As announced yesterday, the Gmail application for iPhone and iPad is now official. The app. is compatible for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch with IOS 4.0 +. This is not a revolution but we must admit that it was expected for a long time. The App allows you to receive push notifications (incoming emails) and [...]
Written on 02 Nov 2011 by Vincent AbryRockstar Games has just unveiled the trailer for Grand Theft Auto V. The action takes place in California (fictional state of San Andreas) in the cities of Los Santos and Vinewood (fictitious cities, Los Santos representing Los Angeles and Vinewood Hollywood). The hero seems to be an old retired Caucasian criminal. On this trailer: golf [...]
Written on 02 Nov 2011 by Vincent AbryHere’s a great video made by the cameraman Andrew Clancy in the beautiful New York City. For a whole year the man filmed the daily life of the Big Apple with a Canon 7D and Canon S95. The end result is just perfect. Music : We Don’t Eat by irish artist James Vincent McMorrow.
Written on 01 Nov 2011 by Vincent AbryFormer Engadget-AOL editor Joshua Topolsky started a new tech blog, The Verge. This website focus on technology news and “several distinctive features, such as StoryStreams, a technology that stitches together disparate parts of a story in a logical timeline. The site also has a product database, product comparison tools, a forum and hub pages, which [...]
Written on 01 Nov 2011 by Vincent AbryIn a few weeks, users connected to a Google Account will see next to the advertisements in search engine and in gmail a link named “Why These Ads“. Google will then explain in a more transparent way, how they display targeted ads for you (based on what they know about you, your places, your preferences, [...]
Written on 01 Nov 2011 by Vincent AbryAmerican College Students are true fans of text messages and social networks on their mobile phones. Almost 100% of them have a smartphone and 94% of them text every day. 90% have already sent text messages during a class. US College Students are lucky because for 75% of them this is Mom and Dad who [...]
Written on 01 Nov 2011 by Vincent AbryThis Royal Toilet Seat is a geeky inspiration. You can buy it on Etsy for only… 500 dollars… but this is only a miniature model of 12 inches high and not a real toilet bowl. Made from printed circuit boards of computers and all kinds of electronic components. The perfect creative tool for the blogger [...]
Written on 01 Nov 2011 by Vincent AbryTwo years ago, I wrote about Petman (nice name, eh?), The biped robot from Boston Dynamics (developper of the Big Dog). It is clear that the anthropomorphic robot has made tremendous progress. With an humanoid head this would be scary. Even if this humanoid robot is still connected to some cables, he walks almost like [...]
Written on 31 Oct 2011 by Vincent AbryThis year Google has decided to celebrate Halloween with a time lapse video as the Doodle instead of its logo. Mountain View teams have selected some huge pumpkins (up to 1000 lbs each!) and 8 hours of work were needed for the staff to make this exceptional Halloween G-O-O-G-L-E Logo. There are imaginative people at Google! [...]
Written on 31 Oct 2011 by Vincent AbryEvery 24 hours, 600 000 intrusions take place over 1 billion logins to Facebook accounts. Facebook has released a detailed infographic on its security processes at the same time it announced a few extra layers to strengthen it (remember Trusted Friends). 0.06% of all Facebook logins are compromised every day on the billion connections made. 0.06% represents 600,000 hacked logins each day. This is a security breach every 140 milliseconds (3 more time it takes to blink eye) or 18 million compromised facebook connections [...]
Written on 31 Oct 2011 by Vincent AbryThis is what might be called an inspiring project: creating a 1000 lbs mural mosaic of Martin Luther King Jr. with only Rubik’s Cubes. The American artist Pete Fecteau managed this challenge by using 4242 Rubik cubes. (at $10 each toy, it’s a minimum budget of 42,420 dollars!) The mosaic is 5m60 long and 2m94 [...]
Written on 30 Oct 2011 by Vincent AbryGerman magician Simon Pierro is back with a little magic for Halloween with … an iPad. As impressive as the last year trick. The artist spent two and a half months to design his magic Horror Show with the help of his favorite developer who needed 100 hours of programming. Ladies and gentlemen, here is the iPad Horror Show :
Written on 30 Oct 2011 by Vincent AbryHappy Halloween Geeks! This Firefox costume looks so cool… (and the geekette also). [via]
Written on 28 Oct 2011 by Vincent AbryFacebook just launched Trusted Friends, an additional layer of security that can give the keys to your account to your best friends. These super-friends will be useful if your account is hacked or you have forgotten your login. In this case, you will need to ask three of your trusted friends to send you the code [...]
Written on 28 Oct 2011 by Vincent AbrysenseFLY is a project of Swiss UAV that can take aerial photos in high definition. Coupled with a special software it will give a 3D modeling of the area. senseFly was developed by researchers at the Swiss Federal institute of technology in Lausanne. In the video below, Jean-Christophe Zufferey makes a demo of his flying [...]
Written on 28 Oct 2011 by Vincent AbryMission Impossible 4 Ghost Protocol will be in theaters in December. This is the second trailer and Tom Cruise still looks in great shape for MI4. You will see in this trailer the new electric car BMW i8.
Written on 28 Oct 2011 by Vincent AbryIt’s cool in California… It’s possible to customize your license plate with symbols such as + ★ ♥ Louis Gray, a new Google employee recently arrived as a marketing manager had this good idea : creating a License plate with GOOG +1 for his BMW. [via]
Written on 28 Oct 2011 by Vincent AbryOne year after its launch, Google TV got an update : new website, Android apps, a new user interface to explore the content and a better integration of Youtube. The TV interface has been simplified so that it is easier to use, just like with a tablet or a smartphone. Sony updates will be next week and a bit later for Logitech. Reminder : for now Google TV is only available in US. Google has made four new [...]
Written on 28 Oct 2011 by Vincent AbryGoogle announced some new features in Google + like Whats Hot Posts and Ripples, in addition to support for Google Apps. What’s Hot displays the most popular posts or current trending images, content and videos on google +. A really interesting feature that will allow to see the most shared or commented posts. You could already see something [...]
Written on 27 Oct 2011 by Vincent AbryRIM continues to be on Top of the News at the moment by unveiling of a 2000 $ Porsche Super Phone. The Blackberry Porsche Design P’9981 has just been unveiled in Dubai. This BB device is the most expensive ever built by RIM : 2000 dollars. It has the same specifications as BB Bold 9900 : [...]
Written on 27 Oct 2011 by Vincent Abry