CNN’s Mark Milian published an article yesterday concerning a facial recognition feature that Google’s been working on. You’d be able to use such a feature to take a photo of someone and, if that person allowed it, receive relevant information about him or her. The piece reads very much like an interview with the app’s developer and …
AT&T Defends T-Mobile Merger: It’s a Good Thing, Really!
In case you hadn’t heard, AT&T and T-Mobile could soon become one. But what does that mean for the rest of us?
All good news for AT&T customers, says AT&T Chief Executive Randall Stephenson, so, you know, take the following comments with a grain of salt.
Stephenson says that if the merger is approved, the network will improve up to …
Google’s April Font Gag
Of all the April Fools stories clogging up the internet today – and there are very, very many – my favorite is certainly one of Google’s. No, not that one. Another one.
I won’t spoil the surprise, I’ll just tell you how to find it. Go to Google, and search for “helvetica”.
If you’re a typeography nerd (or the kind of person who …
Hollywood Wants to Make You Pay $30 to “Rent” Movies
Actually, it’s not a joke. Four big studios are rolling out “premium VOD,” and they want you to pay $30 to watch a movie. The service will actually let users view recent movies that haven’t hit DVD yet.
Warner Bros., Sony, Universal and 20th Century Fox will let the charges roll through its”Home Premiere.” It only includes …
Study: 50 Percent of People Can’t Shop Without Their Phone
Something caught your eye in-store? It already might be second nature to whip out your phone, using it as a guide about whether you should really splurge on that brand new Inception Blu-Ray.
A report conduced by Arc Worldwide, a marketing services firm, found that half of shoppers consult their phones while shopping. The report …