Darren McCarra, Author at McCarra.co

Ground-breaking system for quickly rendering synthetic objects into legacy photographs A group of students from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have demonstrated a ground-breaking system that allows a user realistically insert synthetic objects into legacy photographs quickly and easily. 3 responses 8th October 2011
UK users can now rent and stream new release movies on YouTube Back in May we reported that Google introduced YouTube movie rentals to users in the United States. Last month, YouTube expanded this service to users in Canada and has today done the same for those living in the UK. No responses 7th October 2011
Watch Irish TV online for free with aertv A new online Irish TV service, aertv, launched yesterday, allowing viewers to watch 11 Irish and international channels in one place, directly within the browser. What's more, the service requires no registration and is absolutely free. No responses 7th October 2011
Guinness record attempt for world's largest QR code A small group of technology hobbyists based in Charlotte, North Carolina are expected to break the Guinness World Record for the largest permanent QR code. The group, known as Hackerspace Charlotte, have painted a 10,000 sq. ft. QR code on the roof of a local scrap metal recycling building. No responses 6th October 2011
Facebook launches new inline translation service Facebook quietly rolled-out a new inline translation feature last night. The service, which uses Bing Translate, allows users to translate public Facebook Page content, like comments, into their own language. No responses 5th October 2011
Less than 2% of Android devices are tablets In the latest platform versions report from Android Developers, Honeycomb, the tablet-only version of Android has scored disappointingly, accounting for only 1.8% of all Android devices. Compare this to Apple's 250 million iOS devices, substantially more than 1.8% of those are iPads. One response 5th October 2011
Apple's 25 year-old concept finally realised in Siri 'intelligent assistant' Among a slew of reports flooding from Apple's iPhone event this evening lies one of their most important announcements in recent years - Siri. Siri is an all-new intelligent voice-control feature in iOS5 and will be available on the forthcoming iPhone 4S. But Siri isn't strictly a new concept at Apple. Siri’s vision was originally devised almost 25 years ago by Apple and was known as Knowledge Navigator. 6 responses 4th October 2011
Apple announce iPhone 4S, available October 14th Apple has minutes ago announced the iPhone 4S and, just as we reported yesterday, there will be no recent release of an iPhone 5. The device will begin retailing on October 14th. 12 responses 4th October 2011
Apple has sold over 250 million iOS devices worldwide Speaking at Apple's iPhone event this evening, CEO Tim Cook stated that his company has sold over 250 million iOS devices - that over one quarter of a billion iPod Touch, iPhone and iPad devices. No responses 4th October 2011
Microsoft patent estimates person's age using Kinect A rather clever Microsoft patent made public last week proposes using devices like Microsoft's Kinect to judge a persons age. Based on the system's age predictions appropriate content can be served accordingly - a automated parental control system if you will. No responses 4th October 2011