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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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| 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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| 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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| The Latest Twitter-Inspired Beer: #MashTag | | Wednesday, June 26, 2013 2:51 PM | Samantha Murphy |
| A new beer from the UK called #MashTag is among the first alcoholic beverage inspired and created by users of social media.
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| Zombie Phones Could Create a Gigantic Mobile Botnet | | Wednesday, June 26, 2013 1:33 PM | National Journal |
| You've heard of the botnet — a collection of enslaved, malware-infested computers that act together to pump out spam and DDoS attacks, often unbeknownst to their owners. For the past decade, botnets have mostly been a problem for the PC world. But, according to a new report on mobile malware, it may not be long before we start seeing botnets built out of more sophisticated devices: cell phones.
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| Watch Interns Sprint to Deliver Supreme Court Decisions | | Wednesday, June 26, 2013 11:47 AM | Samantha Murphy |
| The past few days have been a mad dash to cover news from the Supreme Court, and eager interns are caught in the thick of it. Each year during Supreme Court hearings, TV producers and interns are tasked with sprinting from the courthouse to their network's team to deliver the rulings as soon as possible. Videos popping up on popular video-sharing site Vine are quickly circulating around the social media circuit.
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| 6% of Free Android Apps Hide Intrusive Adware | | Wednesday, June 26, 2013 11:26 AM | MIT Technology Review |
| As mobile computers have become more common, criminals have begun to explore ways to profit from exploiting them. However, figures released Wednesday by mobile security company Lookout indicate that people are more likely to fall victim to what it calls “adware” than classic criminal malware.
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| Snowden's Insurance Policy and Other News You Need to Know | | Wednesday, June 26, 2013 9:15 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. Edward Snowden covered his back: He gave several people encrypted copies of the files he took from the NSA’s computer systems before leaving the United States.
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