1) iPhone Case Reads Your Blood Pressure
This slim prototype, dubbed ‘Wello’, can track your blood pressure, temperature and be paired with a Wi-Fi-enabled scale and fitness trackers. Amazing stuff for the healthcare community! To read more, click here.
2) Google To Unveil New Search Layout
Google is once again testing out a new layout. The biggest changes include a new font, no more underlined links, and larger font size for titles among many other minor updates. To learn more, click here.
3) How About A Computer-Generated Meal?
IBM has programmed their supercomputer (Chef Watson) to combine its knowledge of molecular compounds (numbering in the millions), flavor profiles and cultural preferences to come up with brand new menu items. The results have chefs rethinking their approach to food. To read more, click here.
4) Latest OS X Mavericks To Include Retina Display Scaling For 4K Monitors
You’ll soon be able to hook up your mac to 4K monitors and get the same retina display crispness at huge sizes. For anyone working in the creative arts, design, or development, this is a huge leap forward in display technology. Read more here.
5) Snowden To Speak At SXSW Interactive
Things will certainly heat up next week in the tech world. Edward Snowden will join SXSW via video chat to give a keynote speech. Congressman Mike Pompeo from Kansas has requested they disinvite him. For more details, click here.
6) New UserStats Tool Offers Social Trust
This new tool lets users see activity and, “taps into the power of social proof by allowing websites to display the current activity happening in real time on their website.” It’s an interesting concept. For more info, click here.
7) Facebook News Feed Update
Keep an eye on your Facebook news feed, changes are just around the corner. These will include a simplified desktop layout and bigger preview pictures. Read more here.
