Google has acquired Lift Labs, which makes a mechanical spoon for people suffering from tremors, in a move giving Google new technology for combating neurodegenerative diseases. San Francisco-based Lift Labs makes an eating device called Liftware that uses an on-board computer to detect and counteract hand tremors in the millions of people suffering from essential tremor and Parkinson’s disease. The device senses hand tremors and oscillates to counteract them and steady the user’s hand while they eat. A spoon attaches to the end, but other attachments like a fork and key holder are in the offing.
Microsoft is prepping technology that Last year Microsoft used the effervescent power of the cloud to demonstrate Halo 4 running on a Windows Phone, amongst other devices. This browser-based solution apparently is the continuation of that research, as well as a use for Microsoft's enormous Azure cloud infrastructure.
Intel will ship its low-cost Sofia mobile chip to device makers by the end of this year, so smartphones and tablets priced less than $100 could be on the market early next year. The timeline came from Hermann Eul, vice president and general manager of Intel’s Mobile and Communications Group, in an interview at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco. The Sofia chip will have an x86 CPU and an integrated 3G modem. Higher-priced mobile devices with a variant of Sofia containing an integrated LTE modem will also be available next year. Intel will start shipping the LTE-based Sofia to device makers in the first half of next year. “LTE is a little higher price segment,” Eul said.
The carriers are battling hard for your iPhone 6 purchase. Verizon just announced a new trade-in deal following aggressive announcements from Sprint and T-Mobile, and Sprint wants to be your iPhone pusher for life.
Google Voice and Google Hangouts are continuing to merge, as some users can now receive voicemail and send Voice text messages straight from the Hangouts app. The new feature was spotted by
Apple’s latest “one more thing” was a doozy: A high-tech watch that CEO Tim Cook hopes will “redefine what people expect” from a wearable device. The watch does much more than tell the time—but what exactly does it do? And what can’t it? The $350
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Intel is developing a family of sensor chips that the company hopes will ultimately be used in robots, wearables, drones and other electronics. The chips will be able to grab environmental data, including things like temperature and humidity, as well as audio and visual information, said Mike Bell, the general manager of Intel’s New Devices Group, during a session at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco on Tuesday. Intel didn’t share any details about the chips but the goal is to allow wearables and other mobile devices to gather contextual awareness about their surroundings, which could help with many types of applications. A lot of the research and development around that effort is focused on collecting sensor data in a power efficient way and enabling compact devices, Bell said.
Not impressed by the parade of wearables you've seen so far? Neither is Philip Michaels. But after laying hands on the Apple Watch, he saw a trio of features that make Apple's forthcoming gadget a pretty compelling piece of wristwear.
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google Analytics Begins To Roll Out New Benchmark Reports Google Analytics announced today its new benchmark reports will be rolling out over the next few weeks,...
Google Analytics announced today its new benchmark reports will be rolling out over the next few weeks, allowing users to compare their results to industry standard acquisition and engagement metrics. According to the announcement, users can select reports from among 1,600 industry categories,...
When Google added ad extensions and formats to the Ad Rank formula last fall, the company essentially put a neon sign flashing “Ad Extensions Increase Click Through Rates” in that store window you walk by every day. Now, in another sign of the rise of ad extensions, Google has announced...
Simple, little-known tricks for easier AdWords account management from columnist Fred Vallaeys. The post 7 Hidden Features In AdWords To Make Your Life Easier appeared first on Search Engine Land.
The latest AdWords Editor is now available for download. Version 10.6 supports Google’s mobile app install ad campaigns announced earlier this year. Advertisers can create app install ads and manage campaigns in Editor, but will need to create any new app install campaigns in the AdWords. A...
Igor Rondel, the Principal Development Manager of the Bing Index Quality, posted on the Bing Search Blog news that they released a spam filter a “few months” ago that impacted about 3% of all search queries. The spam filter was aimed at URL keyword stuffing. Igor Rondel it targeted...
Apple announced the new iPhone 6 and 6 Plus and announced iOS 8, the new mobile operating system for Apple devices, will be available September 17th, a week from today. Here is a preview of some of the new search features within iOS 8 including Bing results within Spotlight, the new settings for...
Contributor Benjamin Vigneron explores the new default behavior and finds an efficient negative keyword strategy is more important than ever. The post Tackling AdWords’ New Default Close Variants Matching Behavior appeared first on Search Engine Land.
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