Private chat service Glassboard to shut down next month

Come November 1, chat service Glassboard will be shutting down after failing to make profit. The app was launched in 2011 and offered its clients (everything from businesses, teams, to families) a way to keep private running conversations going as well as share files, photos, and locations. To help make sure users get access to their files, Glassboard will be turning all accounts into premium accounts to prep for the shutdown.

Starting next week, we will be converting everyone’s account to a premium account for the remaining few weeks so that you can export your boards and keep an archive should you desire. We will also be disabling new user signups, and removing the apps from both the Android and iOS App Store.

Source: Glassboard | Via: iMore

Motorola Camera app now lets you use your Android Wear device as a shutter

Selfie addicts, rejoice! Motorola has just updated its Camera app to turn your Android Wear smartwatch into a shutter. The caveat though is it only works with the Motorola Droid, Moto X, or Moto X (2nd-generation). You just need to tap on the wearable when you are ready to take a shot. The update also brings bug fixes, which are always a good thing.

Source: Android Community | Download: Google Play Store (Free)

Google teams up with London Zoo to test Wi-Fi tech, give you a look at cute animals

Google has partnered with the London Zoo to not just give you a live stream of meerkats, giant Galapagos tortoises, and Asian otters on YouTube but to test out Wi-Fi technology. Their aim is to test the use of white space (or the small gaps in radio spectrum that exist between television transmissions) for tracking endagered animals in the wild and protect them from poachers.

The London Zoo won a Google Global Impact Award grant last year worth US$800,000 to build a network of sensors and cameras to be placed in popular poaching areas in Kenya. Using white space, they hope it will be able to send data quicker and farther than what can be done with satellites. The technology can also be used to provide Internet access to rural areas, develop next-generation Wi-Fi technologies, and stream video wirelessly.

Source: Ofcom | Via: Fast Company

The Apple Beat: October 16 event wish list

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Apple has scheduled a special event in its Cupertino campus on Thursday October 16. While October events usually focus on iPads, and we’re expecting some new iPad Air and iPad mini models. There are a number of Mac products that have been waiting for a refresh and here is my personal wish list of what Apple will unveil next week.

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