Create visual reminders with Shoots & Leaves

If you’re a more visual person and want to enhance your to-do lists, the iOS app Shoots & Leaves (US$2.99) lets you take snapshots that will be automatically uploaded online to Imgur, Dropbox or CloudApp. The app will then allow you to send a link to Reminders, email, iMessages, Drafts, Omnifocus, and others. You don’t even have to worry about the photos taking up space on your phone as they are uploaded online already.

 Source: Lifehacker

Enjoy glasses-free 3D on your mobile devices with EyeFly3D

If you want to watch 3D videos on your Apple iPhone or iPad or on your Google Nexus 7, EyeFly3D offers screen protectors that can let you watch 3D movies on those devices without the use of glasses. The protector for the iPhone costs US$26.95 and the iPad Air protector costs $59.95. There will also be protectors for iPad mini and Nexus 7 but there are no details on pricing or availability.

The product incorporates 500,000 nano-lenses onto the screen protector to help create that stereoscopic effect. EyeFly has provided Vid and Img apps to view 3D content or load 3D videos from the File Sharing feature on iTunes. The company claims it will not affect 2D use of your device.

Source: The Next Web

Google Now lands on your desktop through Chrome Canary

Google has finally unveiled the Google Now personal assistant service on the desktop through the experimental version of the desktop browser Chrome Canary. Users can access the service by enabling the correct flag (chrome://flags/#enable-google-now) and then relaunching the browser. You will then receive a notice on the Windows system tray or Mac Notification Center once the service has been successfully integrated.

According to the support page, you can see weather, current traffic for commuting, event reminders, and sport scores cards. The other cards like public alerts and nearby photo spots will hopefully be integrated into the desktop version in the future.

Source: The Next Web

BBC now uses Instagram to disseminate news

BBC is turning to Instagram to disseminate 10-second news clips and they are hoping to get follower feedback from the new project they dubbed as #Instafax. There are so far two Instafax clips mixed in with over 200 posts from the news service’s account.

BBC is following in the footsteps of startup NowThis News and other tech sites who use Instagram videos to help present information in a different way and reach out to people.