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L'application "Recognizr" permet d'identifier une personne après avoir pris sa photo
Une application est en cours de développement qui compte identifier une personne en livrant ses infos perso. Recognizr, démontré au Mobile World Congress à Barcelone par la société suédoise The Astonishing Tribe, permet de prendre une photo d'un inconnu puis en cliquant sur "Recogniizr", identifie la personne sur la photo en indiquant son nom, son adresses et son numéro de téléphone - après avoir puisé ces infos dans les réseaux sociaux comme Facebook et Twitter.

Emily Turrettini pour Les Quotidiennes

textually.org

Is Voice-Based Bubbly the New Twitter?

A hot new social-networking service by Bubblemotion dubbed Bubbly, which is essentially a voice-based Twitter, is quickly gaining popularity among Indians. And thanks to Bollywood celebs being early adopters, Bubbly is growing virally and with virtually zero marketing spend.

[via Adage]

ringtonia.com

Ringtones - don't pay the price
According to Directgov, 37 per cent of 11 to 18 year olds have used music or video content on their phone in the last six months. But many are unaware of the charges for these services.

The findings were published by PhonepayPlus, the regulator for phone-paid services in the UK and an agency of Ofcom. They're running the 'PhoneBrain' campaign to help prevent students from being lured into paying premium rate charges.

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picturephoning.com

X-Ray Vision for Cell Phones
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According to Top News , the University of South Australia and Nokia, the giant manufacturer of mobile phones, have joined hands to develop an application that would allow users of mobile phones to see through walls.

The technology is looking to make the system work by overlaying graphics atop real-world video images.
The newly developed technology has been made available in three different versions - X-ray Vision, Meltvision and Distortvision.

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WatchingTV Online

Mad Men Barbie and Ken Dolls

Spotted in The New York Times, Mattel's Barbie and Ken dolls styled after Mad Men.

The dolls are part of a premium-price collectors’ series for adults that Mattel calls the Barbie Fashion Model Collection. There have been Barbies and Kens based on other TV series, among them “I Love Lucy” and “The X-Files.”