Day: February 12, 2013

Story

Zombies are not invading Montana, despite emergency alert.

By admin | by admin

As reported on The Verge. By Amar Toor If you happened to be watching the Steve Wilkos Show in Great Falls, Montana yesterday, you may have had your viewing interrupted by a strange emergency alert warning of a statewide zombie apocalypse. Fortunately for everyone, it was just a hoax. As the Associated Press reports, it appears that Great Falls affiliate KRTV was hacked by a prankster intent on spreading mistruths about walking corpses. “The bodies of the dead are rising…

Continue reading

Story

Turn your webcam video into a 3D wireframe with WebCamMesh

By admin | by admin

As reported on The Verge. By Amar Toor WebCamMesh is an HTML5-based browser app that does some mind- and space-bending things to your webcam. Developed by Los Angeles-based Felix Turner, the demo maps webcam video onto a WebGL 3D Mesh, creating a “fake” 3D depth field that you can undulate and modify with onscreen controls. Once you grant the app access to your webcam, you can shift the 3D field by scrolling with your mouse, or adjust…

Continue reading

Apple Business

Why would Apple want to make an iWatch?

By admin | by admin

As reported on The Verge. By Chris Ziegler Signs point to wearables becoming the Next Big Thing One year ago — almost to the day — the Wall Street Journal broke the news thatApple was testing an 8-inch iPad. In July, just days after Google’s announcement of the Nexus 7, it reiterated that a “smaller” iPad was coming. Those rumors, of course, foretold the launch of the iPad mini late last year. WITH THESE REPORTS, APPLE IS SENDING A…

Continue reading

Microsoft

Microsoft Has Built An Interactive Video Production Studio In LA, With More Than 150 Employees

By admin | by admin

As reported on TechCrunch. by RYAN LAWLER Today at the D: Dive Into Media conference, representatives from Microsoft provided more details on its new video production studio, which will provide a whole new level of interactivity for viewers. Nancy Tellem, Corporate VP of Microsoft’s L.A. Studios, said that the company has already hired 150 employees in its Santa Monica studio in L.A. That’s a huge commitment to creating a whole new type of content for its…

Continue reading

Apple Business Google

Google To Pay Apple $1 Billion Next Year To Be Default Search Engine On iOS

By admin | by admin

As reported on TechCrunch. by ROMAIN DILLET Apple and Google are enemies and partners at the same time due to asymmetric competition. According to a report from Morgan Stanley, Google could pay more than $1 billion in 2014 to remain the default search engine on iOS. In 2009, Google paid only $82 million for the privilege. Analyst Scott Devitt believes that it is a per-device deal growing every year. For every dollar of revenue Google makes…

Continue reading

Application Business

Adobe preemptively cuts prices to avoid wrath of Australian lawmakers

By admin | by admin

As reported on Engadget. By Sharif Sakr Adobe has suddenly knocked 20 percent off its prices in Australia just one day after it was summoned to publicly defend those prices in front of a parliamentary committee. The monthly fee for a subscription to Adobe’s full Creative Cloud has dropped from AU$63 to AU$50, so it’s now only $1 more than the US price when you factor in currency. The no-contract monthly cost has also fallen to match how much Americans pay —…

Continue reading

Application

Sonos app gets universal favorites, Android widget and iPhone 5 tweaks HD

By admin | by admin

As reported on Engadget. By Jon Fingas Ask a Sonos listener about flaws in the Controller app and you’ll often hear about three sticking points: favorites buried in separate sections, the absence of an official Android widget and an iOS version that still isn’t optimized for the iPhone 5. As of Tuesday, the company is cleaning house by curing all three hiccups at once. A new software update puts a source-independent Sonos Favorites section at the top of the…

Continue reading

Application

Foursquare adds tips and photos to shared mobile links for non-members Mobile

By admin | by admin

As reported on Engadget. By Nicole Lee In a continuing effort to be more of a discovery and recommendation engine,Foursquare has updated the mobile version of its place pages with more information for non-members. In the past, whenever users of the location-based app shared info about a place via Twitter, Facebook, email or text, friends without the app would be led to a relatively barebones link with details like the address, phone number and not much else. Now that mobile-friendly page…

Continue reading