08/05/2014

Dropcam Cameras Sensors That Can Detect an Intruder in Your Home!



Dropcam, the company that makes WiFi cameras that let you stream live video of your home, is working on a new product that can alert you when a person walks in front of your camera.

Right now, Dropcams can detect motion, but they can’t tell the difference between say, your dog and your three-year-old toddler. This summer, the company will push a software update that can tell the difference. In theory, it’ll help reduce unnecessary alerts that get pushed to your phone. The obvious goal here is to accurately alert you when an intruder enters your home.

10 Awesome Widgets to Try on Your Android Phone.

One way Android remains unique from other popular mobile phone operating systems is its embrace of app widgets. Widgets on your home screen and lock screen can provide quick ways of viewing and accessing real-time information. Oh, and they can look pretty elegant, too.

Here are 10 great news, weather, notes, and utility widgets for Android that we think are worth trying.

(Since Yahoo Tech is a property of Yahoo, we won’t be featuring Yahoo’s widgets on this list. You can click these links to check them out: Yahoo Sports and Yahoo Weather.)

Clocks/weather
1. Beautiful Widgets has a great, theme-able weather/clock combo widget. You can also purchase the full version for $1.99 to unlock complete customization of things like fonts and background colors.



2. A pretty neat bit of flair, the Animated Analog Clock Widget ticks along like a regular wall clock.


Britain, China & Canada Step In to help find Kidnapped Girls.

We thank the international community for being interested in this case.

Michelle Obama shows her support!

 Three foreign countries, Britain, China and Canada have concluded plans to deploy their intelligence gathering equipment, including Satellite Imaging and advanced tracking systems, to assist Nigeria’s security agencies in the search and rescue operation for the abducted schoolgirls.

Presidential spokesman Dr Reuben Abati said Britain’s offer in this regard came following a request made and received on phone by President Goodluck Jonathan to British prime minister Mr David Cameron “in furtherance of efforts by the federal government to locate and rescue the girls abducted from the Government Girls’ Secondary School, Chibok”.

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10 Awesome Widgets to Try on Your Android Phone.

One way Android remains unique from other popular mobile phone operating systems is its embrace of app widgets. Widgets on your home screen...