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Tech News Flash: Friday -- September 11, 2015

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Nissan's 2016 Leaf Goes the Distance
Apple Levels up with tvOS
Raspberry Pi Gets a Touchscreen to Call Its Own
Samsung Gear S2 Scores Points for Looking Like a Watch
New Apple TV Goes All-In for Apps
Sauce Labs' Automated Mobile App Testing Gets Real
Verizon Floors the 5G Accelerator
Samsung's IoT Products Make Themselves at Home
Laser Pointer Hack Easily Dupes Driverless Cars

Today's Story Highlights

Nissan's 2016 Leaf Goes the Distance
Nissan has introduced the 2016 Leaf with an available 30 kWh battery,
which provides the all-electric car with an EPA-estimated "best-in-
class" range of 107 miles -- a range increase of 27 percent over the
previous model. The new battery is standard for Leaf SV and Leaf SL
models. In addition to the improved battery, this year's Leaf blows in
with an enhanced IT system that is more user-friendly.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82477.html

Apple Levels up with tvOS
The refreshed Apple TV, tvOS and the Siri Remote Apple presented during
Wednesday's "Hey Siri" event may not have been game changers, but the
people pushing Apple's renewed focus on gaming are. Television's future
lies in apps, proclaimed Apple CEO Tim Cook as he drew the curtain on
the Apple TV's new iOS 9-powered operating system: tvOS. That line drew
a chuckle from owners of Fire TVs and Rokus.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82474.html

Raspberry Pi Gets a Touchscreen to Call Its Own
The Raspberry Pi Foundation on Tuesday announced the availability of a
touchscreen that brings the low-cost tiny computer one step closer to
becoming a standalone mobile device. The touchscreen was in development
for nearly two years. The first round of screens will require some
assembly of parts that arrive in a small kit, noted Gordon Hollingworth,
director of software at Raspberry Pi.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82459.html

Samsung Gear S2 Scores Points for Looking Like a Watch
Samsung last week announced the Gear S2 and Gear S2 Classic smartwatches
at the IFA trade show in Berlin. The product specs of the Gear S2 and
Gear S2 Classic are the same. The main difference between the two is in
the design of their faces -- the Gear S2 Classic looks more like a
regular watch, while it's obvious the Gear S2 is a smartwatch with apps.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82471.html

New Apple TV Goes All-In for Apps
Apple on Wednesday held a mammoth two-hour event to introduce a long-
awaited new Apple TV set-top box, a 12.9-inch iPad Pro, and the expected
iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus. Further, Apple announced new Apple Watch
colors and bands, and a special collaboration with Hermes. While the
iPhone is clearly Apple's most important product, it's arguable that the
Apple TV is its most important new addition.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82470.html

Sauce Labs' Automated Mobile App Testing Gets Real
Sauce Labs on Tuesday announced the release of its automated mobile
testing solution for real devices. The new option lets developers test
mobile applications directly on the devices that will run them. About 80
percent of software and application testing is performed manually.
Automated testing on real mobile devices brings enhanced speed, fidelity
and cost-efficiency to the software development process.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82466.html

Verizon Floors the 5G Accelerator
Verizon is accelerating its efforts to boost wireless connections to 50
times faster than current offerings. The company has begun putting the
components in place to enable it to begin field testing a new, speedier
wireless technology, known as "5G," next year. "5G is no longer a dream
of the distant future," said Roger Gurnani, chief information and
technology architect for Verizon.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82468.html

Samsung's IoT Products Make Themselves at Home
Samsung last week plunged into the Internet of Things for the home
market, unveiling a new hub to control connected gadgets, home and sleep
monitors, and a smart washing machine. The company made the
announcements at IFA 2015. The SmartThings Hub for home devices is built
around a powerful processor that enables video monitoring, and it
includes a battery backup that lasts up to 10 hours.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82461.html

Laser Pointer Hack Easily Dupes Driverless Cars
A simple off-the-shelf laser pointer could be combined with a very basic
computer to disrupt the multithousand-dollar Lidar systems installed in
most self-driving cars, a security researcher warned last week. A setup
that costs about $60 could trick the system, which autonomous vehicles
use to sense objects in the road, into responding as though there were
obstacles ahead when there were none.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82463.html

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