This fun video was created by Vodafone UK to advertise its Android offerings.
They used a technique called 3D projection mapping, where objects are used as projection screens instead of the traditional flat screens on the wall.
In this case, the screen is a table – and a selection of cell phones from the archives. The phones are …
This young man’s software is causing a bit of a stir.
He’s invented code that doesn’t simply recognize faces, but can track them as they move around. Not just faces, either. Almost any object you define on screen can be monitored, tracked, and memorized for future use.
Zdenek Kalal‘s pioneering work in object tracking has resulted …
A new homepage isn’t the only change Twitter’s recently undergone. As the Twitter Engineering blog reports, last week saw the launch of Blender, a new server that reportedly makes its search function three times faster than before.
The new server doesn’t just speed up what the blog calls “one of the most heavily-trafficked search …
We’ve come a long way from the days of $200 3D glasses.
Starting April 24, Samsung will give away two pairs of active shutter glasses with all its 3D LED and Plasma TVs. On May 1, the company will drop the suggested retail price of its 3D glasses to $50, and they’ll probably sell for less in stores. Each pair of 3D glasses previously …
Toshiba just unveiled a new line of 3D panel televisions that will – for the first time – be available outside of Japan. And here’s the real kicker: They’re promising that at least one of these models will be completely glasses-free.
You hear that, 3D fans? Nothing weighing down your face. Just good ol’, unencumbered TV watching …
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Grooveshark became a rare victim of Android Market policy on Tuesday, when Google removed the streaming music app without explanation of which policies were violated.
Unlike other streaming music services, such as Rdio and MOG, Grooveshark doesn’t license …
The Masters Tournament kicks off tomorrow, ushering in the beginning of this year’s major championship tournament circuit. You can catch live video on the very-excellent Masters.com website and iPhone app, or enjoy lesser features (no live video?!) on the Android app.
Be sure to check out the new Front9 app for iPhone and iPad from …
Well, of course Motorola has only sold 100,000 Xoom tablets so far.
That’s not a precise number, but it’s the amount of people using Android 3.0 Honeycomb, according to Deutsche Bank’s check of the Android developer website. Motorola’s Xoom is the only Android 3.0 Honeycomb on the market right now, so it’s fair to say that sales are …
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When a brick-and-mortar retailer decides to go digital, one possible strategy goes something like this: Buy a smaller digital company or two, and hope to make them big.
That’s what GameStop did last week when it acquired Stardock’s Impulse game download …
Whether the world’s slimmest or simply Seagate’s trimmest, the GoFlex Slim packs an awful lot into a pencil-thin package.
Take 9 millimeters of black anodized metal casing, drop in a 320GB Momentus notebook/netbook hard drive, crank the rotations-per-minute up to 7,200 (conventional desktop speeds), and you get less than six ounces of …
A cloud-based, streaming music service from Google is almost certainly an inevitability now, as a freshly leaked version of the Android Music player has been making its way around the tubes.
The app looks similar to the music player found on the new Android Honeycomb tablets but works on Android smartphones as well. I took it for a …
For sale: TV set. Marconi Type 702. 12 inch screen, mahogany and bakelite casing, original paperwork and instruction manual. No SCART sockets, no HDMI, no DVD or Blu-ray. Delivery not included.
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, this is the oldest working TV set in the UK, and it goes on sale in a couple of weeks at auction house Bonhams in …
