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| Google Earth for Android Gets Street View | | Google has updated its Google Earth Android app to version 7.1, bringing several important improvements, most notably the support for Street View. If you want to explore the Earth from the street level, zoom into an area and the Pegman — the little yellow guy signifying the availability of Street View — will appear in the right hand corner. Drag and drop him into a street and you'll jump right into Street View.
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| 200-Year-Old Device Makes Comeback With Kickstarter's Help | | A device that was developed over 200 years ago is making a comeback, thanks to Kickstarter. Patented in 1806, the camera lucida was a common optical drawing tool that helped artists accurately sketch objects, but later fell out of use. According to Encyclopaedia Britannica, here's how it works: "It consists of a four-sided prism mounted on a small stand above a sheet of paper.
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| Is Eye Tracking a Privacy-Invading Technology? | | Wednesday, May 08, 2013 9:28 PM | Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai |
| Eye-tracking technology has been in the news lately, thanks to rumors indicating that it would be included in the new Samsung Galaxy S4. As it turned out, Samsung's Smart Scroll actually uses a different technology but, for the American Civil Liberties Union, this is still a good time to investigate whether these kinds of technologies pose any privacy risks.
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| Jazz Up Your Keyboard With These Wood Keys for Mac | | Wednesday, May 08, 2013 7:01 PM | Vignesh Ramachandran |
| If you're an Apple fanboy or fangirl, the MacBook's design is perhaps already pure perfection to you. But if you're looking to differentiate your Mac from the rest of the crowd, check out these wood keys for your Apple laptop or desktop keyboard that add a natural accent. New York-based design firm RAWBKNY has designed wooden keys that you can affix to your existing Mac keyboard, as shown in the video above.
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| Device Ensures the Cloud Works When Your Connection Doesn’t | | Wednesday, May 08, 2013 6:31 PM | Quartz |
| The "cloud" is great for places that enjoy uninterrupted power and Internet connections. But for large swathes of the world, where blackouts are common and connections unreliable, accessing files stored remotely on the Internet is a massive hassle. Forget about downloading Adobe Creative Suite. Simply working on a Google doc can be aggravating.
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| Kwikset Kevo Unlocks Your Door with a Magic Touch | | Wednesday, May 08, 2013 4:45 PM | Charlie White |
| Kwikset announced on Thursday a Bluetooth-enabled deadbolt lock that pairs up your iPhone 4S or iPhone 5, and will let you into your abode with a single touch. From the looks of it so far, there won't be an easier way to let yourself into your home.
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| Facebook Phone Is Now Just 99 Cents | | Wednesday, May 08, 2013 4:13 PM | Lance Ulanoff |
| This is not a good sign. Barely a month into the first "Facebook Phone's" life, the Facebook Home-sporting HTC First price has been slashed from $99.99 with a two year contract to just 99 cents with the same AT&T two-year agreement. AT&T's own web site makes the situation look, if possible, worse, by displaying the original HTC First price, $350.99 and subtracting $350.
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| This Is What the World Looks Like Through Google Glass | | Wednesday, May 08, 2013 2:35 PM | Pete Pachal |
| Wearing Google Glass is an experience that's hard to describe accurately. When you tell people that it creates a virtual screen that appears to float in front of you, they tend to get the idea that it's very distracting or obtrusive. That's not the case, although the display is certainly "there" when it's on. A picture would convey the idea much better, but how do you photograph a virtual screen? It turns out to be easier than it sounds.
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| If Payphones Survive, Will They Look Like This? | | Wednesday, May 08, 2013 12:48 PM | Lauren Drell |
| When was the last time you used a phone booth to make a call? Odds are, not for several years at least. So are all of those city phone booths rendered useless, relics of a bygone era? Not necessarily — they might just need a bit of a makeover.
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| 87% of Tech Startups Hiring This Year | | Wednesday, May 08, 2013 12:48 PM | Samantha Murphy |
| If you're in the market for a new job and can't seem to find any openings, you might want to consider applying to a tech startup company.
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| Bang & Olufsen Headphones Let You Rock Out in Style | | Wednesday, May 08, 2013 12:42 PM | Pete Pachal |
| Bang & Olufsen is shouting louder in the headphone space with new earbud and over-the-ear designs. Aimed at a younger crowd, the headphones are under its growing B&O Play brand. The two models are the H6 and H3. While the larger H6 is meant to satisfy those looking for a Beats alternative, the H3 earbuds have a ported design that's designed to fit snugly, even for active users.
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| Increase Your Klout Score By Sharing Your Expertise | | Wednesday, May 08, 2013 12:21 PM | Emily Price |
| According to Klout, I’m pretty influential about technology. I’m also a big influencer when it comes to Facebook, social media and, my personal favorite, beer. Besides bragging rights and the occasional perk, being an influencer on a topic on Klout hasn’t really translated into much outside of the service ... until now.
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| Google Glass Update and Other News You Need to Know | | Wednesday, May 08, 2013 9:51 AM | Stan Schroeder |
| Welcome to this morning's edition of "First To Know," a series in which we keep you in the know on what's happening in the digital world. Today, we're looking at three particularly interesting stories. Check out the video above for more on these stories: Google has issued an over-the-air update for Google Glass. Users will now get Google+ and Hangout notifications in real time, plus faster transcriptions for searches and messages.
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| Google Doodle Gets Animated to Salute Designer Saul Bass | | Wednesday, May 08, 2013 9:06 AM | Todd Wasserman |
| Visitors to Google's homepage Wednesday morning were treated to an animated Doodle honoring Saul Bass, a graphic designer best known for animated credit sequences in films from Alfred Hitchcock and Martin Scorsese. The video above, which was embedded where the Google logo usually is, explains that Bass, who died in 1996, would have been 93 today.
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