Jul 26
Gosh! I wonder which emoji is trending on Twitter right now! I wish there was some sort of online tool that tracked such a thing! Oh, there is! Praise jeebus for emojitracker.com!
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Jul 26
Remember Google Babel? It was the rumored name of what is now called the rebranded Google+ Hangouts. However, Project Babel still exists, and it deals with language translation. Google is working to turn phones into “universal translators” of sorts, so when you talk into the phone in one language, the person you’re calling will hear a real-time translation in their native language.
Speaking with The UK Times, Android VP Hugo Barra says that the project is in its early stages, and the technology is a fews years away as far as being available to the public, but he says that some translations using certain languages has provided “near-perfect” results.
However, the biggest issue is actually background noise that interferes with dialogue, which affects the results of the translation. However, when used in controlled environments where there’s no background interference, Barra says that the accuracy of the real-time translations have been “close to 100%”.
Google already has a text translation system online, but it leaves much to be desired, since it’s not real-time, and it’s only text-based for now. However, it supports 71 different languages, with the most recent additions being Bosnian, Cebuano (used in the Philippines), Hmong (South East Asia), Javanese (Indonesia), and Marathi (India).
SOURCE: The UK Times
Google Babel project aims for real-time translation in phone calls is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Jul 26
For those of you who were around when Nokia ruled the mobile phone scene, and there was no such thing as a smartphone yet, let alone a color display on your handset, I am quite sure that you would have come across the Nokia Communicator. Sure, it was far from being the most svelte nor smallest handset out there, but in terms of raw computing power among phones, not many others came close. We are talking about a mobile device that is capable of letting you work on your documents on the go, arriving in a horizontal clamshell form factor. Open it up and you will be presented with a QWERTY keyboard to make life easier when it comes to typing out long documents.
Well, the Communicator family did not last that long down the road, not with the advent of true blue smartphones. In fact, the netbook ended up being hugely popular for a while as the portable computing device of choice that offers a decent level of productivity without bogging you down, but even so, it was phased out eventually with most major PC manufacturers ditching the netbook line altogether. Newsmy of China has not, however, and decided to breathe new life into the netbook world with a netbook/tablet hybrid that they call the Newman Q20.
The Newman Q20 is an 8.9” device that runs on an Intel Atom processor, sporting an adjustable touchscreen display which allows you to use it as a tablet as and when required. A QWERTY keyboard, touchscreen display, a 1.6GHz Intel Atom N2600 Cedar Trail dual-core processor, 2GB RAM, 32GB of internal memory, an 8.9” 1024 x 600 pixel touchscreen display, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Ethernet and HDMI connectivity and a front-facing camera rounds off the list of specifications, all running on Windows 8.
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Jul 26
From the NSA to Mozilla, it seems like everyone wants to track your online activity (because you’re so interesting, of course). Pinterest is the latest to jump on that bandwagon, but the company is keen to assure users that it’s completely down with Do Not Track. In a blog post introducing its most recent update, Pinterest spelled out what its latest addition — the “Edit Home Feed” option — means for its users’ privacy. Basically, you can now tailor your feed to provide you with content related to what you’ve been pinning. Additionally, Pinterest can track your activity on other sites (so long as they feature a “Pin It” button) to suggest boards based on your interests, though users can easily opt out under their account settings. With public concern over online tracking at an all time high (Thanks, PRISM!), Pinterest evidently didn’t want to get caught on the wrong side of the divide.
Filed under: Internet
Via: The New York Times
Source: Pinterest
Jul 26
Holograms have always been a quick, easy way for movies to tell us they’re taking place in the future. As soon as you see someone talking with a human-sized hologram, you realize there’s no way you’ll ever be able to do that, and a part of you dies. Now, a company on Kickstarter promises to bring you the holographic future you’ve always dreamed of.
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Jul 26
We wished the new superhero movie The Wolverine—full of ninjas and samurais—to be an outstanding movie but alas, it’s a bad one. As Charlie Jane Anders tells in her io9 review, it’s not much better than the first Wolverine, which was really bad. Mr. Jackman, life needs more cheerful musicals, less raging fury.
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Jul 26
Back in October last year, we did report that Starbucks debuted the in-store wireless charging capability for smartphones across 17 stores throughout Boston. Well, this time around, Starbucks has decided to team up with Powermat in order to deliver a similar wireless charging technology to the Silicon Valley. In fact, the very first installation of this wireless charging capability is said to be completed later this Sunday over at a San Jose store, where there will be up to 10 area locations that will experience a similar set up before August is over.
Why was the Silicon Valley chosen for this particular endeavor? Well, Powermat President Daniel Schreiber did mention that this particular move was made so that it can boost the technology’s exposure among key industry players. After all, did not AT&T already confirm that some of its smartphones will play nice with the PMA standard from next year onwards? This move could signal Starbucks as the go-to place to cure your dead battery anxiety in the future. If you want to have a better idea on just where wireless charging can be found, you can head on here. [Press Release]
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Jul 26
The message is clear: A lot of people want a 173-year-old lens to use with modern-day Canon and Nikon APS-C-sensored DSLRs. Lomography and Zenit have teamed up to make that happen, and their Kickstarter campaign for the Petzval Portrait Lens …
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Jul 26
Finally, there’s a squad out there who can help our greatest politicians solve their most insurmountable problem: safe d*ck-pic texting. Thanks to Team Coco for forming the Junk Squad… too bad they weren’t here in time to deliver Carlos from Danger.
Jul 26
I remember my family’s first Logitech product well. It was a mouse, roughly the size of a small football and shaped like a half eaten apple and the color of dirty bones. It rolled and it clicked and did everything it was supposed to. It was not an artifact of fine design.
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