Software : Google Now wants to take you on an impromptu Field Trip |
| Google Now wants to take you on an impromptu Field Trip Posted:  Google has integrated a relatively unknown app called Field Trip into its ever-improving Google Now personal assistant. The under-the-radar Field Trip app, which launched back in 2012, is a product of Google's Niantic labs and notifies smartphone users of local points of interest. Its raison d'être is to showcase cool, hidden places whenever you're in the vicinity. Field Trip runs in the background and sends users a card-based notification with information on interesting spots. Now those cards, which can include everything from historical sites to interesting architecture to the best places to shop, have been added to the Google Now experience. Travel aid"When you're traveling, you can always use a little extra help to learn more about a cool landmark, or to make sure you don't miss the most interesting local architecture or public art," Google said in the announcement. "The Field Trip app from Google's Niantic Labs was designed to allow people to discover the hidden and unique locations in the world around them - and now, when you're traveling you'll start seeing information from Field Trip in Google Now." |
| Premier League issues red card to Vine goal uploads on eve of new season Posted:  The Premier League has warned fans who upload clips of goals to social media are in breach of copyright, ahead of the season openers this weekend. The League, which will bring in over £3 billion from television rights in the UK alone over the next few years, says it is clamping down on Vine posts and .gifs that appear soon after goals are scored. "You can understand that fans see something, they can capture it, they can share it, but ultimately it is against the law," warned the Premier League's communications chief Dan Johnson. "It's a breach of copyright and we would discourage fans from doing it, we're developing technologies like gif crawlers, Vine crawlers, working with Twitter to look to curtail this kind of activity. I know it sounds as if we're killjoys but we have to protect our intellectual property," he added. The people's game, eh?The emergence of .gif files posted to Twitter and Vine posts recorded from television coverage skirts copyright, but is the only way some viewers are experience goals before they air on Match of the Day. BT and Sky have exclusive rights to televise live games, while The Sun and The Times offer users the chance to watch goals almost instantly through their mobile apps at a cost of £7 a month. The Premier League's move has been criticised heavily by those who believe modern fans are being priced out of the game due to high ticket prices and subscription television costs. Do you think the league is right to clamp down on Vine clips? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below. |
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