Month: March 2013

Google

Google Now confirmed for Chrome OS and Windows, beta browser reveals

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As reported on The Verge. By Matt Brian   Google Now integration may soon become available in Google’s Windows browser and Chrome OS platform, after engineers added a new reference to the feature in the latest Chromium release. Discovered by Chromium enthusiast François Beaufort, a new flag has been added to the Chromium backend, which allows users to enable the option if they know the relevant Google Now server. However, as the feature is not yet public, Google Now…

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Gmail’s Mobile Web And Offline Apps Get The iOS Treatment, Add Improved Search And Calendar Support

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As reported on TechCrunch. by FREDERIC LARDINOIS Google just announced that it is rolling out a new design for its Gmail mobile web app for Android, iOS, Blackberry and Kindle Fire. The new design looks very similar to Gmail’srecently relaunched iOS apps, with a generous amount of whitespace and larger fonts and icons. The web app now also features Gmail for iOS’s improved search tool and calendar integration. This means the mobile web app now also offers auto-complete predictions…

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Google Details Glass Mirror API At SXSW, Shows Off Gmail, NYT, Evernote And Path Integrations

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As reported on TechCrunch. by FREDERIC LARDINOIS At SXSW this afternoon, Google provided developers with a first glance at the Google Glass Mirror API, the main interface between Google Glass, Google’s servers and the apps that developers will write for them. In addition, Google showed off a first round of applications that work on Glass, including how Gmail works on the device, as well as integrations from companies like the New York Times, Evernote, Path and…

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HealthCare Imagery

Researchers print biometric sensors directly on skin, make wearable health monitors more durable

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As reported on Engadget. By Michael Gorman MC10 might be best known for its wearable electronics aimed at athletes, but the company also makes a medical diagnostic sticker called abiostamp. Its creator (and MC10 co-founder), John Rogers has refined that design so that it’s no longer an elastomer sticker — now he can apply the biostamp’s thin, stretchy electronics directly on human skin, and bond it with commercially available spray-on bandage material. By losing the elastomer backing of the…

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Netflix intros a dedicated ISP speed index page to highlight streaming champions

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As reported on Engadget. By Jon Fingas Netflix has long been judging your ISP’s streaming quality, but you’ve had to dig around blog posts and other less accessible pages to get the low-down on just which networks reign supreme. Its new, dedicated ISP Speed Index page is much more straightforward: stop by and you’ll always have a quick glimpse of which internet providers are the most Netflix-friendly across key countries, with more detailed breakdowns for individual nations. Not…

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Fox mobile apps add TV Everywhere streaming, 24-hour sports network due this fall HD

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As reported on Engadget. By Richard Lawler Fox has been quietly busy over the last few days, unveiling plans for a 24-hour sports network that may be the biggest challenger to ESPN’s throne, and adding new features to its mobile apps. Fox Sports 1 is scheduled to launch Saturday August 17th, loaded with content including NASCAR, soccer (Champions League, Europe League and World Cup in 2018 and 2022), weekly UFC fights, college football, college basketball and in 2014, pro…

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Space

Photoshopped NASA Photos Give New Life to Outer-Space Imagery

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As reported on Wired. BY JAKOB SCHILLER Wiseman Seal Universal Kingdom Space Face Phoenix Phantom Magellanic Cloud Dolphin Black Body Butterfly View as gallery   Remember when you were a kid and you used to stare up into the clouds and pick out shapes and animals? Well Chris Keegan has taken that timeless exercise to whole new level by applying it to photos of space from NASA’s Chandra X-Ray Observatory.   More Space-Related Photos Stirring Photos Chronicle the Final…

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Culture Trends

Whole Foods will require labels for genetically modified foods by 2018

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As reported on The Verge. By Andrew Webster Grocery chain Whole Foods has announced that in five years time it will require labels for all products containing genetically modified organisms (GMO), a first among major American retailers. The plan includes all stores across the US and Canada — Whole Foods’ seven locations in the UK already require such labels. Genetically modified foods can include everything from faster growing salmon to apples that won’t turn brown, and the retailer said that…

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The Implications Of The Interface That Watches You

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As reported on TechCrunch. by DARRELL ETHERINGTON This coming week, we’re likely to get a peek at Samsung’s next generation Galaxy flagship smartphone, and by most accounts, it’ll have an auto-scrolling feature that can use head movement cues to detect when you’re paying attention to what’s on the small screen, and when you look away. There’s no word on just how specific it will be, but others are prepping tech that detects eye movement with a high level of…

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Inside Google Street View: From Larry Page’s Car To The Depths Of The Grand Canyon

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As reported on TechCrunch. by DREW OLANOFF “Teleportation is the transfer of matter from one point to another without traversing the physical space between them, similar to the concept apport, an earlier word used in the context of spiritualism.” The concept of moving throughout the world freely without actually having to “physically” travel is the Holy Grail for many. Being able to explore a physical space that is thousands of miles away without having to deal with…

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