Image posted via client called "Twitter for Glass" spotted in the wild

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A Twitter app for Google Glass may be in the works. A Twitter user has apparently spotted a now-deleted tweet that was posted from a client called "Twitter for Glass".

Twitter user Jonathan Gottfried put up a screenshot of a tweet that allegedly came from “Twitter for Glass". The tweet came from an account called @MogroothMuddler, which has since been deleted, and contained a photo of a plant that was posted via Twitter for Glass, on Sunday.

While the tweet and the account have been deleted, the link to the photo still exists. The URL also points towards the @MogroothMuddler profile.

The tweet that sparked off speculation

TechCrunch recently stated that hints of a Twitter app for Google Glass emerged in the “Glass Collective” announcement last month. The Glass Collective is Google Ventures’ partnership with technology venture capital firms Andreessen Horowitz and Kleiner Perkins. The firms are set to share seed investment for entrepreneurs and developers working to make software and hardware for Google Glass.

Now that the tweet has been deleted, we can only speculate whether it was a genuine mistake or a deliberate leak—something that app makers are resorting to these days.

It must also be noted that the tweet by @MorgroothMuddler read, "Just shared a photo #throughglass," which makes it sound like the app posts updates on Twitter for you, instead of you doing it manually.

Google Glass could be slightly more visual than the Twitter populace will expect. Twitter is very text heavy and it will be interesting to see what the official Twitter app for Google Glass will eventually consist of. Besides the text angle, it could be possible that Twitter images and Vine videos will be promoted heavily.

Meanwhile, we’re bracing ourselves for more Google Glass app leaks. The next few months promise to be very exciting as far as Glass is concerned.

Report by : Nishtha Kanal

“Secretbook” extension can encode hidden messages in Facebook pictures

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A 21-year-old Oxford University computer science student and former Google intern has released a Google Chrome browser extension this week that allows you to encode images uploaded to Facebook with secret messages.

Owen Campbell-Moore released Secretbook after spending two months working on the extension as a research project for the university.

The secret messages are limited to 140 characters and can only be unlocked through a password you create, keeping them safe from prying eyes in the company, government or anyone else.

This marks the first time someone has been able to automate digital steganography (the practice of concealing messages inside computer files,) through Facebook.

Steganographic messages are hidden where no one would think to look, such as in a single pixel changed and repeated. However, when an image is uploaded to Facebook, it’s automatically compressed, which would garble the secret message.

Campbell-Moore was able to replicate Facebook’s compression algorithm and minimize the amount of change in order to not damage the secret message.

Report by : Becca Mitchell

Bing Maps Adds Ocean Topography, More Satellite Images

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Want to take a look at the depths of the ocean without leaving your chair?

As a part of an effort to better compete with Google Maps, Bing just rolled out a significant update to its Maps platform, adding 13 million square kilometers of updated satellite imagery to its database.

Thanks to satellite imagery provided by TerraColor, the new images' resolution is 15 meters per pixel, providing coverage of the entire world.

Among the other highlights of the new data is stunning topography of the ocean floor, showing the Earth's natural shape and features, as well as a new satellite base layer that reduces clouds hovering over certain regions. This means once-problematic spots, such as tiny islands, can now be seen more clearly.

Users can also zoom in from one to 13 levels of magnification to reveal greater details within the satellite imagery.

"The topography of the ocean floor is represented by color shading (dark blues to light blues) indicating changes in ocean depth," the company said on its official blog. "An ocean mask minimizes areas typically obscured by ice and clouds. The combination of the ocean mask and bathymetric imagery provides a more meaningful view of the world oceans."

Report by : Samantha Murphy