Jun 11
Jun 11
Barnes and Noble axes Nook PC, Mac apps, directs you to Nook for Web instead
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Barnes and Noble has been quietly erasing all mentions of its Nook for PC and Mac, but now we have the first official confirmation that both are no more. An official statement, reported by The Digital Reader, says that the company is no longer supporting software for Windows 2000/XP/Vista or Mac OS X, and is directing users to switch to Nook for Web in its place. That, or you could always help prop up the company’s brick-and-mortar operations by purchasing some of these.
Filed under: Desktops
Source: The Digital Reader
Jun 11
HTC One Confirmed For C Spire
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Jun 11
The sushi chopper delivers a meal.
(Credit: Video screenshot by Amanda Kooser/CNET)
All the cool kids are getting their munchies by air these days.
South African music fans are getting beer from the sky. A research group developed and tested the Burrito Bomber. Domino’s UK drafted an octocopter to deliver a couple of pepperoni pizzas. Now, all we need is sushi in flight to make this a bona fide trend. Looks like our order is up, up, and away.
Sushi chain YO! Sushi has introduced a “burger” made with rice patties and sushi-style ingredients like prawn, tofu katsu, and nori seaweed. The chain’s London restaurant in the Soho district decided the delivery method needed to be just as unusual as the food. Thus the “iTray” was invented. It’s a flying waiter outfitted with a special food tray and controlled by an iPad.
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Jun 11
Comcast’s new X2 platform moves your DVR recordings from the box to the cloud
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Crying because your DVR’s hard drive can’t hold an entire season of Antiques Roadshow? If you’re a Comcast subscriber, there may be hope on the horizon. At The Cable Show in Washington, D.C., Comcast announced its next Xfinity-branded cloud solution: the X2 set-top box. Available later this year, the X2 will eschew hard drive saves in favor of storing recorded programs online. Additionally, both the forthcoming X2 and soon-to-be updated X1 are said to provide greater interface customization, smarter personalized recommendations, additional web content and enhanced multiplatform integration. If this news tickles your fancy, you can find more screenshots at the source link below or read the press release after the break.
Filed under: Home Entertainment, HD
Source: Comcast
Jun 11
The National Security Agency has been on thin ice with the general public lately when whistleblower Edward Snowden revealed that the US government was spying on American citizens by secretly recording phone calls and tracking users’ online activity with the alleged help from big internet companies like Google and Facebook. Because of this, 86 civil
Jun 11
Google finalized its acquisition of the crowdsourced navigation and traffic app Waze this morning. Waze is a free app that uses the input of trusted community members to update maps in real time to help other users avoid delays and …
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Jun 11
SleepPhones lets you sleep in peace
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We are a sleep deprived society – most of us are dead tired by the time we arrive back home from work, and we want to do nothing better than to put our feet up, and start to unwind. Music would definitely help the situation, and the folks over at Firebox think that they have a unique and innovative solution in the form of the £34.99 SleepPhones. Dreams would never be the same again, as you get to enjoy the relaxing tunes of your choice without missing a beat.
The SleepPhones would come in extra small, small, medium, large and extra large sizes to fit just about any head, including Pinky and the Brain. Made out of soft and comfortable fleece, it comes with quality integrated headphones to deliver sweet audio to your ears, while doubling up as a handy sweatband. Not only that, it will also help do its bit to drown out snoring and other annoying noise so that you can clock up the mandatory 8 hours of sleep, waking up refreshed like never before the next morning.
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Jun 11
Meta Wearable AR Computer Dev Kits: How Many Glasses Are We Supposed to Wear in the Future?
Posted in: Today's ChiliEarlier this year we heard about the Meta, an augmented reality computer in the shape of a pair of glasses. The company behind the computer took a page from the Oculus Rift team and also launched a Kickstarter for the Meta developer’s kit.
The fundraiser may not be aimed at end users, but it does reveal a bit more about the Meta. In the video below you’ll see that the consumer version of the glasses should be much more compact and much less dorky than the current prototype. The Meta projects its display up to 16 ft. away from the user at 960×540 resolution. Developers will initially use Unity 3D on Windows to write software for the Meta. They’ll be able to make use of the Meta’s gesture, finger and surface tracking as well as its depth and color data.
You’ll need to pledge at least $695(USD) on Kickstarter to get a Meta 1 dev kit as a reward. I’m really intrigued by the possibilities of this device, partly because I’m into card and board games right now. It would be nice to have more interactive board game. And also to not have to clean up the tokens and other pieces after each game.
Jun 11
HTC One coming to C Spire
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While Samsung has launched the Galaxy S 4 through just about every US carrier under the sun, HTC has largely kept the One to the very largest American networks. That should change soon: C Spire has confirmed that it will carry the aluminum flagship, albeit only at a vague point in the “near future.” That’s a horrible tease, we know, although it’s good news for those who don’t want to give up a regional provider just to get a premium device.
Filed under: Cellphones, Wireless, Mobile, HTC
Via: Android Central
Source: C Spire
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