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IBM app marries augmented reality, comparison shopping

HANOVER, Germany–IBM showed off technology today designed to let people use their smartphones to take command of their real-world shopping. Big Blue showed an app idea from IBM Research in Haifa, Israel, that uses image recognition to identify products on store shelves, then lets people sort those products by attributes such as price and nutrition information. A customer could select …

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Apple watch could be closer than Gorilla Glass boss thinks

The people who protect your smart phone say an Apple smart wristwatch is three years away — but it could be less than that. Curved glass is required to cover the wrist-worn companion to the iPhone 5 and iPad spotted in Apple patents, and different glass makers are racing get ahead of the curve. Glass manufacturer Corning expects a three year …

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