Daily Archives: August 9, 2012

Incredible: Disney just figured out how to make any plant into a multi-touch sensor

August 9, 2012

Disneyland is going to get a touch more awesome if new research coming out of Disney’s Pittsburgh research lab gets its day. The project, called Botanicus Interacticus, turns plants into multi-touch sensors. Just check out this promotional video for its SIGGRAPH 2012 exhibition and tell me it’s not rad: The plants will be paired...

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Now That Pinterest Is Open To Everyone Here Is How To Get The Most Out Of It

August 9, 2012

Pinterest is undoubtedly the most buzzed about social network in recent memory. Over 31 million people visit the site monthly, according to comScore and it generates more referral traffic than Twitter. The site has waived its “invite only” registration requirement and now you sign up and start pinning immediately. Below is our step-by-step guide on...

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Apple Retail Stores matching carrier price drop on iPhone 4S

August 9, 2012

Apple Retail Stores have begun matching the price drop on the iPhone 4S that retailers like Sprint and Radio Shack have begun offering. The drop was tipped to Macrumors and confirmed by The Verge. The price drop, up to $49.01 on the iPhone 4S, brings the models down to the prices that have been...

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Social Revolution: Crowdsourcing For Change

August 9, 2012
Social Revolution: Crowdsourcing For Change

Editor’s note: Guest commentator Michael Tchong is the founder of Social Revolution. How often have you thought our country needs to change? That something is fundamentally and systemically wrong that needs fixing? And that things could be fixed if we leveraged social media to find the best ideas to agree on? In the world...

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New era: Windows Phone surpasses Symbian in Finland

August 9, 2012
New era: Windows Phone surpasses Symbian in Finland

Remove your cover, cadets, it’s time to lower the flag on Symbian: Windows Phone has bested its market share in Finland. The changing of the guard has occurred. While not too many tears will likely be shed at the decline of Symbian, this moment matters as it’s a symbolic victory for Windows Phone. Windows Phone, given its...

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Olympic winners: How NBC’s authentication helped VPN providers

August 9, 2012
Olympic winners: How NBC’s authentication helped VPN providers

NBC is streaming some 3,500 hours of video live from the London Olympics – but access to the live streams is restricted to pay TV subscribers who have access to MSNBC and CNBC as part of their TV bundle. That leaves out quite a few viewers. Cord cutters, for example, but also subscribers to low-cost...

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“In the Studio,” Naval Ravikant Offers a Glimpse into AngelList’s Roadmap

August 9, 2012
“In the Studio,” Naval Ravikant Offers a Glimpse into AngelList’s Roadmap

Editor’s Note:  Semil Shah is currently an EIR with Javelin Venture Partners and has been a columnist at TechCrunch since January 2011. He hosts a weekly TCTV show In the Studio and pens a weekly column, Iterations. Follow him on Twitter @semil. “In the Studio” rolls into the dog days of summer by welcoming a guest who, originally trained in...

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iOS 6 could provide seamless FaceTime from Wi-Fi to cellular

August 9, 2012
iOS 6 could provide seamless FaceTime from Wi-Fi to cellular

The eagle-eyed crowd at Apple Insider spotted a new setting in the latest iOS 6 beta called “Wi-Fi Plus Cellular”. When enabled, the feature should allow iOS 6 devices to keep synchronizing data when initially on a Wi-Fi network that either slows down or loses signal. Interestingly, FaceTime shows as one of the apps...

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Zynga Is Undergoing A Major Upheavel, And Its COO Appears To Be The First Casualty (ZNGA)

August 9, 2012

Zynga’s chief operating officer John Schappert has left the company and vacated his board seat. This doesn’t come as a huge surprise, given the company’s drastic shift toward focusing on mobile games like Draw Something and Words With Friends. Now Zynga faces a new challenge: finding a business beyond Facebook games, at which Schappert...

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EXCLUSIVE: Area Woman Reads Newspaper

August 9, 2012
EXCLUSIVE: Area Woman Reads Newspaper

While we usually bring you photos of the iPhone 5 or Google Glass spotted in the wild, I’ve seen something much more rare. This morning, I saw a woman reading words on printed paper. This is the most disruptive thing since Dalton Caldwell’s last bowel movement. I saw her a few rows ahead of me...

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