Technology to make Window Shopping better
Consumers can now interact with store displays thanks to a system that lets users point choose items they want to see. Researchers want to make window shopping a special experience in future by enabling passers-by to operate window displays with hand and facial gestures. Cameras record the 3D positions of people’s hands, face and eyes and transform them into commands for selecting and purchase goods – even after the shop has closed.
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Facebook tried to buy Twitter in 2008
The microblogging site Twitter turned down a 500 million dollar purchase offer from the social networking site Facebook in 2008, according to the Financial Times. In an interview with the British business daily published over the weekend, co-founder Biz Stone said Twitter wanted to become not just a popular site but a viable business, rather than be taken over by another company. "We?ve created something that people are finding value in," he said. "But we haven?t yet created a business out of this, and we really wanted to do that." According to the Financial Times, Facebook CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg offered 500 million dollars in Facebook stock for Twitter. But Stone said Facebook had nothing that Twitter's three co-founders -- Stone, Evan Williams and Jack Dorsey -- wanted. To read more
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