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Shutterfly buys ThisLife, aiming to create the perfect photo service
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Shutterfly is an acquisition machine. Months after picking up mobile app maker Penguin Digital, the online photo service is at it again. This time it’s buying cloud-based image storage site ThisLife for an undisclosed amount. Launched in 2010, ThisLife allows users to upload, organize, and share their images online. With the buy, Shutterfly...
Panasonic 4K OLED TV eyes-on (video)
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Panasonic wasn't about to let Sony one-up it in the 4K OLED arena, and announced its own 56-inch UltraHD prototype the day after its competitor outed a very similar panel here at CES 2013. We'd never tire of the luscious combination of 4k and OLED, so we couldn't wait...
'No Photos From The Sky' Bill Trimmed Back, But Still Could Create Felons Out Of Kids Playing With Toy Drones
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A few weeks back, we wrote about an absolutely ridiculous bill that was proposed in New Hampshire that would have made it illegal to do any aerial photography, if the images showed any "residential dwelling." As we noted, this would make things like various mapping services illegal. Given the criticism,...
'No Photos From The Sky' Bill Trimmed Back, But Still Could Create Felons Out Of Kids Playing With Toy Drones
Brain Implant Reduces OCD Symptoms
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A pacemaker-like brain implant used in a Dutch study appears to reduce severe obsessive-compulsive disorder symptoms. An experimental pacemaker-like device appeared to potentially reduce severe obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) symptoms in a recent study. Researchers at Amsterdam's Academic Medical Center used an implanted deep-brain stimulator on test subjects with severe...
Fulton Innovation's eCoupled lets you wirelessly charge your smartphone with your tablet
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Licensing company Fulton Innovation has demoed a new technology called eCoupled that facilitates two-way wireless charging from mobile devices. Using the Qi standard for wireless charging, Fulton's tech allows for a device — in this case a tablet — to be charged via a standard charging mat before the...
Apple releases iOS 6.1.3 with lock screen bug fix, Maps updates for Japan and security patches
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Apple has today released a software update that fixes a bug which allowed a complex combination of actions to get around a locked screen. The update is available now over the air to all iOS device owners. This version of iOS also contains Apple Maps updates for users in Japan, so...
Facebook improves mobile app install ads, makes downloads seamless for iOS users
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Facebook today made its mobile app install ads infinitely more attractive to app makers who want to pay to increase their downloads. The social network announced that members on iOS 6 can now download advertised applications from the mobile News Feed without ever leaving Facebook. Mobile app install ads,...
C.E.S. 2013: A Curved-Screen TV From LG
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At the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the company unveiled an OLED television with a curved screen intended to account for how humans perceive images....
These 3D-Printable Lithopanes Are Today's DIY Coolness
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Lithopanes are objects created to let light through to different degrees, allowing you to create a sort of greyscale image that is visible when the plate is placed against a light source. Created by the folks at Makerbot, the lithopanes are completely customizable and you can upload your own images...
Microsoft IllumiRoom turns entire room into video game
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Oh, man. The video above is the definition of cool. And it perhaps offers a little glimpse into the capabilities of the next Xbox. Microsoft Research has come out with a prototype designed to project images beyond your television and onto the walls of your living room. No longer...
Florida takes major steps towards making revenge porn a felony
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IsAnybodyDown published galleries of nude photos, including identifying features, names, and cities. Florida is one of the first states to take definitive action against revenge porn. The House subcommittee unanimously voted in favor of a bill that would make posting revenge porn a felony punishable by up to five years...
A Leaked Screenshot Shows Samsung Is Developing Eye Tracking Software For The Galaxy S4
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A leaked screenshot seems to confirm that Samsung has an interesting new feature in the works for its next smartphone, the Galaxy S IV. It looks like it will include an auto-scrolling feature that relies on tracking users' eye movements. Samsung blog, SamMobile has been on top of rumors surrounding...
Amazon Web Services Now Makes It Easier To Move EBS Snapshots Between Regions
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Amazon’s Elastic Block Store (EBS) allows developers to create storage volumes that can be mounted by Amazon EC2 instances, among other things. While it was always relatively easy to move an EC2 instance to a new availability region the company’s network, moving EBS instances was always a bit more involved....
Gallery: Luigi, Google Glass, and more at the 2013 Game Developers Conference
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Of all the conferences I go to each year, the Game Developers Conference (GDC) probably has my favorite vibe. Yes, the show has gotten a bit more "corporate" in recent years, with plenty of big-name publishers using the show to make big announcements or show off upcoming games. But...
Google Play gets a bright new look in latest redesign
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July 9-10, 2013 San Francisco, CA Early Bird Tickets on Sale The first thing you’ll notice about the latest version of Google Play is how bright it is. You may have already forgotten, but the previous version of Play was dark — too dark, and somewhat ugly and cluttered. With...
Google continues showing animated Gifs love, now supports them in Google+ profile pics
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Following the move to bring Gif support to Search, Google has shared that it will now support animated Gifs as Google+ profile photos. The company announced this news today on its Google+ page, directly contrasting Twitter’s move to drop support for such images back in September. According to the announcement,...
Pinterest edges toward monetization with new popularity analytics
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Pinterest might be a marketer's dream — the site is largely used to curate products, styles, and recipes, much of which can be purchased — but so far there's been no obvious way to take advantage of the service's massive traffic. Today, Pinterest is finally releasing an analytics tool...
No, you don't need new glasses, those are curved TVs (video)
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Las Vegas--No matter how many times you rub your eyes, those things won't look straight. These concave OLED beauties are easy on the eyes, but heavy on the wallet. The curved angle makes every point of the surface equidistant from your eyes. That means no more odd distortion or...
Google adds to Dead Sea Scroll images online
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Google, working in partnership with the Israel Antiquities Authority, posted about 5,000 images of the ancient Dead Sea Scrolls online Tuesday....
Facebook updates cover photo and News Feed ad policy, limits text to 20% of image
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Facebook is changing its policy regarding text overlay on photos in pages’ cover photos and News Feed ads to limit text to no more than 20 percent of an image’s area. Previously, Facebook restricted the use of ”calls to action” and “price and purchase information” in photos because it wanted to...
Google discloses tech specs and developer API for Glass
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The Google Glass wearable computer will have a high-resolution display equivalent of a 25-inch high-definition screen from eight feet away, and will capture 5-megapixels images and video at a resolution of 720p, according to technical specs disclosed on Monday....
Drawing on TVs with Panasonic's Electronic Touch Pen (hands-on)
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A recurring theme we’re hearing this year at CES is the idea of getting the family around the TV instead of isolated on their own devices. One way Panasonic thinks that might happen is with its Electronic Smart Pen — a new product for 2013 that lets you write...
Gallery: Our camera captures the cosplay and crowds of PAX East 2013
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This was the fourth time I've been to a PAX, and the thing that strikes me about the show, even more than the incredible costumes or the so-thick-you-can-barely-move crowds, is the big smile on everyone's face. At a show like GDC or E3, there are plenty of happy faces,...
Transparent brains and a revolution of studying every organ and tissue
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Yesterday, Stanford researcher Karl Deisseroth and his lab published the most detailed images of whole mouse brains that we have seen to date. To understand how this was achieved, we need look no further than a few techniques that have already been used for decades in the labs of neuroscientists...
Review: Picture Collage Maker helps you design and print calendars, cards, and more
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Picture Collage Maker 3.3.7 is similar to an online photobook service like Mixbook, Shutterfly, or Snapfish, except it offers you more control when customizing your project. Even though Picture Collage Maker is a relatively small download (53.4 MB), it includes a number of backgrounds, templates, resizable clipart, and other...
Flurry: Holiday 2012 sees new 1-week record with 50 million iOS & Android activations and 1.76 billion app downloads
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Flurry today released its stats for worldwide app downloads during the 2012 holiday season. It recently released some stats for Christmas day, including a huge 332% increase over previous years to 17.4 million new iOS & Android activations and 328 million app downloads. Today it shared some stats for...
Flurry: Holiday 2012 sees new 1-week record with 50 million iOS & Android activations and 1.76 billion app downloads
Facebook freshens up News Feed, brings bigger images, feed filtering and a uniform cross-platform UX
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We knew Facebook had something new planned for its News Feed, and today at an event at Facebook HQ in Menlo Park, the company confirmed those rumors. As suspected, the new feed filters content by type to display whatever specific feed you choose, plus it presents even larger images...
Facebook freshens up News Feed, brings bigger images, feed filtering and a uniform cross-platform UX
Displair gives you a touchscreen out of thin air
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LAS VEGAS--You can build more than you might expect with just a little bit of air flow and two microns of water. Like a virtual touchscreen display that appears out of nowhere. That's what Displair can boast anyway, with one of the more eye-catching demos I saw at CES...
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