Sentences with phrase «as pointing devices»

Besides accessing information, smartwatches and other wearable devices can also double up as access cards or as pointing devices during presentations.

Steve Jobs came out emphatically against such devices, declaring that extensive testing had shown anything smaller than the iPad to deliver a sub-par user experience when using fingers as pointing devices.

FIC has worked extensively with Microsoft in an effort at alleviating one of the major grouses of Win 7 — its responsiveness on a touchscreen environment as the popular Microsoft OS was primarily made for use on devices with an attached keyboard as well as a mouse acting as a pointing device.

It is using a desktop OS designed around a mouse as a pointing device.

Windows 7 was designed around a mouse as a pointing device?

Also the Wacom technology supports only the stylus as its pointing device.

As you point your device down to speed up or hold it left or right to turn, a new feature was the ability to use gears or play «stick» and simply by flicking your finger up on the gearstick image, it allowed you to change gear which is perfect for sliding around corners.

Unlike traditional photography where the camera is used as a pointing device for selecting significant moments and places, Barth's overriding interest is in perception — in vision itself.

Not exact matches

As the WSJ report notes, Canada is in good shape to accommodate the payment system, which lets iPhone 6 and Apple Watch owners pay by waving their devices over a point - of - sale terminal.

Analysts saw some weakness in the results, pointing to a decline in the profit margins on the wireless side, and Shammo's comment that the rate of device upgrades would be roughly the same as last year.

But with all of these benefits comes risk, as the increase in connected devices gives hackers and cyber criminals more entry points.

That will open up an even broader access point for NextVR as it livestreams entertainment and sports events this year to owners of Carboard, Samsung (ssnlf) Gear VR, Facebook's (fb) Oculus Rift, HTC (htc) Vive, Sony (sne) PlayStation VR, and other devices.

But, as analysts have pointed out, it's not the device that matters, it's the platform behind it.

«Commercially available routers were used as a point of entry, demonstrating that every connected device is vulnerable to malicious activity,» Taylor said in a statement.

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But it is also true that Apple's business model is very different from Facebook's: As Mark Zuckerberg pointed out, Facebook is free to use, unlike Apple, which relies on the sale of relatively expensive devices as its main revenue streaAs Mark Zuckerberg pointed out, Facebook is free to use, unlike Apple, which relies on the sale of relatively expensive devices as its main revenue streaas its main revenue stream.

The point of the feature, which I initially had pegged as a gimmick, is to eliminate the need to use two hands to manipulate the larger device.

But he added that thinking in terms of incremental changes may miss a larger point: As wearables and home devices become more important to the way we use our phones, the design of the phone itself may become less critical.

As I wrote in my full review back in August, the device's main selling point is its voice - commanded personal assistant.

As a case in point, the 5T runs Android 7.1, while Google's new Pixel 2 devices run Android 8.0.

As observers have pointed out, Microsoft is nowhere in this area — at last month's Consumer Electronics Show, it was very difficult to find any of the connected home or wearable gadgets with apps for Windows devices.

No matter if it is hardware (which many rumors are pointing to), a replacement UI for existing devices (which makes sense from a data capture point of view), an enhanced app (after all they are constantly iterating their mobile code base), or a mixture of all three, the key factor for Facebook here is to capture as much data as possible on Facebook users» mobile habits.

But, as McIntosh points out, the testing sector has taken off with the proliferation of computing platforms — no longer just PCs and laptops, but also an ever growing universe of mobile devices and tablets, as well as increasingly complex applications, from e-commerce sites to mobile banking apps.

Proponents argue that blockchain technology could be used to reduce the risk of many IoT devices being compromised by a single point of failure, such as a server.

Fifty - three percent of companies surveyed by internet security provider Check Point Software Technologies store sensitive customer information on mobile devices, and that percentage is expected to skyrocket as business continues to migrate from the desktop to phones and tablets.

As well, there's sales materials, cabinetry, displays, ventilation, vaults, point - of - sale devices, security systems and everything else it takes to comply with regulations on medical marijuana dispensaries or recreational use shops.

Van Dreunen says the challenge Nintendo faces is in gaining vertical control, where Miitomo operates as a single point of entry for games played across mobile, console, and handheld devices.

Also included: point - of - sale software, real - time appointment booking, and email newsletter campaigning as well as timekeeping that lets employees check their schedules and hours worked via any Internet - connected device.

In addition to the lighting devices that immediately come to mind in the wake of a power outage and the tools highlighted in «Island Without Power,» Arteaga also pointed to glucose monitoring devices for diabetics, hearing aids and blood pressure monitors as a few other critical devices that needed power to function.

Contrary to popular opinion, the drying of waterlogged devices can lead to further damage, Sanfilippo pointed out as part of a series of comprehensive strategies to prepare both in advance of Irma and after the hurricane passed over the state.

The three months ending with March were Apple's first full quarter selling its new flagship phone, the iPhone X. Analysts had pointed to signs, including the financial results of Apple's suppliers, that the device and its sister iPhone 8 and 8 Plus had not revitalized Apple's iPhone business as the company had hoped.

Yes Apple should probably do more to secure their OS's and devices with so many flaws as youve pointed out here, but with so many and no news of cybercrime or cyber warfare being conducted against these systems are we trying to scare people without all the facts behind the numbers?

As Nielsen continues its efforts to truly grasp the bifurcated and fragmented methods Americans are viewing TV programming (via linear TV, OTT devices, and more), the search for a new standard currency has been a major point of contention across the media ecosystem.

«The plans seems to place substantial emphasis on the set top box as the primary device and focal point of the next generation US network.

In particular, the healthcare giant pointed to continued growth and near - term product pipeline success as key for the pharma segment, while the medical device unit will look to enhance partnerships and innovation to bolster new growth opportunities.

Cyber security is a very real threat these days, and as the world becomes more and more connected, every device is a point of entry.

The Grid + smart energy agent gives consumers a point of access to a huge amount of applications, including those that can generate passive income, by making the smart energy agent perform as a Blockchain - enabled IoT device.

I would have the urge to open it as fast as possible, but knowing my christian friends» inability to acknowledge or at this point even understand what truth is, I would first arrange a live PayPerView event with thousands of recording devices and as many people as possible to witness the opening.

Berry's «Boomers and Stickers,» he points out, is a nice rhetorical device, but break down as categorical tools....

As many have already pointed out, no one is asking the church and its businesses to compromise its beliefs by administering, issuing or providing these devices but rather, allowing for coverage in existing employee health insurance plans.

So the theme of the «great surprise,» far from a rhetorical device as Stendahl terms it (7:794), is in fact the point of the passage: the righteous are commended precisely because they acted humanely without knowledge of Jesus» presence and therefore without the calculating attitude Matthew attributes to the Pharisees.

His point isn't even about salt, he is just using it as a rhetorical device

Because nonhuman animals are not, by hypothesis, capable of developing such virtues, it is hard to see why a creator who is both omnipotent and benevolent would make them so susceptible to pain (insofar as warning devices are needed, omnipotence could have fashioned nonpainful ones, as pointed out in the book Catch 22).

There's been another turning point in F1's quest to find a solution to cockpit protection as the Halo device has now been dropped completely.

Quinny Yezz is not as versatile as full size (often heavy) devices but rather come with the bare minimum to get you and your child from point A to point B safely and reasonably comfortably.

There shall be no point - of - sale advertising, giving of samples or any other promotional device to induce sales of infant formula or follow - on formulae directly to the consumer at the retail level, such as special displays, discount coupons, premiums, special sales, loss - leaders and tie - in sales.

It seems that durability is also not the strongest point of this device as numerous customers reported breaking the top part of the handle which rendered the pump inoperative.

In Boulder, students simply enter a six - digit personal identification number into a point of sales device when they exit the lunch line, as shown in the photo above.

In conformity with paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article, there should be no point - of - sale advertising, giving of samples, or any other promotion device to induce sales directly to the consumer at the retail level, such as special displays, disount coupons, premiums, special sales, loss - leaders and tie - in sales, for products within the scope of this Code.

there should be no point - of - sale advertising, giving of samples, or any other promotion device to induce sales directly to the consumer at the retail level, such as special displays, discount coupons, premiums, special sales, loss leaders and tie - in sales, for products within the scope of this Code.