Contacts

The Friends App Might Be the Only Contact List You Need

Cyberstalking: it’s exhausting! First you’ve gotta check Facebook statuses, then move over to Twitter updates, maybe give a quick call for a nice heavy breathing moment. Thank goodness this Friends app collects all that info in one place. Time: saved. As you can see in the video above, Friends aggregates Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn (!), and…

Tech News Brian Barrett Nov 12

Facebook and Gmail’s Dispute Over Your Contacts’ Details Has Got Dirtier

Google allows its users to download their data for exporting elsewhere. But after their tough stance against Facebook not sharing its own data, they blocked that option. Facebook’s cleverly circumnavigated the block, meaning Gmail users can still find friends there. https://gizmodo.com/soon-gmail-users-wont-be-able-to-find-contacts-on-face-5682273 It’s a big power struggle, and one that won’t end prettily. Google could try…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Nov 9

Soon, Gmail Users Won’t Be Able to Find Contacts on Facebook

After Google hired the Facebook app developer (it was “frustrating” claims Zuckerberg), their relationship has now soured even more, as Google’s changed their terms of service so Gmail users can’t import their contacts to Facebook—because Facebook doesn’t reciprocate. https://gizmodo.com/why-the-android-facebook-app-has-sucked-historically-5681956 This small change to the terms of service will mean that Facebook can no longer use…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Nov 5

Gmail Contacts Receives Minor Improvements

Another week, another change to web-based Gmail. This time the contacts section has received a lick of paint, with keyboard shortcuts, organization by surnames and custom labels being just a few of the improvements. Check it out from today. [GmailBlog]

Tech News Kat Hannaford Aug 11

Spanning Backup Secures Your Data in Google’s Cloud

Those who use Google Apps probably assume data is safer in a cloud than it is on a laptop, prone to being dropped and spilled upon. Spanning Backup says otherwise, offering data protection services against data loss on Google’s end. The service, priced at $3.95 a month or $39.95 a year after a free 30…

Tech News Sam Biddle Jul 30

Apple May Put Contacts on iPhone’s Home Screen

This one comes from the Patent Office, Department of Obvious Things that Seem Like a Must-Have, Office of iPhone OS 4.0 Potential Features: Apple thinks that adding contacts to the iPhone’s home screen is a great idea. I wholeheartedly agree. The contact icon won’t only bring contact information. It would be able to do much…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jan 14

Color-Changing Contacts Monitor Your Glucose Levels

For diabetics, finger pricking could be a thing of the past. A biochemical engineer has developed contact lenses embedded with nanoparticles that react with the glucose in tears. As glucose levels change, so does the color of the lens. [PopSci]

io9 Lauren Davis Dec 23

Color-Shifting Contact Lenses Alert Diabetics to Glucose Levels

Diabetics are saddled with the unenviable task of checking their blood sugar levels constantly. But a new non-invasive technology lets diabetics keep tabs on their glucose levels with contact lenses that change colors as their blood sugar rises and falls. Nanoparticles — is there anything they can’t do? — embedded in the hydrogel lenses react…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Dec 23

I Wear My Suncontacts at Night

Photochromic lenses that allow you to walk from inside to outside without putting on UV-filtering lenses have been around for decades. But the technology is just making its way to contacts. Traditionally, these light-to-dark lenses have been constructed by coating a normal lens with a photochromic dye. When UV light hits the dye, the individual…

Tech News Mark Wilson Nov 10

Windows Mobile 7 Screenshots Leak: Where’s the Start Button?

PocketNow got ahold of some screenshots apparently culled from WinMo 7, since they look a little flashy and aesthetically different from WinMo 6.5—and that’s definitely a good thing. The shots are branded Windows 6.5.1, but as PocketNow says, we know what 6.5.1 looks like and it definitely doesn’t share the modern, finger-sized aesthetic of these…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz Oct 20

Reality-Augmenting Terminator Vision Contact Lenses Nearly Here (They’re in This Bunny’s Eye)

Amazing and terrifying all at once, reality augmenting contact lenses are nearly real. Like, they’re almost here. Circuits and antennas and LEDs in a contact lens, generating virtual imagery, Predator style. In your eyeball. Or, this bunny’s: University of Washington Associate Professor of Biotechnology Babak A. Parviz describes the current state of the art, and…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Sep 1

Missing Sync For Pre Helps Sync Contacts and Calendar

Palm already lets you sync the Pre with iTunes via its clever pretending-to-be-an-iPod, but that only gets music, video and photos onto your phone. Missing Sync does the rest. It’s an extension of their other Missing Sync products that are already out for BlackBerry and Windows Mobile. It lets you grab contacts and calendar (great),…

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 12

Apple Officially Brings Back MobileMe’s Push, Improves Features

Apple just sent out an email to MobileMe subscribers to let them know of some new(ish) features. The biggest bullet point is the fact that push is back. Faster syncing with Mac and PC. Changes you make to contacts and calendars on your Mac (Address Book and iCal) or PC (Microsoft Outlook) are now automatically…

Tech News Jason Chen Feb 26

Poken USB Figure Exchanges Contacts With a High Five

Much like E, Poken lets you exchange contact details with someone using physical means. But unlike E, Poken is really, really cute. The USB device comes in four styles: bee, alien, panda and flaming skeleton. Put your Poken’s hand up to your buddy’s; then when you plug yours into a USB port, your friend’s contacts…

Tech News Jason Chen Dec 19

Countact Lens Case Keeps An Eye On Your Contact’s Lifespans

A contact lens case for disposable lenses with a built-in back-lit LCD timer with customizable delay so you know when to replace your lenses. That’s about all I need to say about Countact. The battery’s built-in, so you can’t replace it when it dies after about 3 months: but you all know you should change…

Gadgets Kit Eaton Nov 4

Aurora Feint iPhone Game Is Back Sans Security Concerns

Aurora Feint, the iPhone game that was de-listed because of security concerns, has made it back onto the App Store. So what did the developers do? They ripped out the contact list integration entirely, opting for a more Nintendo friend code-like system that they will introduce in the near future. And if you’re still worried…

Tech News Jason Chen Jul 25

Aurora Feint iPhone App Delisted For Lousy Security Practices

Remember that Aurora Feint Puzzle/RPG game that we told you we liked? Turns out we don’t like it anymore. In fact, we’re actually pretty damn scared of this app, seeing as Apple de-listed them from the App Store due to privacy and security issues. To the developer’s credit, they were forthright with what they did…

Tech News Jason Chen Jul 23

Contacts With Coverflow Concept Kind Of Cool

Coverflow isn’t my favorite feature of OS X, but I have to admit it is neat, but that’s about it. There are more efficient ways to organize pretty much any data you can think of, but this idea of applying the technology to your iPhone’s Contacts list intrigues me. Nothing fancy here, it would likely…

Tech News Matt Hickey Jul 7

DARPA Wants Contact Lenses to Turn Real-Life Combat Into Call of Duty 4

The problem with cool strap-on heads-up displays a few lucky soldiers get to use on the battlefield today is that they’re bulky affairs that make them look like half-assed cyborgs. Plus, the interface is limited. The Pentagon wants to develop contact lenses that’ll put “first-person-shooter-type video game” graphics on top the soldiers’ vision. Yes, they…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan Mar 20

iPhone 2.0 Firmware Update to Include Search Feature?

Some sharp-eyed folks over at blargKaboom analyzed last week’s SDK event and noticed a search icon in Contacts. Interestingly enough, the icon appears in a screenshot about 9 min and 30 sec in, but not in the actual demo. Hopefully, this feature will be ready by the time the final version rolls out in June,…

Tech News Sean Fallon Mar 10

The Friends App Might Be the Only Contact List You Need

Facebook and Gmail’s Dispute Over Your Contacts’ Details Has Got Dirtier

Soon, Gmail Users Won’t Be Able to Find Contacts on Facebook

Gmail Contacts Receives Minor Improvements

Spanning Backup Secures Your Data in Google’s Cloud

Apple May Put Contacts on iPhone’s Home Screen

Color-Changing Contacts Monitor Your Glucose Levels

Color-Shifting Contact Lenses Alert Diabetics to Glucose Levels

I Wear My Suncontacts at Night

Windows Mobile 7 Screenshots Leak: Where’s the Start Button?

Reality-Augmenting Terminator Vision Contact Lenses Nearly Here (They’re in This Bunny’s Eye)

Missing Sync For Pre Helps Sync Contacts and Calendar

Apple Officially Brings Back MobileMe’s Push, Improves Features

Poken USB Figure Exchanges Contacts With a High Five

Countact Lens Case Keeps An Eye On Your Contact’s Lifespans

Aurora Feint iPhone Game Is Back Sans Security Concerns

Aurora Feint iPhone App Delisted For Lousy Security Practices

Contacts With Coverflow Concept Kind Of Cool

DARPA Wants Contact Lenses to Turn Real-Life Combat Into Call of Duty 4

iPhone 2.0 Firmware Update to Include Search Feature?

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