New York MakerBot Store offers 3D printable housewares by Francis Bitonti Studio

The MakerBot Retail Store in New York City announces the launch of the Francis Bitonti Studio Cloud Collection. The first ever 3D printable decorative housewares line by the Francis Bitonti Studio that can be purchased digitally, downloaded and 3D printed. The Cloud Collection is scheduled to debut at the MakerBot Store at 298 Mulberry Street in New York City at a special launch event on Friday, April 4, from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m., which is open to the public. 

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Google updates Play Newsstand to add new navigation tabs, ‘My Library’ section

Google Play Newsstand users will notice a few new things with the latest update. The “Read Now” section features an easier way to access content sections—such as news, highlights, sports, etc. You can tap on each or swipe through them. They even come with their own colors to make sure you’ve noticed that you’ve switched sections.

The “My News” and “My Magazines” have been combined into “My Library” section.  The manual setting for pre-downloading “Read Now” content has been taken out though. Perhaps it now just downloads everything for you by default. But we have to check that first.

Source: Android Central

Yahoo! started encrypting data center traffic, plans to do the same with Yahoo! Messenger

Following the NSA controversy in the US, Yahoo! seems to be striking back with the announcement of its plans to encrypt traffic from its data centers. Yahoo! claims they have begun encrypting this week and they also intend to encrypt services like Yahoo! Messenger.

Yahoo!’s Chief Information Security Officer Alex Stamos wrote in a blog post, “Hundreds of Yahoos have been working around the clock over the last several months to provide a more secure experience for our users and we want to do even more moving forward. Our goal is to encrypt our entire platform for all users at all time, by default.”  

First look at the Nokia X Android smartphone

Text and photos by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

The Nokia X is the Android powered smartphone designed for emerging markets and for the low-end of the smartphone spectrum. This device isn't slated for North America or Canada but we ordered one from overseas to get a better feel of what Nokia is doing in this specific segment. The Dual-SIM Nokia X is surprisingly sturdy and feels rock solid even if it does have lower-end specs. We've just unboxed our unit and are putting it through its paces to see what this device offers and will have a full review in the coming weeks. For now, enjoy the slideshow.