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| Google Earth for iOS Gets Street View | | Google Earth for iOS has been updated to include Street View, thus catching up with its Android counterpart which received that functionality in May 2013. The new version of the app — 7.1, for both Android and iOS — brings several other improvements as well, namely better walking, biking and step-by-step transit directions in full 3D, as well as a number of additional information layers such as Panoramio Photos and Wikipedia.
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| HTC Announces Red HTC One, Exclusive to Phones 4u Customers | | HTC has announced a red version of its flagship Android smartphone, the HTC One, exclusive to UK's Phones 4u customers. There is no difference in specifications between the red HTC One and the "regular" black and silver versions, except for the color. If you trust HTC's EMEA President Philip Blair, though, the Glamour Red color (as it's called) showcases the device in a color "that demands attention".
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| Google Glass Finds Its Way to the Operating Room | | 12:57:46 AM | Sean Fitz-Gerald |
| The history books are quickly filling up with Google Glass firsts — everything from skydives, showers and, now, surgeries. You read that right — Dr. Rafael Grossman, also a TEDx speaker and Google Glass Explorer, has used the wearable device to live-stream a surgery.
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| PayPal Galactic: For All Your Future Space Purchases | | Wednesday, June 26, 2013 11:59 PM | Emily Price |
| Soon you won’t need to be an astronaut to take a trip into space — but you'll still need a way to pay for things. The first Virgin Galactic consumer space flight is set to blast off this Christmas, and the first space hotel, created by a Russian company, is expected to be open for business within the next few years.
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| Apple's Next-Generation Devices May Include a Fingerprint Scanner | | Wednesday, June 26, 2013 11:28 PM | Emily Price |
| The next generation of Apple devices may include a fingerprint scanner. A newly published patent obtained by the company shows a fingerprint scanner that could be embedded within products. Rumored to be included in the upcoming iPhone 5S, the scanner would add an extra layer of security to the iPhone.
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| Test Your Puzzle-Solving Skills With 'Can You Escape' Mobile App | | Wednesday, June 26, 2013 10:32 PM | Sean Fitz-Gerald |
| For all you gamers out there looking for a real challenge, look no further: There's a free, newly updated puzzle game ready to test your skills (and patience). Can You Escape, the brainchild of MobiGrow, coaxes iPhone, iPad and Android users to employ a trial-and-error solving method to scrounge for clues, as well as sleuth out ways to escape a series of rooms.
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| Holographic Display Made for $10 | | Wednesday, June 26, 2013 9:56 PM | Discovery News |
| Technophiles have dreamed of three-dimensional, holographic displays for decades, and in the last few years, a lot of progress has been made toward achieving that goal — from Microsoft's Holoflector prototype to efforts at creating paper that was published in the journal Nature last week. He built a color holographic video display that's as sharp as a standard-definition TV and updates images at the same rate.
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| 7 Big Changes Coming in Internet Explorer 11 | | Wednesday, June 26, 2013 9:00 PM | Pete Pachal |
| Microsoft thinks very highly of its homegrown web browser, Internet Explorer. IE has been intertwined with Windows itself for over a decade, and when Microsoft debuted Windows 8 last year, it also released a new version of the browser, Internet Explorer 10, that was created specifically for the full-screen, touch-first experience that Windows 8 emphasizes.
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| 25 Tech Terms Every Entrepreneur Should Know | | Wednesday, June 26, 2013 7:53 PM | BusinessNewsDaily |
| An industry's jargon can be hard to decipher, and tech-related terms can be particularly perplexing. Here's a quick list on the words you need to know.
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| Sharp Unveils World's First THX-Certified Ultra HDTV | | Wednesday, June 26, 2013 5:42 PM | Charlie White |
| Ultra HDTV is getting more affordable, and Sharp did its part on Wednesday by unveiling a THX-certified 70-inch ultra-HD television for $8,000. That sounds like a lot, but it's a fraction of some prices quoted for the futuristic TV sets that deliver four times the resolution of a garden-variety HDTV. You won't have to wait for years to get one in your living room, either — Sharp says this new ultra HDTV will be available in mid-August.
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| One Bing to Rule Them All: Microsoft Opens Up Bing for Apps | | Wednesday, June 26, 2013 3:57 PM | Pete Pachal |
| Microsoft regularly introduces new features to its Bing search engine — such as the coming 3D maps — but often those features can't be used outside of Bing. That changes as of today with the launch of the Bing Platform for developers. Announced today at Microsoft's Build 2013 conference, the Bing Platform will let app developers create experiences in their apps around Bing's services.
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| Join Us for a Hangout to Discuss Mobile App Design | | Wednesday, June 26, 2013 3:24 PM | Dani Fankhauser |
| What does it mean to be a product designer? Keenan Cummings, cofounder and designer of Days, asks this question in a recent post on his design blog, Field Study. SEE ALSO: How Microsoft Could Rebrand Itself [PICS] Sites like Dribbble are great at featuring a visual design, but much of interaction design can only be experienced with the product itself.
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| How Much Is Your Bitcoin Worth? Use This Calculator | | Wednesday, June 26, 2013 3:23 PM | Jess Fee |
| Bitcoin is a decentralized cryptocurrency that offers pseudonymity to its users. Although a Bitcoin has no intrinsic value, its becoming an increasingly popular form of digital currency, attracting venture capitalist attention, from Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures to the Winklevoss twins. There is a limited supply of Bitcoins, 21 million in total, with 11 million currently in circulation.
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| Bing Maps Getting 3D Imagery in Windows 8.1 | | Wednesday, June 26, 2013 2:22 PM | Pete Pachal |
| If you like the Flyover feature in Apple Maps that lets you see a cityscape in 3D or Google Maps' similar graphics, that same functionality is coming to the Bing Maps app in Windows 8.1. The Maps app in Windows 8, powered by Bing, will get 3D imagery when it becomes available in the fall, Microsoft corporate vice president Gurdeep Singh Pall announced at the company's Build 2013 conference on Wednesday.
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