Tag: CONTACTS

We're sure everyone has done it at least once: mistakenly hit delete on a contact, or managed to erase an entire contacts list when syncing with a new device. Now, Google will let you go back in time, and undo any changes you've made to your contacts -- up to 30 days after the fact. If you screw up your contacts, just click the "restore contacts" option under "More actions." ...

Alright, so you've siphoned your contacts out of Facebook and into a much more manageable level. All your repeat entries have been consolidated and unidentifiable e-mail addresses deleted. Your once chaotic set of contacts, scattered across several devices and services are now all together in one, reasonably manageable pile. But what if you cleaned them up using Yahoo and now you want to move ...

This week we've focused on creating a single, giant pool of contacts. First, we combined your Web-mail address book and the random numbers stashed on your cell phone. Then, we freed your friends' photos, e-mail addresses and phone numbers from the evil clutches of Facebook. Now, you've got a comprehensive database of hundreds of contacts. Your mother is in your address book 13 times, your ...

With your Facebook contact data freed from the evil clutches of the mighty Zuck, we're halfway done with consolidating your address books. While getting your info from Facebook is the trickiest part, we all know that the disaster of an address book on your cell phone is the worst offender when it comes to disorganization. Today, we're going to combine your Gmail contacts with those on your ...

Google just made a small, but significant tweak to the terms of service for its Contacts API. The altered section now reads: By accessing Content through the Contacts Data API or Portable Contacts API for use in your service or application, you are agreeing to enable your users to export their contacts data to other services or applications of their choice in a way that's substantially as fast ...

If there has been one glaring fault with Gmail, it's contact management. Thankfully, it seems that Google hasn't been ignoring its users' complaints, as it announced today that the contacts functions in Gmail were getting some much needed love. Gmail itself got a slight facelift that makes better use of the left-hand navigation bar, and gives a more prominent placement to Tasks and Contacts. ...

The idea of injecting electronics into contact lenses is nothing new. We've already heard plenty of speculation about TV piped straight to your lenses, and scientists have already put the first displays in prototype models and tested them on rabbits. Now researchers also believe that circuits embedded in your eye-wear could monitor your health. Professor of bionanotechnology Babak Parvis, at the ...

There comes a time in every disposable contact lens' life when it must move along to the big eyeball in the sky; when it's so slime-encrusted and foggy that the only thing it should be seeing is the inside of a trash-bin. If you have a hard time remembering just when it's time to break open a fresh pair, Countact is for you. It's a simple enough product, a contact dish that has a digital timer ...

Far from the first circuit-laden contact lens we've laid eyes on (ahem), researchers at UC Davis have more than bragging rights in mind with their "smart" contacts. The devices are infused with a "pattern of conductive silver wires, which could be used to measure pressure inside the eye." The material, dubbed polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), would boast antimicrobial properties and could enable ...