Tuesday 12 April 2016

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Zuckerberg Launches Remodeled Messenger
Samsung's AR Vision Includes Smart Contact Lenses
Robust New FreeOffice Suite Proves Free Can Be Just as Good
Ford After Dark: Self-Driving Car 'Sees' All
Learning to Love Virtual Reality

Today's Story Highlights

Zuckerberg Launches Remodeled Messenger

CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday launched the company's new Messenger
platform beta at its annual F8 conference. The Messenger announcement
was the first major initiative in the long-term vision he presented.
Zuckerberg outlined a major push to incorporate AI and bots into the
Messenger platform. "Messenger is going to be the next big platform for
sharing privately," he said.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83357.html

Samsung's AR Vision Includes Smart Contact Lenses

Samsung has been granted a patent for a smart contact lens, according to
news reports published last week. The lens is equipped with a tiny
display, a camera, an antenna, and sensors that detect movement and eye
blinks. Eye blinks would provide the input, and a smartphone would be
needed to process images. A user blinks to take pictures or interact
with data displayed on the smart contact lens.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83354.html

Robust New FreeOffice Suite Proves Free Can Be Just as Good

SoftMaker's FreeOffice Linux office suite is a LibreOffice look-alike
that provides strong performance compatibility with Microsoft Office
documents. SoftMaker offers a line of open source offerings that compete
with its commercial suite. It's a Windows/Linux cross-platform office
suite with integrated applications for word processing, spreadsheets,
presentations and email management.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83349.html

Ford After Dark: Self-Driving Car 'Sees' All

Ford on Monday announced that it has been testing its Fusion Hybrid
autonomous research vehicle with no headlights on remote desert roads at
night. While such a task would be quite perilous for a human driver, it
was an important step in developing a fully autonomous vehicle, the
company said. The test vehicle relied on LiDAR technology for
navigation.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83350.html

Learning to Love Virtual Reality

At Nvidia's technology conference, I saw a variety of new technologies
showcased. From deep learning systems -- computers that arguably are
smarter than we are -- to self-driving cars that can drive better than
we can, the technological advances on display made me feel just a tad
inadequate. One way to get over my sudden concern over obsolescence was
to check out the virtual reality showcase.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83344.html

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Editor's Pick: Robust New FreeOffice Suite Proves Free Can Be Just as Good

Robust New FreeOffice Suite Proves Free Can Be Just as Good

Jack M. Germain Apr 12, 2016 7:36 AM PT
	SoftMaker's FreeOffice Linux office suite is a LibreOffice look-alike that provides strong performance compatibility with Microsoft Office documents. SoftMaker offers a line of open source offerings that compete with its commercial suite. It's a Windows/Linux cross-platform office suite with integrated applications for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations and email management. [More...]

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CFPB Asserts Jurisdiction Over E-Commerce Privacy Regulation
Another federal agency has entered the arena for regulating e-commerce companies regarding the protection of consumer data. The federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has closed its first and so far only privacy case with a consent agreement between itself and an online payments processor. The CFPB charged that Dwolla misled consumers that its information was encrypted and stored securely. [More...]

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