Join MouseMail.com now open for beta registration
You know how it is, with the number of psychos running around these days who just can’t wait to jump upon children at any and every chance, and with the advent of the Internet, this has become a whole lot easier to do. Well, that doesn’t mean companies out there are unable figure out a way to stop the rot – MouseMail.com might just be able to step in and help. For instance, they have already opened up for beta registration, where this revolutionary patent-pending online security service is touted to offer protection to children from vulgar, sexual or bullying emails, text messages and social networking interactions. This service is free just in case you are wondering, as parents are given the freedom to screen emails as well as text messages while monitoring other online activity of their progeny for questionable or objectionable content.
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MEA Mobile delivers instant vintage video for iPhone
While there are many great things about the iPhone that we know of, among them the camera is something that truly stands out. I must say that after using the initial versions of Android, I was pretty disappointed by the kinds of images those Android phones took, although Android 2.2 Froyo on select handsets did bring up the notch by some, albeit not coming near where Apple’s iPhone camera is. This is not a biased opinion as I don’t own an iPhone, but rather, an honest one. Well, those who own an iPhone and have a keen interest in photography and videography will certainly be looking forward to what MEA Mobile has planned for the year – an 8MM Film Filter that will help you shoot instant vintage video, wherever you are!
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Avatar Kinect program shown off at CES 2011
While I was at CES 2011, I decided to wait in the line for the Kinect exhibit at Microsoft’s gigantic booth on the showfloor.
While I was waiting in line, there was a screen nearby, and a Kinect Avatar showed up and began talking to the girl in front of me. He asked her: “Are you texting on that phone?”
The girl seemed as alarmed as I was, and I looked closer and saw that the screen had some cameras attached to it. I then noticed that the Kinect Avatar had moving facial features.
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GEAR4 announces UnityRemote
Mention the name GEAR4 and chances are you will definitely have heard of it before, where this UK-based iPod and iPhone audio brand and case manufacturer has brought a bunch of its memorable creations to the world before, placing a strong emphasis on design. Well, they have just announced the availability of the UnityRemote in the US, which is available via Amazon (where else) – basically, the UnityRemote will be able to turn iPhone, iPod touch or iPad into a universal remote control. Sounds like the perfect Christmas present to receive this year if you happen to own any of the aforementioned iDevices, considering how pervasive the couch potato culture is worldwide these days. On a side note, do you remember the good old days when the TV had only a few channels, and yet you found yourself glued to a particular channel for much longer than you can remember? Today’s so much different, where kids go through a few hundred channels and complain that there is no thing to watch…
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World Lens App can translate words inside of an image
I generally report on end-user consumer devices, and usually do not report on cool Apps on this site. Otherwise, I would constantly fill this blog with the cool Apps that come out everyday. Maybe we should have a separate blog known as Coolest Apps.
However, there are times when Apps show us how far we have gone with technology, and Word Lens from QuestVisual has exploded over the tech blogosphere with what it can do with its Optical Character Recognition technology.
Word Lens is the product of two and a half years of work from John DeWeese and Otavio Good. You can see a video of how it works after the jump, but I have no idea if it works as well as you see in the vid.
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Choose Your Own Adventure Books finally go to video format
If you grew up in the early eighties, then you probably remember reading the Choose Your Own Adventure books where you select a page depending on where you wanted your main character to go.
I’ve always wondered why we didn’t see more of these in video format that were not some sort of PC game in the early nineties.
This is Turbulence, an interactive feature-length film designed for touchscreen devices such as smartphones or tablets. The film won a recent award at the Berkeley film festival, and it normally runs about 83 minutes if you just let it go on its own. However, as the film progresses, certain items or even people will start to glow. if you touch them, this will cause the film to branch out into a different direction. Then the film could be 1-2 hours long depending on what choices that you make.
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Jawbone THOUGHTS unveiled
Mention the word “Jawbone” and most people would definitely have the image of one of those sleek looking Bluetooth headsets spring to mind. After all, Aliph did a pretty good job in getting word of their Jawbone series around, backing it up with some really solid performance where hardware is concerned, although certain quarters do feel that the physical size is still somewhat larger than most of the other Bluetooth headsets in the market.
No matter, we’re talking about software today, where Aliph just introduced Jawbone THOUGHTS, an iPhone application which enables users to easily send quick voice messages to individuals and groups, doing so without the need for typing or calling. Sounds like a dream, eh? Hopefully it will work out so as we describe the Jawbone THOUGHTS in the extended post.
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Beautiful Modeler uses an iPad for 3D printing
I thought that I would post this Beautiful modeler app just to show you the technological wonderland that we might live in one day.
Imagine being able to model with some digital clay on the iPad, and then being able to print it out later. This is the wonders of Beautiful Modeler. There is a video of it after the jump so you can gaze in awe like I did.
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