Autodesk is doubling down on easy-to-use 3D design software after it announced the acquisition of Tinkercad for an undisclosed sum. The deal secures the long-term future of the Web-based 3D modeling tool less than one month after its founders announced plans to close it. Tinkercad’s tag line is ‘mind to design in minutes’ and the browser-based 3D modeling removes technical…
Today Microsoft announced a number of improvements that it intends to roll out to its Office Web Apps productivity suite. Core to the updates are bettered collaboration, feature improvements, and Android tablet support. Office Web Apps, part of the Office 365 product and offered to consumers as part of SkyDrive, are not Microsoft’s most popular…
Internet applications maker Mozilla is today announcing the ‘beta 2′ version of Persona, its Web-based authentication alternative to OpenID and other distributed login systems. New features include ‘Identity Bridging’, which essentially means that users can now log into Persona-supporting websites with their existing Web and email accounts. Mozilla hopes this will make it far more…
Google co-founder Sergey Brin took the stage at the TED Conference late in February, delivering a talk about Google Glass in which he dropped his now infamous quote about smartphones being “emasculating.” Now the video is available in full for all to see (via Business Insider), so you can see not only the money moment at around…
If you’re completely new to gardening, it can be difficult to know where to start. Sprout it, a new Web-based app supported by Miracle-Gro, is hoping to solve that problem by offering tailored advice on what vegetables you should grow, when to grow them and timely reminders for when they need to be watered and harvested.…
It’s been a busy last month or so for Japan-based mobile messaging service Line, which has announced that it has seen 10 million new downloads since April, taking its total number of registered users past the 30 million mark. We last covered the service in early April, when its original messaging app for Android and…
Apple and publisher Macmillan are preparing to be sued by the US Department of Justice (DoJ) over alleged ebook price fixing as soon as tomorrow, according to a Bloomberg report that cites sources “familiar with the matter”. The DoJ is suing Apple and five publishers for allegedly colluding to raise the price of ebooks, as…
We first covered UK-based startup wireWAX and the intelligent video movement back in September. To give you a quick recap, wireWAX is a Web-based, motion-tracking taggable video tool which allows video-creators to add clickable hotspots to their films. Having previously partnered with brands such as EMI, Tommy Hilfiger, Oki-Ni and Rip Curl, wireWAX teamed up…
South by Southwest. It’s undoubtedly one of the largest technology gatherings in the United States, full of promising young startups hoping to make a name for themselves. But little did I know that I’d be sharing a house with a guy named Chris Bradley who has developed one of the coolest things I’ve seen so…
The US Justice Department has reportedly told Apple and five publishers that it intends to sue them for allegedly colluding to raise the price of electronic books, according to a Wall Street Journal report. The action is being taken over claims that the parties came together to establish an increased standard price for e-books that…
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