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“For example, suppose you want to send a message to a friend via a social network, maybe because you know your friend is tired. You can use this to send a relaxing scent along with your message. You can also use it to add scent to the notification sound whenever you get a new e-mail. We also think this device could be used with games. It could have all kinds of applications, so for example, in a shooting game, shots could be accompanied by the smell of gunpowder.”

“Regarding our business model, the idea is that customers will be able to buy all kinds of scents in tanks like this.”

“When we release this, we’d like to offer several kinds of game and social content ourselves. We’ve already released an SDK that links applications and devices. So, we hope that developers, both companies and individuals, will turn lots of ideas into apps.”

“This is still a prototype and it uses the dock connector compatible with smartphones up to the iPhone 4S. We’d also like to support Android phones, so our version for release this September will connect to the phone’s earphone jack. The design will also be a lot more stylish. So, this is really something to look forward to.”

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Yahoo Japan has released Face Stealer, an AR app (App Store – Free) which makes your face look like someone else’s.
The iPhone app can generate a mask from a photo of basically anything with a face, such as an animal, celebrity, or comic character, and show it superimposed on live video of your face. Yahoo Japan has also developed a library which is used to analyze and reflect expressions and head movements in real time.
The resulting video or photo can then be shared via Facebook, …

NTT Docomo has what it calls a health service called “i Bodymo” – a smartphone app that tracks the movement of your body – counts the number of steps you take all day, the calories you burn, the time and distance of exercise such as jogging, and can track the food and calories you burn.
They have announced that they have added 2 fun new features:
“Pikukyara” – a function that shows a character in the app based on your picture that will act according to …

Care for a sneak peek at BB 10’s third party app integration? Well, if the screens above are to be believed (and we have reason to assume they’re quite legit), standalone applications like Twitter and Google Talk could be ready to download on BlackBerry World at launch. From what we can glimpse, it appears the apps will be folded into BB Hub, the OS’ new unified inbox, lending further credence to RIM’s claims of a seamless “flow,” as it doesn’t seem likely social applications will be sandboxed. Design-wise, both apps offer a direct parallel to their current offerings on other rival platforms, albeit made to fit the straight and soft BB 10 aesthetic. We’ll know much more in the weeks ahead as RIM prepares to reveal the full monty. For now, buckle in for a load of expected leaks.

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All Wall Street expectations aside, Google appears to be doing relatively well for itself. And while Android may not be the company’s largest source of income, it is undoubtedly a primed possession to have around — with that, it’s only natural for the Mountain View-based outfit to extend a hand to the abundant amount of folks developing for its open-sourced platform. On this particular occasion, it’s devs in India who are on the receiving end of a grand gesture, with Google announcing it’s now allowing them to cash in on their applications by adding in-app purchases / subscriptions to ones that are currently free, or simply by selling new, paid app creations on the Play store. Google says the valuable move was driven by India now being the fourth-largest market for app downloads, and that this is a great way to “help developers capitalize on this tremendous growth.”

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