Scan your own 3D characters into Minecraft with Intel RealSense camera | GamesBeat | Games | by Dean Takahashi
Mark Day, chief executive of VoidAlpha, has created Minescan, an app that allows you to scan a physical object into Minecraft. You can scan in a character like an octopus or squirrel, and the app will convert it into voxel style, or blocky graphics. You can then insert the digitized character into the Minecraft game.
Microsoft confirms elimination of Nokia's Salo phone unit, up to 2,300 jobs
The month prior, former Nokia CEO Stephen Elop — sometimes blamed for the company's misfortunes and takeover — exited Microsoft himself as the tech giant unified its OS and device divisions under a new leader.
Rumored Apple Watch bands will bring more sensors to your wrist | Cult of Mac: "The Apple Watch is already one of the best fitness wearables on the market, but a new rumor claims Apple is looking to bring even more fitness sensors to your wrist by creating special Apple Watch bands that will take advantage of the device’s hidden port."Aha. This is an "a-ha" moment.
Here are all the Macs compatible with Boot Camp 6 and Windows 10 | iMore: "Apple has released Boot Camp 6, an update to the company's dual-booting assistant that let's the Mac run the latest and greatest Microsoft has to offer: Windows 10. Boot Camp 6 will support Windows 10 on Mac hardware going back all the way to 2012, which is a lot."You asked for it, you got it, Kiyooka.
Apple's sapphire maker grows the world's biggest sapphire crystal: "In its place, the Russian company Monocrystal was given the contract for building sapphire glass for the Apple Watch, which has helped drive the company’s revenue to $87 million annually. True, that’s a drop in the ocean compared to giants like Foxconn, but it’s still enough to firmly put it out in the lead when it comes to operating profit for sapphire makers."Never underestimate the value of being best at a manufacturing process in its infancy. Go Russia! If you know the whole story of GT, I think it begs the question: which is the corrupt country?
Pink iPhone 6s revealed in new leaked images: "Photos showing a supposed pink iPhone 6s have popped up on Chinese social media — and the positive response from users has been enormous."Think pink.
Cult of Android - Google Hangouts' slick update is all about the browser | Cult of Android: "‘We are launching another way to use Hangouts today,’ writes Google’s Jordanna Chord on Google Plus. ‘From our new site you’ll be able to take advantage of the best of Hangouts in the browser, along with an inspiring image to get you through the day.’"It's like a miracle of modern JavaScript.
Europe, it’s time we built our own Silicon Valley | VentureBeat | Entrepreneur | by Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten, The Next Web: "Back in 2013, I was one of nine entrepreneurs who contributed to the European Startup Manifesto. With Dutch politician Neelie Kroes at the helm, Niklas Zennström (Skype, Kazaa), Daniel Ek (Spotify), myself, and six others tried to boil down the solution to Europe’s startup problems into a simple, 22-point action plan for managing and powering growth across the continent. Our action plan includes directives to help startups stretch across borders, make it easier for them to hire and fire, increase venture capital investments, and keep our best entrepreneurial brains from being lured overseas."I think Europe already has two Silicon Valleys. One is called Cambridge, England and the other is called Germany.
iRobot's robotic lawn mower gets U.S. regulatory approval | VentureBeat | Mobile | by Reuters: "The Bedford, Massachusetts-based company, known for its robot vacuum cleaner Roomba, has designed a robot lawn mower that would wirelessly connect with stakes in the ground operating as signal beacons, rising above the ground by as much as 24 inches (61 cm)."This is a great horror movie waiting to happen. No offense nerds.
