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Intel and AIQ are planning to release a ‘smart shirt’ this summer

May28
by on May 28, 2014 at 5:21 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Insider, Product Launches

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Clothes are the original “wearables,” but Intel wants to make them smarter. At the Code Conference today, the company showed off a shirt with conductive fibers for tracking your heart rate. Designed by partner AIQ, the shirt uses Intel’s Edison development board to stream EKG information over Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. The box of electronics plugs into the shirt when you’re using it, and then unplugs when you need to wash. While most of us probably wouldn’t need to monitor our heartrate on a regular basis, this shirt is built with cyclists in mind. Other uses could include monitoring kids and…

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Tweetdeck now lets you add images to scheduled tweets and manage them across shared accounts

May28
by on May 28, 2014 at 4:53 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Social Media

Twitter today updated Tweetdeck with the ability to schedule tweets with images as well as managed scheduled tweets across shared accounts. Both additions are available now on the Web, Windows, and the Chrome versions of TweetDeck. The company says they are “coming soon” to the Mac app but wouldn’t specify an exact date. Sending a scheduled tweet with an image is a five-step process: compose your tweet, select “Schedule Tweet,” choose your image, pick a time in the future, and click Tweet. Here’s an example offered by Twitter: Users sharing an account can now see scheduled tweets and make changes….

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Pocket rolls out a Premium version of its read-it-later service for $4.99/month

May28
by on May 28, 2014 at 4:43 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

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Pocket, the read-it-later service that lets you bookmark articles and videos from across the Web to read or watch later, is rolling out a new Premium service, costing $4.99/month or $44.99/year. The subscription will get you access to what it calls a ‘Permanent Library’, a feature that automatically stores a copy of the articles and web pages you save, irrespective of what happens to the article on the Web. Though given it already more-or-less stores all your articles permanently, it’s not clear how appealing this feature will be in itself. Moreover, the upgrade gives access to a new search facility…

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Bing Maps for Windows 8 gets personalized recommendations, Yelp and TripAdvisor, roaming favorites, and more

May28
by on May 28, 2014 at 4:00 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

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Microsoft today updated Bing Maps for Windows 8 and Windows 8.1, adding a slew of features it has implemented over the last six months. These include personalized recommendations, Yelp and TripAdvisor integration, roaming favorites, a static search box, and more cities in 3D. You can download the new app now directly from the Windows Store. First up, the new auto-suggest feature gives the user a more personalized experience: when you type into the search box, Bing displays your past searches for places and addresses as well as places you may have already saved as favorites. It also includes recommendations for…

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Distimo and App Annie join forces to build the ‘most complete platform for analyzing the app marketplace’

May28
by on May 28, 2014 at 3:40 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

Mobile app analytics firm Distimo [previous coverage] is being gobbled up by fellow app-ranking and market intelligence firm App Annie [previous coverage], a post on the company’s official blog reveals. Moving forward, Distimo’s best features will be merged into App Annie’s platform after which Distimo’s user data will be migrated over too. The upshot of all this is to try and build “the most complete platform for analyzing the app marketplace,” explains Distimo CEO Vincent Hoogsteder. “We’re very excited to join a team that shares a common vision, and with the accumulated resources of both companies, we’re best equipped to…

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