Recently, we took you on a tour of a Verizon Wireless mobile “super switch”. In addition to learning about the facility we picked up some knowledge about how Big Red handles emergencies and other situations, in regards to keeping the network up or restoring it should the worst happen. However, I wanted to know what tools […]

Microsoft researchers are making it easy for anyone to capture objects in 3D with a new cell phone app. Really, there’s an app for everything now. According to the the MIT Technology Review, the software uses overlapping snapshots to build a photo-realistic 3D model. We’ve all seen the 3D photos online that let you look up, down, left, right, and pretty much any angle on the screen. The Microsoft app will let you capture pictures to do just that.

During a week where the Android Market lost some attention to the launch of Amazon’s Appstore, Google announced it will introduce an official in-app billing platform for its Android operating system next week. However, the billing platform is ready for testing now in advance of the public launch.