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The worst gadgets we’ve ever touched

The Verge

But after months of delays, what actually shipped was a gigantic, painful-to-use smartphone with outdated specs, mediocre cameras, and an awful-looking, blurry attempt at glasses-free 3D that bordered on painful to use — all of this while costing an astonishing $1,300. The Ouya bravely asked if there was another option. Just kidding.

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10 emerging innovations that could redefine IT

CIO Business Intelligence

The hope is that these new analog chips will use dramatically less power making them useful for any of the mobile and distributed applications on machines that aren’t always plugged in. The main constituency: Any developer who will happily trade a bit of precision for a big savings in electricity.

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Official launch of the Top 100 Australian Web 2.0 Applications list

Trends in the Living Networks

Description: Global mobile and web-based community, including social networking and messaging such as IM, email, text and photo sharing. Has licensed the platform in Australia, Canada and Germany, and is also run as a stand-alone social network. Software being sold and licensed in a number of overseas countries. Website: [link].

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What is the metaverse, and do I have to care?

The Verge

It’s partly a dream for the future of the internet and partly a neat way to encapsulate some current trends in online infrastructure, including the growth of real-time 3D worlds. Neal Stephenson famously coined the term “metaverse” in his 1992 novel Snow Crash , where it referred to a 3D virtual world inhabited by avatars of real people.

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Six Trends that are transforming Living Online: Presentation at Influence conference - Trends in the Living Networks

Trends in the Living Networks

As importantly, 3G mobile technologies that require less power and thus can be used for extended periods by handheld devices will enable access to the Internet by anyone anywhere. The critical enabler here will be reasonable pricing of mobile data. 3D TV without glasses is a reality and not far from commercialization.

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We asked seven venture capitalists if the metaverse is the next big thing or just a lot of hype

GeekWire

And will this represent a tectonic technological platform shift — along the lines of the internet and mobile revolutions — or is it simply a lot of hot air? Of course, no one likes to talk about this immersive and interactive virtual world more than Facebook CEO — sorry, we meant Meta CEO — Mark Zuckerberg. Meta Photo).

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Best free AI face swap tools you can use in 2024

Dataconomy

The free deepfake online application enables users to effortlessly craft deepfakes on both computers and mobile devices. Its capabilities extend to virtual try-ons for shoes, watches, and jewelry, as well as AR-enabled video calls, signifying a leap into the future of digital shopping. Swapstream.ai Swapstream.ai

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