Mobile Minutes: Microsoft's app-building service; BT returns to mobile market; Twitter's quality filter; 3D scanning
Microsoft Corp. unveils streamlined app-building
service, backed by the cloud
Microsoft Corp. has a new service to help Web developers build Web and mobile
apps with backing from the cloud, it announced Tuesday. The all-in-one Azure
App Service ties together existing Microsoft products.
Read more on International Business Times
BT returns to mobile phone market
BT is re-entering the UK's consumer mobile phone market, with a range of 4G
subscriptions. Its cheapest offer is aggressively priced at a discounted rate
of £5 a month for existing BT broadband customers.
Read more on BBC News
Twitter hopes new ?quality filter? will help hide
abusive tweets
Ever since last month when the world learned that Twitter CEO Dick Costolo
really didn?t have a high opinion of the way the company dealt with abuse on
the platform, his team has been rolling out update after update in a bid to
improve the situation.
Read more on Fox News
3D scanning just might change your life
Using depth perception, cameras can quickly and accurately scan objects into
programs that can be used for duplication via 3D printing. At Intel, the
RealSense 3D camera on its as-yet-unreleased tablet works by reading infrared from
two sensors, forming a depth map of a scene or an object, which is then
digitized.
Read more on Wired