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| Fujitsu Develops Technology That Turns Paper Into a Touchscreen | | We're quickly getting used to the fact that computer, smartphone and tablet screens are meant to be touched — but what about paper? Fujitsu has developed a technology that detects objects your finger is touching in the real world, effectively turning any surface — a piece of paper, for example — into a touchscreen, DigInfo reports.
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| Waze CEO: We Assumed Apple Maps 'Wouldn’t Be That Good' | | Apple Maps wasn’t very good. This is not news. Even company CEO Tim Cook admitted it fell short. The folks at crowd-sourced, turn-by-turn navigation competitor Waze weren’t surprised, either. On Monday, company CEO Noam Bardin told an audience at All Things D’s Dive into Mobile conference that they never actually expected Apple Maps to be that good.
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| Google Glass Mirror API Guide Now Available for Developers | | Monday, April 15, 2013 11:24 PM | Emily Price |
| For all those curious about what it's like to develop for Google Glass, your wait is over. On Monday, the search giant released its Google Mirror API, which allows developers to begin creating applications for Glass. Web-based services called “Glassware” will interact with Glass over the cloud-based API, and will not require any code to be run on the Glass hardware.
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| Hackers Attack 90,000 WordPress Blogs | | Monday, April 15, 2013 10:58 PM | TechNewsDaily |
| Keeping the default settings on any Internet-connected service is just asking for trouble. It's easy enough to scoff at people whose brilliant "12345" password fell victim to hackers, but it's just as simple to target usernames. A number of WordPress bloggers discovered this the hard way, when their "admin" accounts became part of a hostile, exploitative botnet.
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| Pre-Orders for Samsung Galaxy S 4 Now Available in Canada | | Monday, April 15, 2013 9:59 PM | Stan Schroeder |
| Samsung's flagship Android phone, the Galaxy S 4, is now available for pre-order in Canada via Rogers. The Galaxy S 4 is available in two colors — Black Mist and White Frost, and it starts at $199.99 with a three-year plan. Those who don't like the idea of signing up for such a long plan can have the Galaxy S 4 sans contract, but the price is hefty: CA$700 ($683).
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| Google Glass Ready to Ship for Some Explorers | | Monday, April 15, 2013 7:55 PM | Emily Price |
| Google Glass is about to ship — to developers and early adopters, that is. Google contacted Glass Explorers Monday afternoon to let them know both hardware and software for Google Glass are now ready. The first few devices are now coming off the production line, the company added. Orders for the Explorer Edition of Google Glass were taken during Google I/O last year.
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| Revolights Illuminate Your Bike With Built-In LEDs | | Monday, April 15, 2013 3:11 PM | Vignesh Ramachandran |
| If you bike at nighttime, you're probably all too familiar with the challenges of keeping visible on the road. Reflectors and standard bike lights often help, but a Northern California startup has a unique solution that incorporates LED lighting directly on bike wheels. If you're a cycling enthusiast, you may have seen or heard of Revolights in the past.
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| Sony Just Launched a Ludicrously Fast Internet in Japan | | Monday, April 15, 2013 2:31 PM | Stan Schroeder |
| So-net Entertainment, a Sony-backed Japan ISP, has launched a fiber-based Internet service that reaches download speeds of 2 Gbps, making it the fastest home internet in the world. The Nuro, as the service is called, is available to homes and small businesses in Tokyo and six surrounding prefectures, Computerworld reports. The upload speed is a little slower than download — 1 Gbps — but it's still faster than most of us get, even at work.
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| The Designer Who Created Facebook Timeline Is Moving On | | Monday, April 15, 2013 12:34 PM | Pete Pachal |
| Nicholas Felton, the designer who was instrumental in creating Facebook Timeline, is leaving the company. Felton shared the news, appropriately, on his Facebook Timeline. He didn't mention what his next project would be, only that he was returning to New York City. He also said he was confident in future Facebook products he contributed to.
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| Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Might Have a Metal Chassis | | Monday, April 15, 2013 11:49 AM | Stan Schroeder |
| Samsung, whose flagship devices all sport a plastic chassis, is considering launching the Galaxy Note 3 "phablet" with a metal exterior, SamMobile reports citing its insiders. The same source claims that a metal case was also in the works for the Samsung Galaxy S 4, but that design was dropped since Samsung could not mass-produce enough units fast enough.
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| Windows 8.1 May Include a 'Boot to Desktop' Option | | Monday, April 15, 2013 11:02 AM | Pete Pachal |
| The most recent numbers show PC sales dropping like a rock, with many blaming the radical changes in Windows 8 for scaring away customers. A new rumor suggests the drop has prompted Microsoft to consider reversing course on at least one aspect of the new user interface. Microsoft may introduce a "Boot to Desktop" mode in the next major update to Windows, called either Windows 8.1 or Windows Blue, according to a post on WinBeta.
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