Ford pushes sustainability with recycled materials in its cars

Ford is taking its eco-initiative global with the 2013 Fusion models that come with car seat fabrics made out of recycled materials. The 2008 Escape Hybrid was the first Ford model to features seats made out of recycled yarn and now there are a number of Fusion models sold in North America and Mondeo Ambiente models sold in Asia Pacific that feature this eco-friendly material.

Ford makes use of a total of 41 fabrics from different suppliers with varying patterns, purpose, and level of recycled content across its 15 vehicle programs. There is a complete infographic on the subject that you can access here. 

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.