iPad video being used to spy
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Facebook Asks All Users to Vote on Policy Clarifications
Facebook is convening a massive vote for the entirety of its user base. However, it’s not as if Facebook is putting this information up front and center on the site itself: No notifications when a user logs in, no posts to every user’s wall, and nary a mention of the…
Acer Aspire One 756 netbook unveiled
If you thought netbooks were dead then Acer disagrees with you. The Aspire One 756 is an 11.6in netbook with a choice of Intel Celeron 877 or Pentium 967/987 processors. The choice extends to the four different colours – dewdrop silver, ladybug red, ash black and feather blue. Consumers will also be able…
Jewelry Made from Foursquare Check-Ins
Meshu has reinvented the souvenir. The new jewelry start-up’s clever, stylish way to flaunt your travels combines modern technology with social media with the ancient art of jewelry-making. Using Foursquare check-ins to draw an interconnected map of location data, Meshu’s jewelry is a visible representation of all of the places…
RIM’s troubles raise questions about fate of BlackBerry devices
The darkening prospects for Research in Motion Ltd. are conjuring a nightmare scenario for its nearly 80 million users: What if they woke up one morning to find their BlackBerry phones had become paperweights? Though it may not quite come to that, life as a BlackBerry fan is likely to grow…
Leominster Youth Robotics to host Open House June 13
LEOMINSTER Tina Joyce and Marie Keane have spent many a night tucked away on the top floor of the May Gallagher Building on Church Street, sorting through billions of colorful Legos while they chat. It’s the parents, adult volunteers and community mentors like them who are the inside brains of…
Windows 8 to dominate Taiwan computer show
Microsoft’s much-anticipated Windows 8 operating system is set to take pride of place as tens of thousands of people head to Asia’s leading IT fair opening in Taiwan on Tuesday. The five-day Computex, an annual tech extravaganza in Taipei now in its 32nd year, will provide one of the most comprehensive…
BlindSquare: App Uses Foursquare Data to Help the Blind Navigate Streets
The 20 million+ people worldwide on Foursquare have created an incredibly detailed crowdsourced directory. BlindSquare is a new app that’s making use of Foursquare’s 2 billion check-ins worldwide to help blind pedestrians find locations on foot or while using public transportation. BlindSquare integrates Foursquare data with Apple’s native VoiceOver technology to create…
Two Things an Apple HDTV Set Needs
If Apple wants to get into the TV set business, the hardware needs to be great. No, not great. Superior to anything currently on the market, far beyond what most are predicting. Just to be clear, I find the notion of an entire TV set from Apple to be somewhat…
Analysis: RIM’s new woes seen speeding loss of BlackBerry users
Research In Motion’s appointment of bankers to advise on drastic options, including an outright sale of the BlackBerry maker, may only hasten moves by major customers to offer their employees smartphones produced by rivals. An increasing number of top companies and government departments that were once devoted to the Blackberry…
