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Build-A-Bear Meets Kinko’s For 3D Printing At Swarupa Studios

If I'm correct, 3D printing shops are going to be as common place as your neighborhood Kinko's before too long. There are companies already paving the way like Jacksonville's Forge and Swarupa Studios. Swarupa Studios is hoping to gain attention for their bricks and mortar 3D Printing business at OneSpark next week. The idea behind [...]

Android Is For Poor People? The Elephant In The Room.

Numbers don't lie they say, and map's don't either, (unless of course you're Verizon says T-mobile CEO John LeGere). In this case a story has surfaced this morning courtesy of our friends at Business Insider, that when we saw the initial headline it was shocking; These Maps Show That Android Is For People With Less [...]

New Microsoft Kinect for Windows Coming this Summer

New to V2 of the Kinect is a SDK (Software development kit). With this SDK, "developers will be able to start creating Windows Store apps with Kinect for the first time. The ability to build such apps has been a frequent request from the developer community. We are delighted that it’s now on the immediate horizon."

Nerdular: Content & Commerce Platform For Nerds [One Spark Preview]

At last years One Spark, we had a chance to speak with the Nerdular Crew. They have built a really unique "Social Marketplace for geeks, fanboys, fangirlsl & creatives."

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Apple Files Patent to Measure Pressure on Touchscreens

The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office recently posted a patent application that Apple filed way back in 2012. The patent reveals a new take on touchscreen input. This new technology would allow Apple devices to detect and incorporate the pressure of touches.

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Follow Friday: One Spark 2014 Creators

One Spark 2014 is just days away! We are getting pretty pumped. As you have probably noticed, we have been profiling One Spark Creators over the past couple of weeks. So, as its Friday, we thought a #FF for One Spark Creators was appropriate.

Chat with LunchTable [One Spark Preview]

Matt Baer is a software engineer and entrepreneur and his goal is to make communication easier. Enter LunchTable, an android based chat app that he started working on during his college days at Radford University. The story behind the name of his app is a relatively simple one: In college I developed a group communication [...]

BlackBerry Wins Preliminary Injunction to Ban Sales of Typo Keyboards

In some rare good news for BlackBerry, the company just won a court case against Typo. We told you a bit about this injunction back in January. Anyhow, as we wrote, "In a nutshell, the Typo Keyboard – backed by none other than Ryan Seacrest – gives users a thumb-style physical keyboard for theiPhone 5 and 5S. The Typo Keyboard [...]

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Hedgefund IQ Is Today’s Appsbar App Of The Day

Portland, OR-based firm offers investing tutorial through mobile app released at appcatch.com The Hedge Fund IQ app has earned appsbar.com’s App of the Day award for showcasing how small business can utilize mobile technologies regardless of budget or level of technological expertise. The app was developed by Certified Hedge Fund Professional (CHP) Designation, a leading [...]

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Google is Reportedly Mulling Creating Its own Mobile Network

Apparently, Google is weighing the idea of launching its own wireless network. This proposed network would only cover the ares that already have access to the Google Fiber network. Although there are not many details around the proposed wireless network, it would be of the "mobile virtual network operator or MVNO," variety. Meaning that Google would buy access to a larger network, like Verizon or AT&T, and resell access to customers.