Wednesday, April 30, 2014

drag2share: Worn On TV Finds the Exact Clothing Used on Your Favorite TV Shows

Source: http://lifehacker.com/worn-on-tv-finds-the-exact-clothing-used-on-your-favori-1570030286

Worn On TV Finds the Exact Clothing Used on Your Favorite TV Shows

Ever find yourself sitting on your couch, watching an episode of your current favorite TV show and see an outfit you must have? Web site Worn On TV keeps a catalog of what each character is wearing on a large amount of today's most popular TV shows.

The site lets you search by show, episode, and even character. If they have an exact match for the outfit you're looking for they plop an "exact match found" right on the image of the character in their respective outfit. From there, you can find out what it is, who makes it, and most importantly, where to get it.

The site seems to be mostly geared towards women, but they have men's options as well (they're just not quite as extensive). Hit the link to check it out and dress like your favorite characters.

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Posted by Augustine at 8:25 PM

drag2share: Facebook backs App Links for app-to-app linking on mobiles

Source: http://gigaom.com/2014/04/30/facebook-backs-app-links-for-app-to-app-linking-on-mobiles/

At its F8 conference on Wednesday, Facebook said we need a better way to move between links and apps on mobile devices. Indeed we do, as it’s no fun getting bounced around from one app only to open another for a short bit and then have to find our way back to the original app. Enter App Links: An open-source effort to make mobile linking a more seamless experience.

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The idea of hitting a link in one app to open another isn’t new. What App Links appears to be is a standardized way to do this going forward through metadata tags and a centralized repository of APIs that Facebook is indexing. It already supports Apple’s iOS, Google’s Android and Microsoft Windows Phone platforms.

So what does this “app to app linking” promise bring? A better end-user experience for one:

The idea here is that instead of app developers hard-coding calls to open other specific apps from their own software, App Links code can be used to open a variety of related apps. That would save development time and allow for a wider range of software that can be called from within an mobile app.

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Facebook said a number of partners are already using App Links: Spotify is working with Songkick so that users can hear a song in Spotify, tap a link to buy concert tickets from Songkick for the artist and then be back in Spotify, all while the song keeps playing. “One line of code sends users to the selected URL and brings them back into the app,” said Facebook’s Ilya Sukhar when presenting App Links.

While App Links is beneficial to the mobile industry as a whole, it’s evident why Facebook is strongly backing it. By getting users out to content from within Facebook and then back again to Facebook, the company can keep users highly engaged within Facebook’s walls.

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Posted by Augustine at 8:24 PM

drag2share: Is There Such a Thing as a Sonic QR Code?

Source: http://disquiet.gizmodo.com/is-there-such-a-thing-as-a-sonic-qr-code-1570000263/+gmanaugh

Is There Such a Thing as a Sonic QR Code?

There are at least two things that Sony Pictures marketing executives did not consider when preparing a cross-promotion between its new Spider-Man film and the song-identification app Shazam. I first read about this promotion this morning on io9.com , because pretty much the first thing I read every morning is Morning Spoilers on io9.com. The film in question, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, opens this Friday, May 2, in the United States. Expecting extended discussion about Peter Parker’s doomed romance with Gwen Stacy or the rise of his frenemy Harry Osbourne to lead the high-tech firm founded by his father, instead there was news of an intriguing little digital-audio phenomenon.

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Posted by Augustine at 8:23 PM

drag2share: This $14,000 vacuum-powered brewer aims to make the perfect cup of tea

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2014/04/30/bkor-craft-brewer/

Here at Engadget HQ, most of us are used to the concept of heating a kettle or catching water from the office cooler in order to make a cup of tea. For true leaf aficionados, a more elaborate setup may be required, and that's where the Bkor Craft Brewer comes in. Using Reverse Atmospheric Infusion (RAIN) technology, the unit's vacuum process extracts "the optimal flavor elements" of loose-leaf tea, though it can also be used for coffee and even infused cocktails. The machine is efficient too, cranking out a cup in less than a minute and over 60 per hour -- all while storing up to 200 presets. You know, once you fine tune those recipes and ratios. To keep things tidy at the end of each cycle, the brew chamber cleans itself so you won't have to, however Uncrate reports that the price tag will tick $14,000 when it arrives. For now, there's a quick explanation of that RAIN-powered brewing process after the break.

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Posted by Augustine at 3:46 PM

drag2share: Minecraft creator's latest game trades blocks for existential angst

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2014/04/30/minecraft-creator-trades-blocks-for-angst/

While the game's intro tells us, "There is nothing," there is a lot more to the little word game beneath the surface. Drowning in Problems is in fact Minecraft creator Markus Persson's entry in Ludum Dare. The contest is an accelerated game-development event where programmers create a game in a weekend based on a theme chosen by the community. The theme for this event, Ludum 29, was: beneath the surface. The game is set up with awards and costs: You start with nothing and by clicking Solve, you'll become not nothing. Clicking again gives you hope; hope gives way to a body; and you are born. The game continues this way, gradually growing in complexity as you give up things you've solved to advance in life, get a job, meet a lover and grow. From start to finish, it takes about 10 minutes to complete if you button smash, much longer if you take the time to follow the -- decidedly glum -- narrative. Hit up the link below to play it through, or, if you'd rather follow on to Ludum Dare to get the source code and learn more. And with that you'll have to excuse us as we take a bit of time to kill off some Creepers and Zombies to cheer ourselves up.

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Source: Drowning in Problems

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