The touchscreen revolution has certainly come a long way since the Apple iPhone brought touchscreen goodness to mainstream viability back in 2007 (has it been more than 5 years already? Time sure as heck passes by all too quickly when you’re having fun). Google has a veritable pool of talented folk running the show, and it seems that the Internet search giant has set their sights on a new kind of touch typing experience which has been mapped to a full, two-handed physical keyboard.
Yes sir, this bit of patent application news was revealed earlier today, although it was filed all the way back in September a couple of years ago. In fact, the USPTO doc outlines a method that helps display “geometric shapes on a touch-screen display… [that correspond] to a respective finger of a user” while enabling the possibility for text entry through the implementation of a “sliding movement.” In a nutshell, you might soon be able to type on glass using all your fingers, although we have seen a vague precursor to this idea in the past with a projected keyboard before.
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If you happen to still hold on to your HTC Thunderbolt from Verizon Wireless, we feel your pain. We know that this is the first LTE-enabled smartphone from Verizon wireless, where it was originally meant to receive the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update at the end of August last year, making the jump from Android 2.3 Gingerbread, but unfortunately, Murphy happened to strike, and it started to feel as though the HTC Thunderbolt was going to remain in Gingerbread land forever.
Apparently Google’s very own Trekkers have been busy mapping the entire world. Google announced that Google Earth now includes more than 100,000 new tours and 1 million photos via Tour Guide. These are now available on Google Earth for Android, iOS, and the desktop. “Today’s update adds over 100,000 new tours of popular sites, cities and places across 200 countries, as well as enhancements to existing tours,” Google said. 
TeleGeography, a telecommunications research and consulting firm that specializes in international networks, service providers, and undersea cables, has released an updated version of its Submarine Cable Map. TeleGeography’s 2013 Submarine Cable Map features a new design that is inspired by star charts and antique maps. I got to admit that it looks pretty cool. The new map also historically hints a connection between submarine cables and cartography, plotting around 244 – 232 in-service and 12 planned – active cables including ones expected to go live next year. 
