A Snapchat patent application would map the world in an augmented reality database – The Verge / / No Comments The Verge A Snapchat patent application would map the world in an augmented reality databaseThe VergeA Snapchat patent application shows off one idea for displaying smoother augmented reality images while using less processing power: build a giant image database, detect where a user is looking, and insert digital objects that you've pre-placed to look …and more » map app – Google News… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: application', augmented, database, patent, reality, Snapchat, Verge, World, Would
TV Maps review: Use the Apple TV to surf the world from your couch – Macworld / / No Comments Macworld TV Maps review: Use the Apple TV to surf the world from your couchMacworldInstead of squinting at a map on your phone, why not take a look on a big screen you already own—an HDTV set via your Apple TV? The appropriately-named Arno Appenzeller—really his name—used the MapKit part of tvOS to create an interactive app …and more » map app – Google News… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Apple, couch, from, Macworld, maps, review, surf, World
This App Shows How Climate Change Is Affecting the World Around You – TIME / / No Comments TIME This App Shows How Climate Change Is Affecting the World Around YouTIMEThe app, available for both iPhones and Androids, builds on the desktop version of the mapping technology, called the Eco Tapestry Map, which offers an even more in-depth view of world ecosystems. And while it's fun to get a sense of what's going on in … map app – Google News… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Affecting, around, Change, Climate, Shows, this, time, World
Meerkat Map uses app’s API to show streams around the world – The Next Web – The Next Web / / No Comments Meerkat Map uses app's API to show streams around the world – The Next WebThe Next WebIf you're a fan of streaming app Meerkat, then you know it's a little hard to look at where in the world other people are streaming. That has now changed with the Meerkat Map, a global view that shows you where people are streaming, so you can hop in … map app – Google News… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: apps, around, Meerkat, Next, show, streams, uses, World
Experimental JavaScript compiler shakes up ideas about speed, simplicity – Java World / / No Comments Experimental JavaScript compiler shakes up ideas about speed, simplicityJava WorldAn experimental new JavaScript compiler could provide useful lessons for the existing crop of JavaScript engines — or for as-yet-undeveloped JIT (just-in-time) compilers for other languages. The Higgs compiler is written in the D language and is … JavaScript – Google News… more → Posted in: JavaScript Tagged with: about, compiler, Experimental, ideas, Java, JavaScript, shakes, simplicity, speed, World
The star of JavaOne is … JavaScript? – Java World / / No Comments The star of JavaOne is … JavaScript?Java WorldJava and JavaScript are two very different programming languages, albeit with similar names. Java is generally associated with enterprise application development and the Android mobile platform. JavaScript, meanwhile, is the lingua franca of Web … JavaScript – Google News… more → Posted in: JavaScript Tagged with: Java, JavaOne, JavaScript, star, World