When switching from an iPhone to an Android phone, it’s not only a change of brand but also a change of its entire operating system. Switching operating systems may result in file and format incompatibility.
This makes the transfer of private data such as Contacts, Mail and Messages a tricky process as you need to convert the files to a format that the Android operating system can read… or you can use Google Contacts.
It seems like everyone and their brother is working on some sort of smart glasses, but how about smart contact lenses? It turns out those might actually be closer than you think.
Researchers at Ghent University have been working on smart contact lenses and now they've got a working prototype that uses an LCD display to put images (text mostly) right on your eyeballs. There have been previous attempts at the same general idea, but most of those only let you utilize a couple of pixels for an image, this version can use the whole surface. One of the researchers on the project, Professor Herbert De Smet, described the status of the project this way...
Augmented reality versus Google glasses: Soon both will be on the market. The question for consumers is, "Which one should I buy?"
Details of Google's prototype glasses are still largely under wraps, but what we do know right now is that the glasses consist of a powerful processor, multiple microphones, a small speaker, a camera, wireless radios and senors that make the glasses aware of their physical location.
For example, if you use the glasses to take a picture of a landmark or a barcode, they will display information about the place or product on the upper part of the right-side lens. That's different from augemented reality, where graphics are layered on top of what you see in real time.
The concept of vision enhancing glasses came well before the idea of contact lenses, and with augmented reality goggles only just making their way out of the test labs we’d think it would be quite some time before we saw the technology translated into the minutely thin layers of film which make up contacts
According to US development company Innovega though, that wait might not be as long as we’d think. Recently, they’ve announced that lenses able to project 3D screens directly onto people’s eyes could be with us as early as 2014 – the same year that Google has stamped for release of their Project Glass.
After two decades as an electrical engineer, Randy Sprague quit his job in 2008 to start a solar power company. He had been planning the venture for years, saving up, getting his wife’s blessing. But then one morning while taking a shower, he had a brainstorm for an entirely different idea: contact lenses that could act as part of a wearable display. Users could instantly augment their view with information—say, the price of an antique in a store or the species of a tree in the forest—or transform their field of vision into a virtual videogame screen. Suddenly the solar company no longer seemed as appealing.
Have you recently used the hand-dandy Find Friends feature found in the official Android and iPhone Twitter apps? If so, you have authorized Twitter to upload the contents of your entire contacts list to its servers — and to keep them there for 18 months.
Now a days, it has become a trend in web design that every quality website has a contact page like the homepage. We also see some sites where we just find the contact’s email. Contact pages and web forms are very useful for visitors as they can ask for quotations, give feedback, ask questions or even share criticism. It’s an easy way for a visitor to get in touch with you through contact page.
We have previously posted many collections about inspirational contact forms, but in this post we have collected the most innovative and amazing contact forms which you can bring into play for inspiration in your own designs. Contact forms have developed very much since the days of plain featureless HTML forms. This applies especially correct for portfolio websites and design agencies.
Adding more fuel to the iPhone rumor fire, a vast partnership between unlikely allies Facebook and Apple may be announced at tomorrow's event.
Last week it was reported that Facebook would unveil its long-anticipated iPad app during the iPhone event of all places. Of course, the announcements won’t stop there, and the social network will supposedly also show off an updated iPhone app and its HTML 5 Web-based app marketplace in the near future (whether or not these releases take place at the iPhone event remains to be seen).
Every visitor on your site should be conveniently able to approach you. This approach to build the relationship with potential visitors makes a Contact Page an important part of a website. A well designed website will always have a clean ‘contact us’ form with a pinch of creativity. This certainly brings in a positive feel to those who want to contact you and inquire about your services. Thus the importance of Well defined and well designed Contact form increases manifolds. You can really provoke a customer’s thought to contact you with a Creative Contact Form.
There's a gaping hole in Skype's app for iOS devices that leaves your phone's address book wide open to theft.
When a person sends a chat to you, they can enter a few commands that strips the information out of your address book.
This bug does affect the latest iOS version of Skype's app, so you should avoid using it for now until Skype issues an update.
