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Notifo for iPhone Gets Free User-to-User Messaging, Real Time Twitter Notifications
Last time we wrote about Notifo, we called it a “ simple mobile notifications platform for anything ” — and really, that’s probably the best way to describe it. You take your iPhone, install the Notifo app, hook it up to your favorite services (like Twitter, or GitHub) or any of the “Projects” (read: plugins, like Growl alert forwarding, or Chrome-to-Notifo ), and bam! You’ve got push notifications coming down to your iPhone from just about anything you could imagine. All that notification sending takes two things: ...
Last time we wrote about Notifo, we called it a “ simple mobile notifications platform for anything ” — and really, that’s probably the best way to describe it. You take your iPhone, install the Notifo app, hook it up to your favorite services (like Twitter, or GitHub) or any of the “Projects” (read: plugins, like Growl alert forwarding, or Chrome-to-Notifo ), and bam! You’ve got push notifications coming down to your iPhone from just about anything you could imagine. All that notification sending takes two things: ...
Sony announces Bloggie Touch pocket video camera
Remember Sony's Bloggie line of pocket camcorders announced back at CES? While those may have been a bit forgettable, the company's just-announced Bloggie Touch video camcorder makes a considerably stronger first impression (if you can get past the name). Boasting a 3-inch capacitive touchscreen wrapped in what appears to be a brushed aluminum body, this one packs 4GB or 8GB of internal memory, and will capture full 1080p video as well as 12.8-megapixel still images courtesy of the ...
Remember Sony's Bloggie line of pocket camcorders announced back at CES? While those may have been a bit forgettable, the company's just-announced Bloggie Touch video camcorder makes a considerably stronger first impression (if you can get past the name). Boasting a 3-inch capacitive touchscreen wrapped in what appears to be a brushed aluminum body, this one packs 4GB or 8GB of internal memory, and will capture full 1080p video as well as 12.8-megapixel still images courtesy of the ...
Now I Feel Old: Schools to Get Multitouch Interactive Whiteboards [Whiteboards]
![Now I Feel Old: Schools to Get Multitouch Interactive Whiteboards [Whiteboards]](http://itoptech.com/wp-content/themes/iTopTech/scripts/timthumb.php?src=http://itoptech.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/9845759330eboard.jpg.jpg&w=80&h=80&zc=1&q=100)
Time for a next-gen spin on the age-old debate of whether a blackboard or whiteboard is better in the classroom? I pose that question because Panasonic's interactive multitouch whiteboard comes days after we saw Sharp's LCD blackboard. Who feels old?
Measuring 77-inches, Panasonic's UB-T880 whiteboard can be used by three people at once (making it "multitouch"), though it's worth pointing out that one will be holding the electronic pen, with the other ...
Time for a next-gen spin on the age-old debate of whether a blackboard or whiteboard is better in the classroom? I pose that question because Panasonic's interactive multitouch whiteboard comes days after we saw Sharp's LCD blackboard. Who feels old?
Measuring 77-inches, Panasonic's UB-T880 whiteboard can be used by three people at once (making it "multitouch"), though it's worth pointing out that one will be holding the electronic pen, with the other ...
Nokia N900 to receive facial recognition?
I think that we all know about some of the neat software of the Nokia N900 such as Chrome and that Firmware update a while ago.
At least, that is what these people at the University of Manchester in the UK are working on. Their prototype is able to track up to 22 facial features in realtime with the front facing camera.
As you can see in the video, tt has the ability to track when the camera is tilted, or even upside down. ...
I think that we all know about some of the neat software of the Nokia N900 such as Chrome and that Firmware update a while ago.
At least, that is what these people at the University of Manchester in the UK are working on. Their prototype is able to track up to 22 facial features in realtime with the front facing camera.
As you can see in the video, tt has the ability to track when the camera is tilted, or even upside down. ...
Prizmo is a pretty amazing iPhone app for OCR and more
There are a few apps that are great demos for the iPhone. Pulse News is a super RSS feed reader, iMovie always drops a few jaws, and Siri is a pretty amazing way to talk to your iPhone and get intelligent search results.
You can add Prizmo to the list of great demo apps, and it's going to be a very useful app for a lot of people. Prizmo combines ...
There are a few apps that are great demos for the iPhone. Pulse News is a super RSS feed reader, iMovie always drops a few jaws, and Siri is a pretty amazing way to talk to your iPhone and get intelligent search results.
You can add Prizmo to the list of great demo apps, and it's going to be a very useful app for a lot of people. Prizmo combines ...
TUAW Tips: 25 ways to check the hardware on your iPhone 4
I received my second replacement iPhone 4 yesterday. Considering the issues my first two iPhone 4 units had, I wanted to make absolutely certain, in as little time as possible, that this replacement unit didn't have anything wrong with it. Before I even picked it up from the store, I started putting together a list of items I needed to test as well as how I would go about doing it.
What I ...
I received my second replacement iPhone 4 yesterday. Considering the issues my first two iPhone 4 units had, I wanted to make absolutely certain, in as little time as possible, that this replacement unit didn't have anything wrong with it. Before I even picked it up from the store, I started putting together a list of items I needed to test as well as how I would go about doing it.
What I ...
Casio EX-S200 and EX-Z800 point-and-shoots spontaneously appear with ’super resolution’ zoom
We're not quite sure when they'll arrive or for how much -- we haven't heard a peep out of Casio -- but Digital Photography Review is reporting a pair of new pocket shooters from the Japanese company. Both the Casio EX-S200 (pictured) and the EX-Z800 are your standard 14.1 megapixel compacts with 720p video recording and 4x optical zoom, as well as the Exilim Engine 5.0 processing the company introduced this year and the supposedly ...
We're not quite sure when they'll arrive or for how much -- we haven't heard a peep out of Casio -- but Digital Photography Review is reporting a pair of new pocket shooters from the Japanese company. Both the Casio EX-S200 (pictured) and the EX-Z800 are your standard 14.1 megapixel compacts with 720p video recording and 4x optical zoom, as well as the Exilim Engine 5.0 processing the company introduced this year and the supposedly ...
Digit-Eyes identfies everything for the blind without breaking the bank
The Digit-Eyes Audio Scanner and Labeler (US$29.95) from Digital Miracles is a remarkable Assistive Technology (AT) app for the iPhone and iPod touch geared to the blind and visually impaired community. What it does is fairly straightforward once you get the big idea, but the implications of its uses are fairly mind-boggling.
The app does three things. The first and simplest is, using the built in camera, scanning UPC ...
The Digit-Eyes Audio Scanner and Labeler (US$29.95) from Digital Miracles is a remarkable Assistive Technology (AT) app for the iPhone and iPod touch geared to the blind and visually impaired community. What it does is fairly straightforward once you get the big idea, but the implications of its uses are fairly mind-boggling.
The app does three things. The first and simplest is, using the built in camera, scanning UPC ...
Panasonic’s new HM-TA1 and HDC-SDX1 ‘budget’ camcorders attack the concept from very different ends
Let's just put it out on the table: the Flip-inspired HM-TA1 ($169, left) and the ultra traditional (though delightfully mini) HDC-SDX1 ($499) are very different cameras. But are they $330 different? You be the judge. The 1080p-shooting TA1 is nothing surprising if you've seen any recent portrait-style pocket camcorders from Flip or Kodak, though it has a quality build and friendly interface. It also records to Apple's 960 x 540 iFrame format, and can ...
Let's just put it out on the table: the Flip-inspired HM-TA1 ($169, left) and the ultra traditional (though delightfully mini) HDC-SDX1 ($499) are very different cameras. But are they $330 different? You be the judge. The 1080p-shooting TA1 is nothing surprising if you've seen any recent portrait-style pocket camcorders from Flip or Kodak, though it has a quality build and friendly interface. It also records to Apple's 960 x 540 iFrame format, and can ...
All Giz Wants: Gadgets With Character [All Giz Wants]
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I feel like a castaway in a sea of glossy black plastic, chrome, and glowing blue buttons. Do we really need every piece of electronics to look the same, sandwiched in this shiny ebony that is the 21st Century beige?
I go to buy a TV and my head spins out of boredom, making me sick. What the hell happened to industrial design? Most products ...
I feel like a castaway in a sea of glossy black plastic, chrome, and glowing blue buttons. Do we really need every piece of electronics to look the same, sandwiched in this shiny ebony that is the 21st Century beige?
I go to buy a TV and my head spins out of boredom, making me sick. What the hell happened to industrial design? Most products ... 
![The iPhone 4's Proximity Sensor Problem Won't Be Fixed In iOS 4.1 [Apple]](http://itoptech.com/wp-content/themes/iTopTech/scripts/timthumb.php?src=/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/86312c381f01_01.jpg.jpg&w=80&h=80&zc=1&q=100)
![New Gadget Eliminates Pain in Dental Injections [Gadgets]](http://itoptech.com/wp-content/themes/iTopTech/scripts/timthumb.php?src=/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/8c90c9abe2ose_up.jpg.jpg&w=80&h=80&zc=1&q=100)
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