Happy 4/20 day everybody! To celebrate, Snapchat teamed up with the estate of Bob Marley, and the results were … unfortunate.
Snapchat created a lens that makes your face look more like the legendary musician’s by adding Marley-like features — a cap, dreadlocks, a beard and darker skin. Amusing? Probably for some users, but it comes with some really awful historical… Read More
London, April 20, 2016 (AFP) -A 108-year-old postcard offering a shilling in exchange for its return to an English marine research institute is now officially the world’s oldest message in a bottle after being recovered in Germany. – Source
Sony has been quiet after introducing its new Xperia X handsets in February. However, the company’s equally strong and underachieving mobile department has been busy behind closed doors, working on what appears to be a smartphone with a killer display! If the latest rumors come to fruition, the Xperia X, Xperia X Performance, and Xperia XA will be joined by the Xperia X Premium. Reportedly, its stand-out feature will be a 5.5-inch ‘Whitemagic’ LCD display with 1080p resolution and a face-melting 1300 nits of maximum brightness output. Most high-end handsets today don’t go beyond 800 … – Source
The Weather Channel is one of the most popular rain or shine forecasting services there are, that is why it’s somewhat exciting to find out that it has teamed up with Samsung on exclusive software for some of the top-shelf Galaxy line members, as part of the “Made for Samsung” project that the company announced back at the CES. Your Galaxy S7 edge, S6 edge+, and the Note 5 are all getting a combination of tailored weather app, widgets, edge alerts and unique alarm, courtesy of The Weather Channel.
The so-called Smart Weather Wakeup is perhaps the most intriguing of … – Source
Apple’s head of legal has denied a long-standing rumor that it has collaborated with the Chinese government to provide its source code. Read More
How do you showcase VR experience? We have always told you it’s not something we can really show you. We have tried to tell you what it’s like multiple times… but the only real way to understand virtual reality is to live it first-hand. Your second best bet is to check out Google’s brand new Chrome experiment – Virtual Art Sessions.
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What are these Virtual Art Sessions all about? In short, they are the best way for you to understand VR without actually strapping a headset on. Google used a bevy of sensors, cameras and the actual virtual art created by 6 different types of artists. The main purpose was to showcase Tilt Brush, an art creation tool now available for the HTC Vive.
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We know very few of you actually have an HTC Vive (or have even used one, for that matter). It is honestly the most breath-taking VR headset I have ever used. It is also location aware, giving these artists complete freedom to move around their creations and shape them as they wish.
Participating artists include Christoph Niemann, Katie Rodgers, Andrea Blasich, Seung Yul Oh, Harald Belker and Sheryo & Yok. These come from different paths of life and work in different industries, so you can get an idea of how VR can really help all types of creators.
The Chrome Experiment, which works like a regular website, takes advantage of a bunch of Chrome technology. This includes WebGL, WebM Video, RGBD Toolkit, Three.js and more. For all the technical details you can just refer back to the Visual Art Sessions tech page.
This makes for a seamless and intuitive experience. All you have to do is access the website, hit “Start” and select your artist. The experience will begin shortly, and you will be able to look at these artists in action in any angle you want, as well as any zoom level. You can even speed up the video or look at the content from the artist’s perspective.
Us standing in front of a camera is cool and all, but we must say Google’s experience may give you a better understanding of things. Go check it out!
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In much of the US, people love cheap transit options like Megabus and Bolt Bus that ferry people between major cities. But in the western US, the distance between cities can be hundreds of miles, and sitting in a cramped seat for seven hours is no fun. That’s why the just-launched startup Sleepbus wants to drive you from San Francisco to Los Angeles while you snooze.
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Intel’s Q1 2016 financial earnings report was paired with a major announcement of worldwide firings that will thin its global employment numbers by “up to 12,000” staffers.
The Tuesday announcement clarified that the firings will affect approximately 11 percent of Intel’s global workforce and that the firings were meant to “accelerate [Intel’s] evolution from a PC company to one that powers the cloud and billions of smart, connected computing devices.” A “majority” of affected employees will learn about their status within 60 days, while other staffers will have to wait until 2017.
The news comes as Intel announced reduced revenue projections for the next full year, along with a search for a new chief financial officer. Current CFO Stacy Smith will take on a new executive role “leading sales, manufacturing, and operations” once his current position has been filled, but Intel didn’t clarify the new position’s name, nor whether it was a jump up or down the corporate ladder.
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We are a nation of pill takers.
Roughly half of all Americans have taken at least one prescription drug in the last 30 days (21.8% have taken three or more), and almost three-quarters of all doctor visits result in a prescription, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Managing those pills takes work and, increasingly, technology.
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PillDrill is, potentially, the kind of medication management you’re looking for. The blue and white, $199 product comes with a roll-sized hub that features a largish, monochrome screen and a few buttons, a Mood Cube, two pill strips and a dozen NFC tags (and a free app). All of this combines for what PillDrill CEO Peter Havas calls a medicine management system that “does not require you to change habits.” …
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