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Despite rumored supply constraints, Apple's fifth-generation iPad is to purportedly begin trial production in July. This information originates from the latest crop of rumors by Digitimes, citing its usual assortment of supply chain insiders. Volume production of the fifth-gen iPad is expected to begin later in July, with production ramping...

Microsoft unveiled the Xbox One today and you might be surprised by what it looks like. Considering the bulky, unique original Xbox and the thin, sleek Xbox 360, the Xbox One is, well, a black block. Judging from the fact that Microsoft wants their Xbox One to be as much of a set-top box for televisions as a gaming console, the design is intentional. Simple, elegant, something that fits in every entertainment center. We're not talking about just the console, however. We've also got a next-gen controller to look at as well as the next-gen Kinect. Both are said to have received outstanding improvements. While those improvements aren't really clear beyond, "better," it's evident from their design that Microsoft isn't going to shove them in your face. The Kinect and controller art simply... practical. They do their job. They're not system sellers. So here's high quality images of the Xbox One, the Kinect 2.0 and the new controller. See if you can spot the upgrades and look forward to more... firm details when they break. Comment on this article (2)

Raleigh, North Carolina-based startup WedPics has raised $1.1 million to further the growth of its photo sharing app for weddings. The company calls itself a “personalized, private social network for weddings.” This new round of funding, which includes investments from former Redhat CEO Bob Young and Reverbnation co-founder Jed Carlson, will be used to boost WedPics’ marketing and user acquisition plans as it eyes monetization strategies. WedPics followed an interesting path to get where it is today; after receiving attention from local press, the startup faced eviction for running a 13-person business inside of WedPics founder Justin Miller’s home. That setback turned out to be a blessing, as TechCrunch reported — it led the local startup community to establish a new coworking space and helped WedPics land a $250,000 investment. To date, the company has raised $1.35 million. WedPics has so far registered 36,000 couples, is adding more than 1,400 users per day, serves more than 1200 weddings per weekend and its users share more than 100,000 photos weekly. For the most part, photo sharing apps have been done to death — very few have received major traction since Instagram first exploded onto the scene. WedPics, however, is positioning itself firmly in its Wedding niche, and will have to compete with apps like WeddingParty in order to succeed in the long-run. ? WedPics For more on startups in the wedding space, check out our review of Loverly’s new iPhone app. Image credit: MARK RALSTON / Getty Images

Microsoft revealed its next-generation video game console, the Xbox One, at a big press event today. Here's a quick roundup of everything it can do.Here's what it looks like. That's the Kinect sensor on top, the console in the middle, and the controller in the front. The Xbox One has a lot of powerful specs, including a 500 GB hard drive, WiFi direct, 8GB of RAM, and a Blu-Ray player. This is what the controller looks like. See the rest of the story at Business Insider Please follow SAI on Twitter and Facebook.

The UK marketing director for Xbox in the UK has confessed to TechRadar that he didn't know that the new console would be called the Xbox One until the name was revealed on the live feed. Speaking to TechRadar at the UK launch streaming event, Harvey Eagle admitted that he was on tenterhooks as to the brand, but that he was delighted with the simple moniker. "Truthfully, I learned tonight. It was closely guarded and I found out at the same time as you found out," he said.One was surprised"I love the name, I love a few things - I love the fact that it surprised me and therefore I assume surprised everyone in the room. "I've seen the names that were out there, from Infinity to 720 to Durango. I said to myself on the way in 'I don't know what it is I'm going to be surprised in realtime like you guys - wouldn't it be great if it was a new name that had never been reported'. "When I heard it - given what I saw and knowing our vision - it makes perfect sense to me. It is an all in one gaming and TV device and we've repeated that over and over again and so the name Xbox One just works." Eagle's honest admission makes us feel a lot better about not being on the small list in the know. And although HTC may be both honoured and miffed by the choice, it certainly seems an obvious choice given the remit of the Xbox One.

Editor's Rating: User Rating: Good: The Phiaton Moderna MS 200 offers a very comfortable fit and stylish design with a flat cord and inline remote/microphone. The earphones are water-resistant and sound full and very open. They also come with a nice carrying case, several eartip choices, and they don't seal out ambient noise, which means you can hear cars coming when biking or running.Bad: Not ideal for users who want a tight seal (they let a lot of sound in). Definition could be a bit better.Bottom Line: Despite a few minor drawbacks, the Phiaton Moderna MS 200 is a very appealing day-to-day, half-in-ear headphone that also works well for exercising. [Read more]

VMware has launched its long-anticipated public infrastructure as a service (IaaS), touting its virtual networking capabilities as a differentiator from other established hybrid cloud offerings. VMware's vCloud Hybrid Service will be based on the company's vCloud architecture, allowing customers to shift their VMware encoded workloads between in-house and the VMware hosted service, a practice known as running a hybrid cloud. "You can write an application and be safe in the knowledge it can be run anywhere," said VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger, in a Web conference announcing the new service, adding that much of the complexity enterprises experience in deploying their workloads in the cloud comes from preparing their in-house applications to run in a new environment. Those applications that VMware has certified to work with the company's vSphere virtualization platform will also work without modification on the vCloud Hybrid Service, Gelsinger said. The company touts that its software is used by 500,000 customers. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Microsoft revealed its next-generation game console today. Dubbed Xbox One, the console was designed as an all-in-one entertainment system that's equally at home playing games and serving multimedia content. Perhaps in a bid to attract non-gaming audiences, the Xbox One looks rather sedate. Check it out: ...Read more...

Samsung Display is also at SID 2013 showing new displays.

All has been revealed, at last!