For its latest addition to Street View, Google has employed a trio very good (and extremely fuzzy) boys — Ako, Asuka and Puuko. In order to capture the snowy streets of ÅŒdate City, Japan, the company strapped 360 cameras to the backs of the three Akita dogs, which hail from the country’s cold and mountainous regions. The company can’t seem to decide between Dog View or Pup… Read More
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Yep, it looks like Snapchat is stealing a feature from Instagram, instead of the more customary other way around.
Source: CNET
Google’s celebrating Mario day — Mar10, get it? — by turning your blue navigation arrow into Nintendo’s friendly plumber.
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This EfficientGrip Performance concept is specifically designed to deal with the unique brand of punishment that EVs can dole out.
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It has one ace up its sleeve to top the fully equipped Galaxy S9.
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Not really the showiest of SXSW announcements, but Google’s got a nice little update for developers looking to differentiate Assistant integration on a product level. Custom Device Actions are way to add specific functions to products. In a blog post, the company gives the specific example of activating a specific color cycle on an Assistant-enabled washing machine machine. The new… Read More
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A U.S. District Court judge has just handed some Uber drivers a win by concluding the ride-hailing company breached a contract pertaining to “Safe Rides” fees. In U.S. District Court Judge Yvonne Gonzales Rogers’ opinion on damages, she wrote “there is no question that drivers were financially harmed by Uber’s breach of contract.” Read More
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How can you participate in a Nerf gun fight if you’re missing a hand? The ingenious Hackerloop collective of tinkerers solved that problem by putting together a prosthetic Nerf gun that you can control with your arm muscles. In other words, Nicolas Huchet became Barret Wallace from Final Fantasy VII or Mega Man for a day. And here’s what it looks like: Let’s look at the… Read More
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LinkedIn used to have its own business card scanning app, CardMunch, which served a useful purpose in a world where paper cards simply refuse to die. But that app was shut down back in 2014, with LinkedIn suggesting users move to Evernote instead. Today, Microsoft is bringing back business card scanning – but this time, not with a dedicated card scanner app, but with its multipurpose… Read More
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Autonomous big rigs could make trucking safer, and make Google’s sister company some money too.
Source: Wired