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HTML5-based Depthcam puts a fresh spin on Kinect hacks
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It's not the first time we've seen HTML5 used in conjunction with a Kinect hack, but George MacKerron's so-called Depthcam takes things to some interesting new levels. It's a live webcam that you can interact with in your web browser (Chrome only, for now). As you might expect, the...
The FBI Just Released Its 1991 Report On Steve Jobs (AAPL)
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The FBI just released its background check on Steve Jobs. It's 191 pages long! We're reading through it now and have embedded it here. The background check was done in conjunction with some sort of presidential appointment made for Jobs. Steve Jobs FBI Please follow SAI on Twitter and...
Need a Job? Learn Linux
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The Linux Foundation today posted their first ever Linux Jobs Report, created in conjunction with tech job site Dice.com. The report examines the current demand for Linux talent, and identifies a few interesting trends. Of the 2,300 survey respondents, eight in ten said that hiring Linux talent is a priority...
Report: 15% Of Social Users Have Ended A Friendship Because Of Social Media & Detailed Statistics On The ‘Tone’ Of Social Media
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A new study from Pew Internet examined social media usage, demographics and the climate within social networking spaces (SNS). A national phone survey was administered to active social networking adults across the United States as well as users aged 12-17 in conjunction with their parents.... Please visit Marketing Land for the full...
Report: 15% Of Social Users Have Ended A Friendship Because Of Social Media & Detailed Statistics On The ‘Tone’ Of Social Media
Augmented reality sandbox lets you change the course of rivers, won't get you wet
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Ask in any kid, playing in the sandbox is fun enough on its own, but too much moisture will turn your grainy playground into a lumpy mess. Researchers at UC Davis have cooked up one solution: an augmented reality sandbox. The project uses a Kinect sensor in conjunction with...
The Value of Making Reading Hard
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Maybe cognitive friction in our reading experiences -- be it in typeface choice or annotation mechanism -- is a good thing. One of the really tough questions to answer in relation to any technology is: When do you make something easy and when do you make it hard? This problem...
GroupMe, Gilt Group, Jon Bon Jovi Launch SummerQAmp To Create More Quality Assurance Jobs
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Unemployment continues to be an issue here in the States, but the tech industry could prove a very valuable resource when it comes to building out the American work force. That said, I sat down with GroupMe co-founder Steve Martocci recently and he just may have a plan to...
Woofound’s Social Events App Matches People To Places Based On Personality
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Woofound, a Maryland-based startup aiming to match your personality to things you want to do, is today launching its iOS application nationwide. The app turns rating activities, places and restaurants into a simple, visual game in order to serve up highly personalized recommendations. You rate things by tapping or clicking...
Researchers suggest haptics and audio for discreet password input
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You can use as complex as a password as you like, but that won't do you much good if someone's able to watch or record you entering it. Researchers Andrea Bianchi, Ian Oakley and Dong-Soo Kwon have some ideas for overcoming that little problem though, and recently put together...
Jaws debuts on Blu-ray August 14th remastered and upmixed (video)
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Universal Pictures promised it would celebrate its centennial by bringing classics out of the vaults and onto Blu-ray discs and now one of our most anticipated flicks, Jaws, finally has a release date. Steven Spielberg's 1975 hit will come home in "digitally remastered and fully restored" form with an...
Thailand and China strike a deal to give tablet computers to Thai schoolchildren
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The government of Thailand has agreed to a deal with China that will see it import 860,000 tablet computers for its one-tablet-per-child scheme, a project to provide a device to all first grade students in the country. Although a government-to-government memorandum has been signed, Thai authorities are yet to conclude...
LaCie 2big Thunderbolt series external HDD review
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We've already seen what Thunderbolt's capable of when it's used in conjunction with a couple of high performance SSDs, but not everyone needs NAND to meet their external storage requirements. What many do deem essential, however, is a ton of room for system backups and multimedia, and Thunderbolt's ability...
eMusic launches Android app
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It may not have all the glitz of a Spotify or an Rdio, but eMusic is the one of the OGs of the online music game, serving up MP3s to internet citizens since the late-90s. The site today is celebrating the launch of an Android app, which brings curated...
Tactus Technology prototype Android tablet shows off shapeshifting screen at SID 2012 (video)
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Typing with thumbs on glass can often prove to be as fruitful as talking to an actual wall. That is to say, both are an exercise in frustration. Yet, with smartphone adoption continuing to climb, that method of touchscreen input is only going to become more pervasive. Good thing,...
Apple Working on Hot 3D Eye-Tracking Interface for Gaming & iPhone!
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On Date, the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple that reveals a hot 3D eye-tracking based interface that will be used for gaming, digital photography and videography, biometrics and surveillance applications while being an OS feature option for iOS devices and Apple's iMac. The technology...
Yahoo confirms 2000 job cuts, hopes to save $375m a year as a result
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Yahoo has annnounced that it will cut 2000 of its work force in order to save $375m a year. “Today’s actions are an important next step toward a bold, new Yahoo! — smaller, nimbler, more profitable and better equipped to innovate as fast as our customers and our industry require. We...
Apple may bring 3D gaming and eye-tracking to the iPhone, iMac
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The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple on Thursday that reveals a 3D eye-tracking-based interface that could be used for gaming, digital photography and videography in future iOS and iMac devices, reports PatentlyApple. The new features could work in conjunction with Apple’s current 3D...
The best stylus for iPad: we review the hits and misses
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Until Paper for iPad launched last week, we didn't know many people who were clamoring for a stylus to use in conjunction with their iPad. And now, the Best Buy around the block from us is sold out of styli, and Amazon's in-house stylus has reached #1 on the...
TechCrunch Beirut Meetup This Friday #TCBeirut
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So ArabNet in Beirut is rocking, but we also wanted to make sure there was an opportunity for other startups in town to come say hi to TechCrunch while we’re here, so we are throwing together a TechCrunch Beirut Meetup! The Meetup is organised in conjunction with entrepreneur platform Wamda,...
Turn-by-turn navigation added to Maps in iOS 6
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Apple launched its own Maps app in conjunction with iOS 6, and one of the new highlight features is turn-by-turn navigation. In addition to the standard turn-by-turn directions, and a "Quick Route" button on search results, you'll also be able to get directions from Siri. You can tell Siri...
DSLR and Kinect combine to produce dream-like visuals
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Microsoft's Kinect excels at registering depth in 3D space, but filmmakers still want high definition video for creating detailed visceral artwork. An open source initiative known as RGB+D has created a workflow for laying HD video on top of depth maps from the Kinect's 3D sensor to create shimmering,...
500 Characters Or Less: Shortmail Updates Its iPhone App With Offline Mode, “Let’s Chill” Feature
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There aren’t too many people who love email these days, but few of us can actually live without it. Thankfully, there are a number of startups that are trying to make email more manageable. One of them is 410 Labs’ Shortmail, which restricts messages to 500 characters or less. If...
Voddler's Lumia-exclusive video streaming app debuts for European Windows Phone users
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Need an extra reason to give a Nokia Lumia some serious consideration? Today, Voddler has announced the official debut of its Windows Phone app for citizens of Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland and Spain. Designed in conjunction with Nokia, the app is exclusive to Lumia owners and provides access to...
Science Makes Its First Acquisition: Pinpuff, A Klout For Pinterest That Measures ‘Pinfluence’
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Science, the eight-month-old LA-based technology incubator / studio that brought us the Dollar Shave Club and most recently e-commerce site Uncovet, is making its first acquisition: it is buying Pinpuff, a “Klout for Pinterest” that measures and tracks the influence of Pinterest users — “Pinfluence” in Pinpuff parlance — that...
Egnyte brazenly targets Box’s customers with “Box Buster Buyout” program
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In an incredibly brazen move, enterprise cloud storage provider Egnyte has introduced the “Box Buster Buyout” program, which is designed to steal away Box‘s customers by essentially paying them to switch to Egnyte. Egnyte helps businesses with various cloud storage solutions and claims to have superior technology and capabilities...
Mercedes to Integrate Apple's Siri into New Cars
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This is the first time Apple will allow the Siri voice technology to be used in conjunction with hardware other than iOS-based technology....
Google reportedly rethinking Google Wallet strategy, may share revenue with carriers
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It's not a done deal just yet, but Bloomberg is reporting that Google could be about to make some big changes to the way it does business with Google Wallet. Citing people with knowledge of the project, Bloomberg says that Google is considering sharing revenue from Google Wallet (specifically...
Google pushes Map Maker out to 8 more European countries including Austria, Belgium and Switzerland
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Back in December we reported that Google was overhauling Map Maker to, well, make mapping easier. And a couple of weeks back, in conjunction with some pretty awesome announcements regarding 3D maps and offline mode for mobile, the Internet giant announced that it would be rolling Map Maker out to...
Tablets taking over the living room: 88% of owners use them while watching TV
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New research from analytics firm Nielsen confirms what most have suspected about the symbiotic relationship between tablets and television, and offers some hope for a growing crop of startups looking to capitalize on the second screen experience. In a 2011 fourth quarter survey of connected device owners, Nielsen found...
Google Drive vs Dropbox, SkyDrive, Box and more – How does it stack up?
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With today’s release of Google Drive the obvious question to be asked is how it stacks up to the existing competition. Whether you choose to use Drive by itself, or in conjunction with something else, it’s best to move forward while educated so we’re here to help you out. We’ll...
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