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thisistheverge: Twitter granted patent on pull-to-refresh, promises to only use it defensively Twitter was just officially granted a patent on the ubiquitous pull-to-refresh gesture — a touch interface concept the company acquired when it purchased Tweetie developer Atebits in 2010 and hired founder Loren Brichter, who invented the move. “I had started working on the patent two months before the Twitter deal,” said Brichter during a phone call yesterday. The application was officially filed the day before Brichter signed the Twitter acquisition paperwork. “The patent was the cherry on top,” he says. 
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thisistheverge:

Twitter granted patent on pull-to-refresh, promises to only use it defensively

Twitter was just officially granted a patent on the ubiquitous pull-to-refresh gesture — a touch interface concept the company acquired when it purchased Tweetie developer Atebits in 2010 and hired founder Loren Brichter, who invented the move. “I had started working on the patent two months before the Twitter deal,” said Brichter during a phone call yesterday. The application was officially filed the day before Brichter signed the Twitter acquisition paperwork. “The patent was the cherry on top,” he says. 

futuretechreport:

Leap Motion with Windows

With Leap Motion technology and Windows, you can do everything that’s possible with multi-touch inputs — without actually touching anything.

Looking forward to get my hands above(?) this. It certainly looks awesome. The Leap Motion Controller costs $ 79.99 and the company will start shipping on July 22nd. A Mac OS X demo video is on its way as well.

via: digithoughts:

absolutely beautiful

Source: digithoughts

8bitfuture: LG showing off 5 inch flexible screen for smartphones. LG will be showing off their latest flexible and unbreakable 5 inch OLED display at this weeks SID display week in Vancouver. The plastic display will be shown off alongside other 5 inch and 7 inch HD Oxide TFT panels which have a bezel that’s only 1mm wide, allowing for smartphones and small tablets with virtually no frame or border.
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8bitfuture:

LG showing off 5 inch flexible screen for smartphones.

LG will be showing off their latest flexible and unbreakable 5 inch OLED display at this weeks SID display week in Vancouver.

The plastic display will be shown off alongside other 5 inch and 7 inch HD Oxide TFT panels which have a bezel that’s only 1mm wide, allowing for smartphones and small tablets with virtually no frame or border.

helloyoucreatives:

A video with only 5000 views. 

Every year, Cascade brews a limited edition beer from limited edition hops. There’s only enough for 5000 cases. So Clemenger BBDO Melbourne made a film that could only be watched 5000 times. 

A custom, embed-able video player was created to house a view counter that ticked backwards from 5000. 

Lovely little idea - “You caught the film in time, make sure you don’t miss the beer”

8bitfuture:

Could Dekko be the killer app for Google Glass?

Dekko claims to turn the real world into an operating system, bringing images, information, and animations into the world using augmented reality through Google Glass.

It’s hard to explain exactly, so check out the video!

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