Popcart turns your online recipes into deliverable groceries
It’s safe to say food is one of the greatest things life has to offer. However, sometimes not everyone has the right ingredients on hand to prepare every dish of interest, particularly those that, for whatever reason (read: they looked good), randomly stood out while surfing the web. Here’s where Popcart hopes to come in. The newly developed tool, which is the result of a partnership between online grocer FreshDirect and recipe-indexing site Foodily, can pretty much transform any recipe on the internet into goods that can be delivered right to your door. It’s simple really — all you have to do is install the service’s bookmarklet on your desktop browser and the rest is a piece of cake (not literally). Once you’ve done this, just highlight the ingredients from your recipe of choice, then click “Popcart it” on the bookmarks bar and, voilà, everything gets added to your FreshDirect cart. The only minor letdown is that Popcart’s only available in places where FreshDirect operates, which includes areas around New York City, New Jersey and Philadelphia, to mention a few.
[Image credit: Shutterstock/Elena Shashkina]
Filed under: Misc, Internet, Alt
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Library of Congress finds unreleased ‘Duke Nukem’ code lurking in its catalog
When a video game studio cancels a project, the code tends to stay with the developers or else disappear into the void. Either way, you’re unlikely to ever see it. However, the Library of Congress’ Trevor Owens has unearthed a rare gem. While sifting through a stack of games destined for the archives, he found code and media assets for an unreleased PlayStation Portable version of Duke Nukem: Critical Mass. While Sony’s many proprietary file formats made it tricky to poke around, homebrew tools were enough to uncover 3D models, music and textures, including those for Duke himself (shown here). And in case you’re wondering, this is a first-of-a-kind discovery; to Owens’ knowledge, every other game in the Library has shipped.
Both the original disc and its code will be preserved separately, so this take on Critical Mass will be readily available to researchers and curious Duke Nukem fans. With that said, Owens believes that the find underscores the problems of preserving video games. You shouldn’t have to resort to community-made utilities just to see everything that went into a given work, the technician contends. He hopes that the revelation will lead to a set of more accessible preferred formats for future game submissions, and that more companies will hand over their source material (even if it’s unfinished) in addition to any polished products. To Owens, it’s like getting the film negatives for a movie that never hit theaters — sometimes, the creative process can be as interesting as the content.
Via: Gamasutra
Source: Library of Congress
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Download and install the latest Google Search 3.6, Google Play Music 5.6 and YouTube 5.9 apps manually, if you’re willing to wait that is [APKs]
Google Search, Google Play Music and YouTube all got updated by Google. Versions 3.6, 5.6 and 5.9 respectively. If you’re not willing to wait for updates to show up in your Google Play Store (if they haven’t already), you can find the download links at the bottom of the article and sideload them yourself. Let’s… Read more »
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Android “L” release to include multi-user support for phones
Multi-user profile support has been available on tablets for some time but is yet to appear on Android phones. However, a recent post on the Android issue tracker may suggest that it’ll appear in the Android L release. A post was created complaining about the lack of support for multiple users on phones and was… Read more »
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Engadget Daily: Uber’s legal battle, Foursquare’s new identity and more!
Today, we take a few selfies, investigate Uber’s legal struggles, learn about home automation with the Ninja Sphere, go hands-on with Foursquare’s new app and more. Read on for Engadget’s news highlights from the last 24 hours.
Filed under: Misc, Peripherals
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Facebook Messenger sorts notifications and voice replies with Android Wear
Thanks to a recent update, Facebook Messenger is the latest mobile app to play nice with Google’s wrist initiative. Outfitting Android Wear smartwatches with notifications and the ability to respond with voice notes, Android Central reports alerts pop up on the wearable’s screen where you can swipe to respond or tap to “like.” The latest version of the app also allows you to give messages the ol’ thumbs up and mute conversations right from your phone or tablet’s notifications menu — assuming you’re still doing your chatting the old fashioned way.
Filed under: Wearables, Software, Mobile, Facebook
Via: Android Central
Source: Facebook Messenger (Google Play)
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Google Play Music v5.6.1616P update brings new widgets, public playlist search and more [APK Download]
Google is on a roll today. We know of four Google apps that all picked up some updates, some better than others. One Google app that has updated that many of you probably use often is the Google Play Music app. The app now resides at version 5.6.1616P and brings in some much-needed widget changes and additions.
Up first we have a new 1×1 ‘I’m Feeling Lucky’ widget that will randomly start a song for you. It offers up a cool little animation of the dice number changing until it settles on a track for you. You can see it in the images above in the upper right hand corner. Along with the 1×1, you also have a new resizable widget for music. You can keep the 4×1 or increase it to a 4×4. The larger it is, the larger your album artwork becomes and your controls shift slightly.
The “View Download Queue” is now “Manage Downloads” and the downloads screen offers up a storage meter at the top. One final thing to note that Android Police also found is that you can now search public playlists.
As always, hit up the Play Store for the update. If for some reason you don’t see it and want to grab it now, you can hit the link below to go download the APK and side it load it on your own.
Download – Google Play Music apk v5.6.1616P
Via Android Police
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Google Search gets an update to v3.6 [APK Download]
Along with the Google Play Music app update, there was an update to the wonderful Google Search app. The update moved the app to version 3.6.13.1319286 and gained nearly 5MBs in size. I poked around a little but didn’t notice anything. I am sure you super slews out there will discover plenty that I didn’t catch.
There was one thing that came back during a search to see what could be new though. Seems there should be a new API added to this version for developer to tap into. It is listed on the Google Developer page as an App Indexing API that can be found in Google Search v3.6 and above. The API is said to provide a way for developers to notify Google about deep links in their native apps. In short, it will let you search out stuff on inner pages inside apps.
You can pick up the latest update in the Play Store when it pops up, or you can hit the link below to go grab the APK and side load it at your leisure.
Download – Google Search V3.6
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ESPN lets you get closer to the action during MLS All-Star Game
Goal-line technology is still a relatively new thing in football, having faced its first real test only about a month ago at the World Cup in Brazil. Here in the US, ESPN is doing something along those lines, mostly for entertainment purposes, during the 2014 MLS All-Star Game — a match between a collection of Major League Soccer’s best players and German club Bayern Munich. As Sports Video Group reports, ESPN has installed a set of cameras inside the goalposts of the Timbers’ Providence Park, located in Portland, Oregon, to give viewers at home a better (and much closer) look at what happens in such a critical zone of the field. Bob Frattaroli, the man in charge of directing ESPN’s game broadcast, told SVG that having this system in place is perfect for fans to experience “what’s going on in the 6-yard box” and to see what movements players are making around it. “First of all, it’s a really unique angle, but there’s also an intimacy to it that you’re not expecting,” he said.
The system features a total of four cameras, two inside each goal post, and has apparently been in test mode since February. And now, after a number of successful trial runs, the MLS has finally approved the use of it in a real match scenario, as it has done in the past with other types of technology. Above all, it brings this one step closer to being a part of every MLS broadcast, which would be a great addition for soccer fans who can’t make it to the games. Tune in tonight to see for yourself — the MLS All-Star Game will kick off at 9:30PM ET on ESPN 2 as well as WatchESPN.
[Image credit: Sports Video Group]
Filed under: Misc, Home Entertainment, HD
Source: Sports Video Group
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Pinterest finally lets its users talk to each other
So let’s say you just made this awesome Pinterest board for apartment decorations and want your future-roommate to see the Joker print that’s going in the hallway. More importantly, you’re curious if she feels the same way about it as you. Well, now neither of you have to leave the app or website to find out because Pinterest has just introduced a messaging feature to the service. As TechCrunch points out, it’s an extension of the Send a Pin feature from last year, and it should make collaborating much easier. It’s also a natural step toward the project-board app becoming a fully fleshed-out social network. We doubt it’ll make your personal style any more palatable to the person that’s splitting the bills with you, though.
Via: TechCrunch
Source: Pinterest
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