Facebook’s standalone Events app that launched in October on iOS is launching on Android today. The app will go live on Google Play soon. The Facebook Events app helps you browse nearby happenings, see the dates of your upcoming Facebook Events as well as imported calendars, and aggregates wall posts and alerts from Events to declutter your main app’s notifications. The Events… Read More Facebook Events app comes to AndroidThis entry was posted in Apps Facebook Events Mobile Social TC and tagged facebook on December 12, 2016 by Josh Constine
Serious motion capture setups often involve dozens of optical markers, inertial sensors, or both, making them a pain to set up and tear down, and producing a ton of data. This Disney Research project produces high-quality results from just a hand... Real-time motion capture system from Disney Research uses as few ...This entry was posted in augmented reality Gadgets TC Virtual reality Wearables on December 12, 2016 by Devin Coldewey
Serious motion capture setups often involve dozens of optical markers, inertial sensors, or both, making them a pain to set up and tear down, and producing a ton of data. This Disney Research project produces high-quality results from just a hand... Real-time motion capture system from Disney Research uses as few ...This entry was posted in augmented reality Gadgets TC Virtual reality Wearables on December 12, 2016 by Devin Coldewey
It’s getting nigh on Holiday Season and how better to celebrate the old Yule log than with a nice herbal vaporizer. The Firefly 2 is a very clever and very well-built convection vape that creates a smooth, flavorful draw and can extract the maximum in herbal pleasure out of a little bit of material. Like Pax the Firefly 2 is foremost about function. The system heats herbs to 400… Read More The Firefly 2 offers a smooth, cool draw for your ...This entry was posted in Gadgets TC on December 12, 2016 by John Biggs
Following YouTube’s rollout of 4K 360 live broadcasting, but beating Twitter’s Periscope to the punch, Facebook today announced initial support for 360-degree Live streams. National Geographic‘s Facebook Page will publish the first 360 Live video tomorrow at noon pacific time as scientists emerge from 80 days of isolation in pods at Utah’s Mars Desert Research Station.… Read More Facebook launches Live 360 video from NatGeo now, everyone next ...This entry was posted in Apps Mobile Social TC and tagged facebook on December 12, 2016 by Josh Constine
Instagram announced its Live video broadcasting features in November, which allow users to show your followers what you’re up to in real-time, and also let users browse for Live videos happening at this very moment as selected by Instagram algorithmically. Now, it’s making these features available to all users in the U.S. over the course of the next few days. The Live features live… Read More Instagram brings live video broadcasts to all U.S. usersThis entry was posted in Apps Media Social TC on December 12, 2016 by Darrell Etherington
Around the neighborhood they call me a few things. Stinky John is one and Old Rattlepants is another. But what they really love to call me is Johnny Standing Desk. You see I learned the joys of standing desks early and the folks at StällDesk want you to follow in older Rattlepants’ footsteps. The StällDesk is basically an easy-to-assemble booster for your laptop, keyboard, and mouse. I… Read More The StällDesk türns your boring tablë into an exciting ständing ...This entry was posted in Gadgets Laptop TC on December 12, 2016 by John Biggs
When Facebook originally launched its photo-sharing service Moments, the idea was to offer friends and family a better way to send each other photos without having to post them more publicly on the social network itself. The mobile app has since become a moderate success, ranking No. 171 overall on the iTunes App Store and No. 131 overall on Google Play. Now, Facebook is making Moments a… Read More Facebook rolls out a lightweight web version of its photo-sharing ...This entry was posted in facebook moments Social TC and tagged facebook on December 12, 2016 by Sarah Perez
For some reason I hate everything about grocery shopping, but I must share this hate with others since companies like Amazon, and now Panasonic are throwing a lot of tech at the problem. WSJ reports that Panasonic is working on a checkout setup f... Panasonic’s new shopping system automatically bags and tallies your billThis entry was posted in Gadgets TC on December 12, 2016 by Darrell Etherington
Samsung has said it has terminated the contract of one of the labor supply companies it works with in Malaysia following an investigation after media reports last month alleged serious abuses of working conditions among the contracted workers. Re... Samsung changes migrant worker guidelines after finding abuses in its ...This entry was posted in Asia Gadgets manufacturing Mobile Samsung Electronics TC and tagged samsung on December 12, 2016 by Natasha Lomas