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VIDEO: Eye-tracking helps advertisers
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Developments in eye-tracking technology are helping advertisers predict what products will appeal to customers....
Tobii’s Eye-Tracking Tech Knows What You’re Eyeing on Dating Sites
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When it comes to scouring dating sites, men tend to look at the pictures more, while women’s eyes linger longer on the text. We probably didn’t need a formal study to tell us that. But that’s exactly what Tobii, maker of eye-tracking technology, set out to do. The Sweden-based company,...
Fujitsu eye-tracking tech uses built-in motion sensor, infrared LED for hands-free computing (video)
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Eye-tracking technology looks to be one of the major tropes at CEATEC this year. One of many companies demoing a gaze-following setup is Fujitsu, which is showing off a prototype desktop PC with a built-in sensor and infrared LED. This configuration should be cheaper than many other eye-controlled solutions...
Fujitsu eye-tracking tech uses built-in motion sensor, infrared LED for hands-free computing (video)
Apple Has Quietly Started Tracking iPhone Users Again, And It's Tricky To Opt Out (AAPL)
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Apple's launch of the iPhone 5 in September came with a bunch of new commercials to promote the device. But Apple didn't shout quite so loud about an enhancement to the its new mobile operating system, iOS 6, which also occurred in September: The company has started tracking users so...
Tobii EyeAsteroids 3D lets you destroy virtual space stones with a gaze, we go eyes-on (video)
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We've touched and tapped our way through a variety of gadgets at CeBIT, but it's the devices that operate without traditional user interfaces that have really grabbed our focus. Tobii was on-hand to demonstrate its eye-tracking technology earlier this year at CES, but the company is peddling its wares...
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...
Adidas debuting miCoach tracking technology in this year's MLS All-Star Game (video)
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While it's been a few months since Adidas launched those intelligent F50 miCoach cleats, it finally looks as if the German outfit's ready to test the tech on the football pitch. Adidas announced earlier today that its adizeros will be a part of the "world's first smart soccer match,"...
Adidas miCoach team tracking system bringing 'smart soccer' to MLS this July
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Adidas' miCoach system is the company's answer to Nike+ in some ways, but it goes further in others, like offering performance tracking specific to certain sports. Now, the company has announced that its new team tracking technology will debut in this year's Major League Soccer All-Star Game to be...
How fast is that soccer player? Fraunhofer can tell
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At CeBIT, the research firm shows wireless tracking technology that lets coaches or fans see statistics such as how far a player ran or how fast the ball was shot. [Read more]...
Check Out 16 Revealing Eye-Tracking Heatmaps
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They say the eyes tell all. Now thanks to eye-tracking technology we can tell they're saying, and the results point to fascinating differences between men and women and useful insights into advertising and design. We've picked out some of our favorite.Men spend more time looking at the woman, while women...
Why You (Yes, You!) Are The Future Of Branding
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New research shows just how much we love to talk about ourselves. Twitter and Facebook have built massive platforms on this premise. How long before many other brands grab a piece of our action? You run through the latest collection of your party photos, psyched to share the best ones...
Market Research Startup EyeTrackShop Raises $3M
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EyeTrackShop, a startup that develops eye-tracking technology for measuring ad effectiveness, has raised $3 million from Northzone. The company says its technology works through a regular webcam, allowing market researchers to gather data quickly and affordably. You can run the test before you spend money on a campaign, or test...
The Eye Tribe raises $800,000 to let you control your phone with your eyes
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Techstars graduate The Eye Tribe (formerly known as Senseye) is a very cool company that is developing technology to allow you to control your phone or tablet with your eyes. While that concept sounds like something from a sci-fi movie, the Danish startup’s aim to release an eye tracking device to...
Bad news for network innovation: Investment in infrastructure startups is falling
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While we often think of small nimble startups as the true innovators in technology, that hasn’t necessarily been the case in network infrastructure for the last few years. A study of venture capital funding from Ovum shows that while overall tech investment has recovered since the dark days of the...
Patent troll says it owns GPS, sues Foursquare
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A Nevada-based shell company has filed a lawsuit against Foursquare, claiming the popular app is violating two patents that cover familiar navigation features. In a complaint filed Wednesday in Las Vegas, Silver State Intellectual Technologies Inc asked for an injunction and damages related to U.S .Patent 7475057 (“System and method for...
Here's Everything We Know About IFA, The iPhone Tracking Technology In Apple's iOS 6 (AAPL)
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Apple consumers are a dedicated bunch, but how do they feel about advertisers tracking their every move while using their beloved iPhones and iPads? Although Apple allows users to limit ad tracking within its new operating system, iOS 6 -- here's an easy how-to -- we still don't know a...
BitGym brings motion gaming to mobile devices
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BitGym is coming out of stealth today with the aim of bringing motion-sensing and exercise games to mobile devices. The San Francisco startup is releasing a software development kit that will allow developers to create third-party motion-controlled games for iOS (Apple iPad, iPod Touch, and iPhone) and Android smartphones...
How to Disconnect from Web Tracking
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On the Internet, every site you visit is recorded. There are tools to help block this act, but what does it really mean to be tracked on the Web? And what types of information do companies have about you? Tools by Disconnect literally "disconnect" you from Facebook, Google and...
Meet Jeff Jonas, the Latest IBM Fellow With No College Degree
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This week, IBM announced its next group of IBM Fellows, seven of its employees who share, according to the press release, "a commitment to tackling the world's biggest problems with ingenuity, invention and inspiration." The designation is a big deal for IBM, and over the years only 238 staff members...
Yapta unveils airfare price tracking service to save companies cash on travel
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Paying too much for corporate travel? Yapta today is unveiling a new product called FareIQ that’s designed to notify corporations when airfares drop, saving money and time. That’s a similar concept to the consumer offering that Yapta started working on six years ago, but the Seattle company says that its...
How a drug mule named "Big Wolf" helped create terrible GPS search law
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Blyzz This article was originally published on the Cato Institute's @Liberty blog. The views expressed below do not necessarily represent the views of Ars Technica. You can find the original post here. In the summer of 2006, agents of the Drug Enforcement Agency used GPS tracking technology to locate...
Quantance starts shipping battery-boosting LTE chip
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The Quantance chip Quantance’s LTE power boosting technology is now out of the labs and on its way to device manufacturers, the San Mateo, Calif., power supply startup said on Tuesday. It has begun shipping samples of its qBoost chips to handset makers and radio silicon vendors, but most significantly...
You are being watched: making art from tracking technology
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"We’re surrounded by systems, devices and machineries generating heaps of raw graphic novelty. We built them, we programmed them, we set them loose for a variety of motives, but they do some unexpected and provocative things." – Bruce Sterling, An Essay on the New Aesthetic A new exhibit, Wired...
Nujira raises $12M to stem LTE's hunger for energy
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UK mobile silicon startup Nujira is trying to solve LTE’s notorious power drain problem, and it just got $12 million to help accomplish that goal. With a new investor and the new cash infusion, Nujira plans to get its envelope tracking technology into 4G handsets in 2013, cutting the energy...
Facebook Acquires Eye Tracking Startup GazeHawk For Talent
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Facebook has acquired eye tracking service GazeHawk for an undisclosed sum, according to Brian Krausz, co-founder of GazeHawk. Normally eye tracking technology requires special hardware, but GazeHawk only uses your web cam. Advertisers and others wanting to optimize their websites, can use the technology to see if anything caught your eye. The...
Locaid launches internet and mobile location-tracking service
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Locaid has developed cool mobile tracking technology that gambling companies and banks have exploited. By using tracking data, Locaid can tell whether a mobile user is within the borders of Nevada and can legally place real-money bets on an online gambling site using a mobile phone. It’s a pretty...
STEP BY STEP: How To Disable The New Ad Tracking Technology On Your iPhone
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It's no surprise that advertisers can track your every move on your iPhone. But if you have an iPhone 5 or an Apple gadget running iOS 6, you can prevent advertisers from gaining access to your personal information. Watch below to find out how you can get advertisers to stop...
Palantir's terrorist-tracking technology used for Hurricane Sandy relief
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Disaster recovery groups still have a lot of work to do in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, and one of these volunteer organizations has optimized its efforts using software from a company called Palantir, Bloomberg Businessweek reports. The software allows relief coordinators from Team Rubicon to track their volunteers...
LG launches A540 laptop series in Korea with IPS, 3D, or glasses-free 3D screens
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We first heard about LG's glasses-free 3D laptop back at CES, but the company is now officially launching the Xnote A540 series of laptops in Korea. The most noteworthy of the new trio is probably the A540-H, which contains a glasses-free screen; LG also built in "eye-tracking" technology that...
13th Lab releases PointCloud iOS augmented reality SDK with SLAM 3D tracking technology
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Last summer, 13th Lab released an augmented reality game called Ball Invasion that utilized a 3D tracking technology called SLAM (short for simultaneous localization and mapping) — and now it's making the tech available to other iOS developers through the PointCloud software development kit. In addition to SLAM, which...
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