We’re not entirely sure how this clever contraption works, but find it fascinating that it manages to print without ink and only with energy from the sun, using the same principles as burning paper with a magnifying glass.
[Via Yanko Design]
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Quora is a quirky platform that launched last year, which basically allows users to ask and answer all kinds of questions. You can follow subjects, people or even questions if you’re interested in finding out the answers yourself. Think of it as a handy forum or even Yahoo Answers which is full of good stuff, not spam!
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At the close of Elements 2011, Intel’s developer conference aimed at the AppUp app store community, AppUp GM Peter Biddle announced that Intel has acquired Israeli navigation and location services provider Telmap.
The acquisition is part of Intel’s strategy to grow its software and services portfolio in a meaningful and (most importantly) multi-platform way, where there won’t be too much market consolidation on the consumer side, and the app developer side will be given a richer set of tools to work with.
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If you have a gamer in your household, this is a story you might want to read before deciding what to buy them this holiday season.
First person shooters remain hot according to a survey of hotly anticipated upcoming video games, as the top two most sought after games fall in the genre. Research firm Nielsen found that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, available November 8, tops many gamer’s wish lists: a quarter of respondents listed the title in their top five holiday games.
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I must have been asleep at the wheel yesterday, because somehow this reporter missed the big Skype for Android upgrade. What? You missed it, too?
Well, hells bells. Version 2.5 adds video-calling support for 14 more devices — and, finally, some big-brand tablets: Motorola XOOM and Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. About friggin’ time!
Some of the phones are so old, support is almost laughable, like Google Nexus One. But, hey, I’ve still got one of those in a closet somewhere. My honey used it before she switched to the Nexus S.
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There are all kinds of Instagram related products and services being launched at the moment and Followgram has to be one of the most useful. The website allows you to create a custom ‘follow’ button to help other users find all of your retro, filtered snaps!
The site also gives you a web interface for Instagram too, so you can easily see all of your photos, who you follow and images you’ve like all online. There’s also a tool to create a special vanity URL for your Instagram account too.
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You were an earlier adopter. You bought Motorola XOOM six months ago — or five, or three, or one — on the promise of a free LTE upgrade. Soon. But you waited, and waited, and waited. Then Verizon released Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 LTE first. You felt gipped. Angry. Frustrated.
The wait is over. Finally, Motorola and Verizon are coming through for you. Today Verizon announced that XOOM LTE upgrades start tomorrow, and that XOOM 4G LTE models will be in stores on October 13.
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Media reform group Free Press has filed suit in the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, asking the courts to review the Federal Communications Commission’s “Open Internet Rules.” Those policies were passed last December in an effort to create a formal code of conduct for broadband providers following accusations of unfair traffic handling.
These rules force providers to be transparent about how they handle Internet traffic and forbid the favoring of one company’s traffic over another. But it’s not the same for wireless data.
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