Apple confirms PrimeSense acquisition

The rumours about Apple purchasing Microsoft Kinect technology maker, PrimeSense, has recently been confirmed. Apple bought PrimeSense for about $350 to $360 million. The company was behind the technology for the original Microsoft Kinect and does more work with 3D-sensing technology. Apple would not comment about what they plan to do with PrimeSense’s offerings but we can speculate that you might get some interesting 3D motion capabilities from your Apple products.

Source: Gizmodo

Twitter adds age verification to keep young ones away from alcohol

Twitter introduced a screening-age feature for alcohol brands using the social network. Mashable reports that if you plan to follow Heineken on Twitter, you will get a direct message linking you to the age verification page. You will be given 24 hours to state your age and if you meet the requirement, you can then follow the brand. Other partners Twitter has for this feature include Bud Light, Bacardi, Jim Beam, and Knob Creek. The feature works on the web as well as Android and iOS apps.

Pawn Stars troll Google's Chromebook in latest Microsoft 'Scroogled' ad

Here's a direct hit from the Pawn Stars who refuse to accept a Google Chromebook because, "when you're not connected, it's pretty much a brick." The Scroogled ad goes on to point out that traditional notebooks use applications like Office and iTunes which work even when you're offline. The kicker here is the line, "when you are online, Google tracks what you do so they can sell ads." Ow.

Strut Type available as free download from App Store on Cyber Monday

Strut Type will available for download for free on Cyber Monday in the App Store.

The photo app has a range of over 18 filters and approximately 530 editing possibilities (black & white, gray tones, sepia, greens and cyans) combined with period-specific canvases, textures, watermarking, foxing, vignettes, light-leak effects and frames.