Silverpush, a startup that’s just received $1.25M in venture capital, uses ultrasonic chirps that are emitted by apps, websites, and TV commercials to combine the identities associated with different devices (tablets, phones, computers, etc), so that your activity on all of them can be aggregated and sold to marketers. (more…)
More:
Startup uses ultrasound chirps to covertly link and track all your devices
The Matchstick , a Firefox-OS-based Chromecast-style device, kickstarted on the promise of bringing open, user-rights-respecting video to our homes — then they decided to add DRM. Read the rest
Read more here:
Open "Chromecast killer" committed suicide-by-DRM
These are the contents of a mysterious white bag found hidden in Neil Armstrong’s closet: Weird looking lamps, wrenches, utility brackets, sights, and a film camera that later was identified as the one that captured the famous Apollo 11’s descent on the Moon’s surface. Nobody knew about it, including his widow. Read more…
Continued here:
Secret stash of Moon artifacts found hidden in Neil Armstrong’s closet
Do smartphone-wielding citizens of the world need an excuse to snap more selfies? Absolutely not! And yet, against all odds, there is something undeniably charming about Imoji , an app that allows you to turn your face—or anything you’ve got a photo of—into a little textable you-moji. Read more…
See original article:
Turn Your Dumb Selfie Into a Textable Emoji, Annoy and Delight Your Pals