Office Lens Brings Optical Character Recognition To Windows Phone

Office Lens Brings Optical Character Recognition To Windows Phone

Earlier today Microsoft released OneNote for Mac, and it also made its popular note-taking application free for all. With the app, it was also rumored that the company would launch Office Lens, an app that brings optical character recognition to Windows Phone. Sure enough, Office Lens is out today, and it lets users convert photographs of text into editable text format right on their Windows Phone devices.

Office Lens is essentially a camera application, since the idea is to take a picture of an object with text on it. It could be anything, such as business cards, printed documents or whiteboards. The app has three modes, photos, document and whiteboard, to suit each scenario. Once a picture is taken, the text is transcribed and saved automatically to the OneNote app.

The app requires users to log in with a Microsoft Account, the one that is associated with that particular Windows Phone device. This ties up everything nicely, as saved data automatically gets added to OneNote, which syncs it across all platforms on which Microsoft’s note-taking application is being used. Office Lens for Windows Phone is live now and available for download through the Windows Phone Store. Just like OneNote, Office Lens too is available for free.

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    The Litter Robot – Keep the Cat, Lose the Odor

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    I like cats. I’d have to say I’m a dog-person, but cats make exceptionally good companions, and for the most part they seem to require a lot less from us than our canine friends. That being said, there is nothing worse than a kitty litter box. The smell is unmistakable, the cleaning and used litter issues make me nuts. I read somewhere you can train your cat to use the toilet, even flush! My cat’s not having it…

    Check out the Litter Robot,  freeing you from the chore of litter box sifting and assuring you a fresh smelling home, the Litter Robot utilizes a patented litter box sifting process that emptys your cats “business” into a large drawer that is capable of holding several days’ worth of waste, leaving you only to grab the bag out of the drawer about once a week, refill the litter, replace the bag,  and voila!

    The company has even designed the Litter Robot to use your everyday biodegradable grocery bags, so while you can buy their Litter Robot bags if you’d like, the bags you already have on hand will work just as well. The Litter Robot works with almost any clumping cat litter, and is specially designed to prevent mold growth, thereby controlling or almost eliminating litter box odor.

    So if you love the kitty, but hate the box, the Litter Robot might change your life (and that of your cat) The litter Robot is durable, good for multiple cats, is about 29″H x 22″W x 24″L18, and weighs under 25 pounds. Get yours today over at amazon.com for 369 bucks. Here kitty kitty….
    [ The Litter Robot – Keep the Cat, Lose the Odor copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]

    Megaton Lamp Made from an Actual Bomb

    This lamp is the bomb. Literally. It was created by Stockpile Designs of Brooklyn, NY, and is called the Megaton floor lamp. It uses the hand-polished casing of a Korean War-era 100-lb kinetic bomb and is seated 42 inches above the ground by a narrow stand instead of residing in a bomb bay ready to ruin someone’s day.

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    Its makers strip the old paint away and the steel is hand-polished until it gleams. Unlike the bomb in it’s explosive state, it is easy to disassemble. An optional linen shade hides the dual bulb sockets. The Megaton floor lamp will blow you away despite being disarmed, since it costs a crazy $1,680(USD).

    I would suggest placing a Wile E. Coyote figure underneath, as if the Road Runner has gotten him again and he is about to get blown up.

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    GoPro video shows how it would be to see life through Superman's eyes

    GoPro video shows how it would be to see life through Superman's eyes

    Someone put a GoPro on Superman’s head so we could all experience what he sees on his day to day. Or maybe someone put a GoPro on a quadcopter and then changed the speed and added some clever effects to get this great little video.

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    Scientists Revive Moss That Was Encased In Ice For 1,500 Years

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    Cryonics enthusiasts will be pleased to hear that scientists have demonstrated the ability to revive frozen life not just after a couple years or even a couple of decades. They can bring something back to life that’s been frozen for fifteen centuries. The previous record was just 20 years.

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    MSI delivers new GT Dominator gaming laptop

    MSI_GT70_DominatorI am quite sure that all of us have heard of MSI Computer Corp. before, where they happen to be a leading manufacturer of computer hardware products and solutions, having announced their latest and of course, devastatingly powerful GT Dominator and performance driven GE Apache gaming notebooks. The GT Dominator powerhouse notebooks will arrive armed with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M and 880M GPUs just so you know what you are getting into by picking either model up.

    The new MSI GT Dominator and GE Apache lineups will now arrive with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 800M Series Graphics, a 4th Gen Intel Cor i7 processor, Killer Gaming Networking, SteelSeries gaming backlit keyboard with customization engine, Sound Blaster Cinema, Dynaudio Technology and XSplit Gamecaster. You will be able to choose from 17” and 16” models, where both the GT Dominator and GE Apache deliver to professional and amateur gamers an unmatched mobile gaming performance.

    It is said that the NVIDIA GTX 800M Series Graphic cards happen to be up to 50% faster compared to its predecessors, not to mention being more energy efficient thanks to their GeForce Battery Boost technology. In order to create the ultimate multimedia experience, MSI would also throw in Sound Blaster Cinema, Dynaudio Speakers and MSI’s Audio Boost technology. Regardless of which particular model you pick up, they are able to output to 4K displays, hooking up to multiple independent monitors simultaneously thanks to the Matrix Multi-Monitor Display.

    Apart from that, MSI also makes live streaming and video uploading a snap thanks to the incorporation of XSplit Gamescaster, which happens to be a software which will automatically detect the best streaming settings for the notebook and internet service provider, doing away with the need for settings adjustment. The asking price for MSI’s GT Dominator and GE Apache will start from $1,499.99 and $1,299.99, respectively.

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    [ MSI delivers new GT Dominator gaming laptop copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]

    Apple Starts Charging For Online Chat Support In Some Cases

    Apple Starts Charging For Online Chat Support In Some Cases

    In August 2013 Apple launched online live chat support. Initially free, reports starting surfacing last month indicating that Apple may start charging for live chat support soon. This change has now been rolled out, in some cases, Apple may require customers to pay a per incident fee of $19 for support. The company has given leverage to support staff when it comes to levying the fee, so its unlikely that customers with straightforward queries would be required to pay. Customers without AppleCare are currently offered 90 days of technical support.

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    Amazon’s streaming device is reportedly a dongle with gaming support (update: April release?)

    We’ve been hearing rumblings about Amazon’s set top box plans for quite a while now, and according to the folks over at TechCrunch, that gadget more closely resembles Google’s Chromecast. The possibility of a USB-style product should come as no…

    Why Cities Need to Stop Commissioning Calatrava's Fish Skeletons

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    I remember the first time I saw a Santiago Calatrava bridge, a spinal column of calcium-white ribs snaking across a Spanish ravine. "That’s cool," I thought. Then, a few years and a few thousand miles away, I saw another one. And another one. And another one.

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    The Acer C720 Is The Best Chromebook (for now).

    The Acer C720 Is The Best Chromebook (for now).

    After testing every Chromebook on the market we can say that most of them are not worth buying, but one of them did stand out to us.

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