call or receives a message or a notification from any app. It also lets you mute your smartphone. The SmartBand lets you play, pause and skip tracks while listening to music. The SmartBand is trying to rise from the existing competition by giving you the option of nine colour variants. The Smartband is waterproof and is claimed to last for up to five days on a single charge. The SmartBand is also a cheaper wearable with its 99 Euros (8,415 INR) price tag. The SmartBand with the removable Core unit is expected to arrive in European and US markets by the first quarter of 2014 and we are expecting a more detailed announcement from Sony during the Mobile World Congress 2014.

Ants Stay Clean by Squirting Antimicrobials from Their Butts!

Ants may not seem particularly germaphobic, since they live in bacteria-rich dirt and often eat decaying plants and animals. But some ants have evolved to be quite fastidious sanitizers, regularly bathing themselves in antimicrobial secretions emitted from glands in their rear ends.

Now, research from scientists based at the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom suggests some ants also take it upon themselves to sanitize young, vulnerable members of their colonies by scrubbing their broods and nesting materials with their cleaning fluids.

"We knew that [the secretions] help adults, and we knew that the brood survives and isn't constantly being affected by fungi," study co-author Christopher Tranter told LiveScience. "So we predicted that these secretions would help in keeping the brood healthy as well, and it was nice to find strong evidence showing that."