Month: May 2013

Social Networking

Facebook on building for Google Glass: it’s another way to ‘plug into the world’

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As reported on The Verge. By Ellis Hamburger The social network offers first details on what it was like to build for Glass Google today launched several new services for Glass — dubbed “Glassware” — including a Facebook app that lets you post photos to your timeline. Facebook’s efforts were led by Mobile Product Manager Erick Tseng, a former Product Manager on Android, after an early conversation with some old colleagues at Google. “They’ve done a great job creating, even…

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Will Google Glass create information heroes or new-wave Bluetooth dorks?

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As reported on The Verge. By Nilay Patel “There’s a real opportunity for Glass to be mainstream,” says Google Google Glass in its current form might be the ultimate early-adopter status symbol, but project leaders at Google think it will grow into a broadly-accepted product. “There’s a real opportunity for Glass to become mainstream,” product director Steve Lee said today at Google I/O. “We were surprised at how quickly there was a positive reaction.” Lee was…

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How Google Took Street View For A Dive

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As reported on TechCrunch. by FREDERIC LARDINOIS Google’s underwater Street View launched last September, but Google’sOcean program actually began six years ago, when one of the founders of Keyhole (which, after being acquired by Google, later became Google Earth), was inspired to also look into mapping the ocean. For several years now Google has been mapping the oceans, but bringing Street View underwater is still very challenging. “Our goal is to really make all of our maps data more…

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Google Says All 2,000 Glass Explorers Have Been Invited To Pick Up Their Device

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As reported on TechCrunch. by DREW OLANOFF Today, Steve Lee of the Google X and Glass Team, announced that as of last week, all 2,000 developers who signed up for the Glass Explorer program at last year’s I/O conference have now been invited to pick up their devices from Google’s offices in Mountain View, New York City or Los Angeles. Of course, not everyone has to actually pay the $1,500 to get them if they don’t want to,…

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Google Glass rooted and hacked to run Ubuntu live at Google I/O Mobile

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As reported on Engadget. By Myriam Joire Today at Google I/O the company held a session entitled “Voiding your Warranty” where employees demonstrated how to root Google Glass and install Ubuntu on it. What you’re seeing above is a screenshot from a laptop running a terminal window on top and showing the screencast output from Glass on the bottom — here running the standard Android launcher instead of the familiar cards interface. The steps involve pushing some APKs (Launcher, Settings and Notepad)…

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Pinterest lets users send pins directly to friends, receive instant feedback

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As reported on Engadget. By Jon Fingas Despite being one of the hotter social networks, Pinterest hasn’t been on the cutting edge of sharing: members wanting to send their pins through official channels have had to use old-fashioned email. The service is catching up to the modern era in style, however, with a new option to send pins directly to friends through Pinterest’s mobile and web apps. While email is still hanging around, both ends now just have…

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Education

Sony’s 13.3-inch e-ink paper prototype shown off at education expo in Japan (video)

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As reported on Engadget. By Jamie Rigg  Earlier this week, we learned of Sony’s plans for a 13.3-inch e-ink slate with stylus support pitched at students, and now Diginfo has caught up with the prototype device at the Educational IT Solutions Expo in Japan. The A4-sized tablet is said to be the first piece of hardware with an E Ink Mobius display that’s flexible and light due to its new plastic construction. Co-developed by Sony and E Ink, the display only contributes 60g…

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Science Space

Water Worlds, Tatooines, and Earth Twins: Planet-Hunting Kepler Telescope’s Greatest Hits

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As reported on Wired. BY ADAM MANN View as gallery Update: NASA’s Kepler space telescope has suffered a hardware malfunction threatening to end its life, a potentially sad finale to an important mission. This gallery of its greatest hits ran in November 2012, when the telescope completed its initial mission and prepared for a four-year extension. We are again offering this look at its best work, along with a few updated exoplanets it found in the meantime.…

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Business

Microsoft responds to YouTube demands, ‘more than happy’ to include ads if Google allows it

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As reported on The Verge. By Tom Warren Following Google’s demands for Microsoft to remove its Windows Phone YouTube app, Microsoft has responded saying it’s happy to include advertising. Google sent a cease and desist letter to Microsoft recently, with concerns that the Windows Phone YouTube app does not display ads. “We’d be more than happy to include advertising but need Google to provide us access to the necessary APIs,” says a Microsoft spokesperson. Microsoft appears to…

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PayPal’s Cash For Registers Tries To Outdo Square And Groupon With Its Own Bid To Rule The Register

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As reported on TechCrunch. by INGRID LUNDEN PayPal today announced Cash for Registers to encourage merchants to switch to PayPal-powered point-of-sale solutions. The program is part of the payment giant’s bid to be the kingpin among local merchants looking for lower-cost ways of accepting credit card payments. The announcement comes on the same day that Square launched Stand to complement its Square register product on iPad tablets and Groupon expanded and rebranded its mobile point-of-sale solution asBreadcrumb. In exchange for local…

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