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- FingerReader: Allowing The Blind To Read
- New Oculus Rift Prototype Coming Out Soon
- Gamers Urge Nintendo To Take a Stand On Same-sex Marriage
- Amazon, Twitter and the #AmazonCart Hashtag or How to Shop Like a Boss
- Google Now Cards No Longer Require an Internet Connection
| FingerReader: Allowing The Blind To Read Posted: 06 May 2014 10:15 AM PDT  Being blind doesn’t mean you have to be bored, and now people can get straight back into their favorite books thanks to this prototype. The Fluid Interfaces team from MIT have developed a book-reading prototype with the needs of the blind in mind. It’s called the FingerReader, a portable device that helps read printed text, and can also help with translations on top.
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| New Oculus Rift Prototype Coming Out Soon Posted: 06 May 2014 06:00 AM PDT  In some of the first news since Oculus was acquired by Facebook, Chief Executive Brendan Iribe confirmed that a new prototype is “coming soon”. Furthermore, he clarified that the process should be much faster now that they have Facebook’s funding behind them Iribe had some more things to say about his deal with Facebook: “centered around being able to leverage their cash and investment into hardware R&D, which is expensive.” the idea is that with Facebook, Oculus will remain just as independent and centered, but “doing it even bigger, faster.” He ended the note explaining that developers have nothing to fear, as the intimacy is meant to remain intact, and furthermore, “they’ll have more success shipping their content into a platform that has a billion users rather than a hundred million”. Source: CNET Be social! Follow Walyou on Facebook and Twitter, and read more related stories at What Oculus VR's Sale to Facebook Means for the Tech Industry and Sonic The Hedgehog Through The Eyes Of Oculus Rift.    |
| Gamers Urge Nintendo To Take a Stand On Same-sex Marriage Posted: 06 May 2014 05:00 AM PDT  Nintendo has a long history of priding themselves on being “for everyone”, but now a group of fans are asking them to take an active stance, after some controversy. One of Nintendo's most recent offerings, Tomodachi Life, is a title based on friendship, love, and partnership. Some of the in-game content is only unlocked after the miis (that is, the player’s representation of themselves in the game) get married, but the game only allows heterosexual couples to do so. A group of fans have organized themselves under the hashtag #Miiquality in order to get Nintendo to update the title and allow their relationships to happen in-game, or to straight up acknowledge its absence instead of keeping suspiciously quiet. Movement starter Tye Marini explains that “because the game has such a huge focus on relationships, this is a problem for many LGBTQ gamers. I believe this is a significant issue that should be resolved or at least acknowledged by Nintendo, so I started a movement in hopes to convince Nintendo to add same-sex relationships to Tomodachi Life via an update, or at least ensure that it is included in a future sequel—the Miiquality movement. I believe this movement could not only potentially influence Nintendo's stance on the issue and future game development, but the video game industry as a whole as well. If a mass audience Nintendo game like this supported same-sex relationships, it would be a huge step forward for the industry.” Source: Kotaku Be social! Follow Walyou on Facebook and Twitter and read more on Walyou, The Next Nexus Tablet Could be a Product of HTC, Sprint to Begin Selling Unlocked Phones Next Year    |
| Amazon, Twitter and the #AmazonCart Hashtag or How to Shop Like a Boss Posted: 05 May 2014 01:15 PM PDT  The newly-announced deal between the Seattle e-tailer and the microblogging service enables people to add products to their Amazon cart without even leaving Twitter, simply by using the #AmazonCart hashtag. Amazon is a supporter of the idea that the way we shop needs to change. To the world’s largest retailer, it doesn’t matter what we buy, but how we buy it, and the company is looking to create a new, unique methods. When people think of drones that do deliveries or Twitter hashtags that transfer products into their carts automatically, they need to have a single brand in mind: Amazon. This might actually be the way to shop in the 21st century. Sooner or later, social media needed to become a part of the shopping experience, so kudos to Amazon for having thought of innovating the whole thing. According to an Amazon spokesperson, Twitter does not have any financial benefits from this deal, but no other details were given on this matter. The same spokesperson expressed Amazon’s openness regarding social networks, as well as the company’s preferences: “We are certainly open to working with other social networks. Twitter in particular offers a great environment for our customers to discover product recommendations from artists, experts, brands and friends.” As seen in the above picture, the entire process is rather simple. Supposing people stumble upon a tweet in which a product sold on Amazon is referred. All they need to do is add the #AmazonCart hashtag in the retweet, and the product is added automatically to their cart on the e-tailer’s site. Of course, to be able to do this, you will have to check the Social Settings on the e-tailer’s website, so that Amazon can associate your Twitter account to your cart when it detects the #AmazonCart hashtag in your tweets. Given the differences between British and American English, Amazon had to think of a different hashtag for its customers from the UK, and this is how #AmazonBasket was born. Britons can start using this hashtag on Twitter as of today. How often do we stumble upon an intriguing product, but we forget to add it to the cart and eventually it disappears from our minds without a trace? Out of sight, out of mind seemed to be the best expression to characterize such situations, but with the introduction of the #AmazonCart hashtag, that will no longer be the case. Be social! Follow Walyou on Facebook and Twitter, and read more related stories about Twitter’s Mute button, and the way Amazon Dash and AmazonFresh will change grocery shopping.    |
| Google Now Cards No Longer Require an Internet Connection Posted: 05 May 2014 12:30 PM PDT  The search giant’s mobile apps are slowly starting to offer offline support, something that is definitely appreciated by Google Now users, as of late. There are plenty of scenarios when the lack of an Internet connection could disrupt our well-being. Fortunately, Google gave that some thought and jumped to the conclusion that some of its apps could fare well even in offline mode, Google Now Cards being the latest such example. Last Friday, the company announced on Google+ the new feature of the Google Now cards: “Next time you’re on the subway and want to check on your day’s appointments with Google Now, you won’t have to worry about lack of cell service. Starting today (make sure you update your #GoogleSearch App for Android http://goo.gl/idgt3y) your Google Now cards stay loaded, even when you lose service in the subway… or your favorite underground bar!” The above image was attached to the Google+ update, and as some noticed, the Wi-Fi seems to be on, despite the app saying that there’s no connection. That’s a bit odd! Another user gave an explanation for that, pointing out that if a wireless network loses its uplink, it would show up just like that on the smartphone’s display. Google Now’s latest update also brought some kind of a parking detector. By using the smartphone’s sensors, Google Now can tell when you’re leaving your car. The reduction of speed will trigger a parking card to show on the map, so after a long walk in an unknown area, you will still know where you parked your car. Google explained how this works on its Help page: “When the card shows up in Google Now, you’ll see an indicator showing the approximate location of your car. To see other locations where you’ve recently parked, touch Previous locations. Your location data for parking location cards isn’t shared with anyone else.” Still, this update is not without drawbacks. For the time being, Google can’t tell whether you’re leaving your car, someone else’s vehicle, or just a bus. Because of this, the parking card might confuse some people. The feature is still useful if you want to find the bus station where you got off, or if for some reason you need to get back to the place where your friends dropped you. Be social! Follow Walyou on Facebook and Twitter, and read more related stories about Google Now, Siri’s nemesis, and Google Now’s bill reminder.    |
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