Asus reveals VivoMouse, mouse-touchpad combo for Windows 8

The new Asus PC peripheral’s name makes it sound inconspicuously like a normal wireless mouse but one look at it and you know it’s far from the usual mouse. The VivoMouse has a desktop circular touchpad on it with multi-touch support. Asus claims this is the first in the world to combine the concept on a mouse.

It supports both Windows 7 and 8 with swipe gestures to control the Charms and other multitasking capabilities of Win 8. You can pinch-to-zoom and scroll with two fingers as well with this device. The touchpad also works as buttons of a traditional mouse.

Source: The Verge

Google Analytics adds sharing and collaboration feature

If you’re a Google Analytics user, you probably customized the dashboard to suit your needs. Now, Google is letting you share this with colleagues and other people you think will benefit from using a shared dashboard or at least a template of it. This new feature is set to roll out in the next couple of weeks.

Warmly wake up with this alarm clock app

How many times have you been jolted awake by your obnoxious alarm tone? Wouldn’t it be a better experience to have yourself roused gently from slumber? That is what Seattle-based Chaos Collective wants to accomplish with its Android app, Warmly. The want to wake you up with sounds that are pleasing to the ears, such as sounds of breakfast being made and chirping birds. The app costs $1.99 and is available on Google Play Store.

Modified charger can hack into any iOS device

Give a hacker one of these modified chargers and they can push any software they want into your Apple gadget within a minute of it being plugged in. Georgia Institute of Technology researchers warn that all users are at risk because this device doesn’t need any interaction and can hide the apps it installs from your device’s app list. It isn’t clear yet if it can upload malicious codes since iOS devices, by default, can only run and install properly signed apps.

While it is considered a worrying breakthrough, the charger itself doesn’t look like a regular iPhone or iPad charger. Since it is based on a credit card-sized BeagleBone Linux PC, its circuitry won’t seem to fit into one at the moment. The hack and the charger’s capabilities will be showcased at the Black Hat security conference in July.  

Image source: Adafruit