Google Maps Easter Egg Lets You Explore The TARDIS

Google Maps Easter Egg Lets You Explore The TARDIS

  Gasp! I would’ve had this post written 20 minutes ago, but I was too busy geeking the hell out.

Tucked away in a single streetview image of what appears to be a mere police box, a newly discovered Google Maps easter egg lets you go inside the TARDIS.

(If you don’t know what the TARDIS is, come on.)

How to do it:

• Click this link

• Move your mouse around a bit. The standard Google Maps directional arrows should pop up, with one little addition: a pair of double arrows. Click those. (Note: If you’re enrolled in the new Google Maps UI beta, the arrows might not appear. Instead, hit the up arrow on your keyboard. Thanks for the heads up on this trick, Eric! If it’s still not working for you, see the note at the bottom of this post.)

• Bam! You should now be in the TARDIS’ bigger-on-the-inside (smaller-on-the-outside) interior.

I figured it’d just be a single, static shot, but no: you can click all around the control room, complete with StreetView’s signature panoramas, navigating all the way down below the main platform for a glimpse at the heart of the TARDIS itself. You don’t seem to be able to click into any of the hallways — that’s probably for the better, really, as we don’t want any of you getting lost.

The “Whos” And “Wheres” Of iOS Device Usage Explained

The “Whos” And “Wheres” Of iOS Device Usage Explained

In a new report released this morning, mobile analytics firm Flurry took a deep dive into the different types of people, or demographic segments, which skew more heavily toward iPhone or iPad. Some of the findings were somewhat obvious – that shoppers and business travelers skew toward iPhone, for example. But others were a little surprising – like the fact that the group that skews most toward iPad are pet owners. Who knew?

For startup founders and mobile app developers, a study like this is important in terms of understanding your customer base, and how they use their devices, especially if you’re targeting a group that fits into a couple of different personality types. Of course, today’s report is about teasing out the differences between iOS users, and the context in which they’re using an iPad or iPhone – it can’t tell you about the Android user base, or those on other platforms, like desktops, BlackBerry or Windows Phone. (Though Flurry says that’s still to come for Android, at least).

The chart below is interesting in terms of understanding which devices may be used by which personalities, and where that usage may be taking places.

Microsoft Doesn’t Want To Admit Windows RT Is Dead

Microsoft Doesn’t Want To Admit Windows RT Is Dead

 Microsoft is in a difficult situation. RT Windows is practically dead in the water. But Microsoft has about a trillion and an average area of ​​RT tablets gather dust in warehouses. And so, Ballmer and company continued their struggle against ignorance Apple and the iPad much more success with another TV ad that pits the two against each other.

Spoiler: RT surface is declared the winner.

As in previous announcements, RT legitimate advantages touted surface on the iPad and iOS. And in many cases, Microsoft is not exactly misleading. The surface and thereby Windows RT, has clear advantages over the IPAD. At first glance Windows RT feels more productive and advanced than iOS. But after a few punches left and right on the home screen, the novelty wears off.

Of course, Microsoft could not Windows application stack RT compared to those found in iOS.

RT Windows was a dog from the beginning. And now that Asus was recalled, the younger brother of Windows 8 quickly fade into irrelevance. With out Asus, Dell only and remain the only Microsoft Windows Hardware suppliers RT. Samsung, HTC, HP, Lenovo and previously withdrew plans for a Windows tablet RT.

"It's not just our opinion," CEO Jerry Shen told the Wall Street Journal. "The feeling in the industry is that Windows RT also has not been successful."

At this point, with the support of Windows RT drying quickly, Microsoft is doing a disservice to consumers trying to pawn his unsuccessful tablet unsuspecting buyers Shopping on specs alone. The Windows product segment RT soon be dead, and with it, the little developer support it currently has will do the same, leaving consumers with a tablet that is stuck in the past.

Forrester Finds That Despite The Tablet Invasion Of The Workplace, Workers Would Prefer A Keyboard, Too

 Forrester Finds That Despite The Tablet Invasion Of The Workplace, Workers Would Prefer A Keyboard, Too

 

Tablet! They're everywhere you look, and quickly change the PC, which is suffering dwindling sales. But only because the tablet Rising in popularity does not mean the company IT department to send all-in touch-based interface. A new Forrester report suggests that people want the keyboard with the tablet, however, which makes sense because no matter what anyone says to enter in the software can not be overcome using full size QWERTY Notebook, in all things universes can.

Forrester's survey of over 1,000 information workers Europe and the U.S. found that 62 percent of people who either are like to use the tablet in the works as well as to the wireless, or the dock attachment for use with them. 35 percent want the conversion laptops, devices, and the other 34 percent say they use the tablet padha'd where needed and only return to the standard computer when this happens a lot of typing.

The potentially good news for non-Apple tablet market, since OEMs like Asus and Xplore (the only ranked third in the survey vendor focusing on the business by abi research) that a tablet device with a substitute form factor and the attachment. But before Microsoft was reading too much into it in terms of seeing a bright spot for the tablet surface, it is necessary to look at the business and the performance of the device, and Windows RT particular, and realize that you are not. Just do not.

This is probably more news to makers of tablet-specific keyboard accessories - there is a great possibility that the market for the sale of the company and the business to outfit your current deployments iPad with keyboard workers crave. Also, there is room for the correct category-bridging device to make waves yet.

Location-Sharing App Glympse, Now With 10M Users, Adds Chinese, German, Japanese And Spanish To Its iOS, Android Apps

    Location-Sharing App Glympse, Now With 10M Users, Adds Chinese, German, Japanese And Spanish To Its iOS, Android Apps 

 

Glympse  — an app that lets users chart their location on a map and then their journeys from point A to B with others — is today announcing the latest phase in its expansion strategy: its first services in non-English languages. Chinese, German, Japanese and Spanish are getting turned on today, and French, Italian, Korean and Brazilian Portuguese will be added in the “near future.”

The company, which today is also announcing that it’s reached 10 million active users, has taken a strategy of growing by making itself as ubiquitous as possible. It has apps not just on iOS and Android but Windows Phone and BlackBerry; integrations with major car makers like Ford, Mercedes Benz and BMW/Mini; and a new API to bring in even more developers.

But for now, Glympse’s extra language support is coming only to iOS and Android, a spokesperson tells me.

The new support will mean that non-English speakers will now be able to share their locations and routes in supported languages. For an app that already counts some 40% of its users outside of the U.S., the step is a crucial one as it continues to gain critical mass and tap further into the rising tide for mobile mapping services. That’s a trend that has seen companies like Apple develop stronger mapping services of its own; Google make $1 billion+ acquisitions; and Nokia dig further into ways that it can differentiate itself as it continues to struggle in its handset business.

Glympse’s move to add extra languages was a long time coming for the app. Bryan Trussel, the co-founder and CEO, told me months ago (when we met in Spain, no less) that this was on the cards due to user requests. “Localized versions of Glympse are one of the most requested features by our fans outside the US. We’ve been working hard to implement and support those languages to better serve these users. We’re now enabling millions of users to engage with Glympse in their native dialect,” Trussel, co-founder and CEO of Glympse, noted in a statement today.

The language selection will by default be based on what a user sets as the prefernce on the device itself, although it can also be set in the app. In fact, a spokesperson tells me that the French, Italian, Korean and Portuguese are actually already in the app, but only in preview-mode. “Users can go into settings and select those languages to test — they currently being verified by native speakers to make sure they are completely accurate before they go live,” she says.

There have been a number of different mapping services that have hit the market — including those that provide simple maps, to those that offer navigation services, and those that provide extra features such as social location or directory services for what is near to you. Glympse, in a way, is a complement to all of these: Glympsers can use the app to share where they are, and where they are going, with other people, by way of links that can be posted to social networks or sent via messages. The resulting link looks something like this:

Facebook For Android Home Beta Now Lets You Control Your Music Apps From Cover Feed

Facebook For Android Home Beta Now Lets You Control Your Music Apps From Cover Feed

Instead of switching to the tune of what you are listening to, Facebook's as well, does not want that you leave the app until now. Beta tester of the Android app have enabled the home to control the Spotify of the began to So, RDIO Google play music, and Pandora, from the notification at the top of the cover feed. If popular, it can be obtained that were rolled out to cover the feed for all users, hold the user on Facebook more consistently and share customs listen to their music more often them.The other new features of the two most recent of Android apps β version, the ability to cancel sticker has animated, photo uploads, and there is a button to comment on recommendations of the favorite page.Android app in order to be eligible for this feature, or Google's for beta testers of Android of Facebook, and to join the Google group, you must follow the steps below, and the opt-in, to be a tester Please download the latest version of face book.Facebook is for beta testers of Android was to cover feed on the home, notification of double back appears the cover feed shows the artist or song you are listening to overlap the artwork of several albums they. They will be able to reveal the button to the music temporary or tap the notification, skip to the next or previous song.

Facebook has opened a beta tester program of Android in late June for the user of hardcore to volunteer as guinea pigs for the function of Facebook potential. The goal of Facebook, enough popularity with reference to there before in the hundreds of millions of mobile users which features to roll out the feature, to guarantee a spot to bug any squash apps and main is please.

This Week On The TC Gadgets Podcast: Sphero 2.0 And Speculation

Sometimes it's summer, and instead of real news like the introduction of a new and improved Sphero robotic ball, we hear a lot of news prediction.

Will Elon Musk's high-speed train idea, Hyperloop, ever actually get built? How sure are we that the next iPhone will be revealed at an event on September 10? And is Amazon really building a gaming / media console or is that just a persistent rumor?

We discuss all this and more on the latest episode of the TechCrunch Gadgets podcast, featuring John Biggs, Jordan Crook, Chris Velazco, Darrell Etherington and Romain Dillet

Sometimes it's summer, and instead of real news like the introduction of a new and improved Sphero robotic ball, we hear a lot of news prediction.

Will Elon Musk's high-speed train idea, Hyperloop, ever actually get built? How sure are we that the next iPhone will be revealed at an event on September 10? And is Amazon really building a gaming / media console or is that just a persistent rumor?

We discuss all this and more on the latest episode of the TechCrunch Gadgets podcast, featuring John Biggs, Jordan Crook, Chris Velazco, Darrell Etherington and Romain Dillet

Canvsly Rewards Parents For Saving Photos Of Their Kids’ Art

 

 We believe that new mobile app for the iPhone called Canvsly would like to encourage parents, shot save, in their mobile phones, to share the artwork of the children to take a picture of it. Yes, as rival Artkive just direct, QUE has attracted the attention of more than mom bloggers some already. However, it is also the entry of this latest, a little different by providing a milestone of virtual hit peak gust United Nations and certain user fees, as an incentive activities to save the art of fact, take the whole experience I have a.The premise Artkive so, of Canvsly, ScreenMuch album is that can relieve feelings by parents who feel guilty about thrashing from fingerpaint creations of Junior turn them into long-lasting digital memory. In addition to Artkive so, you can create a profile for children in another home, to build, a gallery of their work that art is organized for you.

This chapter explains the founder of Amit Murumkar, a technology consultant who dabbled with start-up companies in the past, I was inspired after I met some of the artist himself during his childhood, to build this app . "I won a lot of competitions school level, but I do not have one piece of art from then today," I say.As an adult now, I understand that you can not it just save everything forever. However, we would like to confirm that as a parent of 3-year-old, I do not even recalled casually discarded like her.While you are there to provide the same demographic and targeting of Canvsly and currently, there is a noticeable diferencias some between applications he already Artkive. Canvsly, for example, social experience more you can family and friends to keep an eye on share activity feeds, make a comment, etc., designed to be technology (called "High Five") and has posted are.Over time, (for example, to submit art "fived" high or most art, most "artist of the month") is a milestone for both the parents and children, members continued their application I will be rewarded for use basis. These, as the reward of the real world through the integration of reward system badge, similar Kiip, come in the form of a virtual prize. In fact, app, was the 2013 winner Kiip build creative fund. The (Kiip, for those not familiar, in order to beat the achievements and milestones of the United Nations certain application, application developers, reward and users many free product sample, gift card, and MP3 downloads, you to.)While Artkive introduced the ability to create photo book recently, SHOPIN, offers a variety of line-up of products Canvsly to the application further. Instead, you can also book, QUE, to be added later, but it provides a souvenir or gift of 25 different instead, bottle magnet, mouse pad, mug, water, post card, or, it is holiday for, such as ornaments, I will treat.
Application is pushed to the App Store in about a week ago, since then we have already done the marketing a little outside of Facebook advertising some, you do not have the traction much to speak of at this point. However, founder for Ya came out, in the hope that you get the effect of word-of-mouth some, we talked about it in art classes and local kindergarten.As the parent of their three-year-old, in order to turn, I've given both of these apps. However, dissatisfied with the same Canvsly just as ArtKive: I steps are too many to get one piece of art uploaded and saved.Canvsly, for example, you will force you to enter a caption, even some of the work of my child, God knows what the picture at this point. In addition, the application of which, let users need to organize the import old photos from the camera roll properly based on the time stamp then. After all, the Google+ and Facebook, as Shutterfly and Flickr, a photo of upload is iPhone later in the photo site of cloud that is more generalized, (dad) and mom how many of default today children I will save the artwork. It's a process easily and much faster still, and pressed for time, the additional value of app niche, such as one of these, not enough to help users keep engaged and - if there is a reward.

Announcing Disrupt SF's Startup Alley, Hardware Alley, And Innal Pavilion Companiesternatio

Loud startup alley crushing, it is noisy market. Young companies gathered around the cocktail table a demonstration of their products, are competing for a spot on the stage of crushing and attention. All of these startups are great, we invite you to visit this wonderful group in the confusion of SF early next month.As of year, Ireland, Korea, China is the start-up from Brazil TechNode, India, by initial.vc by YourStory.in Enterprise Ireland and IDA, by Israel by initial.vc start-up of the past that covers almost all categories KOCCA that has been exhibited in, including a separate pavilion. Crushed, needless to say SF is an event truly international.In the first two days of crushing, I will feature mobile phone, life style, and, of enterprise, a web start-up that covers more media. Then, September 11 Wednesday, hardware company will take over the concourse exhibition hall for the celebration of half a year of our gadgets hardware alley, and gizmo.Here is a complete list of alley company and hardware startup alley.In addition these companies, I'm fighting demonstration in front of the judge to confusion Monday and Tuesday. If selected as an option of the audience, in order to disrupt the $ 50,000 grand prize and fast cup, they are tracking the startup battlefield to compete them.You can find out more on the event page crushing, but bottom line is this: run from September 9 event - 11. We want to get a free ticket for one, but as is, it is running a 24-hour Hakkason pre-event for the people you have the opportunity to pick up a ticket to the show yet. Or better yet, get the alley package of hardware and startup alley, show off your startup. Package is available here.

After Saving The Phone Metadata Program, Rep. Pelosi Finds NSA Privacy Infractions Disturbing

 

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    Washington Post POR para el EX contratista de la NSA Edward Snowden Los documentos, of proporcionados principios Deesute Verano, supervisa la vigilancia of SE comparte deformers rutinaria fraud Erukongure O que el special court without incluyen UN nivel de detalle Yanálisisque.NSA debe a la carte Esther sujeto UNA mayor Director ES UNAafirmación prana Teniendo en cuenta ESTO, yo di rear QUE SIMPLEMENTE indica que. No significa nada No, a la carte NSA SE niega decir loss QUE supervisan QUE LO QU ​​E ESTA haciendo of SUS Padres SE enteren ya que de que, ante algorithm parecido Al Nino caprichoso QUE rompe UNA lampara Y oculta Las piezas.A la carte NSA debe informar SU "incidentes de incumplimiento" ES algorithm of Paraeru representante Pelosi decir que of ASI que is funny. DESDE El anuncio:

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Startups Apparently Do Not Care That Android Is Better

Startups Apparently Do Not Care That Android Is Better

 

In a must-read post for the tech industry, Twitter experience designer and serial startup founder Paul Stamatiou writes: “Android is Better.” His op-ed serves as something of a wake-up call for the industry, where developers building the next generation of mobile applications still heavily prefer the iPhone, not only as their personal smartphone of choice, but also as the launch platform for their latest creations.
Many who have already heeded Android’s siren song found themselves nodding along to nearly every point Stamatiou made, ranging from the minor details, like how Android handles notifications, to broader statements about Android’s “magical user experience,” which involves the use of a global back button, Google Now integration and Android intents for app-to-app interoperability and communication. While obviously an opinion piece, Stamatiou’s thoughts came across as reasoned and well-argued, and didn’t at all resemble the fanboy-ish op-eds often published to incite religious wars between the iPhone and Android zealots for website traffic’s sake.

Most Tech Companies Are Still iOS-First

Having recently made the switch from the iPhone 5 to the Nexus 4 and then back to the iPhone 5 myself, the pro-Android argument struck a personal chord. It’s at least the third time I’ve attempted to leave the iPhone. For all the same reasons, I too had found myself again falling in love with the Android operating system. But there’s one thing that keeps pulling me back to iPhone: the apps.
As an early adopter, and technology enthusiast in general — a mindset TechCrunch readers probably share — being solely on Android can be a frustrating experience. Today’s tech companies are still launching their mobile applications on iOS first. This includes apps from the smallest of startups to some of the largest, like Twitter, which launched its video-sharing app Vine as well as Twitter Music on iPhone first (the latter of which is not yet on Android, four months after its debut).
The iOS-first mentality is so ingrained in the culture of the tech and startup scene, in fact, that Facebook had once plastered large signs around its offices begging employees to switch to Android. Later, the company released its own take on what Android users supposedly want with “Facebook Home,” an Android launcher that quickly tanked. Had Facebookers understood the true ethos of Android, they would have perhaps realized that Android users favor the customization and personalization aspects of the platform. Meanwhile, Facebook Home was a full-on takeover of the entire Android interface and experience, with little wiggle room to change much of anything about its behavior.
If you look at Android’s top charts, you’ll find they’re continually filled with apps that let users tweak, customize, and better control their Android devices. For instance, in July of this year, the top five paid Android apps included a keyboard replacement (Swiftkey) in the No. 1 position, a fairly geeky utility for users who had rooted their phones (Titanium Backup) in the No. 2 position, and an alternative launcher (Nova) as No. 4, according to analytics firm Distimo.

The constant tweaking and customizing is fun, but at some point, it becomes just another way to pass the time while waiting for the latest and greatest new application to make its way to Android. You know – eventually.
This is not the story you’ll hear from headstrong Android devotees who point to the sheer number of Android apps available today. Of course, it’s true that the Apple and Android app stores are roughly close in terms of the numbers of applications offered, and have been for some time. There are over 900,000 iOS applications, while analysts estimated as of May there are over 800,000 Android apps available. It’s not that there aren’t enough Android apps out there. There just aren’t the brand-new ones early adopters might want — those from startups you may read about here on TechCrunch, for example. Those almost invariably go iOS-first.
It’s hard to even think of tech companies that launched on Android first in recent months, but there are a few. Any.DO, a mobile task list app was on Android before iPhone; mobile messenger Invi bet on Android, too. Imgur launched on Android before iPhone, but only because it had to clean itself up a bit, in order to be approved for distribution through iTunes. And Zillow, with what feels like an awkward nod to the demographics of Android users, launched its Rentals app on Android first last fall. (These are off the top of my head. I asked on Twitter, and a few responses trickled in, including Smoopa and … um, does Google Now count?)
To be clear, there are certainly many, many Android applications that aren’t on iOS, but this is mainly the result of developers taking advantage of the Android platform in ways that Apple would not allow. This includes the tweakers and customizers, but also the suite of Google apps that are better baked into Android, such as Google Now. (On iPhone, “Now” is more like a feature within the Google app — a standalone experience.)

Beddit The Sleep Sensor You Tape To Your Bed Looks To Build Cloud App With Indiegogo Stretch Goal

Smart Pedometers are just the beginning. Sensors of all kinds are emerging to continue the way we move, what we do in the country and the way we sleep.

Last week, I wrote about a company based in Helsinki called Beddit that made ​​an Indiegogo campaign for a sleep sensor connects to your bed. They say it's so sensitive, it can pick up the heart rate of a person. After fabrication of devices like this to medical professionals for a couple of years, they are looking at the consumer market with a cheaper product for $ 149.

Quickly reached their goal of $ 80,000 in a week and are looking to add more. The company is promising to build a web application called Cloud Beddit to backup and share data sleep if you can reach $ 200,000. The original Beddit already synchronized with a mobile app via Bluetooth.

But if they build Cloud Beddit, then a person can automatically load measurements of sleep to a private account on the web. This will include visualization to observe long periods of sleep data, exports spreadsheet and comparison data aggregated anonymously sleep with other cloud users Beddit.

They also make the data easily shared to social networks, putting in some of the social functions that are common to more widespread activity as followers Jawbone Up will also be an open API for third party applications. They are planning to have it out by the second quarter of next year if you make this ambitious goal.

Waywire CEO Nathan Richardson Departs As Company Shifts Focus From content creation To curation

   Waywire CEO Nathan Richardson out as company shifts focus content creation for Healing

 The CEO of Waywire - commissioning co-founded by Newark mayor and candidate for senator Cory Booker - leave office, TechCrunch has learned. The resignation comes as the company is in the midst of a strategic shift in content creation content curation, according to a source familiar with the company's strategy.Richardson was one of the three founding members Waywire team, along with Booker and Sarah Ross. According to our source, the company is looking for a new CEO, who is expected to be named shortly. Meanwhile, Ross is responsible for the day-to-day activities of the company and Richardson will remain on the board of the company.The change in leadership comes as Waywire is at a turning point in its strategic direction. It is expected that the company, which originally planned to focus on creating original content and discovery, bet big on content curation.Although still in beta, original content has moved to the background as the company intends to change its product and prepare it for launch. Thus, Waywire will rely on others to highlight emerging interesting content. So instead of being responsible for creating interesting content, users and brands hope will highlight content created elsewhere.With the new direction of the company, Waywire focuses on the ways in which it can add value to users through three different types of content curation: the one carried out by their own editors, which is done through their community, and what is done by the content partners. With this new goal in mind, the company has been working to partner with major media companies - and has signed two, which will be named later.So where is Richardson? We're not sure, but TechCrunch received a tip today is joining AOL, to meet with AOL Brand CEO Susan Lyne. The two worked together while Lyne was CEO of the City of New York-based Gilt Groupe and Richardson served a variety of functions, including GM of the section of the page for the men, and the chairman of the Golden City. (Our parent company AOL did not respond to requests for comment.)Richardson is not the only person to leave as a result of the transition, we have learned. A total of eight employees Waywire have moved since the company has changed its strategy in recent weeks.