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So, Tesco buys Peter Gabriel's WE7 music service for $16.7 million Jun 15th 2012, 09:53 British Supermarket behemoth Tesco has snapped up WE7, a streaming music service co-founded by Peter Gabriel that offers personalized radio stations to users for £10.8 million ($16.7 million). The UK's biggest supermarket has purchased 91 percent of the company, with the remaining stake set to be transferred over shortly. It looks like the chain will use WE7's infrastructure and resources as the spine for a beefier music service as British supermarkets look to diversify into the entertainment market following its purchase of Blinkbox last year. Continue reading So, Tesco buys Peter Gabriel's WE7 music service for $16.7 million So, Tesco buys Peter Gabriel's WE7 music service for $16.7 million originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 15 Jun 2012 05:53:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink The Telegraph  |   | Email this | Comments Microsoft applies to patent gaze-tracking camera, wants to stare into your eyes Jun 15th 2012, 09:26 See that complication of a line-drawing above? Well that's Microsoft describing how it would like to patent a function for a dual 3D and 2D camera setup that's able to process precisely where your eyes fall on a screen. While Kinect could fulfill that hardware component, the application goes into more detail on how the "gaze tracker" would calculate both the direction you're looking in and track the region of the screen that you're focusing on. It aims to do this by closely following your eye -- more specifically the pupil and iris -- with some attention also paid to monitoring the orientation of your head. The Mountain View crew aren't too specific with the remit for the notion, but it could follow similar lines to an Apple patent application we've seen previously -- heck, it could even lead to some eyeball-based UI navigation. Let your mind wander over the possibilities and stare at the full application at the source below. Microsoft applies to patent gaze-tracking camera, wants to stare into your eyes originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 15 Jun 2012 05:26:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink   |  USPTO  | Email this | Comments Porsche Design P'9981 BlackBerry screeches into Canada Jun 15th 2012, 08:59 Hear that, Toronto-based readers? That's the sound of Porsche Design's P'9981 BlackBerry doing donuts at a store near you (well, relatively speaking). Fresh from satisfying many a midlife crisis in London, the luxury phone is now available in Canada via the fancy Porsche Design boutique store in Toronto's Yorkville neighborhood, according to MobileSyrup. Folks willing to pay the pinky-raising premium price of $1,899 essentially get a BlackBerry 7 OS phone featuring upscale Porsche Design touches like a metal keyboard, stainless steel frame and leather-wrapped back cover. Still need to do some tire kicking? No worries -- you can take the phone out for a virtual test drive with our P'9981 review. Porsche Design P'9981 BlackBerry screeches into Canada originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 15 Jun 2012 04:59:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink   |  MobileSyrup  | Email this | Comments Google Play Books makes an efficient arrival in Germany Jun 15th 2012, 08:28 Germans, grab your reading glasses, for it's today that Google is announcing the arrival of Play Books -- complete with the ability to purchase native language texts -- in the land of the Kant and Goethe. Yes, those in Deutschland may now buy and read titles from Google Play Books on their Android or iOS device of choice, and access the service via the web. In addition to Germany, Google's online bookstore is currently open for business in Australia, Canada, Italy, the United Kingdom and the United States. While the company has yet to disclose future markets for expansion, we hear the Bordeaux region is quite beautiful this time of year. Google Play Books makes an efficient arrival in Germany originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 15 Jun 2012 04:28:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink Android Police  |  Google Play (Google+)  | Email this | Comments

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