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Tech News Flash: Wednesday -- April 30, 2014

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Digital Tech Gives Wordsmiths a Whole New World
Nod's Ring May Be Smart but Not Precious
AOL Users Waiting to Exhale
Praying Mantises Sport the World's Smallest 3D Glasses
Brian Warner: Tizen Has Good Bones

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Today's Story Highlights

Digital Tech Gives Wordsmiths a Whole New World
Lexicographer Erin McKean gave a TED talk in 2007 called "The Joy of
Lexicography," in which she pointed out the limitations of print
dictionaries. After that talk, she decided to make her vision of a new
kind of dictionary a reality. Thus was born Wordnik. "Our mission with
Wordnik is to put all the words in the dictionary, and show as much data
as we can for any word someone is interested in."
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/80376.html

Nod's Ring May Be Smart but Not Precious
Nod Labs on Tuesday jumped into the wearable tech market with a ring
device that's designed to serve as a universal controller. Featuring
Broadcom Bluetooth Smart and Nexus-Trellis software, Nod's namesake
wearable input device is designed to offer touchless interaction with
set-top boxes and other connected home devices without the need for
remotes or cameras.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/80373.html

AOL Users Waiting to Exhale
AOL on Monday disclosed that a "significant number" of user accounts had
been hacked, confirming rumors swirling around the issue for a week and
denying its week-ago statement that users' email accounts were being
spoofed. The hackers stole users' email and postal addresses, address
book contacts, encrypted passwords and encrypted answers to security
questions, and "certain employee information."
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/80372.html

Praying Mantises Sport the World's Smallest 3D Glasses
What might be the world's smallest 3D glasses have been developed for
praying mantises. People, horses, falcons, cats, monkeys and even toads
have 3D vision -- but until 1983, everyone thought that invertebrates
didn't, because their brains were so small and simple. That year, Samuel
Rossel of the University of Zurich in essence said that mantises had 3D
vision.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/80367.html

Brian Warner: Tizen Has Good Bones
The consumer electronics industry has a secret ingredient: the Tizen OS.
It is alive and well and may control a device you now use or the next
one you buy. That might surprise some early adopters who watch eagerly
for the next bleeding-edge electronics device. Many of those who have
heard of Tizen are under the impression that it has no consumer or
developer-ready devices in the marketplace.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/80371.html

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