Google Maps hack creates urban jungle out of Street View

If you’ve wondered what our cities would look like post-apocalypse, a new hack for Google Maps gives you a peek of what that world would be like. Urban Jungle Street View gives you a look into concrete jungles filled with vegetation and whatnot. Einar Öberg designed the experiment with the use of Google Street View’s depth data. It helped him plot the grasses and trees on the road and have ivy crawling up buildings. It can supposedly work in any location but you would probably see greater effects in city centers.

Source: CNET

Rogers leaks official specs of HTC One (M8)

The official launch for the All New HTC One (M8) has been set for later today but if you want to take a look at the official specs beforehand, Rogers has leaked the specs of the new device on its site. Some of the features include a 5-inch 1080p HD Super LCD3 display, UltraPixel camera, 5MP front-facing camera, 32GB internal storage with expandable storage up to 64GB, and Android 4.4.2 OS.

Source: Droid Life, Rogers

Twitter aims to drive engagement with view counts

Twitter is known to conduct trials of new features that may or may not be made available publicly. The latest experiment is adding view counts to tweets to let you know how many people saw a particular tweet. This will come in handy for businesses who want to see if their tweets are getting as much mileage as they assume. Advertisers were given first access to this but now it has gone live to other users. Twitter hasn’t indicated if they plan to roll this out for the entire user base.

Source: Ubergizmo

Onkyo refreshes Android app for new receivers

Onkyo updates its Android application to make sure the app works with the 2014 receivers. While it is a bit late in the year, the update is still very much welcomed. Onkyo also improved the cursor and volume controls on the app. If you don’t have it yet, you can download the app here.

Source: Android Central